¹"Nimewaambieni hayo kusudi msiiache imani yenu.

¹ “These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

²Watu watawatenga ninyi na masunagogi yao. Tena, wakati unakuja ambapo kila atakayewaua ninyi atadhani anamhudumia Mungu.

² They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

³Watawatendeeni mambo hayo kwa sababu hawamjui Baba, wala hawanijui mimi.

³ They will do these things TR adds “to you” because they have not known the Father, nor me.

⁴Basi, nimewaambieni mambo haya ili saa yake itakapofika mkumbuke kwamba niliwaambieni. "Sikuwaambieni mambo haya tangu mwanzo kwa sababu nilikuwa pamoja nanyi.

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.

⁵Lakini sasa namwendea yule aliyenituma; na hakuna hata mmoja wenu anayeniuliza: Unakwenda wapi?

⁵ But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

⁶Kwa kuwa nimewaambieni mambo hayo mmejaa huzuni mioyoni mwenu.

⁶ But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.

⁷Lakini, nawaambieni ukweli: afadhali kwenu mimi niende zangu, maana nisipokwenda Msaidizi hatakuja kwenu. Lakini nikienda, basi, nitamtuma kwenu.

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.

⁸Naye atakapokuja atawathibitishia walimwengu kwamba wamekosea kuhusu dhambi, uadilifu na hukumu ya Mungu.

⁸ When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

⁹Wamekosea kuhusu dhambi kwa sababu hawaniamini;

⁹ about sin, because they don’t believe in me;

¹⁰kuhusu uadilifu, kwa sababu naenda zangu kwa Baba, nanyi hamtaniona tena;

¹⁰ about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;

¹¹kuhusu hukumu kwa sababu mkuu wa ulimwengu huu amekwisha hukumiwa.

¹¹ about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.

¹²"Ninayo bado mengi ya kuwaambieni, ila kwa sasa hamwezi kuyastahimili.

¹² “I have yet many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

¹³Lakini atakapokuja huyo Roho wa kweli atawaongoza kwenye ukweli wote; maana hatasema kwa mamlaka yake mwenyewe, bali atawaambieni yote atakayosikia, na atasema mambo yatakayokuwa yanakuja.

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.

¹⁴Yeye atanitukuza mimi kwa kuwa atawaambieni yale atakayopata kutoka kwangu.

¹⁴ He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you.

¹⁵Vyote alivyo navyo Baba ni vyangu; ndiyo maana nimesema kwamba huyo Roho Mtakatifu atawaambieni yale atakayopata kutoka kwangu.

¹⁵ All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes TR reads “will take” instead of “takes” of mine, and will declare it to you.

¹⁶"Bado kitambo kidogo nanyi hamtaniona; na baada ya kitambo kidogo tena mtaniona!"

¹⁶ A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”

¹⁷Hapo baadhi ya wanafunzi wake wakaulizana, "Ana maana gani anapotwambia: Bado kitambo kidogo nanyi hamtaniona; na baada ya kitambo kidogo tena mtaniona? Tena anasema: Kwa kuwa ninakwenda kwa Baba!"

¹⁷Some 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?’ ”

¹⁸Basi, wakawa wanaulizana, "Ana maana gani anaposema: Bado kitambo kidogo? Hatuelewi anaongelea nini."

¹⁸They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while?’ We don’t know what he is saying.”

¹⁹Yesu alijua kwamba walitaka kumwuliza, basi akawaambia, "Je, mnaulizana juu ya yale niliyosema: Bado kitambo kidogo nanyi hamtaniona; na baada ya kitambo kidogo tena mtaniona?

¹⁹Therefore 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?’

²⁰Nawaambieni kweli, ninyi mtalia na kuomboleza, lakini ulimwengu utafurahi: mtaona huzuni lakini huzuni yenu itageuka kuwa furaha.

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.

²¹Wakati mama anapojifungua huona huzuni kwa sababu saa ya maumivu imefika; lakini akisha jifungua hayakumbuki tena maumivu hayo kwa sababu ya furaha kwamba mtu amezaliwa duniani.

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.

²²Ninyi pia mna huzuni sasa; lakini nitawajieni tena, nanyi mtajaa furaha mioyoni mwenu, na furaha hiyo hakuna mtu atakayeiondoa kwenu.

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.

²³Siku hiyo hamtaniomba chochote. Kweli nawaambieni, chochote mtakachomwomba Baba kwa jina langu, atawapeni.

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.

²⁴Mpaka sasa hamjaomba chochote kwa jina langu. Ombeni nanyi mtapata ili furaha yenu ikamilike.

²⁴ Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

²⁵"Nimewaambieni mambo hayo kwa mafumbo. Lakini wakati utakuja ambapo sitasema tena nanyi kwa mafumbo, bali nitawaambieni waziwazi juu ya Baba.

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.

²⁶Siku hiyo mtaomba kwa jina langu, na siwaambii kwamba nitamwomba Baba kwa niaba yenu;

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,

²⁷maana yeye mwenyewe anawapenda ninyi, kwa sababu ninyi mmenipenda mimi na mmeamini kwamba nimetoka kwa Mungu.

²⁷ for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

²⁸Mimi nilitoka kwa Baba, nikaja ulimwenguni; na sasa nauacha ulimwengu na kurudi kwa Baba."

²⁸ I came out from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”

²⁹Basi, wanafunzi wake wakamwambia, "Ahaa! Sasa unasema waziwazi kabisa bila kutumia mafumbo.

²⁹His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you speak plainly, and speak no figures of speech.

³⁰Sasa tunajua kwamba wewe unajua kila kitu, na huna haja ya kuulizwa maswali na mtu yeyote; kwa hiyo tunaamini kwamba umetoka kwa Mungu."

³⁰Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came forth from God.”

³¹Yesu akawajibu, "Je, mnaamini sasa?

³¹Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?

³²Wakati unakuja, tena umekwisha fika, ambapo ninyi nyote mtatawanyika kila mtu kwake, nami nitaachwa peke yangu. Kumbe, lakini mimi siko peke yangu, maana Baba yu pamoja nami.

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.

³³Nimewaambieni mambo haya ili mpate kuwa na amani katika kuungana nami. Ulimwenguni mtapata masumbuko; lakini jipeni moyo! Mimi nimeushinda ulimwengu!"

³³ I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”