UJohane 17

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

When Jesus had thus spoken, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father! the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee;

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

according as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that he should give everlasting life to all whom thou hast given him. (aiōnios g166)

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

And this is the everlasting life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send. (aiōnios g166)

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

I have glorified thee on the earth, having finished the work which thou gavest me to do;

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

and now, Father! do thou glorify me with thyself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

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

I manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

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

Now they know that all things whatever thou hast given me are from thee;

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

for I have given to them the words which thou hast given me; and they received them, and knew surely that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me.

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

I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine;

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

and all things that are mine are thine, and thine 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.

And I am no longer in the world; and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father! keep them in thy name which thou hast 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 thy name which thou hast given me, and guarded them; and no one of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

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

But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in them.

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

I have given them thy word; and the world hath 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 do not pray thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil.

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 thy truth; thy word is truth.

18 Njengalokhu wangithuma emhlabeni, lami ngibathumile emhlabeni.

As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world.

19 Njalo mina ngizehlukanisela bona, ukuze labo behlukaniswe eqinisweni.

And in their behalf I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth.

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

Yet not for these alone do I pray, but also for those 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 all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

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

And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given 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 thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast 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! as to that which thou hast given me, I desire that they also be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

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

Righteous Father! and yet the world knew thee not! but I knew thee, and these knew that thou didst send me.

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

And I made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.