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]).
“Ngo nonua sum mintam pvkunv, vkvlvgavbolo nonuno mvngjwng nga topu madubv.
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].
Nonua Jius vdwgv Kumkunaam loka naalin reku, okv vkvnv dw v aareku nyi gonv nonua mvki tokula Pwknvyarnv gv lvgabv ripvnv vla mvngsure.
3 They will do such things because they have never known who I [really am], nor who [my] Father [is].
Nyi vdwv nonua svbv rireku ogulvgavbolo bunu Abunyi vmalo ngaaka chima kunam lvgabv.
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].”
Vbvritola ngo nonua sum minjidunv, vkvlgavbolo vdwlo bunu so ridubv ridwv aarikudw, nonu mvngpa reku ngo nonua mintam jipvkunv vla.” “Ngo nonua ribamnam lvgabv, kvvlo ngo soogv vdw sum nonua mintam mapvnv.
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?’
Vbvritola vjak ngo vngjikunv ngam vngmunv gvlo, vjakka nonugv lokv yvvka ngam ogolo vla tvvka nvgoka kaama.
6 Instead, because I have told you these things, you are very sad.
Okv vjak ngo nonua mintam pvkunv, nonugv haapok hv mvngru yayabv ripvku.
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.
Vbvritola ngo nonua jvjv nga minjidunv: so si nonugv lvgabv alvyare ngo vngyu namv, ogulvgavbolo ngo vngma bolo, ridur rianv nonu gvlo aamare. Vbvritola ngo vngyu kubolo, ngo ninyia nonu gvlo vngmu reku.
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].
Okv vdwlo hv aarikudw, hv nyiamooku gv nyi vdwa hinchinkaachin moreku, bunu vdwv rimurlo doodu kunvnyi vla, alv ngv oguvkudw, okv Pwknvyarnv gv jwngkadaka dw alu gv lvkwng nga hinchinkaachin reku.
9 [He will tell people that their greatest] sin is that they do not believe in me.
Bunu rinying riru la rimurdu, ogulvgavbolo bunu ngam mvngjwng manam angv;
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.
Jvjv ngv oguvdw um rimayabv bunu rimurdu, ogulvgavbolo ngo Abu gvlo vngjikunv okv nonu ngam lvkodv kaapa kumare;
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].
Jwngkadaka gv lvkwnglo bunu mvngmur nyadu, ogulvgavbolo nyiamooku sum rigvnv vdwa jwngkadaka ropvkunv.”
12 I have many more things that [I would like] to tell you, but you are not able to accept them now.
“Ngo nonua minta sengv awgo doodu, vbvritola vjak nonu awyaje nga gvla mare.
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].
Vdwlo Dow hv aarikudw, hv Pwknvyarnv gv jvjv nga kaatamre, hv nonua jvjv lo vnggvre, hv vdwloka hv atubongv tojupkunam jvbv minsumare vbvritola hv ogugo tvvpvdw um minre, okv aaji nvgv ogu-ogua nonua minpa jire.
14 He will honor me by revealing my [truth] to you.
Hv ngam yungnam gubv rimure, ogulvgavbolo hv ngoogv minam a naala nonua minjire.
15 Everything that [my] Father has is mine. That is why I said that the Spirit is able to reveal my truth to you.”
Ngo Abu ogugo doodudw hv mvnwngngv ngokv, vkvlvgabv ngoogv minamv hvvnv Dow v ngo minam dvdv nga naala um nonua minjire.”
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].”
“Achukgo ayungjvma nga nonu nga kaapa mare, okv achukgo ayungjvma gv kochinglo nonu nga kaapareku.”
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’?”
Ninyigv lvbwlaksu vdwv bunugv aralo tvvka minsuto, “So gv minam si ogu gubvre? Hv ngonua mintamdu achukgo ayungjvma nga ngonu ninyia kaapamare, okv vbvrikunamv achukgo ayungjvma gv kochinglo ngonu ninyia kaapa reku; okv hv mintadu, ‘So si ogulvgavbolo ngo abu gvlo vngjikunv.’
