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

¹እንዳትሰናከሉ ይህን ተናግሬአችኋለሁ።

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.

²ከምኵራባቸው ያወጡአችኋል፤ ከዚህ በላይ ደግሞ የሚገድላችሁ ሁሉ እግዚአብሔርን እንደሚያገለግል የሚመስልበት ጊዜ ይመጣል።

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

³ይህንም የሚያደርጉባችሁ አብንና እኔን ስላላወቁ ነው።

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.

⁴ነገር ግን ጊዜው ሲደርስ እኔ እንደ ነገርኋችሁ ታስቡ ዘንድ ይህን ተናግሬአችኋለሁ። ከእንናንተም ጋር ስለ ነበርሁ በመጀመሪያ ይህን አልነገርኋችሁም።

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

⁵አሁን ግን ወደ ላከኝ እሄዳለሁ ከእናንተም። ወዴት ትሄዳለህ? ብሎ የሚጠይቀኝ የለም።

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

⁶ነገር ግን ይህን ስለ ተናገርኋችሁ ኀዘን በልባችሁ ሞልቶአል።

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.

⁷እኔ ግን እውነት እነግራችኋለሁ፤ እኔ እንድሄድ ይሻላችኋል። እኔ ባልሄድ አጽናኙ ወደ እናንተ አይመጣምና፤ እኔ ብሄድ ግን እርሱን እልክላችኋለሁ።

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

⁸እርሱም መጥቶ ስለ ኃጢአት ስለ ጽድቅም ስለ ፍርድም ዓለምን ይወቅሳል፤

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

⁹ስለ ኃጢአት፥ በእኔ ስለማያምኑ ነው፤ ስለ ጽድቅም፥ ወደ አብ ስለምሄድ ከዚህም በኋላ ስለማታዩኝ ነው፤

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

¹¹ስለ ፍርድም፥ የዚህ ዓለም ገዥ ስለ ተፈረደበት ነው።

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

¹²የምነግራችሁ ገና ብዙ አለኝ፥ ነገር ግን አሁን ልትሸከሙት አትችሉም።

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

¹³ግን እርሱ የእውነት መንፈስ በመጣ ጊዜ ወደ እውነት ሁሉ ይመራችኋል፤ የሚሰማውን ሁሉ ይናገራል እንጂ ከራሱ አይነግርምና፤ የሚመጣውንም ይነግራችኋል።

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.

¹⁴እርሱ ያከብረኛል፥ ለእኔ ካለኝ ወስዶ ይነግራችኋልና።

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

¹⁵ለአብ ያለው ሁሉ የእኔ ነው፤ ስለዚህ። ለእኔ ካለኝ ወስዶ ይነግራችኋል አልሁ።

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.

¹⁶ጥቂት ጊዜ አለ፥ አታዩኝምም፤ ደግሞም ጥቂት ጊዜ አለ፥ ታዩኛላችሁም፥ እኔ ወደ አብ እሄዳለሁና።

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

¹⁷ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም አንዳንዶቹ እርስ በርሳቸው። ጥቂት ጊዜ አለ፥ አታዩኝምም፤ ደግሞም ጥቂት ጊዜ አለ፥ ታዩኛላችሁም፤ ደግሞ። ወደ አብ እሄዳለሁና የሚለን ይህ ምንድር ነው? ተባባሉ።

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?’ ”

¹⁸እንግዲህ። ጥቂት የሚለው ይህ ምንድር ነው? የሚናገረውን አናውቅም አሉ።

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

¹⁹ኢየሱስም ሊጠይቁት እንደ ወደዱ አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። ጥቂት ጊዜ አለ፥ አታዩኝምም፤ ደግሞም ጥቂት ጊዜ አለ፥ ታዩኛላችሁ ስላልሁ፥ ስለዚህ እርስ በርሳችሁ ትመራመራላችሁን?

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?’

²⁰እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እናንተ ታለቅሳለችሁ ሙሾም ታወጣላችሁ፥ ዓለም ግን ደስ ይለዋል፤ እናንተም ታዝናላችሁ፥ ነገር ግን ኀዘናችሁ ወደ ደስታ ይለወጣል።

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.

²¹ሴት በምትወልድበት ጊዜ ወራትዋ ስለ ደረሰ ታዝናለች፤ ነገር ግን ሕፃን ከወለደች በኋላ፥ ሰው በዓለም ተወልዶአልና ስለ ደስታዋ መከራዋን ኋላ አታስበውም።

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.

²²እንግዲህ እናንተ ደግሞ አሁን ታዝናላችሁ፤ ነገር ግን እንደ ገና አያችኋለሁ ልባችሁም ደስ ይለዋል፥ ደስታችሁንም የሚወስድባችሁ የለም።

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.

²³በዚያን ቀንም ከእኔ አንዳች አትለምኑም። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ አብ በስሜ የምትለምኑትን ሁሉ ይሰጣችኋል።

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.

²⁴እስከ አሁን በስሜ ምንም አልለመናችሁም፤ ደስታችሁ ፍጹም እንዲሆን ለምኑ ትቀበሉማላችሁ።

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

²⁵ይህን በምሳሌ ነግሬአችኋለሁ፤ ነገር ግን ስለ አብ ለእናንተ በግልጥ የምናገርበት እንጂ ከዚያ ወዲያ በምሳሌ የማልናገርበት ሰዓት ይመጣል።

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.

²⁶በዚያን ቀን በስሜ ትለምናላችሁ፤ እኔም ስለ እናንተ አብን እንድለምን የምላችሁ አይደለሁም፤

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,

²⁷እናንተ ስለ ወደዳችሁኝ ከእግዚአብሔርም ዘንድ እኔ እንደ ወጣሁ ስላመናችሁ አብ እርሱ ራሱ ይወዳችኋልና።

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

²⁸ከአብ ወጥቼ ወደ ዓለም መጥቻለሁ፤ ደግሞ ዓለምን እተወዋለሁ ወደ አብም እሄዳለሁ።

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

²⁹ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። እነሆ፥ አሁን በግልጥ ትናገራለህ በምሳሌም ምንም አትነግርም።

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

³⁰ሁሉን እንድታውቅ ማንምም ሊጠይቅህ እንዳትፈልግ አሁን እናውቃለን፤ ስለዚህ ከእግዚአብሔር እንደ ወጣህ እናምናለን አሉት።

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.”

³¹ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰላቸው። አሁን ታምናላችሁን?

³¹Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?

³²እነሆ፥ እያንዳንዳችሁ ወደ ቤት የምትበታተኑበት እኔንም ለብቻዬ የምትተዉበት ሰዓት ይመጣል፥ አሁንም ደርሶአል፤ ነገር ግን አብ ከእኔ ጋር ስለ ሆነ ብቻዬን አይደለሁም።

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.

³³በእኔ ሳላችሁ ሰላም እንዲሆንላችሁ ይህን ተናግሬአችኋለሁ። በዓለም ሳላችሁ መከራ አለባችሁ፤ ነገር ግን አይዞአችሁ፤ እኔ ዓለምን አሸንፌዋለሁ።

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.”