Jọn 16
1 “Ihe ndị a niile ka m gwara unu ka unu ghara ịda.
“I have spoken these things to you so that you will not fall away.
2 Ha ga-esite nʼụlọ ekpere ha chụpụ unu. Nʼezie, oge na-abịa mgbe onye ọbụla ga-egbu unu ga-echekwa na ọ na-efe Chineke mgbe ha na-eme nke a.
They will throw you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering a service to God.
3 Ha ga-eme ihe ndị a nʼihi na ha amaghị Nna maọbụ m.
They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
4 Ana m agwa unu ihe ndị a ka ọ ga-abụ na mgbe oge ga-eru, unu echeta na m gwara unu. Agwaghị m unu ihe ndị a na mbụ nʼihi na mụ na unu nọ mgbe ahụ.
I have spoken these things to you so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you about these things in the beginning, because I was with you.
5 Ma ugbu a, ana m alaghachikwuru onye ahụ zitere m. Ma ọ dịghị onye ọbụla nʼetiti unu jụrụ m, ‘Olee ebe ị na-aga?’
But now I go to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'
6 Ma nʼihi na m gwara unu ihe ndị a, obi unu ejupụtala na mwute.
But because I have said these things to you, sadness has filled your heart.
7 Nʼagbanyeghị nke a, aga m agwa unu eziokwu, ọ bụ maka ọdịmma unu ka m ji ala. Ọ bụrụ na m alaghị, Onye Ndụmọdụ ahụ agaghị abịa. Ọ bụrụ na m laa, aga m ezitere unu ya.
But truly I tell you, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
8 Mgbe ọ bịara, ọ ga-eme ka ụwa mata ezughị oke nke nghọta ya banyere mmehie, na ezi omume na ikpe,
When he comes, the Comforter will prove the world to be wrong about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment—
9 maka mmehie nʼihi na ha ekwenyeghị na m;
about sin, because they do not believe in me;
10 ma gbasara ezi omume, nʼihi na ana m alakwuru Nna, ebe unu na-apụghị ịhụ m ọzọ,
about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you will no longer see me;
11 maka ikpe, nʼihi na e kpeela onyeisi ụwa a ikpe.
and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
12 “Enwere m ọtụtụ ihe ọzọ m ga-agwa unu. Ma ugbu a, unu agaghị anabatalị ha.
I have many things to say to you, but you would not understand them now.
13 Ma mgbe Mmụọ eziokwu ahụ bịara, ọ ga-eduba unu nʼeziokwu niile. Ọ gaghị ekwu ihe banyere onwe ya, kama ọ bụ ihe niile ọ nụrụ ka ọ ga-ekwu. Ọ ga-ezikwa unu ihe niile gaje ịbịa.
But when he, the Spirit of Truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak from himself. But he will say whatever he hears, and he will tell you things that are to come.
14 Ọ ga-enye m otuto, nʼihi na ọ ga-esite nʼaka m nata ihe ọ ga-akọrọ unu.
He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and he will tell it to you.
15 Ihe niile Nna nwere bụ nke m. Ọ bụ ya mere m ji sị, na ọ ga-ewere site nʼihe bụ nkem, kọwara ya unu.
Everything that the Father has is mine. Therefore, I said that the Spirit will take from what is mine and he will tell it to you.
16 “Ọ fọdụrụ nwantakịrị oge unu agaghị ahụkwa m. Ma mgbe nwantịntị oge gasịkwara, unu ga-ahụkwa m anya ọzọ.”
In a short amount of time you will no longer see me, and after another short amount of time you will see me.”
17 Ụfọdụ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sịrịtara onwe ha, “Gịnị ka o bu nʼuche mgbe ọ na-asị, ‘Nwa oge nta unu agaghị ahụkwa m ọzọ, ma mgbe nwa oge gasịkwara unu ga-ahụkwa m,’ na ‘Nʼihi na ana m alakwuru Nna’?”
Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, 'A short amount of time you will no longer see me and after another short amount of time you will see me,' and, 'Because I go to the Father'?”
18 Ha na-asị, “Gịnị ka okwu a pụtara bụ ‘nwa oge nta’? Anyị aghọtaghị ihe ọ na-ekwu.”
Therefore they said, “What is this that he says, 'A short amount of time'? We do not know what he is talking about.”
