Yoane 16
1 Nalobi na bino makambo oyo nyonso mpo ete bokweya te na komekama to mpo ete kondima na bino ekweya te.
[Jesus continued by saying to us], “I have told you these things in order that you will not stop trusting in me [when people] ([cause you to suffer/persecute you]).
2 Pamba te bakobengana bino na bandako ya mayangani; mpe tango elingi kutu kokoka, tango oyo moto nyonso oyo akoboma bino akokanisa ete, wana azali kosala bongo, azali kobonzela Nzambe mbeka.
They will not allow you to worship in (synagogues/[their] meeting places). In fact, there will be a time when anyone who kills you will think that he is serving God [by doing that].
3 Bakosala bongo mpo ete batikalaki koyeba te ezala Tata to ngai.
They will do such things because they have never known who I [really am], nor who [my] Father [is].
4 Namiyebiseli bino makambo wana nyonso mpo ete, soki tango yango ekoki, bokanisa ete Ngai nasilaki koyebisa bino yango. Nayebisaki bino yango te wuta na ebandeli, mpo ete nazalaki nanu elongo na bino.
I have told you these things in order that when [they start] ([to cause you to suffer]/to [persecute you]) [MTY], you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you these things when you first started [to accompany me] [MTY] because I was with you, [and they were causing trouble for me, not for you].”
5 Sik’oyo, nazali kokende epai na Ye oyo atindaki Ngai, mpe moko te kati na bino azali kotuna Ngai: « Ozali kokende wapi? »
“Now I am [about to] return to the one who sent me. But [I am disappointed that] none of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’
6 Kasi mpo ete nalobi na bino bongo, mawa etondi kati na mitema na bino.
Instead, because I have told you these things, you are very sad.
7 Nzokande, nalobi na Ngai kaka bosolo. Ezali penza mpo na bolamu na bino ete Ngai nakende; pamba te soki nakeyi te, Molobeli akoya te epai na bino; kasi soki nakeyi, nakotindela bino Ye.
But the truth is that it is good for you that I am going away, because if I do not go away, the [Holy Spirit], who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you will not come to you. But when I go, I will send him to you.
8 Bongo tango akoya, akotalisa bato ya mokili na tina na lisumu, na tina na bosembo mpe na tina na kosambisama:
When he comes, he will prove that those who do not belong to God [MTY] [are wrong about what is] sinful and about who is really righteous and about whom [God will] judge [and condemn for their sin].
9 na tina na lisumu, pamba te bandimaka Ngai te;
[He will tell people that their greatest] sin is that they do not believe in me.
10 na tina na bosembo, pamba te nakeyi epai ya Tata, mpe bokomona Ngai lisusu te;
[He will tell people that] because I am going [back] to my Father, and you will no longer see me, [you will know that I am the one who was truly] righteous.
11 na tina na kosambisama, pamba te mokonzi ya mokili oyo asili kosambisama.
[He will tell people that the fact] that [God] has already determined that [he] will punish [Satan], the one who rules this world, shows that [some day God] will also punish [those who do not belong to him].
12 Nazali lisusu na makambo mingi ya koyebisa bino, kasi bokokoka kososola yango te sik’oyo.
I have many more things that [I would like] to tell you, but you are not able to accept them now.
13 Tango akoya, Molimo ya bosolo, akotambolisa bino kati na bosolo nyonso; pamba te akoloba te makambo kowuta na Ye moko, kasi akoloba kaka makambo nyonso oyo akoyoka, mpe akoyebisa bino makambo oyo ekoya;
But [God’s] Spirit is the one who will teach you [God’s] truth. When he comes, he will guide you so that you [understand] all [spiritual] truth. He will not speak from his own [authority]. Instead, it is the things that he hears [my Father say] that he will tell you. He will also tell you about things that will happen [later].
14 akomonisa nkembo na Ngai, pamba te akozwa makambo kowuta epai na Ngai mpe akoyebisa bino yango.
He will honor me by revealing my [truth] to you.
15 Nyonso oyo ezali ya Tata ezali mpe ya Ngai; yango wana nalobi ete akozwa makambo kowuta epai na Ngai mpe akoyebisa bino yango.
Everything that [my] Father has is mine. That is why I said that the Spirit is able to reveal my truth to you.”
16 Etikali mwa tango moke mpo ete bomona Ngai lisusu te; mpe sima na mwa tango, bokomona Ngai lisusu.
“After a short time [I will leave you, and] you will not see me. Then a short time [after that] you will see me [again].”
17 Ndambo ya bayekoli ya Yesu bakomaki komituna: — Yesu alingi penza koyebisa biso nini na maloba oyo: « Etikali mwa tango moke mpo ete bomona Ngai lisusu te; mpe sima na mwa tango, bokomona Ngai lisusu » mpe « nazali kokende epai ya Tata? »
[So] some of us said to each other, “What does he mean by saying ‘After a short time you will not see me,’ and ‘A short time after that you will see me again’? And [what does he mean by] ‘Because I am going back to [my] Father’?”
18 Bamitunaki lisusu: — Alingi kotalisa nini tango alobi: « Etikali mwa tango moke? » Tozali kososola te ndimbola to tina na yango.
