Johana 16
1 “Ndamwĩra maũndũ macio mothe nĩgeetha mũtikanae gũtiganĩria wĩtĩkio.
I've told you this so you won't give up your trust in me.
2 Nĩmakamũingata thunagogi-inĩ; na ũhoro wa ma nĩ atĩ, kũrĩ hĩndĩ ĩgũũka rĩrĩa mũndũ o wothe ũkaamũũraga ageciiragia atĩ nĩ Ngai aratungatĩra.
They will expel you from the synagogues—in fact the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.
3 Mageekaga maũndũ macio nĩ ũndũ matimenyete Baba o na kana makaamenya.
They'll do this because they have never known the Father or me. I've told you this so that when these things happen, you'll remember what I told you.
4 Ndamwĩra maũndũ macio nĩgeetha hĩndĩ ĩyo yakinya mũkaaririkana atĩ nĩndamwĩrĩte. Ndiamwĩrire maũndũ macio kĩambĩrĩria-inĩ tondũ ndaarĩ hamwe na inyuĩ.
I didn't need to tell you this right at the beginning because I was going to be with you.
5 “Rĩu nĩngũthiĩ kũrĩ ũrĩa wandũmire. No gũtirĩ o na ũmwe wanyu ũranjũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Ũrathiĩ kũ?’
But now I'm going to the one who sent me, and yet not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’
6 Mwaiyũrwo nĩ kĩeha nĩ tondũ nĩndamwĩra maũndũ macio.
Of course, now that I've told you, you're full of grief.
7 No ngũmwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, nĩ kwagĩrĩire niĩ thiĩ nĩ ũndũ wanyu. Tondũ ndaaga gũthiĩ, Mũteithia ndagooka kũrĩ inyuĩ. No ndaathiĩ, nĩngamũtũma oke kũrĩ inyuĩ.
But I'm telling you the truth: it's better for you that I go away, for if I don't the Comforter won't come to you. If I go away, I will send him to you.
8 Nake oka, nĩakaiguithia andũ a gũkũ thĩ ũrĩa mahĩtĩtie ũhoro-inĩ wa mehia, na ũhoro-inĩ wa ũthingu, o na ũhoro-inĩ wa ciira:
When he comes, he will convince those in the world that they have wrong ideas regarding sin, about what is right, and about judgment:
9 Nĩmahĩtĩtie ũhoro-inĩ wa mehia, nĩgũkorwo andũ matinjĩtĩkĩtie;
Sin, for they don't trust in me.
10 nĩmahĩtĩtie ũhoro-inĩ wa ũthingu, nĩgũkorwo ndĩrathiĩ kũrĩ Baba kũrĩa mũtangĩcooka kũnyona;
What is right, for I'm going to the Father and you won't see me any longer.
11 na nĩmahĩtĩtie ũhoro-inĩ wa ciira tondũ mũnene wa gũkũ thĩ nĩarĩkĩtie gũtuĩrwo ciira.
Judgment, for the ruler of this world has been condemned.
12 “Ndĩ na maũndũ mangĩ maingĩ ma kũmwĩra, makĩria ya marĩa mũngĩhota kũũmĩrĩria rĩu.
There's much more I want to explain to you, but you couldn't stand it now.
13 No rĩrĩ, Roho Mũtheru ũcio wa ma oka, nĩakamũtongoria ũhoro-inĩ ũrĩa wa ma wothe. Ndakaaragia ũhoro wake mwene; akaaragia ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩa aiguĩte, ningĩ nĩakamwĩra ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩa magooka thuutha.
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will teach you the whole truth. He doesn't speak for himself, but he only says what he hears, and he will tell you what's going to happen.
14 Nĩakangoocithia nĩgũkorwo nĩakamũmenyithia ũhoro wakwa ũrĩa arutĩte kuuma kũrĩ niĩ.
He brings me glory for he teaches you whatever he receives from me.
15 Maũndũ mothe ma Baba nĩ makwa. Nĩkĩo ndamwĩra atĩ Roho nĩakamũmenyithia ũhoro wakwa ũrĩa arutĩte kuuma kũrĩ niĩ, mũũmenye.
All that belongs to the Father is mine. This is why I said that the Spirit teaches you whatever he receives from me.
16 “Thuutha wa kahinda kanini mũtikũnyona rĩngĩ na ningĩ thuutha wa kahinda kanini nĩmũkũnyona.”
In a little while you won't see me anymore, but then a little while after that you will see me.”
17 Amwe a arutwo ake makĩũrania atĩrĩ, “Arenda kuuga atĩa rĩrĩa aroiga atĩ, ‘Thuutha wa kahinda kanini mũtikũnyona rĩngĩ na ningĩ atĩ thuutha wa kahinda kanini nĩmũkũnyona’, ningĩ atĩ ‘Tondũ ndĩrathiĩ kũrĩ Baba?’”
Some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean, ‘In a little while you won't see me, but a little while after that you will see me’? and ‘For I'm going to the Father’?”
18 Magĩthiĩ na mbere kũũrania atĩrĩ, “Arenda kuuga atĩa rĩrĩa aroiga atĩ, ‘Kahinda kanini’? Ithuĩ tũtiramenya ũrĩa aroiga.”
