¹Zvinhu izvi ndataura kwamuri, kuti murege kugumburwa.

¹`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

²Vachakubudisai mumasinagoge; hongu nguva inouya, apo umwe neumwe unokuurayai uchafunga kuti unoitira Mwari basa.

²out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

³Uye zvinhu izvi vachazviita kwamuri, nekuti havana kuziva Baba kana ini.

³and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

⁴Asi zvinhu izvi ndataura kwamuri, kuti kana nguva yasvika, muzvirangarire kuti ini ndakakuudzai. Asi zvinhu izvi handina kuzvireva kwamuri kubva pakutanga, nekuti ndaiva nemwi.

⁴`But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said [them] to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;

⁵Asi ikozvino ndinoenda kune wakandituma, uye hakuna umwe wenyu unondibvunza, achiti: Munoenda kupi?

⁵and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?

⁶Asi nekuti ndareva zvinhu izvi kwamuri, kusuruvara kwazadza moyo wenyu.

⁶but because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart.

⁷Asi ini ndinokuudzai chokwadi: Zvakanaka kwamuri kuti ini ndiende; nekuti kana ndisingaendi, Munyaradzi haazouyi kwamuri; asi kana ndikaenda, ndichamutumira kwamuri.

⁷`But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

⁸Zvino kana asvika, iye uchapwisa nyika nezvechivi, uye nezvekururama, uye nezvemutongo;

⁸and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;

⁹zvechivi, nekuti havatendi kwandiri;

⁹concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me;

¹⁰uye zvekururama, nekuti ndinoenda kuna Baba vangu, uye hamundionizve;

¹⁰and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;

¹¹uye zvemutongo, nekuti mutungamiriri wenyika ino watongwa.

¹¹and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

¹²Ndichine zvinhu zvizhinji zvekutaura kwamuri, asi hamugoni kuzvitakura ikozvino;

¹²`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear [them] now;

¹³asi kana iye asvika, Mweya wechokwadi, uchakutungamirirai kuchokwadi chose; nekuti haazozvitauriri pachake, asi choga choga chaanonzwa uchataura, uye uchakupirai zvinhu zvinouya.

¹³and when He may come — the Spirit of truth — He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

¹⁴Iye uchandirumbidza, nekuti uchatora pane zvangu, uye uchazvipira kwamuri.

¹⁴He will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you.

¹⁵Zvose Baba zvavanazvo, ndezvangu; ndokusaka ndichiti uchatora pane zvangu, agopira kwamuri.

¹⁵`All things, as many as the Father hath, are mine; because of this I said, That of mine He will take, and will tell to you;

¹⁶Kwechinguvana uye hamuchandioni, uye kwechinguvana muchandiona, nekuti ini ndinoenda kuna Baba.

¹⁶a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.`

¹⁷Zvino vamwe vevadzidzi vake vakataurirana vachiti: Chii ichi chaanoreva kwatiri: Kwechinguvana, hamuchandioni; uyezve kwechinguvana muchandiona; uye: Nekuti ini ndinoenda kuna Baba?

¹⁷Therefore said [some] of his disciples one to another, `What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?`

¹⁸Naizvozvo vakati: Chii ichi chaanoreva: Chinguvana? Hatizivi chaanoreva.

¹⁸they said then, `What is this he saith — the little while? we have not known what he saith.`

¹⁹Zvino Jesu waiziva kuti vakange vachishuva kumubvunza, akati kwavari: Munobvunzana pamusoro pezvizvi here kuti ndati: Kwechinguvana hamuchandioni, uyezve kwechinguvana muchandiona?

¹⁹Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, `Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?

²⁰Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Imwi muchachema nekurira, asi nyika ichafara; uye imwi muchava nekusuruvara, asi kusuruvara kwenyu kuchava mufaro.

²⁰verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.

²¹Mukadzi kana achisununguka une marwadzo, nekuti awa rake rasvika; asi kana angopona mucheche, haacharangaririzve marwadzo, nekufara kuti munhu waponwa panyika.

²¹`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

²²Naizvozvo nemwi ikozvino mune kusuruvara; asi ndichazokuonaizve, nemoyo wenyu uchafara; uye hakuna munhu unokutorerai mufaro wenyu.

²²`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

²³Zvino nezuva iro hamuchazondibvunzi chinhu. Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Chipi nechipi chamuchakumbira kuna Baba muzita rangu vachakupai.

²³and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;

²⁴Kusvikira ikozvino hamuna kukumbira chinhu muzita rangu; kumbirai, uye muchagamuchira, kuti mufaro wenyu uzadzwe.

²⁴till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

²⁵Zvinhu izvi ndataura kwamuri mumadimikira; asi nguva inouya apo ndisingazotaurizve kwamuri nemadimikira, asi ndichakuudzai pachena nezvaBaba.

²⁵`These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

²⁶Pazuva iro muchakumbira muzita rangu; uye handirevi kwamuri kuti ini ndichakukumbirirai kuna Baba;

²⁶`In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

²⁷nekuti Baba vemene vanokudai, nekuti imwi makandida, mukatenda kuti ini ndakabuda kuna Mwari.

²⁷for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;

²⁸Ndakabuda kuna Baba, uye ndakauya panyika; ndinobvazve panyika, uye ndinoenda kuna Baba.

²⁸I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.`

²⁹Vadzidzi vake vakati kwaari: Tarirai ikozvino motaura pachena, uye hamutauri madimikira.

²⁹His disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;

³⁰Zvino tinoziva kuti munoziva zvinhu zvose, uye hamutsvaki kuti munhu akubvunzei; neizvozvi tinotenda kuti makabuda kuna Mwari.

³⁰now we have known that thou hast known all things, and hast no need that any one do question thee; in this we believe that from God thou didst come forth.`

³¹Jesu akavapindura akati: Ikozvino munotenda here?

³¹Jesus answered them, `Now do ye believe? lo, there doth come an hour,

³²Tarirai, awa rinouya, hongu ikozvino rasvika, rekuti muchaparadzirwa, umwe neumwe kune zvake, uye mundisiye ndoga; izvo handisi ndoga, nekuti Baba vaneni.

³²and now it hath come, that ye may be scattered, each to his own things, and me ye may leave alone, and I am not alone, because the Father is with me;

³³Ndareva zvinhu izvi kwamuri, kuti muve nerugare mandiri. Munyika muchava nedambudziko; asi tsungai moyo, ini ndakakunda nyika.

³³these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage — I have overcome the world.`