Jaona 16
1 Nitaroñako irezay soa t’ie tsy hitsikapy.
"These things I have spoken to you in order to clear stumbling-blocks out of your path.
2 Haitoañe amo fitontonañeo nahareo; eka, ho tondroke ty ora, te inao, mitoroñe an’Andrianañahare ze mamono anahareo.
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 Hanoe’ iereo amy te tsy nahafohiñe an-dRae naho ahy.
And they will do these things because they have failed to recognize the Father and to discover who I am.
4 Fe nitaroñako, soa te, ie tsatoke ty ora’e, le ho tiahi’ areo te nivolañeko. Tsy nitaroñako hey i entañe zay am-pifotora’e, itika mbe nitraoke.
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 Fe hionjoñe mb’amy nañitrik’ ahiy mb’eo iraho henaneo, le tsy ama’ areo ty mañontane ahy ty hoe: Aia ty homba’o?
But now I an returning to Him who sent me; and not one of you asks me where I am going.
6 F’ie mioremeñe añ’arofo ty amy entako ama’ areoy.
But grief has filled your hearts because I have said all this to you.
7 Fe ivolañako ty hato, te mahasoa anahareo t’ie hienga, fa naho tsy mienga le tsy hitotsaha’ i Mpañolotsey; aa naho mb’eo iraho le hahitriko mb’ama’areo mb’ etoan-dre.
"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 Ie avy, ro hampiheve maso ty voatse toy ty ami’ty tahiñe naho ty havantañañe vaho ty fizakàñe.
And He, when He comes, will convict the world in respect of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement; --
9 O tahiñeo, amy te tsy miato amako iareo.
of sin, because they do not believe in me;
10 I havantañañey, fa homb’ aman-dRaeko mb’eo iraho vaho tsy hahaisak’ ahy ka nahareo.
of righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you will no longer see me;
11 I zakay, fa nafàtse ty mpifehe’ ty voatse toy.
of judgement, because the Prince of this world is under sentence.
12 Mbe maro ty hitaroñako fa tsy leo’ areo heike.
"I have much more to say to you, but you are unable at present to bear the burden of it.
13 Ie pok’ atoy i Arofon-katòy le ie ty hiaolo anahareo amy ze hene hatò. Tsy hisaontsy ty aze, fa o janjiñe’eo avao ty ho taroñe’e vaho haboa’e ama’ areo o raha ho avio.
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 Handrenge ahy re naho handrambe amako vaho hañento ama’areo,
He will glorify me, because He will take of what is mine and will make it known to you.
15 ahiko iaby ze aman-dRaeko, izay ty nitaroñako te hangalak’ amy ahikoy re le hentoe’e nahareo.
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 Tsy ho isa’ areo iraho te aniany; fa betebeteke le ho oni’ areo indraike.
"A little while and you see me no more, and again a little while and you shall see me."
17 Hoe ty vesoveso’ o mpiama’e ila’eo: Inoñe i tsarae’e amantikañey, ty hoe: Tsy ho oni’ areo iraho te aniany, le ho oni’ areo indraike te aniany, amy te homb’ aman-dRaeko mb’eo?
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 Nindrae’ iareo ty hoe: Inoñe ze o Anianike sinaontsi’e zao? Nofi’ay i saontsi’ey.
So they asked one another repeatedly, "What can that 'little while' mean which He speaks of? We do not understand His words."
19 Niarofoana’ Iesoà ty ho nañontanea’ iareo vaho nanoa’e ty hoe: Ifañontaneañe hao i asakoy ty hoe: Tsy ho oni’ areo iraho te aniany; naho ty hoe, Hahaisak’ ahy ka nahareo te aniany?
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 Eka, to t’itaroñako t’ie hirovetse naho hangololoike ty tañy, fe hitohàke ty voatse toy. Ho azo ty velo-mihontoke nahareo, fe hifotetse ho firebehañe ty fihonto’ areo.
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 Tsimboetse ty ampela mitsongo naho tsatoke i ora’ey; f’ie mahatoly ajajamena le haliño’e i ajale’ey, vaho isoloa’e haehake, amy te toly an-tane atoy t’indaty.
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 Aa le hiotsòtse hey nahareo henaneo, f’ie ho treako indraike le hirebeke ty arofo’ areo vaho tsy hasinta’ ondaty ama’ areo ty haehake.
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 Tsy hañontane ahy ndra inoñ’ inoñe nahareo amy andro zay. Eka! to t’itaroñako te, ze halalie’ areo aman-dRaeko ami’ty añarako ro hatolo’e.
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 Pake henàne tsy eo ty nangataha’ areo ami’ty añarako. Mihalalia, le hahazo, hañeneke ty hafalea’ areo.
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 Nivolañako am-pandrazañañe irezay; fe antitotse ty andro t’ie tsy handrazañe, fa hitalily malange i Rae.
"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 Hihalaly ami’ty añarako nahareo amy andro zay; tsy anoeko ty hoe: Izaho ty hihalaly aman-dRaeko ho anahareo;
At that time you will make your requests in my name; and I do not promise to ask the Father on your behalf,
27 Aiy! toe ikokoan-dRae ie nikoko ahy, naho natoky te nihirik’ aman’ Añahare iraho.
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 Niboak’ aman-dRae iraho, nizilik’ ami’ty voatse toy, vaho hiavotako ty voatse toy ho mb’ aman-dRae.
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and am going to the Father."
29 En! hoe o mpiama’eo tama’e, Malange o saontsi’o henaneo, amy te tsy mandrazan-drehake.
"Ah, now you are using plain language," said His disciples, "and are uttering no figure of speech!
30 Rendre’ay henaneo te kila arofoana’o, naho tsy paia’o ty hañontanea’ ondaty; izay ty iantofa’ay t’ie hirik’ aman’ Añahare.
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 Tinoi’ Iesoà ami’ty hoe: Miantoke hao henaneo?
"Do you at last believe?" replied Jesus.
32 Toe ho avy ty ora, eka fa tondroke t’ie hiparatsiake, songa hamonje ty aze, le ho farie’ areo ho joriñe iraho; f’ie toe tsy ho bangiñe fa itraofan-dRae.
"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 Nitaroñako irezay soa t’ie hierañerañe amako. Halovilovy ami’ty voatse toy nahareo; fe manintsiña, fa rinebako ty voatse toy.
"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."
