Giovanni 15

1Io sono la vera vite, e il Padre mio è il vignaiuolo. Ogni tralcio che in me non dà frutto, 2Egli lo toglie via; e ogni tralcio che dà frutto, lo rimonda affinché ne dia di più. 3Voi siete già mondi a motivo della parola che v’ho annunziata. 4Dimorate in me, e io dimorerò in voi. Come il tralcio non può da sé dar frutto se non rimane nella vite, così neppur voi, se non dimorate in me. 5Io son la vite, voi siete i tralci. Colui che dimora in me e nel quale io dimoro, porta molto frutto; perché senza di me non potete far nulla. 6Se uno non dimora in me, è gettato via come il tralcio, e si secca; cotesti tralci si raccolgono, si gettano nel fuoco e si bruciano. 7Se dimorate in me e le mie parole dimorano in voi, domandate quel che volete e vi sarà fatto. 8In questo è glorificato il Padre mio: che portiate molto frutto, e così sarete miei discepoli. 9Come il Padre mi ha amato, così anch’io ho amato voi; dimorate nel mio amore. 10Se osservate i miei comandamenti, dimorerete nel mio amore; com’io ho osservato i comandamenti del Padre mio, e dimoro nel suo amore. 11Queste cose vi ho detto, affinché la mia allegrezza dimori in voi, e la vostra allegrezza sia resa completa. 12Questo è il mio comandamento: che vi amiate gli uni gli altri, come io ho amato voi. 13Nessuno ha amore più grande che quello di dar la sua vita per i suoi amici. 14Voi siete miei amici, se fate le cose che vi comando. 15Io non vi chiamo più servi; perché il servo non sa quel che fa il suo signore; ma voi vi ho chiamati amici, perché vi ho fatto conoscere tutte le cose che ho udite dal Padre mio. 16Non siete voi che avete scelto me, ma son io che ho scelto voi, e v’ho costituiti perché andiate, e portiate frutto, e il vostro frutto sia permanente; affinché tutto quel che chiederete al Padre nel mio nome, Egli ve lo dia. 17Questo vi comando: che vi amiate gli uni gli altri. 18Se il mondo vi odia, sapete bene che prima di voi ha odiato me. 19Se foste del mondo, il mondo amerebbe quel ch’è suo; ma perché non siete del mondo, ma io v’ho scelti di mezzo al mondo, perciò vi odia il mondo. 20Ricordatevi della parola che v’ho detta: Il servitore non è da più del suo signore. Se hanno perseguitato me, perseguiteranno anche voi; se hanno osservato la mia parola, osserveranno anche la vostra. 21Ma tutto questo ve lo faranno a cagion del mio nome, perché non conoscono Colui che m’ha mandato. 22S’io non fossi venuto e non avessi loro parlato, non avrebbero colpa; ma ora non hanno scusa del loro peccato. 23Chi odia me, odia anche il Padre mio. 24Se non avessi fatto tra loro le opere che nessun altro ha fatte mai, non avrebbero colpa; ma ora le hanno vedute, ed hanno odiato e me e il Padre mio. 25Ma quest’è avvenuto affinché sia adempita la parola scritta nella loro legge: Mi hanno odiato senza cagione. 26Ma quando sarà venuto il Consolatore che io vi manderò da parte del Padre, lo Spirito della verità che procede dal Padre, egli testimonierà di me; 27e anche voi mi renderete testimonianza, perché siete stati meco fin dal principio.