They were asking, “What does he mean by ‘in a little while’? We don't know what he's talking about.”
19 Nake Jesũ akĩona atĩ nĩmendaga kũmũũria ũhoro ũcio, nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kũũrania mũrorania ũrĩa ngwendaga kuuga rĩrĩa njugire atĩ ‘Thuutha wa kahinda kanini mũtikũnyona rĩngĩ, na ningĩ thuutha wa kahinda kanini nĩmũkũnyona’?
Jesus realized that they wanted to ask him about this. So he asked them, “Are you wondering about my comment, ‘In a little while you won't see me, but a little while after that you will see me’?
20 Ngũmwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, mũkaarĩra na mũcakae rĩrĩa andũ a thĩ marakena. Inyuĩ mũkanyiitwo nĩ kĩeha, no kĩeha, kĩanyu nĩgĩkagarũrũka gĩtuĩke gĩkeno.
I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will turn into joy.
21 Mũndũ-wa-nja agĩciara nĩakoragwo na ruo tondũ hĩndĩ yake nĩ nginyu; no aarĩkia gũciara kaana, akariganĩrwo nĩ ruo nĩ ũndũ wa gũkena nĩgũkorwo kaana nĩ gaaciarwo gũkũ thĩ.
A woman in labor suffers pain because her time has come, but once the baby is born, she forgets the agony because of the joy that a child has been brought into the world.
22 O na inyuĩ noguo: Rĩu nĩ ihinda rĩanyu rĩa kĩeha, no nĩngamuona rĩngĩ na nĩmũgakena, na gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe ũkaamũtunya gĩkeno kĩu.
Yes, you're grieving now, but I will see you again; and you will rejoice, and no one can take away your joy.
23 Mũthenya ũcio wakinya mũtigacooka kũnjũũria ũndũ o na ũrĩkũ. Ngũmwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, Baba nĩakamũhe kĩrĩa gĩothe mũkaahooya thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩakwa.
When that time comes you won't need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
24 Nginyagia rĩu mũtirĩ mwahooya ũndũ thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩakwa. Hooyai na nĩmũkũheo, nĩguo gĩkeno kĩanyu gĩkinyanĩre.
Until now you haven't asked for anything in my name, so ask and you shall receive, and your happiness will be complete.
25 “O na gũtuĩka ngoretwo ngĩaria na ngerekano-rĩ, hĩndĩ nĩĩroka rĩrĩa itagacooka kũmwarĩria na njĩra ĩyo, no ngaamwĩraga ũhoro wa Baba itekũhithĩrĩra.
I've been talking to you using picture language. But soon I won't use such picture language any more when I speak to you. Instead I'll explain the Father to you very plainly.
26 Mũthenya ũcio nĩmũkahooyaga thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩakwa. Ndiroiga atĩ nĩngahooyaga Baba ithenya rĩanyu.
At that time you will ask in my name. I'm not saying to you that I will plead with the Father on your behalf,
27 No rĩrĩ, Baba we mwene nĩamwendete, nĩgũkorwo inyuĩ nĩmũnyendete, na nĩmwĩtĩkĩtie atĩ ndoimire kũrĩ Ngai.
for the Father himself loves you—because you love me and believe that I came from God.
28 Niĩ ndoimire kũrĩ Baba, ngĩũka gũkũ thĩ; na rĩu nĩnguuma gũkũ thĩ, njooke kũrĩ Baba.”
I left the Father and came into the world; now I leave the world and return to my Father.”
29 Hĩndĩ ĩyo arutwo a Jesũ makiuga atĩrĩ, “Rĩu nĩũratũhe ũhoro wega, ũtekwaria na ngerekano.
Then the disciples said, “Now you're talking very plainly and not using picture language.
30 Rĩu nĩtwamenya atĩ wee nĩũũĩ maũndũ mothe, na atĩ o na ndũbataire mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ akũũrie ciũria. Ũhoro ũcio nĩwatũma twĩtĩkie atĩ woimĩte kũrĩ Ngai.”
Now we're certain that you know everything, and that in order to know what questions people are thinking you don't need to ask them. This convinces us that you came from God.”
31 Nake Jesũ akĩmacookeria atĩrĩ, “Rĩu nĩmwetĩkia!
“Are you really convinced now?” Jesus asked.
32 No hĩndĩ nĩĩroka, na nĩnginyu, rĩrĩa mũkahurunjũka, o mũndũ athiĩ gwake mũciĩ. Mũkaandiga ndĩ nyiki, no ndirĩ nyiki, nĩgũkorwo Baba arĩ hamwe na niĩ.
“The time is coming—in fact it's just about to happen—when you will be scattered, each of you to your own homes, leaving me all alone. But I'm not really alone, for the Father is with me.
33 “Ndamwĩra maũndũ macio nĩgeetha mũgĩe na thayũ thĩinĩ wakwa. Gũkũ thĩ nĩmũrĩonaga thĩĩna. No ũmĩrĩriai! Niĩ nĩndooretie thĩ.”
I've told you all this so that you may have peace because you are one with me. You will suffer in this world, but be brave—I have defeated the world!”
