Uyuhana 17

1 Tize tigino me sa Yeso ma buki ma yeze aje asesere magu, ugomo Asere, uganiya wa aye; Nonziko vana uwe me, barki vana me ma nonzikowe.

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.

2 Barki wa nyame timumum unu hem iriba ibinani ande sa wa nyame, ma nyawe urai uhana umara unee. (aiōnios g166)

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)

3 Urai uhana umara unee uni, wa rusiwe ugomo Asere isiswe, una kadure nan desa ma tumam Yeso. (aiōnios g166)

[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)

4 Ma nonzowe unee, uganiya sa ma myinca katuma sa nyam uwuzame.

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

5 Ana me aco, nonziko inice nuwe me nan nurusa sa izin nan huu unee uda sarki uwuna.

[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.”

6 Ma bezi niza nuwe me ahira anu age sa wa nyam anyimo unee; anu awe wani wanyam we; wa tarsi tize tuwe me.

“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.

7 Ana wa rusa ibinani imum vat sa wa nya ya suru ahira awe ani.

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

8 Ibinani itize sa wa nyam, ma nya we, wa kaba wa rusa unu guna ma suro anyimo awe ani, wa kuru wa hem hamani wa tumam.

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.

9 Ingi ma wuna we birigara, azo ma wuna unee ini biringara ba, barki ande sa wa nyami awe wano.

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.

10 Ibinani imum besa izi im iwe ini, imum iwe im ini anozikom anyimo ini.

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.

11 Uhana aje indaka zom anyimo unee ba, mi in haza ahira aweme. Ugomo Asere ulau, rusan we anyimo aniza nuwe me sa nyam, barki wa cukuno a inde kasi haru.

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.

12 Uganiya sa inze nan we, ma nonzowe anyimo aniza nuwe me sa wa nyam; Ma tarsi unwe, ko unu inde anyimo awe dama hune me ba, se de sa ma curnome, barki tize ta Asere ta myinca.

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].

13 Ana me in ahira ashi me; Tize tigeme izinu boo me anyimo unee, bzrki wa kem iriba irum im imyinca muruba muwe me.

[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.

14 Ma nya we tize tuwe me; Unee wa g we barki we azo anu nee waniba, aneni mi azo unu nee mani ba.

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].

15 Inda wuzam biringara uziki we anyimo unee ba, biringara bum uhari we nan imum ibur.

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

16 Azo we anu unee wani ba, ane ani me azo unu nee mani ba.

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

17 Kpicuwe anyimo akadure; Tize tuwe me tine tini kadure.

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.

18 Kasi sa wa tumum anyimo unee, ane ani ma tumu we anyimo unee.

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

19 Barki we wani izinu kpico unice num, barki we wa kpici ace awe me in kadure.

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

20 Azo barki agino ana cas inzi biringara ba, barki anagino sa wa nya kadure ahira am ahira boo utize tuwe me.

“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.

21 Barki we vat wa cukuno a inde; Kasi huu aco, ura anyimo am, me anyimo awe, barki we wa cukuno anyimo aru; Barki unee u hem hamani wa tumam.

[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.

22 Ni nonzo sa wa nyam, ma nya we; Barki wa cukuno a inde kasi haruna inde wani.

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

23 Mi anyimo awe, huu anyimo am, bark wa cukuno a inde kan, barki unee urusi wa tumam, wa wuna usu uwe wa kuru wa hem in mi.

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.

24 Aco, ande sa wa nyam, in nyara wa cukuno ahira sa irani, nigome nan mi; Barki wa iri ninonzo num, sa wa nyam wa wu usu um ada amu tuba unee ba.

[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.

25 Aco unu bursa, unee urusa we ba; Mi in rusa we, ana geme wa rusa wa tumam.

[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.

26 Ma bezi we niza nuwe me, idi bizizi nini, barki usu uge besa wa bezum ucukuno anyimo awe me, mi anyimo awe.

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].”