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.

These spake Jeshu; and, uplifting his eyes to heaven, he said, My Father, the hour hath come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee.

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)

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him he should give the life which is eternal. (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)

But this is the life which is eternal, that they know thee, who art the true Aloha, and Him whom thou hast sent, Jeshu Meshicha. (aiōnios g166)

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

I have glorified thee on the earth; the work which thou didst give me to do, I have finished it.

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.”

And now glorify thou me, my Father, with thyself, in that glory which I had with thee before the world was.

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.

I have made known thy name unto the sons of man; those whom thou gavest me from the world: thine they were, and to me didst thou give them; and they have kept thy word.

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

Now have they known that whatsoever thou hast given me is from thee.

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.

And the words that thou gavest me I have given them, and they have received, and have known assuredly that from thee I came forth, and have believed that thou didst send me.

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.

And for them I pray; not for the world I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, because they are thine.

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.

And every thing of mine is thine, and thine is mine, and I am glorified in them.

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.

Henceforth I am not in the world; but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them through thy name, that (name) which thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we are.

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].

While I was with them in the world, I kept them through thy name: those whom thou gavest me I have kept, and a man of them is not lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture may be fulfilled.

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.

BUT now I come to thee, and these (things) I speak in the world, that they may have my joy completed in themselves.

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].

I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

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.

Not that thou wouldest take them out of the world do I pray, but that thou wouldest keep them from the evil;

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

for they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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.

Father, sanctify them through thy truth; for thy word is truth.

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

As me thou hast sent into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

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

And for their sakes I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated for the truth.

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.

Nor for these do I pray only, but also for those who shall believe in me through their word;

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.

that they all may be one, as thou, my Father, (art) in me, and I in thee, that they also in us one may be; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

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

And the glory which thou hast given me have I given unto them, that they may be one as we are one;

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.

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and that thou hast loved them, as me also thou hast loved.

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.

Father, those whom thou hast given I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see that glory of mine, which thou hast given to me; for thou lovedst me before the foundations of the world.

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.

My righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

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].”

And I have made known unto them thy name, and I make it known that the love itself, wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I may be in them.