Juan 15

1Ako ang tunay na puno ng ubas, at ang aking Ama ang magsasaka. 2Ang bawa't sanga na sa akin ay hindi nagbubunga, ay inaalis niya: at ang bawa't sanga na nagbubunga ay nililinis niya, upang lalong magbunga. 3Kayo'y malilinis na sa pamamagitan ng salita na sa inyo'y aking sinalita. 4Kayo'y manatili sa akin, at ako'y sa inyo. Gaya ng sanga na di makapagbunga sa kaniyang sarili maliban na nakakabit sa puno; gayon din naman kayo, maliban na kayo'y manatili sa akin. 5Ako ang puno ng ubas, kayo ang mga sanga: Ang nananatili sa akin, at ako'y sa kaniya, ay siyang nagbubunga ng marami: sapagka't kung kayo'y hiwalay sa akin ay wala kayong magagawa. 6Kung ang sinoman ay hindi manatili sa akin, ay siya'y matatapong katulad ng sanga, at matutuyo; at mga titipunin at mga ihahagis sa apoy, at mangasusunog. 7Kung kayo'y magsipanatili sa akin, at ang mga salita ko'y magsipanatili sa inyo, ay hingin ninyo ang anomang inyong ibigin, at gagawin sa inyo. 8Sa ganito'y lumuluwalhati ang aking Ama, na kayo'y magsipagbunga ng marami; at gayon kayo'y magiging aking mga alagad. 9Kung paanong inibig ako ng Ama, ay gayon din naman iniibig ko kayo: magsipanatili kayo sa aking pagibig. 10Kung tinutupad ninyo ang aking mga utos, ay magsisipanahan kayo sa aking pagibig; gaya ng aking pagtupad sa mga utos ng aking Ama, at ako'y nananatili sa kaniyang pagibig. 11Ang mga bagay na ito ay sinalita ko sa inyo, upang ang aking kagalakan ay mapasa inyo, at upang ang inyong kagalakan ay malubos. 12Ito ang aking utos, na kayo'y mangagibigan sa isa't isa, na gaya ng pagibig ko sa inyo. 13Walang may lalong dakilang pagibig kay sa rito, na ibigay ng isang tao ang kaniyang buhay dahil sa kaniyang mga kaibigan. 14Kayo'y aking mga kaibigan, kung gawin ninyo ang mga bagay na aking iniuutos sa inyo. 15Hindi ko na kayo tatawaging mga alipin; sapagka't hindi nalalaman ng alipin kung ano ang ginagawa ng kaniyang panginoon: nguni't tinatawag ko kayong mga kaibigan; sapagka't ang lahat ng mga bagay na narinig ko sa aking Ama ay mga ipinakilala ko sa inyo. 16Ako'y hindi ninyo hinirang, nguni't kayo'y hinirang ko, at aking kayong inihalal, upang kayo'y magsiyaon at magsipagbunga, at upang manatili ang inyong bunga: upang ang anomang inyong hingin sa Ama sa aking pangalan, ay maibigay niya sa inyo. 17Ang mga bagay na ito ay iniuutos ko sa inyo, upang kayo'y mangagibigan sa isa't isa. 18Kung kayo'y kinapopootan ng sanglibutan, ay inyong talastas na ako muna ang kinapootan bago kayo. 19Kung kayo'y taga sanglibutan, ay iibigin ng sanglibutan ang kaniyang sarili: nguni't sapagka't kayo'y hindi taga sanglibutan, kundi kayo'y hinirang ko sa sanglibutan, kaya napopoot sa inyo ang sanglibutan. 20Alalahanin ninyo ang salitang sa inyo'y aking sinabi, Ang alipin ay hindi dakila kay sa kaniyang panginoon. Kung ako'y kanilang pinagusig, kayo man ay kanilang paguusigin din; kung tinupad nila ang aking salita, ang inyo man ay tutuparin din. 21Datapuwa't ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito ay gagawin nila sa inyo dahil sa aking pangalan, sapagka't hindi nila nakikilala ang sa akin ay nagsugo. 22Kung hindi sana ako naparito at nagsalita sa kanila, ay hindi sila magkakaroon ng kasalanan: datapuwa't ngayo'y wala na silang madadahilan sa kanilang kasalanan. 23Ang napopoot sa akin ay napopoot din naman sa aking Ama. 24Kung ako sana'y hindi gumawa sa gitna nila ng mga gawang hindi ginawa ng sinomang iba, ay hindi sana sila nangagkaroon ng kasalanan: datapuwa't ngayon ay kanilang nangakita at kinapootan nila ako at ang aking Ama. 25Nguni't nangyari ito, upang matupad ang salitang nasusulat sa kanilang kautusan, Ako'y kinapootan nila na walang kadahilanan. 26Datapuwa't pagparito ng Mangaaliw, na aking susuguin sa inyo mula sa Ama, sa makatuwid baga'y ang Espiritu ng katotohanan, na nagbubuhat sa Ama, ay siyang magpapatotoo sa akin: 27At kayo naman ay magpapatotoo, sapagka't kayo'y nangakasama ko buhat pa nang una.

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.