John 16
1 [Jesus continued by saying to us], “I have told you these things in order that you will not stop trusting in me [when people] ([cause you to suffer/persecute you]).
Note na thinkiam ngawl natu in hi thu te kong son hi.
2 They will not allow you to worship in (synagogues/[their] meeting places). In fact, there will be a time when anyone who kills you will think that he is serving God [by doing that].
Amate in synagogue sung pan hong nawt tu uh hi: a kuamapo in note thalup sia Pathian nasep in a ngaisut uh hun hong theng tu hi.
3 They will do such things because they have never known who I [really am], nor who [my] Father [is].
Hi thu te sia amate in note tung ah vawt tu uh hi, banghangziam cile amate in Pa a he bua uh a, keima zong hong he bua uh hi.
4 I have told you these things in order that when [they start] ([to cause you to suffer]/to [persecute you]) [MTY], you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you these things when you first started [to accompany me] [MTY] because I was with you, [and they were causing trouble for me, not for you].”
Ahihang hi thu te kong son zo hi, tabang in a hun a cin ciang in, note in kong sonsa te na phawkkik tu uh hi. Taciang hi thu te sia a kipatcil in hong son ngawl khi hi, banghangziam cile keima sia note taw ka omkhop hang a hihi.
5 “Now I am [about to] return to the one who sent me. But [I am disappointed that] none of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’
Ahihang tu in hong sawlpa kung ah pai tu khi hi; taciang, koisung ah paitu ni ziam? ci in kuama in nong dong bua uh hi.
6 Instead, because I have told you these things, you are very sad.
Ahihang hi thu te hong son zo ka hikom in, na thinsung uh he na taw kidim hi.
7 But the truth is that it is good for you that I am going away, because if I do not go away, the [Holy Spirit], who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you will not come to you. But when I go, I will send him to you.
Ahihang thutak hong son khi hi; kei pai leng note atu in phazaw hi: banghangziam cile ka pai bua ahile, Hupa sia note kung ah hongpai ngawl tu hi; ahihang ka pai ahile, Ama sia note kung ah kong paisak tu hi.
8 When he comes, he will prove that those who do not belong to God [MTY] [are wrong about what is] sinful and about who is really righteous and about whom [God will] judge [and condemn for their sin].
Ama hongpai ciang in leitung mite mawna, thuman ngawl na le thukhenna te hong tek tu hi:
9 [He will tell people that their greatest] sin is that they do not believe in me.
Mawna thu sia, amate in keima hong up ngawl uh hang a hihi.
10 [He will tell people that] because I am going [back] to my Father, and you will no longer see me, [you will know that I am the one who was truly] righteous.
Thuman sia, Pa kung ka pai tu a, nong mu nawn ngawl tu uh hang a hihi;
11 [He will tell people that the fact] that [God] has already determined that [he] will punish [Satan], the one who rules this world, shows that [some day God] will also punish [those who do not belong to him].
Thukhenna thu sia, leitung ukpa sia thukhenna a thuak hang a hihi.
12 I have many more things that [I would like] to tell you, but you are not able to accept them now.
Note tung ah sonnop tampi nei lai khi hi, ahihang tu in na ngai zo nawn bua uh hi.
13 But [God’s] Spirit is the one who will teach you [God’s] truth. When he comes, he will guide you so that you [understand] all [spiritual] truth. He will not speak from his own [authority]. Instead, it is the things that he hears [my Father say] that he will tell you. He will also tell you about things that will happen [later].
Ahizong thuman Thaa hongpai ciang in, Ama in thutak sung ah note hong paipui tu hi: banghangziam cile Ama thu hong son ngawl tu a; a zak theampo hong son tu hi: taciang hongpai lai tu thu te hong son tu hi.
14 He will honor me by revealing my [truth] to you.
Ama in hong minthangsak tu hi: banghangziam cile Ama in ka kung pan a sansa thu te hong lak tu hi.
15 Everything that [my] Father has is mine. That is why I said that the Spirit is able to reveal my truth to you.”
Pa i neisa theampo sia keima neisa a hihi: tua ahikom, keima neisa hong laksak tu te, note hong lak tu hi, kong ci hi.
16 “After a short time [I will leave you, and] you will not see me. Then a short time [after that] you will see me [again].”
Tawmvei sung hong mu ngawl tu nu ni: taciang tawmvei sung in nong mukik tu uh hi, banghangziam cile Pa kung ah ka pai tu hi, ci hi.
17 [So] some of us said to each other, “What does he mean by saying ‘After a short time you will not see me,’ and ‘A short time after that you will see me again’? And [what does he mean by] ‘Because I am going back to [my] Father’?”
Tua zawkciang in a nungzui pawlkhat te, amate sung ah, tawmvei sung nong mu bua tu uh hi: taciang tawmvei sung in nong mukik tu uh hi, banghangziam cile Pa kung ah ka pai tu hi, hong ci sia bang hi thong tu ziam? ci tek uh hi.
18 We kept asking each other, “What [does he mean by] saying ‘After a little while’? We do not understand what he is saying.”
Tua ahikom amate in, tawmvei sung, a ci sia bang hi tu ziam? bang hong son ziam ci i son thei bua hi, ci uh hi.