18 We kept asking each other, “What [does he mean by] saying ‘After a little while’? We do not understand what he is saying.”
Ogu gubvre so gv ‘achukgo ayungjvma nga’ vla minam si? Hv ogugonyi mindunvdw ngonu chima!”
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].’
Jisu chintoku bunu ninyia tvu dubv mvngdu vla, vkvlvgabv nw bunua minto, “Ngo minto, ‘Achukgo ayungjvma nga nonu nga kaapamare, okv vbvrikunamv achukgo ayung jemagv kochinglo nonu nga kaapareku’ si re nonugv aralo tvvka minsu namv?
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.
Ngo nonua jvjv nga minjidunv: nonu kapre okv ilokre, vbvritola nyiamookuv mvngpu puminre; nonu mvngrure, vbvritola nonugv mvngru runam v mvngpu gubv rilin reku.
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.
Vdwlo nyimv gonv kuu bvngtv tvdudw, hv mvngrudu ogulvgavbolo ninyigv mvngru rudwv aakunam lvgalo; vbvritola vdwlo anga nga bvnglin rekudw, hv ninyigv hinching chingnam a mvngpa kumado, ogulvgavbolo hv anga nga nyiamooku so bvnglin pvku vla mvngpu duku.
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.
Ho apiabv nonu gvloka: vjak nonu mvngrudu, vbvritola ngo nonua lvkodv kaapa minsureku, okv nonugv haapok lo mvngpu pulwk reku, vkvnv mvngpu gubv rire yvvka naala naa nyulamare.”
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].
“Vdwlo hv aluv lori kudw nonu nga oguka kooku mare. Ngo nonua jvjv nga minjidunv: Abu nonugv ogugo kooridw ngoogv amin bv koonam a jire.
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.
Vjaklodvbv nonu ngoogv amin bv koonam kaama; kolaka okv nonu paare, vkvlvgavbolo nonugv mvngpuv punya mindu kubv.”
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]).
“Nonua so vdw sum ngo minchisinam lokv minjito. Vbvritola vkvnv dw v aariku vdwlo ngo minchisinambv mima reku, vbvritola ngo Abu gv lvga nga nonua mindakvlabv minji reku.
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.
Vdwlo ho aluv lori kudw, nonu ninyi ngo amin bv kooriku; okv ngo nonugv lvgabv ninyia koonvpv vla mima,
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])
vkvlvgabv Abu nonua atubongv paksudu. Hv nonua pakdu ogulvgavbolo nonu ngam pakdu okv ngam Pwknvyarnv gvlokv aapvnv vla mvngjwngdu.
28 I came from [my] Father into this world. Very soon I will be leaving this world and going [back] to my Father.”
Ngo Abu gvlokv aarungpvnv, okv ngo nyiamooku so aalwk pvnv; okv vjak ngo nyiamooku kayupikula okv Abu gvlo vngjikunv.”
29 Then [we], his disciples, said, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figurative language.
Vbvrikunamv ninyigv lvbwlaksu vdwv ninyia minto, “Vjak no minchisinam bv mimabv mindakvlabv mindu.
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.”
Vjak ngonu chinduku no ogumvnwng nga chinv go; nam tvvu jinv guka no dinchi kuma. Svbvrinam si no Pwknvyarnv gvlokv aanv ngv vla ngonua mvngjwng modu.”
31 Jesus replied, “Now you [RHQ] say that you believe [that I came from God].
Jisu bunua mirwkto, “Vjak nonu mvngjwng dukure?
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.
Ngam akinbv kayu tvla, nonu atu atugv naam lo kiakkipak dw hv aariku okv si aaropvku. Vbvritola ngo akin vmwng ma, ogulvgavbolo abu nga reming gvdu.
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]!”
Ngo nonua sum minpvkunv nonu ngam lvkobv relwk minggv tvla mvngpu pumin dubv. Nyia mooku hv nonua hinching chingmure. Vbvritola mvngpak nvgobv ritolaka! Ngo nyiamookua rigum yapvkunv!”