19 Jisọs matara na ha chọrọ ịjụ ya ihe banyere nke a, nʼihi ya ọ sịrị ha, “Unu na-ajụrịta onwe unu ihe okwu m pụtara mgbe m sịrị, ‘Na nwa oge nta unu agaghị ahụkwa m ọzọ, ma nwa mgbe nta unu ga-ahụkwa m’?
Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while and you will see me'?
20 Nʼezie, nʼezie, agwa m unu, unu ga-akwa akwa ma nwekwa obi mwute, ma ụwa ga-aṅụrị ọṅụ. Ma iru ụjụ unu ga-aghọrọ unu ọṅụ.
Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will be glad. You will become full of sadness, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
21 Mgbe ime na-eme nwanyị, ọ na-anọ nʼọnọdụ ihe mgbu. Mgbe ọ mụsịrị nwa ya, ọ dịghị echetakwa ihe mgbu ya ọzọ. Nʼihi ọṅụ na a mụpụtala nwa nʼelu ụwa.
When a woman gives birth she has sadness because her hour has come, but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers her pain because of her joy that a man has been born into the world.
22 Unu nọ nʼọnọdụ iru ụjụ ugbu a, ma aga m ahụ unu anya ọzọ, obi unu ga-ejupụta nʼọṅụ. Mmadụ ọbụla apụghịkwa ịnapụ unu ọṅụ unu.
So you have sadness now, but I will see you again, and your heart will be glad, and no one will be able to take away your joy from you.
23 Ma nʼụbọchị ahụ, unu agakwaghị arịọ m ihe ọbụla. Nʼezie, nʼezie, agwa m unu, ihe ọbụla unu ga-arịọ Nna m nʼaha m, ọ ga-enye unu.
On that day you will not ask me anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24 Ruo ugbu a, ọ dịbeghị ihe unu rịọrọ nʼaha m. Rịọọnụ, unu ga-arịọta, ka ọṅụ unu zukwaa oke.
Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask, and you will receive so that your joy will be fulfilled.
25 “Eji m ilu na-agwa unu okwu ugbu a, ma oge na-abịa mgbe m na-agaghị ejikwa ilu gwa unu okwu. Mgbe ahụ ka m ga-akọwara unu niile ihe banyere Nna m nʼụzọ unu ga-aghọta ya.
I have said these things to you in figures of speech, but the hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but instead I will tell you plainly about the Father.
26 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, unu ga-arịọ ihe nʼaha m. Asịghị m unu na m ga-arịọ Nna ihe nʼihi unu.
On that day you will ask in my name and I do not say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,
27 Nʼihi na Nna m nʼonwe ya hụrụ unu nʼanya, nʼihi na unu hụrụ m nʼanya kwerekwa na m si nʼebe Chineke nọ bịa.
for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and because you have believed that I came from the Father.
28 Esi m nʼebe Nna nọ pụta, bịa nʼime ụwa. Ana m ahapụkwa ụwa ịlaghachikwuru Nna.”
I came from the Father, and I have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father.”
29 Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sịrị, “Lee, ugbu a ka okwu gị doro anya. Ọ bụkwaghị ilu ka i na-atụ.
His disciples said, “See, now you are speaking plainly and you are not using figures of speech.
30 Ugbu a ka o doro anyị anya na ị maara ihe niile. Ọ bakwaghị uru ka onye ọbụla jụọ gị ihe ọbụla. Nʼihi nke a, anyị kwere na i si nʼebe Chineke nọ bịa.”
Now we know that you know all things, and you do not need anyone to ask you questions. Because of this, we believe that you have come from God.”
31 Jisọs zara ha, “Unu ekwerela ugbu a?
Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now?
32 Lee! Oge na-abịa, oge ahụ eruola, mgbe unu ga-agbasacha. Onye ọbụla nʼụlọ nke ya. Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-ahapụ naanị m, ma ọ bụghị naanị m nọ nʼihi na mụ na Nna m nọ.
See, the hour is coming, yes, and has indeed come, when you will be scattered, everyone to his own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.
33 “Agwala m unu ihe ndị a niile ka unu nwee udo nʼime m. Nʼime ụwa, unu ga-enwe nsogbu. Ma ka obi sie unu ike, nʼihi na emeriela m ụwa.”
I have spoken these things to you so that you will have peace in me. In the world you have troubles, but have courage, I have conquered the world.”
