John 14
1 [Jesus continued by saying to us], “Stop being anxious/worried. Keep on trusting in God (OR, You are trusting in God); also keep trusting in me.
“A dipelo tsa lona di se fuduege. Lo ikanya Modimo, jaanong inkanyeng le nna.
2 Where my Father is [in heaven] there is plenty of room! If that were not true, I would have told you. I am about to go [there] to prepare a place for you.
Go na le malapa a le mantsi kwa godimo kwa Rara o nnang teng, mme ke ya go a baakanyetsa go tla ga lona. Fa go setse go siame gotlhe, mme ke tlaa tla go lo tsaya, gore lo nne le nna ka metlha yotlhe kwa ke teng. Fa go ne go sa nna jalo nkabo ke lo boleletse sentle fela.
3 And because I will go [there] and prepare a place for you, I will return and take you there to be with me. I will do that so that you may also be where I am.
4 You know the road to the place where I am going.”
Mme lo itse kwa ke yang teng le tsela e e yang teng lo a e itse.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. [So] how can we know the road?”
Thomase a mo raya a re, “Nnyaa, ga re itse, ga re na kitso epe ya kwa o yang teng, jaanong re ka itse tsela jang?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the road [MET] [to where my Father is]. I am the [one who reveals] [MET] the truth [about God] and the [one who gives eternal] life [to people]. I am the only one who can [enable people] to come to [my] Father. There is no other way.
Mme Jesu a mo raya a re, “Ke nna Tsela, ee, le Boammaaruri le Botshelo. Ga go na ope yo o ka tlang kwa go Rara fa e se ka nna.
7 If you [really] knew who I was, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and [it is as though] you have seen him.”
Fa lo ne lo itsile gore ke mang, hong lo ka bo lo itsile gore Rre ke mang. Go tloga fano lo a mo itse, ebile lo mmonye!”
8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us your Father and that will be enough for us!”
Filipo a mo raya a re, “Morena, re supegetse Rara mme go tlaa bo go re lekanye.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Philip, I have been with you for a long time. So (surely you should know who I [really am]!/why have you not come to know who I [really am]?) [RHQ] Those who have seen me, [it is as though] they have seen [my] Father. So (why do you say ‘Show us [your] Father’?/you should not say ‘Show us [your] Father’!) [RHQ]
Jesu a fetola a re, “A ga o ise o nkitse Filipo, le fa ke sa bolo go nna le wena ka lobaka lo lo kana? Le fa e le mang yo o mponyeng o bonye Rre! Jaanong ke eng fa o kopa go mmona?
10 Do you not [RHQ] believe that I have a close relationship with [my] Father, and that [my] Father has a close relationship with me? The messages that I tell you do not come from me. They come from my Father, who has a close relationship with me. He is enabling me to [teach these things, and] to perform the miracles that he [wants me to perform].
A ga o dumele gore ke mo go Rara yo o agileng mo go nna. Ebile o dira tiro ya gagwe ka nna.
11 Believe that I have a close relationship with [my] Father and that [my] Father has a close relationship with me. If you do not believe that just because of what I say, believe it because of the miracles themselves [that I have done].
Dumela fela gore ke mo go Rara ebile le Rara o mo go nna. E seng jalo dumela ka ntlha ya dikgakgamatso tse dikgolo tse o mponyeng ke di dira.
12 Listen to this carefully: [You] who trust in me will do the [kinds of] miracles [that I have done]. [Because of what I will do for you] (OR, [Because I will send God’s Spirit to you]) after I go to my Father, you will be able to do [miracles] that will be greater than [the ones I have done].
“Ka boammaaruri jo bo feletseng ke lo bolelela gore, le fa e le mang yo o dumelang mo go nna o tlaa dira dikgakgamatso tse ke di dirileng, gonne ke ya go nna le Rara. Lo ka mo kopa sengwe le sengwe lo dirisa leina la me, mme ke tlaa se dira, gonne mo go tlaa lere kgalaletso kwa go Rara ka ntlha ya se nna, Morwa, ke tlaa se lo direlang.
13 And whatever you, using my authority, ask me to do, I will do it, in order that I can show [you] how great [my] Father is.
14 Anything that you ask [my Father to do, anything that you ask] with my [authority] [MTY], I will do.”
Ee, lopang le fa e le eng lo dirisa leina la me mme ke tlaa se dira!”
15 “If you love me, you will do what I have commanded you.
“Fa e le gore lo a nthata, inkokobeletseng;
16 Then I myself will request [my] Father, and he will send you someone else who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you. (aiōn g165)
mme ke tlaa kopa Rara mme o tlaa lo naya Mogomotsi yo mongwe, mme ga a kitla a lo tlogela. (aiōn g165)
17 [I am talking about] the Spirit, who [will teach you God’s] truth. He will be with you forever. Those who are opposed to God [MTY] cannot receive him, because they cannot understand what he [does], and they cannot know who he is. But you know who he is, because he is with you and he will be inside you.
Mogomotsi yoo ke Mowa O O Boitshepo, Mowa o o gogelang mo boammaaruring jotlhe. Lefatshe ka bophara ga le ka ke la o amogela, gonne ga le o batle ebile ga le o itse. Mme lona lo a mo itse gonne o nna le lona gompieno, mme mo malatsinyaneng a a latelang o tlaa bo o le mo go lona.
