John 16
1 “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
Nimewaambia mambo haya ili msiweze kukwazwa.
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
Watawatoa nje ya masinagogi; hakika saa inakuja ambayo kila atakayewaua atafikiri kuwa anafanya kazi njema kwa ajili ya Mungu.
3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
Watawatendea mambo haya kwa sababu hawamfahamu Baba wala hawanifahamu mimi.
4 But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
Nimewaambia mambo haya ili kwamba wakati ukifika wa haya kutokea, mnaweza kuyakumbuka na jinsi nilivyowaambia muweze wao. Sikuwaambia kuhusu mambo haya tangu mwanzo kwa sababu nilikuwa pamoja nanyi.
5 Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
Japokuwa, sasa naenda kwa yule aliyenituma; lakini hakuna kati yenu anayeniuliza, “Unaenda wapi?”
6 Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
Kwa sababu nimesema maneno haya kwenu, huzuni imejaa mioyoni mwenu.
7 But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
Hata hivyo, nawaambia ukweli: ni vyema kwenu nikiondoka; kwa maana nisipoondoka, mfariji hatakuja kwen; lakini nikienda ntamtuma kwenu.
8 And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
Akija, huyo mfariji ataubitisha ulimwengu kuhusiana na dhambi, kuhusiana na haki na kuhusiana na hukumu.
9 in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;
Kuhusiana na dhambi, kwa sababu hawakuniamini mimi,
10 in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
kuhusiana na haki, kwa sababu naenda kwa baba, na hamtaniona tena;
11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
na kuhusiana na hukumu kwa sababu mkuu wa ulimwengu huu amehukumiwa.
12 I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
Ninayo mengi ya kuwaambia, lakini hamtayaelewa sasa.
13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
Lakini, yeye, Roho wa kweli, akija, atawaongoza katika kweli yote; kwa kuwa hataongea kwa ajili yake mwenyewe; lakini yoyote atakayoyasikia, atayasema mambo hayo; na atayadhihirisha kwenu mambo yatakayokuja.
14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
Yeye atanitukuza mimi, kwa sababu atayachukua mambo yangu na atayatangaza kwenu.
15 Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.
Vitu vyote alivyonavyo Baba ni vyangu; kwa hiyo, nimesema kwamba Roho atachukua mambo yangu na atayadhihirisha kwenu.
16 In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
Bado muda mfupi, hamtaniona tena; na baada ya muda mfupi tena, mtaniona.”
17 Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
Baadhi ya wanafunzi wake wakaambizana, “Ni nini anachotuambia, “muda mfupi, na hamtaniona tena,' na, kisha, mda mfupi mtaniona,' na, 'kwa sababu naenda kwa Baba?”
18 They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
Kwa hiyo wakasema, “Ni kitu gani anachosema, 'Bado mda mfupi'? Hatujui asemavyo.”
19 Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?
Yesu aliona kuwa walitamani kumuuliza, naye akawaambia, “Mnajiuliza wenyewe kuhusu hili, nilivyosema, 'Bado muda mfupi, hamtaniona tena; na baada ya muda mfupi mtaniona'?
20 Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
Amin, amin, nawaambia, mtalia na kuomboleza, lakini ulimwengu utashangilia, mtakuwa na huzuni lakini huzuni yenu itageuka kuwa furaha.
21 A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
Mwanamke anakuwa na huzuni wakati anapokuwa na uchungu kwa sababu wakati wa kujifungua umefika; lakini anapojifungua mtoto, hakumbuki tena maumivu kwa sababu ya furaha yake kwamba mtoto amezaliwa duniani.
22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
Ninyi pia mna huzuni sasa, lakini nitawaona tena; na mioyo yenu itafurahi na hakuna atakayeweza kuiondoa furaha yenu.
23 In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Siku hiyo hamtaniuliza maswali. Amin, Amin, nawaambia, Mkiomba lolote kwa Baba, atawapa kwa jina langu.
24 Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Mpaka sasa hamjaomba lolote kwa jina langu; ombeni, nanyi mtapokea ili kwamba furaha yenu ikamilike.
25 I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Nimezungumza na ninyi kwa lugha isiyoeleweka, lakini saa inakuja ambapo sitazungumza kwa lugha isiyoeleweka lakini badala yake nitawaambia waziwazi kuhusu Baba.
26 In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
Siku hiyo mtaomba kwa jina langu, na siwaambii kwamba nitaomba kwa Baba kwa ajili yenu;
27 For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
Kwa kuwa Baba mwenyewe anawapenda kwa sababu mmenipenda mimi na kwa sababu mmeniamini kuwa nimetoka kwa Baba.
28 I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
Nilitoka kwa Baba na nimekuja ulimwenguni; tena, naondoka ulimwenguni na ninaenda kwa Baba”.
29 His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
Wanafunzi wake wakamwambia, “Unaona, sasa unaongea wazi wazi na hautumii mafumbo.
30 Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”
Sasa, tunajua kwamba unajua mambo yote, na hauhitaji mtu yoyote akuulize maswali. Kwa sababu hii tunaamini kuwa unatoka kwa Mungu.
31 “Do you finally believe?” Jesus replied.
Yesu akawajibu, “Sasa mmeamini?”
32 “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
Tazama, saa inakuja, ndiyo na hakika imefika, ambapo mtatawanyika kila mmoja na kwa wa kwao mtaniacha mwenyewe. Lakini siko peke yangu kwa sababu Baba yupo nami.
33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
Nawaambia mambo haya ili kwamba ndani yangu muwe na amani. Duniani mna matatizo, lakini jipeni moyo, nimeushinda ulimwengu.