1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. 2Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 5I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. 8“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples. 9Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love. 11I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full. 12“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. 15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. 16You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17“I command these things to you, that you may love one another. 18If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21But all these things will they do to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23He who hates me, hates my Father also. 24If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father. 25But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’ 26“When the Counselorhas come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. 27You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

1Ik ben de ware Wijnstok, en Mijn Vader is de Landman. 2Alle rank, die in Mij geen vrucht draagt, die neemt Hij weg; en al wie vrucht draagt, die reinigt Hij, opdat zij meer vrucht drage. 3Gijlieden zijt nu rein om het woord, dat Ik tot u gesproken heb. 4Blijft in Mij, en Ik in u. Gelijkerwijs de rank geen vrucht kan dragen van zichzelve, zo zij niet in den wijnstok blijft; alzo ook gij niet, zo gij in Mij niet blijft. 5Ik ben de Wijnstok, en gij de ranken; die in Mij blijft, en Ik in hem, die draagt veel vrucht; want zonder Mij kunt gij niets doen. 6Zo iemand in Mij niet blijft, die is buiten geworpen, gelijkerwijs de rank, en is verdord; en men vergadert dezelve, en men werpt ze in het vuur, en zij worden verbrand. 7Indien gij in Mij blijft, en Mijn woorden in u blijven, zo wat gij wilt, zult gij begeren, en het zal u geschieden. 8Hierin is Mijn Vader verheerlijkt, dat gij veel vrucht draagt; en gij zult Mijn discipelen zijn. 9Gelijkerwijs de Vader Mij liefgehad heeft, heb Ik ook u liefgehad; blijft in deze Mijn liefde. 10Indien gij Mijn geboden bewaart, zo zult gij in Mijn liefde blijven; gelijkerwijs Ik de geboden Mijns Vaders bewaard heb, en blijf in Zijn liefde. 11Deze dingen heb Ik tot u gesproken, opdat Mijn blijdschap in u blijve, en uw blijdschap vervuld worde. 12Dit is Mijn gebod, dat gij elkander liefhebt, gelijkerwijs Ik u liefgehad heb. 13Niemand heeft meerder liefde dan deze, dat iemand zijn leven zette voor zijn vrienden. 14Gij zijt Mijn vrienden, zo gij doet wat Ik u gebiede. 15Ik heet u niet meer dienstknechten; want de dienstknecht weet niet, wat zijn heer doet; maar Ik heb u vrienden genoemd; want al wat Ik van Mijn Vader gehoord heb, dat heb Ik u bekend gemaakt. 16Gij hebt Mij niet uitverkoren, maar Ik heb u uitverkoren, en Ik heb u gesteld, dat gij zoudt heengaan en vrucht dragen, en dat uw vrucht blijve; opdat, zo wat gij van den Vader begeren zult in Mijn Naam, Hij u dat geve. 17Dit gebied Ik u, opdat gij elkander liefhebt. 18Indien u de wereld haat, zo weet, dat zij Mij eer dan u gehaat heeft. 19Indien gij van de wereld waart, zo zou de wereld het hare liefhebben; doch omdat gij van de wereld niet zijt, maar Ik u uit de wereld heb uitverkoren, daarom haat u de wereld. 20Gedenk des woords, dat Ik u gezegd heb: Een dienstknecht is niet meerder dan zijn heer. Indien zij Mij vervolgd hebben, zij zullen ook u vervolgen; indien zij Mijn woord bewaard hebben, zij zullen ook het uwe bewaren. 21Maar al deze dingen zullen zij doen om Mijns Naams wil, omdat zij Hem niet kennen, Die Mij gezonden heeft. 22Indien Ik niet gekomen ware, en tot hen gesproken had, zij hadden geen zonde; maar nu hebben zij geen voorwendsel voor hun zonde. 23Die Mij haat, die haat ook Mijn Vader. 24Indien Ik de werken onder hen niet had gedaan, die niemand anders gedaan heeft, zij hadden geen zonde; maar nu hebben zij ze gezien, en beiden Mij en Mijn Vader gehaat. 25Maar dit geschiedt, opdat het woord vervuld worde, dat in hun wet geschreven is: Zij hebben mij zonder oorzaak gehaat. 26Maar wanneer de Trooster zal gekomen zijn, Dien Ik u zenden zal van den Vader, namelijk de Geest der waarheid, Die van den Vader uitgaat, Die zal van Mij getuigen. 27En gij zult ook getuigen, want gij zijt van den beginne met Mij geweest.