Yuhana 17
1 Meng Yesu nbelle ilenge imone, a ghantina iyizi me kitene Kutelle aworo, “Ucif, kube nda; ta Usaunfe gongong-
After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heaven-wards, and said: “Father, the hour has come; honour thy Son, that thy Son may honour thee;
2 nafo na una nighe tigo kitene nanan tilai vat, bara anan na alenge na una nige ulai nsa ligang. (aiōnios g166)
even as thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has given him. (aiōnios g166)
3 Ulai un saligaghere ulele: inan yininfi, fere cas Kutelle kidegen, a ame ulenge na una tuu, Yesu Kristi. (aiōnios g166)
And the Immortal Life is this — to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger. (aiōnios g166)
4 Meng ntafi gongong in yie, na nna kulo katwa ka na unani nsu.
I have honoured thee on earth by completing the work which thou has given me to do;
5 Nene, Ucif, tye ngogong umunu litife wang nin nimus ngongon mongo na nwa dimun ninfi a uyie dutu sa ukye.
and now do thou honour me, Father, at thy own side, with the honour which I had at thy side before the world began.
6 Nna durso lissafe kiti nanit alenge na una ni nanyan yii. Inung anit fere, umini na ni inung, inani din dortu ulirufe.
I have revealed thee to those whom thou gavest me from the world; they were thy own, and thou gavest them to me; and they have laid thy Message to heart.
7 Nene inung yiru vat nimon ile na una nii, inan nuzu kitifere,
They recognise now that everything that thou gavest me was from thee;
8 uliru fe na una nii, nna ni nani uliru une. Ina seru tining, inani na yinin kidegenere nna dak unuzu kitife, inani na yinin fere na tuyi.
for I have given them the teaching which thou gavest me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from thee, and they believed that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.
9 Ndi nani nlira, na ndi su uyii nlira ba, ama inung alenge na unayi, inung anit fere.
I intercede for them; I am not interceding for the world, but for those whom thou has given me, for they are thy own —
10 Vat nimon ilenge na idi inang, in fere, imongfe inanghari. Meng ta gongon nanya ni ning.
All that is mine is thine, and all that is thine is mine — and I am honoured in them.
11 Na meng du nanya nyie ba, ama inung anit ane di nanya nyie. Meng din cinu udak kitife. Ucif ulau mino nani nanya lissafe inung alenge na una nii, inan so unit urum, nafo na arik di urume.
Now I am to be in this world no longer, but they are still to be in the world, and I am to come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by that revelation of thy Name which thou has given me, that they may be one, as we are.
12 Kube na nwa di nan ghinu, nwa ceo nani nanya lissa fe alenge na uwa nii; nwa kesse nani, na unit urum na wolu ba, se ame gonon nnanu, bara ulirufe nan se ukulu.
Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul — in fulfilment of Scripture.
13 Nene ndincinu udak kitife; ama ndin bellu ile imone nanya nyi, bara ayiabo mine nan se ukulu nati mine.
But now I am to come to thee; and I am speaking thus, while still in the world, that they may have my own joy, in all its fullness, in their hearts.
14 Nna ninani ulirufe, uyi na nari inung, bara na inung anan yieri ba, nafo na meng kunan yiere ba.
I have given them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
15 Na ndi nlira ukala nani nanya inyieba ama u kesse nani nin nanan naburi asirne.
I do not ask thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from Evil.
16 Na inung anan yiere ba, nafo na meng kunan yieri ba.
They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
17 Kusu wesse nani nin kidegen, ulirufe kidegenghari.
Consecrate them by the Truth; thy Message is Truth.
18 Una tuyi nanya nyii, meng uni na tuu nani nanya yie.
Just as thou has sent me as thy Messenger to the world, so I send them as my Messengers to the world.
19 Bara inung, meng na wesse litinighe, inung atimine wang nan se uwessu nanya kidegene.
And it is for their sakes that I am consecrating myself, so that they also may be truly consecrated.
20 Na bara alele cas ndin su nlira ba, umunu alenge vat na ima yinnu unuzun liru mine.
But it is not only for them that I am interceding, but also for those who believe in me through their Message,
21 Bara inan so arume vat, nafo nafe Ucif, udi nanya ning, a meng yita nanyafe. Ndin lira inung wang yita nanya bite uyie nan yinna fere na tuyi.
that they all may be one — that as thou, Father, art in union with us — and so the world may believe that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger.
22 Ngongonghe na una nii, nna nii nani unin, inung wang nan yita urum, nafo na arike di arum-
I have given them the honour which thou has given me, that they may be one as we are one —
23 Meng nanya mine, a fe nanya ning, inan se ukulu nanyan warume; bara uyie nan yinno fere na tuyi, umini dinin su mine nafo na udinin su ninghe.
I in union with them and thou with me — that so they may be perfected in their union, and thus the world may know that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger, and that thou has loved them as thou hast loved me.
24 Ucif, aleli na una nii wang. Ndin piziru inung yita nan mi kiti kanga na nduku, inan yene ngongong nighe, mongo na uwa nii: bara udi nin su nighe a i ditu sa ucizinun kye in yii.
Father, my desire for all those whom thou has given me is that they may be with me where I am, so that they may see the honour which thou has given me; for thou didst love me before the beginning of the world.
25 Ucif katwa kacine, na uyii yirufi ba, ama meng yirufi, inung alele yiru fere na tuyi.
O righteous Father, though the world did not know thee, I knew thee; and these men knew that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.
26 Nna durso nani lissafe, tutung nba ti nani iyinin bara usuwe na udi mun nan yita nati mine, meng wang nan yita nanya mine.”
I have made thee known to them, and will do so still; that the love that thou has had for me may be in their hearts, and that I may be in them also.”
