UJohane 16
1 Lezizinto ngizikhulume kini, ukuze lingakhubeki.
“I have spoken these things to you so that you will not fall away.
2 Bazalikhupha emasinagogeni; yebo isikhathi siyeza, lapho wonke olibulalayo ezacabanga ukuthi wenzela uNkulunkulu inkonzo.
They will throw you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering a service to God.
3 Lalezizinto bazazenza kini, ngoba bengamazanga uBaba loba mina.
They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
4 Kodwa ngikhulume lezizinto kini, ukuze lapho sesifikile isikhathi, lizikhumbule ukuthi mina ngalitshela. Kodwa lezizinto kangizikhulumanga kini kwasekuqaleni, ngoba bengilani.
I have spoken these things to you so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you about these things in the beginning, because I was with you.
5 Kodwa khathesi ngiyahamba ngiya kongithumileyo, kanti kakho kini ongibuza ukuthi: Uya ngaphi?
But now I go to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'
6 Kodwa ngoba ngikhulume lezizinto kini, usizi lugcwalise inhliziyo yenu.
But because I have said these things to you, sadness has filled your heart.
7 Kodwa mina ngilitshela iqiniso: Kulilungele ukuthi mina ngihambe; ngoba nxa ngingahambi, uMduduzi kayikuza kini; kodwa nxa ngihamba, ngizamthuma kini.
But truly I tell you, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
8 Njalo nxa esefikile yena uzaqinisekisa umhlaba ngesono langokulunga langesigwebo;
When he comes, the Comforter will prove the world to be wrong about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment—
9 ngesono, ngoba kabakholwa kimi;
about sin, because they do not believe in me;
10 langokulunga, ngoba ngiya kuBaba, kalisayikungibona;
about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you will no longer see me;
11 langesigwebo, ngoba umbusi walumhlaba usegwetshiwe.
and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
12 Ngiseselezinto ezinengi engingalitshela zona, kodwa lingezithwale khathesi;
I have many things to say to you, but you would not understand them now.
13 kodwa nxa yena esefikile, uMoya weqiniso, uzalikhokhelela eqinisweni lonke; ngoba kayikuzikhulumela ngokwakhe, kodwa loba yini ayizwayo uzayikhuluma, alibikele izinto ezizayo.
But when he, the Spirit of Truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak from himself. But he will say whatever he hears, and he will tell you things that are to come.
14 Yena uzangidumisa, ngoba uzathatha okungokwami, alibikele khona.
He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and he will tell it to you.
15 Konke uBaba alakho, kungokwami; yikho-ke ngisithi uzathatha okungokwami, alibikele khona.
Everything that the Father has is mine. Therefore, I said that the Spirit will take from what is mine and he will tell it to you.
16 Okwesikhatshana futhi kaliyikungibona, kubuye kube yisikhatshana libe selingibona, ngoba mina ngiya kuBaba.
In a short amount of time you will no longer see me, and after another short amount of time you will see me.”
17 Ngakho abanye kubafundi bakhe bakhulumisana besithi: Kuyini lokho akutsho kithi: Okwesikhatshana, futhi kaliyikungibona, kubuye kube yisikhatshana libe selingibona; lokuthi: Ngoba mina ngiya kuBaba?
Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, 'A short amount of time you will no longer see me and after another short amount of time you will see me,' and, 'Because I go to the Father'?”
18 Basebesithi: Kuyini lokhu akutshoyo ukuthi: Okwesikhatshana? Kasazi ukuthi utshoni.
Therefore they said, “What is this that he says, 'A short amount of time'? We do not know what he is talking about.”
19 UJesu wayesesazi ukuthi babethanda ukumbuza, wasesithi kubo: Liyabuzana ngalokho yini, ukuthi ngithe: Okwesikhatshana futhi kaliyikungibona, kubuye kube yisikhatshana libe selingibona?
Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while and you will see me'?
20 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Lina lizakhala lilile, kodwa umhlaba uzathokoza; futhi lizakuba losizi lina, kodwa usizi lwenu luzaphendulwa lube yintokozo.
Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will be glad. You will become full of sadness, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
21 Owesifazana nxa ebeletha ulobuhlungu, ngoba ihola lakhe selifikile; kodwa nxa esebelethe usane, kasakhumbuli ubuhlungu, ngenxa yentokozo yokuthi kuzelwe umuntu emhlabeni.
When a woman gives birth she has sadness because her hour has come, but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers her pain because of her joy that a man has been born into the world.
22 Ngakho lani-ke lilosizi khathesi; kodwa ngizabuya ngilibone, lenhliziyo yenu ithokoze, njalo kakho ongalemuka intokozo yenu.
So you have sadness now, but I will see you again, and your heart will be glad, and no one will be able to take away your joy from you.
23 Langalolosuku kaliyikungibuza lutho. Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Loba kuyini elizakucela kuBaba ebizweni lami uzalinika.
On that day you will not ask me anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24 Kuze kube khathesi kalicelanga lutho ebizweni lami; celani, lizakwemukeliswa, ukuze intokozo yenu igcwale.
Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask, and you will receive so that your joy will be fulfilled.
25 Ngikhulume izinto lezi kini ngemifanekiso; kodwa isikhathi siyeza lapho ngingasayikukhuluma kini ngemifanekiso, kodwa ngizalitshela ngoBaba ngokucacileyo.
I have said these things to you in figures of speech, but the hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but instead I will tell you plainly about the Father.
26 Ngalolosuku lizacela ebizweni lami; njalo kangitsho kini ukuthi ngizalicelela mina kuBaba;
On that day you will ask in my name and I do not say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,
27 ngoba uBaba uqobo uyalithanda, ngoba lina lingithandile, likholiwe ukuthi mina ngiphume kuNkulunkulu.
for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and because you have believed that I came from the Father.
28 Ngiphume kuBaba, njalo ngeza emhlabeni; ngiyasuka futhi emhlabeni, ngiya kuBaba.
I came from the Father, and I have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father.”
29 Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: Khangela khathesi ukhuluma ngokucacileyo, njalo kawukhulumi lamfanekiso.
His disciples said, “See, now you are speaking plainly and you are not using figures of speech.
30 Khathesi siyazi ukuthi uyazi izinto zonke, njalo kawudingi ukuthi umuntu akubuze; ngalokhu siyakholwa ukuthi uphume kuNkulunkulu.
Now we know that you know all things, and you do not need anyone to ask you questions. Because of this, we believe that you have come from God.”
31 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: Selikholwa yini?
Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now?
32 Khangelani, ihola liyeza, yebo selifikile, elokuthi lihlakazeke ngulowo lalowo aye kubo, lingitshiye ngingedwa; kanti kangingedwa, ngoba uBaba ulami.
See, the hour is coming, yes, and has indeed come, when you will be scattered, everyone to his own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.
33 Ngikhulume lezizinto kini, ukuze libe lokuthula kimi. Emhlabeni lizakuba lenhlupheko; kodwa manini isibindi, mina ngiwunqobile umhlaba.
I have spoken these things to you so that you will have peace in me. In the world you have troubles, but have courage, I have conquered the world.”