We kept asking each other, “What [does he mean by] saying ‘After a little while’? We do not understand what he is saying.”
19 Wana Yesu asosolaki ete balingi kotuna Ye motuna, alobaki na bango: — Boni, bozali solo na posa ya koyeba tina ya maloba na Ngai oyo: « Etikali mwa tango moke mpo ete bomona Ngai lisusu te; mpe sima na mwa tango, bokomona Ngai lisusu? »
Jesus realized that we wanted to ask him [about that]. So he said to us, “You are asking [RHQ] each other [what I meant] when I said, ‘After a short time you will not see me, and then a short time [after that] you will see me [again].’
20 Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: wana bino bokozala kolela mpe komitungisa, mokili ekosepela; bokozala solo na mawa, kasi mawa na bino ekobongwana esengo.
Listen to this carefully: [After I] ([leave you/die]), those who oppose God [MTY] will be happy, but you will be sad. But [later] you will stop being sad and you will become joyful.
21 Na tango ya kobota, mwasi ayokaka pasi makasi, pamba te eleko ya kobimisa mwana wuta kati na libumu na ye ekoki; kasi soki kaka aboti, abosanaka pasi nyonso oyo amonaki, mpo na esengo oyo atondaka na yango mpo ete aboti moto.
A woman who is about to bear a child feels pain, because that is [what happens] [MTY] [at] that time. But after her baby is born, she forgets that pain, because she is very joyful that her child has been born.
22 Bino mpe ndenge moko, bozali sik’oyo na mawa; kasi tango nakomona bino lisusu, mitema na bino ekotonda na esengo, mpe moto ata moko te akokoka kolongola bino esengo yango.
It will be the same with you. [I will soon die and] you will be sad. But after that, I will see you again. Then you will be joyful, and no one will be able to stop you from being joyful.
23 Na mokolo yango, bokopesa Ngai lisusu ata motuna moko te. Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: Tata akopesa bino nyonso oyo bokosenga Ye na Kombo na Ngai.
When that happens, you will not ask me any questions [about anything]. Listen to this carefully: [After that happens, my] Father will do for you anything you ask, because of his relationship with me [MTY].
24 Kino sik’oyo, bosengi nanu eloko moko te na Kombo na Ngai. Bosenga, mpe bokozwa, mpo ete esengo na bino ezala ya kokoka.
Up to the present time, using my authority you have not asked [God to do] anything for you [MTY]. Now keep asking [him for things that you need. If you do that], you will receive them, and then you will be completely joyful.
25 Nalobaki na bino makambo wana nyonso na masese; kasi tango ezali koya, tango oyo nakoloba na bino lisusu na masese te, kasi tango oyo nakoyebisa bino na polele penza makambo oyo etali Tata.
Although I have been speaking these things using figurative language, there will soon be a time when I will no longer use that kind of language. Instead, I will tell you plainly (about my Father/what my Father [wants]).
26 Na mokolo wana, bokosenga na Kombo na Ngai. Nazali koloba na bino te ete nakosengela bino epai ya Tata.
At that time, you will ask [him for things] (because you belong to me/with my authority) [MTY]. I will not [need to] ask [my] Father to do what you ask.
27 Ye moko Tata alingaka bino, pamba te bolingaka Ngai mpe bondimaki ete nawutaki epai na Nzambe.
[My] Father himself loves you because you have loved me and because you have believed that I came from God [my Father], [so he wants you to ask] him (OR, [so he does not need anyone to persuade] him [to help you])
28 Solo, nawutaki epai ya Tata mpe nayaki kati na mokili; mpe sik’oyo, nazali kotika mokili mpe nazali kozonga epai ya Tata.
I came from [my] Father into this world. Very soon I will be leaving this world and going [back] to my Father.”
29 Bayekoli ya Yesu balobaki: — Okomi sik’oyo koloba na biso na polele mpe otiki koloba na masese!
Then [we], his disciples, said, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figurative language.
30 Tososoli sik’oyo ete oyebi nyonso, mpe ete ozali na posa te ete bapesa Yo mituna. Mpo na yango, tondimi solo ete owutaki epai ya Nzambe.
Now we understand that you know everything. You do not need anyone to ask you questions [about anything, because you know what we want to ask before we ask you]. That [also] leads us to believe that you came from God.”
31 Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Bondimi sik’oyo?
Jesus replied, “Now you [RHQ] say that you believe [that I came from God].
32 Kasi boyeba malamu ete tango ezali koya, mpe esili kokoka, tango oyo bokopanzana na bangambo nyonso, moto na moto na ngambo na ye, mpe oyo bokotika Ngai, Ngai moko. Kasi nazali Ngai moko te, pamba te Tata azali elongo na Ngai.
But listen! There will soon be a time, and that time is already here, when you will all run away! Each of you will run away to your own home. You will leave me, and I will be alone. But I will not [really] be alone [at that time], because [my] Father is always with me.
33 Nasengelaki koloba na bino bongo mpo ete bozala na kimia kati na Ngai. Kati na mokili, bozali solo komona pasi; kasi boyika mpiko, nalongi mokili.
I have told you these things in order that you may have [inner] peace because of your relationship with me. In this world you will have trouble. But be courageous! I have defeated those who are opposed to me [MTY], and [you can defeat them, too]!”
