John 16
1 “I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
“Ke lo boleletse dilo tse gore lo seka lwa etsaetsega (ka ga dilo tse di kwa pele).
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
Gonne lo tlaa kgaolwa mo matlung a thuto, mme tota lobaka lo, e tla nna lo ka lone babolai ba lona ba tlaa gopolang gore ba dira tiro ya Modimo.
3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
Se ke ka ntlha ya gore ga go nako epe e ba kileng ba itse Rara le fa e le nna.
4 But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
Ee, ke lo bolelela dilo tse gompieno gore e tle e re di diragala lo tlo lo gakologelwe gore ke lo tlhagisitse. Ga ke ise ke ko ke lo bolelele le fa e le sepe gonne ke ne ke tsile go nna le lona ka lobaka lo lo leejana.
5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
“Mme jaanong ke a tsamaya ke boela kwa go yo o nthomileng; mme go bonala fa e le gore ga go na ope wa lona yo o nang le kgatlhego mo lebakeng la go tsamaya ga me; le fa e le ope ga a hakgamale.
6 But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
Mo boemong jwa go dira jalo lo tletse bohutsana fela.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
Mme boammaaruri ke gore, go lo solegela molemo fa ke tsamaya, gonne fa ke sa tsamaye, Mogomotsi ga a na go tla. Fa ke tsamaya, o tlaa tla, gonne ke tlaa mo romela kwa go lona.
8 When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
“Mme fa a sena go tla, o tlaa senolela lefatshe boleo jwa lone, le gore tshiamo ya Modimo e teng, le kgololo mo katlholong.
9 about sin, because they don’t believe in me;
Boleo jwa lefatshe ke go sa dumeleng mo go Nna;
10 about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
mme tshiamo e teng gonne ke ya kwa go Rara mme ga lo na go tlhola lo mpona gape;
11 about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
go na le go gololwa mo katlholong gonne kgosana ya lefatshe leno e setse e bile e atlhotswe.
12 “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
“Oo, go sa ntse go na le dilo di le dintsi tse ke batlang go di lo bolelela, mme ga lo ka ke lwa di tlhaloganya jaanong jaana.
13 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
Fa Mowa O O Boitshepo, o e leng boammaaruri, o tla, o tlaa lo gogela mo boammaaruring jotlhe, mme o tlaa bo o sa bue mafoko a one; mme o tlaa bo o lo bolelela se o se utlwileng. O tlaa lo bolelela kaga dilo tse di tlaa tlang.
14 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will declare it to you.
O tlaa nkgalaletsa a bo a nteretse tlotlo e kgolo ka go lo bontsha kgalalelo ya me.
15 All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
Kgalalelo yotlhe ya ga Rara ke ya me; ke sone se ke se rayang fa ke re o tlaa lo supegetsa kgalalelo ya me.
16 “A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
E tlaa re fela mo lobakanyaneng morago ga moo, lo tlaa mpona gape!”
17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
Mme bangwe ba barutwa ba gagwe ba re, “A reng? Ke eng se a se rayang fa a re ke ya kwa go Rara? Rona ga re tlhaloganye se a se rayang.”
18 They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
19 Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
Jesu a lemoga gore ba batla go mmotsa, mme a ba botsa a re, “A lo ipotsa se ke se rayang?
20 Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Lefatshe le tlaa itumela thata kaga se se tsileng go ntiragalela, mme lona lo tlaa lela. Mme e tlaa re ka bonako selelo sa lona se fetoge boitumelo jo bogolo (fa lo mpona gape).
21 A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
E tlaa bo e le boitumelo jo bo tshwanang le jwa mosadi a le mo ditlhabing fa a tshola ngwana wa gagwe, hong ditlhabi tse di lebalwe gotlhelele.
22 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Gompieno jaana lo futsafetse, mme ke tlaa lo bona gape, mme lo tlaa itumela, mme ga gona ope yo o ka lo tseelang boitumelo joo.
23 “In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
Ka nako eo ga lo na go tlhokana le go nkopa sepe, gonne lo tlaa bo lo ka tlhamalalela kwa go Rara go mo kopa, mme o tlaa lo naya se lo tlaa bong lo se kopa gonne lo tlaa bo lo dirisa leina la me.
24 Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
Ga lo ise lo ke lo leke go dira jaana pele, (mme simololang gompieno). Kopang, lo dirisa leina la me. Mme lo tlaa amogela, mme senwelo sa lona sa boitumelo se tlaa penologa.
25 “I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Ke buile kaga dilo tse ke itisitse mo puong, mme nako e tlaa tla fa go itisa mo puong go tlaa bo go sa tlhokege mme ke tlaa lo bolelela sentle thata gotlhe ka ga Rara.
26 In that day you will ask in my name; and I don’t say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,
Mme lo tlaa lere dikopo tsa lona ka leina la me! Mme ga nkitla ke tlhoka go kopa Rara go lo naya dikarabo tsa dikopo tse,
27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
gonne Rara ene o lo rata fela thata ka gore lo a nthata ebile lo dumela gore ke tsile ke tswa kwa go Ene.
28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
Ee, ke tsile ke tswa kwa go Rara fa ke tla mo lefatsheng, mme ke tlaa tswa mo lefatsheng ke boela kwa go Rara.”
29 His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.
Mme barutwa ba gagwe ba re, “Jaanong o bua sentle thata, eseng ka diane.
30 Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”
Jaanong re tlhaloganya gore o itse sengwe le sengwe ebile ga o tlhoke ope go go bolelela sepe. Jaanong ka ntlha ya one mabaka a, re dumela gore o tsile o tswa kwa Modimong.”
31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “A jaanong lo dumela se ke se buang?
32 Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Mme lobaka lo e tla, le gone tota lo setse lo fitlhile, fa lo tlaa phatlalala, mongwe le mongwe a boela kwa legaeng la gagwe, a ntlogela ke le nosi. Le fa go ntse jalo ke tlaa bo ke se nosi, gonne Rara o na le nna.
33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
Ke lo boleletse mo gotlhe gore lo tle lo nne le kagiso mo mogopolong le mo pelong. Lo tlaa nna le meleko e mentsi le dikutlobotlhoko fano mo lefatsheng; mme lo itumele thata, gonne ke fentse lefatshe.”
