UJohane 17

1 UJesu wakhuluma lezizinto, waphakamisela amehlo akhe ezulwini, wathi: Baba, ihola selifikile; dumisa iNdodana yakho, ukuze layo iNdodana yakho ikudumise;

Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

2 njengoba uyinikile amandla phezu kwayo yonke inyama, ukuze bonke obanike yona, ibanike impilo elaphakade. (aiōnios g166)

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give everlasting life to all whom you have given him. (aiōnios g166)

3 Lalokhu yimpilo elaphakade, ukuthi bazi wena uNkulunkulu wedwa weqiniso, loJesu Kristu omthumileyo. (aiōnios g166)

This is everlasting life, that they may know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus (the) Messiah. (aiōnios g166)

4 Mina ngikudumisile emhlabeni; ngiwuqedile umsebenzi obunginike wona ukuthi ngiwenze;

I glorified you on the earth by accomplishing the work which you have given me to do.

5 khathesi-ke ngidumise wena, Baba, ngilawe uqobo ngenkazimulo engangilayo kanye lawe ungakabi khona umhlaba.

Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

6 Ngilibonakalisile ibizo lakho ebantwini onginike bona bevela emhlabeni; babengabakho, njalo wanginika bona; balilondolozile ilizwi lakho.

I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.

7 Khathesi sebesazi ukuthi konke, loba yikuphi onginike khona, kuvela kuwe;

Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,

8 ngoba amazwi onginike wona, ngibanikile wona; bawemukela, njalo bayazi ngeqiniso ukuthi ngiphuma kuwe, bakholiwe ukuthi ungithumile wena.

for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

9 Mina ngiyabakhulekela bona; kangikhulekeli umhlaba, kodwa labo onginike bona, ngoba bangabakho;

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

10 njalo konke okwami kungokwakho, lokwakho kungokwami; njalo ngidunyisiwe kubo.

All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

11 Njalo kangisekho emhlabeni, kodwa basemhlabeni bona, njalo mina ngiyeza kuwe. Baba oNgcwele, balondoloze ebizweni lakho labo onginike bona, ukuze babe munye, njengathi.

I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

12 Lapho ngiselabo emhlabeni, mina ngabalondoloza ebizweni lakho; labo onginike bona ngibalindile, njalo kakho kubo olahlekileyo, ngaphandle kwendodana yokulahlwa, ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo.

While I was with them, I kept them in your name which you have given me, and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

13 Kodwa khathesi ngiza kuwe, njalo lezizinto ngizikhuluma emhlabeni, ukuze babe lentokozo yami igcwalisekile kubo.

But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

14 Mina ngibanikile ilizwi lakho, lomhlaba ubazondile, ngoba bengeyisibo abomhlaba, njengoba mina ngingesuye owomhlaba.

I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15 Kangiceli ukuthi ubasuse emhlabeni, kodwa ukuze ubalondoloze kokubi.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

16 Kabasibo abomhlaba, njengalokhu mina ngingesuye owomhlaba.

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

17 Bangcwelise eqinisweni lakho; ilizwi lakho liliqiniso.

Sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth.

18 Njengalokhu wangithuma emhlabeni, lami ngibathumile emhlabeni.

As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

19 Njalo mina ngizehlukanisela bona, ukuze labo behlukaniswe eqinisweni.

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

20 Njalo kangiceleli laba bodwa, kodwa lalabo abazakholwa kimi ngelizwi labo;

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,

21 ukuze bonke babe munye; njengalokhu wena, Baba, ukimi, lami ngikuwe, ukuze labo babe munye kithi; ukuze umhlaba ukholwe ukuthi wena ungithumile.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

22 Lenkazimulo mina onginike yona, ngibanikile bona, ukuze babe munye, njengathi simunye.

The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;

23 Mina ngikubo, lawe ukimi, ukuze bapheleliswe babe munye, lokuze umhlaba wazi ukuthi wena ungithumile, lokuthi ubathandile, njengalokhu ungithandile.

I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.

24 Baba, labo onginike bona, ngithanda ukuthi lapho mina engikhona, labo babe lami; ukuze babone inkazimulo yami, onginike yona, ngoba wangithanda kungakasekelwa umhlaba.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

25 Baba olungileyo, ngitsho umhlaba kawukwazanga, kodwa mina ngikwazile, lalaba bayazi ukuthi wena ungithumile;

Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

26 njalo ngibazisile ibizo lakho, njalo ngizabazisa lona; ukuze uthando ongithande ngalo lube kubo, lami kubo.

I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."