19 Jesus realized that we wanted to ask him [about that]. So he said to us, “You are asking [RHQ] each other [what I meant] when I said, ‘After a short time you will not see me, and then a short time [after that] you will see me [again].’
Tu in Jesus in amate in thu hong dong nuam hi, ci he a, Tawmvei sung nong mu bua tu uh hi: taciang tawmvei sung in nong mukik tu uh hi, ci ka son sia note sung ah ki kan na hi uh ziam?
20 Listen to this carefully: [After I] ([leave you/die]), those who oppose God [MTY] will be happy, but you will be sad. But [later] you will stop being sad and you will become joyful.
A tatak in kong ci hi, note kap in na tau tu uh hi, ahihang leitung mite lungdam tu uh hi: note na khuangai tu uh hi, ahihang na khuangaina uh sia lungdamna hong suak tu hi.
21 A woman who is about to bear a child feels pain, because that is [what happens] [MTY] [at] that time. But after her baby is born, she forgets that pain, because she is very joyful that her child has been born.
Nupi khat nau a tut ciang in khuangai hi, banghangziam cile a hun hong cing zo hi: ahihang nau a nei zawkpo ciang, leitung ah mihing khat pian na i lungdamna hang in a haksatna a phawk nawn bua hi.
22 It will be the same with you. [I will soon die and] you will be sad. But after that, I will see you again. Then you will be joyful, and no one will be able to stop you from being joyful.
Tua ahikom note tu in na khuangai uh hi: ahihang hong mu kik tu khi hi, taciang note na lung uh dam tu hi, taciang na lungdamna uh sia mihing in hong laksak ngawl tu hi.
23 When that happens, you will not ask me any questions [about anything]. Listen to this carefully: [After that happens, my] Father will do for you anything you ask, because of his relationship with me [MTY].
Tua ni ciang in note bangma nong ngen bua tu uh hi. A tatak in kong ci hi, ka min taw Pa kung ah na nget uh theampo Ama in hong pia tu hi.
24 Up to the present time, using my authority you have not asked [God to do] anything for you [MTY]. Now keep asking [him for things that you need. If you do that], you will receive them, and then you will be completely joyful.
Tuciang dong ka min taw bangma na ngen bua lai uh hi: ngen vun a, na nga tu uh hi, tabang in na lungdamna uh hong dim tu hi.
25 Although I have been speaking these things using figurative language, there will soon be a time when I will no longer use that kind of language. Instead, I will tell you plainly (about my Father/what my Father [wants]).
Hi thu te sontena taw note tung ah kong son hi: ahihang sontena te taw kong son ngawl hun hong theng zo hi, ahihang Pa sia a thiangtak in kong lak tu hi.
26 At that time, you will ask [him for things] (because you belong to me/with my authority) [MTY]. I will not [need to] ask [my] Father to do what you ask.
Tua ni ciang in note in ka min taw nong ngen tu uh hi: taciang, Pa kung ah kong ngetsak tu hi, kong ci bua hi:
27 [My] Father himself loves you because you have loved me and because you have believed that I came from God [my Father], [so he wants you to ask] him (OR, [so he does not need anyone to persuade] him [to help you])
Banghangziam cile Pa ama vateak ma in hong it hi, Pathian kung pan hongpai khi hi, ci na um zo uh hi, banghangziam cile nong it uh hang a hihi.
28 I came from [my] Father into this world. Very soon I will be leaving this world and going [back] to my Father.”
Pa kung pan kongpai a, leitung ah hong theng khi hi: leitung ka nusia tu a, Pa kung ah ka paikik tu hi, ci hi.
29 Then [we], his disciples, said, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figurative language.
A nungzui te in ama kung ah, en in, tu in sontena zang ngawl in a thiangtak in nong son hi.
30 Now we understand that you know everything. You do not need anyone to ask you questions [about anything, because you know what we want to ask before we ask you]. That [also] leads us to believe that you came from God.”
Tu in nangma in na theampo na he hi, taciang kuama in thu hong dok kul ngawl hi, ci ka he uh hi: hi thu hang in nangma sia Pathian kung pan hongpai na hihi, ci ka um uh hi, ci uh hi.
31 Jesus replied, “Now you [RHQ] say that you believe [that I came from God].
Jesus in amate tung ah, Tu in na um uh ziam?
32 But listen! There will soon be a time, and that time is already here, when you will all run away! Each of you will run away to your own home. You will leave me, and I will be alone. But I will not [really] be alone [at that time], because [my] Father is always with me.
En vun, a hun hong theng tu hi, tu in hong theng zo hi, tabang in na vekpi in noma om na mun tek ah na ki thethang siat tu uh hi, taciang keima bek nong nusia tu uh hi: ahihang keima bek hi ngawl khi hi, banghangziam cile Pa sia keima taw hong om hi.
33 I have told you these things in order that you may have [inner] peace because of your relationship with me. In this world you will have trouble. But be courageous! I have defeated those who are opposed to me [MTY], and [you can defeat them, too]!”
Keima sung ah thinnopna na nei thei natu uh in, hi thu te kong son hi. Hi leitung ah haksatna nei tu nu hi: ahihang thinnuam in om vun, keima in leitung ka zo zo hi, ci hi.