18 [When I leave you], I will not let you be alone/helpless [MET]. [When I send the Spirit, it will be like] I am coming back to you (OR, [When I rise from the dead], I will come back to you.)
Nnyaa, ga ke na go lo latlha kgotsa go lo tlogela lo le masiela mo setsuatsueng, ke tlaa tla kwa go lona.
19 Soon those who do not belong to God [MTY] will not see me any more. But [when the Spirit comes to you, it will be as though] you will be seeing me again (OR, But [after I become alive again], you will see me again.) Because I will be alive again, you also will have [eternal] life.
Mo lobakanyaneng ke tlaa bo ke tsamaile ke dule mo lefatsheng, mme ke tlaa bo ke sa ntse ke na le lona. Gonne ke tlaa tshela gape, mme le lona lo tlaa tshela.
20 At that time you will know that I have a close relationship with my Father, and you will have a close relationship with me, and I will have a close relationship with you.
E tlaa re fa ke boela mo botshelong gape, lo tlaa itse gore ke mo go Rre, mme lona lo mo go nna le nna ke mo go lona.
21 Those who have accepted my commands and obey them are the people who love me. My Father will love those who love me. I also will love them, and I will fully reveal to them [what I am like].”
Ene yo o inkobelang ke ene yo o nthatang; mme ka ntlha ya gore o a nthata, Rara o tlaa mo rata; mme le nna ke tlaa mo rata, ke tlaa mo itshenolela.”
22 Then Judas spoke to him. He was not Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth [Town]), [but instead a disciple whose other name was Thaddeus]. He said, “Lord, what has happened so that you can fully reveal to us what you are like, and not reveal that to those who do not belong to God [MTY]?”
Judase, (eseng Judase Isekariota, mme e leng morutwa yo mongwe wa gagwe yo o bidiwang ka leina leo le ene) a mo raya a re, “Morena, ke eng fa e le gore o tlaa itshenolela rona barutwa fela e seng lefatshe ka bophara?”
23 Jesus replied to him, “Those who love me will obey what I have told them. My Father will [also] love them. It is those people whom my Father and I will [be able to] come to and (live with/have a personal relationship with).
Jesu a fetola a re, “Gonne ke tlaa itshenolela ba ba nthatang le ba ba inkobelang. Rara le ene o tlaa ba rata, mme re tlaa tla kwa go bone go nna nabo.
24 But those who do not love me will not obey what I have told them. [So I cannot reveal to them what I am really like]. These words that I am telling you have not come just from me. They came from [my] Father, the one who sent me.
Le fa e le mang yo o sa inkobelang ga a nthate. Mme gakologelwang, ga se nna ke arabang potso ya lona ka go bua jaana! Ke karabo e e tswang mo go Rara yo o nthomileng.
25 I have told you all these things while I am still with you.
Ke lo bolelela dilo tse gompieno ke sa ntse ke na le lona.
26 But [my] Father will send the Holy Spirit. He is the one who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you. He will come with my authority [MTY]. He will teach you all of [God’s truth that you need to know]. He will also cause you to remember all the things that I have told you.
Mme fa Rara a roma Mogomotsi mo boemong jwa me, mme ka Mogomotsi ke raya Mowa O O Boitshepo, o tlaa lo ruta go le go ntsi thata, le go lo gakolola sengwe le sengwe se nna ke se lo boleletseng.
27 As I leave you, I am causing you to have [inner] peace. This [inner] peace comes from me. I am not causing you to have something that those who do not belong to God [MTY] can give you. [So] stop being anxious/worried, and do not be afraid.
“Ke lo tlogela ka mpho, ebong, kagiso ya pelo le mogopolo. Mme kagiso e ke e lo nayang ga e senyege jaaka kagiso e lo e newang ke lefatshe. Mme ke gona se tshwenyegeng kgotsa lwa boifa.
28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, but [later] I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going back to [my] Father, because [my] Father is greater than I am, [and there he will honor me and will send the Spirit to you].
Gakologelwang se ke se lo boleletseng, ke a tsamaya, le gale ke tlaa boela kwa go lona gape. Fa e le gore lo a nthata, lo tlaa intumelela, gonne jaanong nka ya kwa go Rara, yo o leng mogolo mo go nna.
29 I have told you [these things now] before they happen, so that when they happen you will believe [that what I said is true].
Ke lo boleletse dilo tse pele ga di diragala gore ere di diragala, lo tle lo ntumele.
30 I will not [be able to] talk to you much longer, because what happens to me will be as though [Satan], the ruler of this world, is coming [to attack me]. But he has no [control over what happens to] me.
“Ga ke nako e ntsi ya go bua le lona, gonne Kgosana e e bosula ya lefatshe leno e a atamela. Ga e na nonofo epe mo go nna,
31 Instead, the people who do not belong to God [MTY] must learn [from what happens to me] that I love [my] Father, and I am doing the things that he has commanded me to do. Now, let’s get up and leave here.”
mme ke tlaa dira ka kgololesego se Rara o se batlang mo go nna gore lefatshe le tle le itse fa ke rata Rara. Tlang, a re tsamayeng.”
