Iohannem 16
1 Hæc locutus sum vobis, ut non scandalizemini.
"These things I have spoken to you in order to clear stumbling-blocks out of your path.
2 Absque synagogis facient vos: sed venit hora, ut omnis qui interficit vos arbitretur obsequium se præstare Deo.
You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.
3 Et hæc facient vobis, quia non noverunt Patrem, neque me.
And they will do these things because they have failed to recognize the Father and to discover who I am.
4 Sed hæc locutus sum vobis, ut cum venerit hora eorum, reminiscamini quia ego dixi vobis.
But I have spoken these things to you in order that when the time for their accomplishment comes you may remember them, and may recollect that I told you. I did not, however, tell you all this at first, because I was still with you.
5 Hæc autem vobis ab initio non dixi, quia vobiscum eram. Et nunc vado ad eum qui misit me; et nemo ex vobis interrogat me: Quo vadis?
But now I an returning to Him who sent me; and not one of you asks me where I am going.
6 sed quia hæc locutus sum vobis, tristitia implevit cor vestrum.
But grief has filled your hearts because I have said all this to you.
7 Sed ego veritatem dico vobis: expedit vobis ut ego vadam: si enim non abiero, Paraclitus non veniet ad vos; si autem abiero, mittam eum ad vos.
"Yet it is the truth that I am telling you--it is to your advantage that I go away. For unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
8 Et cum venerit ille, arguet mundum de peccato, et de justitia, et de judicio.
And He, when He comes, will convict the world in respect of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement; --
9 De peccato quidem, quia non crediderunt in me.
of sin, because they do not believe in me;
10 De justitia vero, quia ad Patrem vado, et jam non videbitis me.
of righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you will no longer see me;
11 De judicio autem, quia princeps hujus mundi jam judicatus est.
of judgement, because the Prince of this world is under sentence.
12 Adhuc multa habeo vobis dicere, sed non potestis portare modo.
"I have much more to say to you, but you are unable at present to bear the burden of it.
13 Cum autem venerit ille Spiritus veritatis, docebit vos omnem veritatem: non enim loquetur a semetipso, sed quæcumque audiet loquetur, et quæ ventura sunt annuntiabit vobis.
But when He has come--the Spirit of Truth--He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak as Himself originating what He says, but all that He hears He will speak, and He will make known the future to you.
14 Ille me clarificabit, quia de meo accipiet, et annuntiabit vobis.
He will glorify me, because He will take of what is mine and will make it known to you.
15 Omnia quæcumque habet Pater, mea sunt. Propterea dixi: quia de meo accipiet, et annuntiabit vobis.
Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said that the Spirit of Truth takes of what is mine and will make it known to you.
16 Modicum, et jam non videbitis me; et iterum modicum, et videbitis me: quia vado ad Patrem.
"A little while and you see me no more, and again a little while and you shall see me."
17 Dixerunt ergo ex discipulis ejus ad invicem: Quid est hoc quod dicit nobis: Modicum, et non videbitis me; et iterum modicum, et videbitis me, et quia vado ad Patrem?
Some of His disciples therefore said to one another, "What does this mean which He is telling us, 'A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me,' and 'Because I am going to the Father'?"
18 Dicebant ergo: Quid est hoc quod dicit: Modicum? nescimus quid loquitur.
So they asked one another repeatedly, "What can that 'little while' mean which He speaks of? We do not understand His words."
19 Cognovit autem Jesus, quia volebant eum interrogare, et dixit eis: De hoc quæritis inter vos quia dixi: Modicum, et non videbitis me; et iterum modicum, et videbitis me.
Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask Him, and He said, "Is this what you are questioning one another about--my saying, 'A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me'?
20 Amen, amen dico vobis: quia plorabitis, et flebitis vos, mundus autem gaudebit; vos autem contristabimini, sed tristitia vestra vertetur in gaudium.
In most solemn truth I tell you that you will weep aloud and lament, but the world will be glad. You will mourn, but your grief will be turned into gladness.
21 Mulier cum parit, tristitiam habet, quia venit hora ejus; cum autem pepererit puerum, jam non meminit pressuræ propter gaudium, quia natus est homo in mundum.
A woman, when she is in labour, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has given birth to the babe, she no longer remembers the pain, because of her joy at a child being born into the world.
22 Et vos igitur nunc quidem tristitiam habetis, iterum autem videbo vos, et gaudebit cor vestrum: et gaudium vestrum nemo tollet a vobis.
So you also now have sorrow; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and your gladness no one will take away from you.
23 Et in illo die me non rogabitis quidquam. Amen, amen dico vobis: si quid petieritis Patrem in nomine meo, dabit vobis.
You will put no questions to me then. "In most solemn truth I tell you that whatever you ask the Father for in my name He will give you.
24 Usque modo non petistis quidquam in nomine meo: petite, et accipietis, ut gaudium vestrum sit plenum.
As yet you have not asked for anything in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your hearts may be filled with gladness.
25 Hæc in proverbiis locutus sum vobis. Venit hora cum jam non in proverbiis loquar vobis, sed palam de Patre annuntiabo vobis:
"All this I have spoken to you in veiled language. The time is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.
26 in illo die in nomine meo petetis: et non dico vobis quia ego rogabo Patrem de vobis:
At that time you will make your requests in my name; and I do not promise to ask the Father on your behalf,
27 ipse enim Pater amat vos, quia vos me amastis, et credidistis, quia ego a Deo exivi.
for the Father Himself holds you dear, because you have held me dear and have believed that I came from the Father's presence.
28 Exivi a Patre, et veni in mundum: iterum relinquo mundum, et vado ad Patrem.
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and am going to the Father."
29 Dicunt ei discipuli ejus: Ecce nunc palam loqueris, et proverbium nullum dicis:
"Ah, now you are using plain language," said His disciples, "and are uttering no figure of speech!
30 nunc scimus quia scis omnia, et non opus est tibi ut quis te interroget: in hoc credimus quia a Deo existi.
Now we know that you have all knowledge, and do not need to be pressed with questions. Through this we believe that you came from God."
31 Respondit eis Jesus: Modo creditis?
"Do you at last believe?" replied Jesus.
32 ecce venit hora, et jam venit, ut dispergamini unusquisque in propria, et me solum relinquatis: et non sum solus, quia Pater mecum est.
"Remember that the time is coming, nay, has already come, for you all to be dispersed each to his own home and to leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
33 Hæc locutus sum vobis, ut in me pacem habeatis. In mundo pressuram habebitis: sed confidite, ego vici mundum.
"I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: I have won the victory over the world."
