John 17

1 After Jesus said those things, he looked [up] toward heaven. Then he prayed, “[My] Father, it is now the time [MTY] [for me to suffer and die]. Honor me [as I do that], in order that I may honor you.

kambo Yeecu tok nyeri, kun nuweceu dii. yiki, kan keneko lam, duktang bikwe mwe, na bweu duktangnen.

2 You gave me authority over all people, in order that I might enable all those whom you chose [to come] to me to live eternally. (aiōnios g166)

kambo nuwa neco bikwan dor bibwe nifireu naci necii dume wo mwa neco manki dika. (aiōnios g166)

3 [The way for people] to live eternally is for them to know that you are the only true God, and to know that [I], Jesus, am the Messiah, the one you have sent. (aiōnios g166)

won dume manki dika: ciya nyimom nen, mun kwama wincwar nii bilengke, kangeco mwa twomuweu, Yeecu kiritti. (aiōnios g166)

4 I have honored you here on this earth by completing all the work that you gave me to do.

min duktangnen dor bitiner, mindim na'nyendo muneyereu.

5 [My] Father, now honor me when I am with you [again], by causing me to have the greatness I had when I was with you before the world began.”

naweu tee kwama, duktangye wari kange mo kiduktangka ko miciko wari kange mo kikaba nyime dor bitinero no wiyeu.

6 “I have revealed [what] you [are like] to the people whom you brought to me from among those who do not belong to you [MTY]. Those [who came to me] belonged to you, and you brought them to me. Now they have obeyed your message.

min fwetang nubowo mwaneye dor bitinereu den mwero. cine mwe, mun neken yeci, cin yo mwero.

7 Now they know that everything you have given me, [your message and your work], comes from you.

canneu cin nyimom dikero mwaneyereu munen kwarub,

8 I gave them the message that you gave me, and they have accepted it. They now know for certain that I came from you. They now believe that you sent me.

min neken ci kero muneyereu gwam. cin yo cin nyimom ma cirou munen, dicine bilengke mwo mu twom yere.

9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for those [who do not belong to you] [MTY]. Instead, [I am praying] for those whom you have brought to me, because they belong to you.

min kwob cinen dilo. miki kwom dilo kici nubo muneyere kebo dor bitiner, wori cina mwe.

10 All [the disciples] that I have belong to you, and all those who belong to you also belong to me. They have shown how great I am.

wuyak dike na mweu nami, dige namiyeu na mwe, min duktangci.

11 I will not be [staying] in the world any longer. I will be coming back to you. They, however, will be [here] in the world [among those who are opposed to you]. [My] Holy Father, protect them from spiritual harm by your power [MTY], the power that you gave me, in order that they may be united as we are united.

naweu mimani dorbitiner, nubowe kino dorbitiner, miki yang munen.

12 While I have been with them, I have [completely] protected them by the power [MTY] that you gave me. As a result, only one of them will be eternally separated from you. He is the one who was doomed to be eternally separated from you. [That has happened] to fulfill [what a prophet wrote] in the Scriptures [would happen].

Tee wucakke. tannci mor dene mweu mwaneyereu naci yilam win, kambo bi wiwineu.

13 [Father], now I am about to return to you. I have said these things while I am still [here] in the world in order that my [disciples] may fully experience being joyful, as I have been joyful.

mi bouti munwn, dila mi tok dikewoti dorbitiner na fuwor nerer miro dim.

14 I have given them your message. As a result, those who are opposed to you [MTY] have hated them, because [my disciples] do not belong to those who oppose you [MTY], just like I do not belong to those who oppose you [MTY].

min neci ker mwero, dila dorbitinero koci wori ci kebo na dorbitineroce, kambo mi kebo na dorbitineroceu.

15 I am asking you, not that you take them out of this world, but instead that you protect them from [Satan], the evil one.

miken nenbo na tumci dorbitiner, dila na tamci yora fiye nubo bwirko wiyeu.

16 They do not belong to those who are opposed to you [MTY], just like I also do not belong to them.

cikebo na dorbitineroce, kambo mi kebo na dorbitineroceu,

17 Set [my disciples] apart so that they may (completely belong to/serve) you, by [enabling them to live in accordance with] what is true. Your message is true.

yo kenci nadore mwece dorbilengker. ker mwero bilengke.

18 Just like you sent me here into this world, now I surely will be sending them [to other places] in [MTY] the world.

nawo mu twomye dorbitinreu, mi twomci nyo dorbitiner.

19 I dedicate myself to completely belong to you, in order that they also may truly be dedicated {dedicate themselves} completely to you.”

min yoken dormiro munen kercir, na cekenciyoken dor ciro ker mwer.

20 “I am praying not only for these [eleven disciples]. I am praying also for those who [will] believe in me as a result of [hearing] their message.

kebo kawo mi kwob dilo tiye, kange birombo a ne bilinti keti minen ki ker mwereu,

21 [My] Father, [I want] all of them to be united, just like I am united with you because of my relationship with you, and as you are united with me because of your relationship with me. I also want them to be united with us. [I want that to happen] so that those who do not know you [MTY] may know that you sent me.

naci yilamwin tee kwama kambo mu more miyeu, miti keni naci nowi more be na dorbitinerowo nebilengke mwo mu twomu yere.

22 I have honored my disciples just like you honored me, in order that they may be united, as we are united.

duktangkako mu neyereu, min naci, yilam win, kambo biwineu.

23 I want them to be united just like they are united with me and as you are united with me. May they be completely united, in order that those who do not belong to you [MTY] may know that you sent me and that you have loved them just like you have loved me.

ci moremi, mu more me. nabe ci yilam win, na dorbitinero nyumom mwo mu twomyere, na cwici kambo mu cwiyereu.

24 [My] Father, I want [the disciples] you have brought to me to [some day] be with me [in heaven], where I will be. I want them to see my greatness. I want them to see the greatness you gave me because you loved me. You gave me that greatness before you created the world.

tee mi cwiti nubo muneyereu a no kange mo fiye mi wiyeu, nacito duktangkako mu neyereu. wori mun cwiye ki kabo ywelka dorbiner.

25 [My] righteous Father, although the people who do not belong to you [MTY] do not know what you [are like], I know what you [are like], and my disciples know that you sent me.

tee wucakkeu, dorbitinero nyom nenbo, la min nyumom nen, labirombo nyimwom mwo mu twom yere.

26 I have revealed to them [what] you [are like], and I will continue to reveal to them [what] you [are like]. I will do that in order that they may love [others] just like you love me, and in order that I may be in them [by my Spirit].”

min dokci cin nyimwom den mwero, man yitenci na cwikako mu mameneu na morece, mi keneu nan no more ce.”