Yoana 17

1 Yesu aikile emisango jinu; namala nenamusha ameso gaye nalolela mulwile naika, “Lata, omwanya gweile umukushe omwana koleleki no mwana ona akushe awe.

After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heaven-wards, and said: “Father, the hour has come; honour thy Son, that thy Son may honour thee;

2 Lwa kutyo wamuyanile obhuinga ingulu ya bhona ebyo mubhili koleleki abhbayane obhuanga bya kajanende bhaliya bhona abho bhamuyaye. (aiōnios g166)

even as thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has given him. (aiōnios g166)

3 Bhunu nibwo obhuanga bwa kajanende ati bhakumenye awe, Nyamuanga we chimali umwi ela no omwene oyo watumile, Yesu kristo. (aiōnios g166)

And the Immortal Life is this — to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger. (aiōnios g166)

4 Nakukusishe anu kusi, nagumalile omulimu ogwo wananile nigukole.

I have honoured thee on earth by completing the work which thou has given me to do;

5 Woli Lata unkushe anye amwi nawe amwi wenyele kwikusho linu naliga nalyo amwi nawe isi ichali bubhao.

and now do thou honour me, Father, at thy own side, with the honour which I had at thy side before the world began.

6 Nelesishe lisina lyao kubhanu abho wananile anu musi. Bhaliga bhanu bhao, nawe wananile anye nabho bhagugwatile omusango gwao.

I have revealed thee to those whom thou gavest me from the world; they were thy own, and thou gavest them to me; and they have laid thy Message to heart.

7 Woli abhaja bhuli chinu echowananile anye echisoka kwawe.

They recognise now that everything that thou gavest me was from thee;

8 Ku misango ejo wananile anye, Namalile okubhayana abhene emisango ejo. bhajilamiye ne chimali mbamenya kutyo anye nisokele kwawe, mbekilishe okubha awe nawe wantumile.

for I have given them the teaching which thou gavest me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from thee, and they believed that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

9 Enibhasabhilwa abho. Nitakusabhilwa echalo atali abho wananile kwo kubha abhene ni bhao.

I intercede for them; I am not interceding for the world, but for those whom thou has given me, for they are thy own —

10 Ebhinu byona ebyo ni byani nibyao na bhiliya ulinabyo ni byani; nanye enikukusha kwibyo.

All that is mine is thine, and all that is thine is mine — and I am honoured in them.

11 Anye nitali muchalo, nawe abhene bhalimo muchalo, anye woli enija kwawe. Lata omwelu ubhalinde, kwi sina lyao linu abho unanile eswe koleleki abhene nabho bhabhe no bhumwi, lwa kutyo amwe nawe chili no bhumwi.

Now I am to be in this world no longer, but they are still to be in the world, and I am to come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by that revelation of thy Name which thou has given me, that they may be one, as we are.

12 Naliga nili nabho, nabhalindile kwa lisina olyo wananile; Nabhalindile na atali ona umwi wemwe oyo abhulile atali omwana wokubhula, koleleki chinu chandikilwe chikumisibwega.

Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul — in fulfilment of Scripture.

13 Woli enija kwawe; nawe enaika ganu ku chalo koleleki likondelelwa lyani likumile kubhona.

But now I am to come to thee; and I am speaking thus, while still in the world, that they may have my own joy, in all its fullness, in their hearts.

14 Nabhayaye omusango gwao; echalo chibhabhiililwa kwo kubha abhene bhatali bhe chalo, lwa kutyo anye nitali wechalo.

I have given them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

15 Nitakubhasabhilwa ati obhasoshe muchalo nawe ubhalindega na uliya omubhibhi.

I do not ask thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from Evil.

16 Abhene bhatali bha musi lwa kutyo anye nitali wa kuchalo.

They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

17 Ubhatulega kwawe omwene ku chimali; omusango gwao nigwe chimali.

Consecrate them by the Truth; thy Message is Truth.

18 Wantumile muchalo, anye ona nabhatuma muchalo.

Just as thou has sent me as thy Messenger to the world, so I send them as my Messengers to the world.

19 Kulwejo anye omwene enisosha kwawe koleleki ati abhene bhesoshe kwawe kulwe chimali.

And it is for their sakes that I am consecrating myself, so that they also may be truly consecrated.

20 Bhatali bhanu ele abho enisabhila, nawe nabhaliya abho bhalikilisha okulabhila omusango gwebhe.

But it is not only for them that I am interceding, but also for those who believe in me through their Message,

21 Koleleki ati abhone nabho bhabhe no bhumwi, lwa kutyo awe Lata, uli mwaye nanye nili mwawe. nabhasabhila koleleki ati abhene bhone bhatule okubha amwi neswe koleleki echalo chitule okwilisha ati awe niwe wantumile.

that they all may be one — that as thou, Father, art in union with us — and so the world may believe that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger.

22 Likusho linu elyo wananile anye, nabhayaye abhene koleleki ati bhatule okubha no bhumi lwa kutyo eswe chili no bhumi.

I have given them the honour which thou has given me, that they may be one as we are one —

23 Anye mu bhene, nabho mwanye, koleleki bhatule okukumila kubhumwi; koleleki echalo chimenye ati okubha nawe wantumile, no kubhenda, lwa kutyo awe wanyendele anye.

I in union with them and thou with me — that so they may be perfected in their union, and thus the world may know that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger, and that thou has loved them as thou hast loved me.

24 Lata, bhanu wananile anye, enenda abhene ona bhabhega nanye bhalole likusho lyani linu wananile: Okubha awe wanyendele anye isi ichali kumogwa.

Father, my desire for all those whom thou has given me is that they may be with me where I am, so that they may see the honour which thou has given me; for thou didst love me before the beginning of the world.

25 Lata omulengelesi, isi itakukumenya awe, nawe anye enikumenya awe; na bhamenya ati untumile.

O righteous Father, though the world did not know thee, I knew thee; and these men knew that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

26 Nakolele lisina lyao limenyekane kwebwe, na enilikolaga limenyekane koleleki ati elyo kwenda okwo wanyendele anye litule okubha amwi nemwe, na nanye nitule okubha kwemwe.”

I have made thee known to them, and will do so still; that the love that thou has had for me may be in their hearts, and that I may be in them also.”