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]).
“Ke lo boleletse dilo tse gore lo seka lwa etsaetsega (ka ga dilo tse di kwa pele).
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].
Gonne lo tlaa kgaolwa mo matlung a thuto, mme tota lobaka lo, e tla nna lo ka lone babolai ba lona ba tlaa gopolang gore ba dira tiro ya Modimo.
3 They will do such things because they have never known who I [really am], nor who [my] Father [is].
Se ke ka ntlha ya gore ga go nako epe e ba kileng ba itse Rara le fa e le nna.
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].”
Ee, ke lo bolelela dilo tse gompieno gore e tle e re di diragala lo tlo lo gakologelwe gore ke lo tlhagisitse. Ga ke ise ke ko ke lo bolelele le fa e le sepe gonne ke ne ke tsile go nna le lona ka lobaka lo lo leejana.
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?’
“Mme jaanong ke a tsamaya ke boela kwa go yo o nthomileng; mme go bonala fa e le gore ga go na ope wa lona yo o nang le kgatlhego mo lebakeng la go tsamaya ga me; le fa e le ope ga a hakgamale.
6 Instead, because I have told you these things, you are very sad.
Mo boemong jwa go dira jalo lo tletse bohutsana fela.
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.
Mme boammaaruri ke gore, go lo solegela molemo fa ke tsamaya, gonne fa ke sa tsamaye, Mogomotsi ga a na go tla. Fa ke tsamaya, o tlaa tla, gonne ke tlaa mo romela kwa go lona.
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].
“Mme fa a sena go tla, o tlaa senolela lefatshe boleo jwa lone, le gore tshiamo ya Modimo e teng, le kgololo mo katlholong.
9 [He will tell people that their greatest] sin is that they do not believe in me.
Boleo jwa lefatshe ke go sa dumeleng mo go Nna;
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.
mme tshiamo e teng gonne ke ya kwa go Rara mme ga lo na go tlhola lo mpona gape;
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].
go na le go gololwa mo katlholong gonne kgosana ya lefatshe leno e setse e bile e atlhotswe.
12 I have many more things that [I would like] to tell you, but you are not able to accept them now.
“Oo, go sa ntse go na le dilo di le dintsi tse ke batlang go di lo bolelela, mme ga lo ka ke lwa di tlhaloganya jaanong jaana.
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].
Fa Mowa O O Boitshepo, o e leng boammaaruri, o tla, o tlaa lo gogela mo boammaaruring jotlhe, mme o tlaa bo o sa bue mafoko a one; mme o tlaa bo o lo bolelela se o se utlwileng. O tlaa lo bolelela kaga dilo tse di tlaa tlang.
14 He will honor me by revealing my [truth] to you.
O tlaa nkgalaletsa a bo a nteretse tlotlo e kgolo ka go lo bontsha kgalalelo ya me.
15 Everything that [my] Father has is mine. That is why I said that the Spirit is able to reveal my truth to you.”
Kgalalelo yotlhe ya ga Rara ke ya me; ke sone se ke se rayang fa ke re o tlaa lo supegetsa kgalalelo ya me.
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].”
E tlaa re fela mo lobakanyaneng morago ga moo, lo tlaa mpona gape!”
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’?”
Mme bangwe ba barutwa ba gagwe ba re, “A reng? Ke eng se a se rayang fa a re ke ya kwa go Rara? Rona ga re tlhaloganye se a se rayang.”
18 We kept asking each other, “What [does he mean by] saying ‘After a little while’? We do not understand what he is saying.”
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].’
Jesu a lemoga gore ba batla go mmotsa, mme a ba botsa a re, “A lo ipotsa se ke se rayang?
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.
Lefatshe le tlaa itumela thata kaga se se tsileng go ntiragalela, mme lona lo tlaa lela. Mme e tlaa re ka bonako selelo sa lona se fetoge boitumelo jo bogolo (fa lo mpona gape).
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.
E tlaa bo e le boitumelo jo bo tshwanang le jwa mosadi a le mo ditlhabing fa a tshola ngwana wa gagwe, hong ditlhabi tse di lebalwe gotlhelele.
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.
Gompieno jaana lo futsafetse, mme ke tlaa lo bona gape, mme lo tlaa itumela, mme ga gona ope yo o ka lo tseelang boitumelo joo.
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].
Ka nako eo ga lo na go tlhokana le go nkopa sepe, gonne lo tlaa bo lo ka tlhamalalela kwa go Rara go mo kopa, mme o tlaa lo naya se lo tlaa bong lo se kopa gonne lo tlaa bo lo dirisa leina la me.
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.
Ga lo ise lo ke lo leke go dira jaana pele, (mme simololang gompieno). Kopang, lo dirisa leina la me. Mme lo tlaa amogela, mme senwelo sa lona sa boitumelo se tlaa penologa.
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]).
Ke buile kaga dilo tse ke itisitse mo puong, mme nako e tlaa tla fa go itisa mo puong go tlaa bo go sa tlhokege mme ke tlaa lo bolelela sentle thata gotlhe ka ga Rara.
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.
Mme lo tlaa lere dikopo tsa lona ka leina la me! Mme ga nkitla ke tlhoka go kopa Rara go lo naya dikarabo tsa dikopo tse,
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])
gonne Rara ene o lo rata fela thata ka gore lo a nthata ebile lo dumela gore ke tsile ke tswa kwa go Ene.
28 I came from [my] Father into this world. Very soon I will be leaving this world and going [back] to my Father.”
Ee, ke tsile ke tswa kwa go Rara fa ke tla mo lefatsheng, mme ke tlaa tswa mo lefatsheng ke boela kwa go Rara.”
29 Then [we], his disciples, said, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figurative language.
Mme barutwa ba gagwe ba re, “Jaanong o bua sentle thata, eseng ka diane.
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.”
Jaanong re tlhaloganya gore o itse sengwe le sengwe ebile ga o tlhoke ope go go bolelela sepe. Jaanong ka ntlha ya one mabaka a, re dumela gore o tsile o tswa kwa Modimong.”
31 Jesus replied, “Now you [RHQ] say that you believe [that I came from God].
Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “A jaanong lo dumela se ke se buang?
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.
Mme lobaka lo e tla, le gone tota lo setse lo fitlhile, fa lo tlaa phatlalala, mongwe le mongwe a boela kwa legaeng la gagwe, a ntlogela ke le nosi. Le fa go ntse jalo ke tlaa bo ke se nosi, gonne Rara o na le nna.
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]!”
Ke lo boleletse mo gotlhe gore lo tle lo nne le kagiso mo mogopolong le mo pelong. Lo tlaa nna le meleko e mentsi le dikutlobotlhoko fano mo lefatsheng; mme lo itumele thata, gonne ke fentse lefatshe.”
