John 17

1 After Jesus said those things, he looked [up] toward heaven. Then he prayed, “[My] Father, it is now the time [MTY] [for me to suffer and die]. Honor me [as I do that], in order that I may honor you.

Queste cose disse Gesù; poi levati gli occhi al cielo, disse: Padre, l’ora è venuta; glorifica il tuo Figliuolo, affinché il Figliuolo glorifichi te,

2 You gave me authority over all people, in order that I might enable all those whom you chose [to come] to me to live eternally. (aiōnios g166)

poiché gli hai data potestà sopra ogni carne, onde egli dia vita eterna a tutti quelli che tu gli hai dato. (aiōnios g166)

3 [The way for people] to live eternally is for them to know that you are the only true God, and to know that [I], Jesus, am the Messiah, the one you have sent. (aiōnios g166)

E questa è la vita eterna: che conoscano te, il solo vero Dio, e colui che tu hai mandato, Gesù Cristo. (aiōnios g166)

4 I have honored you here on this earth by completing all the work that you gave me to do.

Io ti ho glorificato sulla terra, avendo compiuto l’opera che tu m’hai data a fare.

5 [My] Father, now honor me when I am with you [again], by causing me to have the greatness I had when I was with you before the world began.”

Ed ora, o Padre, glorificami tu presso te stesso della gloria che avevo presso di te avanti che il mondo fosse.

6 “I have revealed [what] you [are like] to the people whom you brought to me from among those who do not belong to you [MTY]. Those [who came to me] belonged to you, and you brought them to me. Now they have obeyed your message.

Io ho manifestato il tuo nome agli uomini che tu m’hai dati dal mondo; erano tuoi, e tu me li hai dati; ed essi hanno osservato la tua parola.

7 Now they know that everything you have given me, [your message and your work], comes from you.

Ora hanno conosciuto che tutte le cose che tu m’hai date, vengon da te;

8 I gave them the message that you gave me, and they have accepted it. They now know for certain that I came from you. They now believe that you sent me.

poiché le parole che tu mi hai date, le ho date a loro; ed essi le hanno ricevute, e hanno veramente conosciuto ch’io son proceduto da te, e hanno creduto che tu m’hai mandato.

9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for those [who do not belong to you] [MTY]. Instead, [I am praying] for those whom you have brought to me, because they belong to you.

Io prego per loro; non prego per il mondo, ma per quelli che tu m’hai dato, perché son tuoi;

10 All [the disciples] that I have belong to you, and all those who belong to you also belong to me. They have shown how great I am.

e tutte le cose mie son tue, e le cose tue son mie; e io son glorificato in loro.

11 I will not be [staying] in the world any longer. I will be coming back to you. They, however, will be [here] in the world [among those who are opposed to you]. [My] Holy Father, protect them from spiritual harm by your power [MTY], the power that you gave me, in order that they may be united as we are united.

E io non sono più nel mondo, ma essi sono nel mondo, e io vengo a te. Padre santo, conservali nel tuo nome, essi che tu m’hai dati, affinché siano uno, come noi.

12 While I have been with them, I have [completely] protected them by the power [MTY] that you gave me. As a result, only one of them will be eternally separated from you. He is the one who was doomed to be eternally separated from you. [That has happened] to fulfill [what a prophet wrote] in the Scriptures [would happen].

Mentre io ero con loro, io li conservavo nel tuo nome; quelli che tu mi hai dati, li ho anche custoditi, e niuno di loro è perito, tranne il figliuol di perdizione, affinché la Scrittura fosse adempiuta.

13 [Father], now I am about to return to you. I have said these things while I am still [here] in the world in order that my [disciples] may fully experience being joyful, as I have been joyful.

Ma ora io vengo a te; e dico queste cose nel mondo, affinché abbiano compita in se stessi la mia allegrezza.

14 I have given them your message. As a result, those who are opposed to you [MTY] have hated them, because [my disciples] do not belong to those who oppose you [MTY], just like I do not belong to those who oppose you [MTY].

Io ho dato loro la tua parola; e il mondo li ha odiati, perché non sono del mondo, come io non sono del mondo.

15 I am asking you, not that you take them out of this world, but instead that you protect them from [Satan], the evil one.

Io non ti prego che tu li tolga dal mondo, ma che tu li preservi dal maligno.

16 They do not belong to those who are opposed to you [MTY], just like I also do not belong to them.

Essi non sono del mondo, come io non sono del mondo.

17 Set [my disciples] apart so that they may (completely belong to/serve) you, by [enabling them to live in accordance with] what is true. Your message is true.

Santificali nella verità: la tua parola è verità.

18 Just like you sent me here into this world, now I surely will be sending them [to other places] in [MTY] the world.

Come tu hai mandato me nel mondo, anch’io ho mandato loro nel mondo.

19 I dedicate myself to completely belong to you, in order that they also may truly be dedicated {dedicate themselves} completely to you.”

E per loro io santifico me stesso, affinché anch’essi siano santificati in verità.

20 “I am praying not only for these [eleven disciples]. I am praying also for those who [will] believe in me as a result of [hearing] their message.

Io non prego soltanto per questi, ma anche per quelli che credono in me per mezzo della loro parola:

21 [My] Father, [I want] all of them to be united, just like I am united with you because of my relationship with you, and as you are united with me because of your relationship with me. I also want them to be united with us. [I want that to happen] so that those who do not know you [MTY] may know that you sent me.

che siano tutti uno; che come tu, o Padre, sei in me, ed io sono in te, anch’essi siano in noi: affinché il mondo creda che tu mi hai mandato.

22 I have honored my disciples just like you honored me, in order that they may be united, as we are united.

E io ho dato loro la gloria che tu hai dato a me, affinché siano uno come noi siamo uno;

23 I want them to be united just like they are united with me and as you are united with me. May they be completely united, in order that those who do not belong to you [MTY] may know that you sent me and that you have loved them just like you have loved me.

io in loro, e tu in me; acciocché siano perfetti nell’unità, e affinché il mondo conosca che tu m’hai mandato, e che li ami come hai amato me.

24 [My] Father, I want [the disciples] you have brought to me to [some day] be with me [in heaven], where I will be. I want them to see my greatness. I want them to see the greatness you gave me because you loved me. You gave me that greatness before you created the world.

Padre, io voglio che dove son io, siano meco anche quelli che tu m’hai dati, affinché veggano la mia gloria che tu m’hai data; poiché tu m’hai amato avanti la fondazion del mondo.

25 [My] righteous Father, although the people who do not belong to you [MTY] do not know what you [are like], I know what you [are like], and my disciples know that you sent me.

Padre giusto, il mondo non t’ha conosciuto, ma io t’ho conosciuto; e questi hanno conosciuto che tu mi hai mandato;

26 I have revealed to them [what] you [are like], and I will continue to reveal to them [what] you [are like]. I will do that in order that they may love [others] just like you love me, and in order that I may be in them [by my Spirit].”

ed io ho fatto loro conoscere il tuo nome, e lo farò conoscere, affinché l’amore del quale tu m’hai amato sia in loro, ed io in loro.