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.

Erile fa Jesu a sena go fetsa go bua dilo tse tsotlhe, a lelalela kwa legodimong mme a re, “Rara, Nako e gorogile. Senola kgalalelo ya ga Morwao gore a tle a kgone go e busetsa kwa go wena.

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)

Gonne o mo neile taolo mo godimo ga banna le basadi mo lefatsheng lotlhe. O neela mongwe le mongwe botshelo jo bo sa khutleng jo o bo mo neileng. (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)

Mme tsela e e isang botshelong jo bosa khutleng ke e—ke ka go go itse wena Modimo o o boammaaruri o le esi, le Jesu Keresete, ene yo o mo romileng mo lefatsheng! (aiōnios g166)

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

Ke go lereditse kgalalelo mo lefatsheng ka go dira sengwe le sengwe se o ntheileng wa re ke se dire.

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.”

Mme jaanong, Rara, senola kgalalelo ya me jaaka ke eme fa pele ga gago, kgalalelo e re neng ra e tlhakanela pele ga lefatshe le simologa.

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.

“Ke boleletse batho, ba, gotlhe ka ga gago. Ba ne ba le mo lefatsheng, mme wa ba nneela. Tota tota e ne e le ba gago ka malatsi otlhe, mme wa ba nnaya, mme ba go reetsa.

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

Jaanong ba itse gore sengwe le sengwe se ke nang naso ke mpho e e tswang kwa go wena,

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.

gonne ke ba neetse melao e o e nneetseng; mme ba e amogetse ebile ba itse ka botlalo gore ke tsile mo lefatsheng ke tswa kwa go wena, jalo ba dumela fa o nthomile.

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.

“Thapelo ya me ga se go rapelela lefatshe, mme ke go rapelela ba o ba nneileng gonne ke ba gago.

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.

Mme botlhe fela, ka e le ba me, ke ba gago; mme o ba buseditse mo go nna ka sengwe le sengwe se e leng sa gago, jalo ba o ba nneileng ke kgalalelo ya me!

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.

Jaanong ke tloga mo lefatsheng, mme ke ba tlogela kwa morago, ke tla kwa go wena. Rara yo o Boitshepo, ba babalele, botlhe ba o ba nneileng, gore ba nne selo se le sengwe fela jaaka re ntse, go sa latlhega ope.

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].

Ka nako ya fa ke sa ntse ke le mono, ke bolokile batho botlhe ba o ba nneileng ba lwapa lwa gago. Ke ne ka ba tlhokomela gore le fa e le ope wa bone a seka a nyelela, fa e se morwa tatlhego fela fela jaaka dikwalo di boletse pele.

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.

“Mme jaanong ke tla kwa go wena. Ke ba boleletse dilo tse dintsi fa ke sa ntse ke na le bone gore ba tle ba tlale boitumelo jwa me.

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].

Ke ba neetse ditaolo tsa gago. Mme lefatshe le a ba ila gonne ga ba dire mekgwa ya lone e e maswe, fela jaaka nna ke sa e dire.

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.

Ga ke go kope gore o ba ntshe mo lefatsheng, mme ke kopa gore o ba boloke ba se ka ba wela mo nonofong ya ga Satane.

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

Ga ba sa tlhole e le ba lefatshe leno jaaka le nna ke se wa lone.

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.

Ba ntlafatse o ba itshepise ka go ba ruta mafoko a gago a boammaaruri.

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

Fela jaaka o nthomile mo lefatsheng, le nna ke ba roma mo lefatsheng.

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

Mme ke ineela gore ke ba thuse mo ditlhokong tsa bone tsa go gola mo boammaaruring le mo boitshepong.

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.

“Ga ke rapelele fela ba, mme ke rapelela le badumedi ba malatsi a a tlang ba ba tlaa tlang kwa go nna ka ntlha ya bosupi jwa bone ba.

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.

Go ba rapelela ga me botlhe ke gore ba nne pelo e le nngwe le mogopolo o le mongwe fela jaaka wena le nna re ntse, Rara. Gore fela jaaka o le mo go nna le nna ke le mo go wena, le bone ba tle ba nne mo go rona, jalo lefatshe le tlaa dumela fa o nthomile.

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

“Ke ba neile kgalalelo e o e nneileng, kopano e e galalelang ya go bopagana, jaaka re ntse,

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.

Nna ke le mo go bone le wena o le mo go nna, botlhe ba ntlafaleditswe mo go bopaganeng, gore lefatshe le tle le itse fa o nthomile le bo le tlhaloganye gore o ba rata fela jaaka o nthata.

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.

Rara, ke batla gore ba o ba nneetseng ba, ba nne le nna kwa ke gone, gore ba tle ba bone kgalalelo ya me. O nneetse kgalalelo gonne o sale o nthata pele ga lefatshe le simologa!

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.

“Oo Rara yo o tshiamo, lefatshe ga le go itse, mme nna ke a go itse; le barutwa ba, ba itse fa o nthomile.

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].”

Mme ke go senotse mo go bone, jalo ke tlaa nna ke go senola gore lorato lwa gago lo logolo lo o ntshotseng ka lone lo nne mo go bone, le nna ke nne mo go bone.”