< Yohane 16 >
1 “Ndamwambili makani awa kwambeti mutakatyompwa.
2 Lino nibakamutandanye mu mandakupaililamo. Kayi cindi nicikashike cakwambeti bantu beshibakamushinenga nibakayeyengeti balasebenselenga Lesa.
3 Nibakense bintu bilico pacebo cakwambeti nkababenshi Bata kayi nenjame nkabanjinshi.
4 Nsombi ndamwambililinga limo bintu ibi kwambeti cindi cakashika mukanuketi ndalamwambilapo kendi. Ndiya kumwambila bintu ibi pakuyamba pakwinga ndalikuba nenu.”
5 Nomba lino ndenga kuli Bata balantuma, nsombi paliya nambi umo lanjipushunga kwambeti, “Ulenga kupeyo.”
6 “Nomba mumyoyo yenu mulesulu miyeyo yakungumana pacebo ca bintu mbyondamwambili.
7 Nsombi ndamwambilinga cakubinga, caina kuli njamwe kwambeti ame njenga. Pakwinga nankandenga, munyamfwilishi usa nteshi akese kuli njamwe. Nsombi ndaya ninkamutume kulinjamwe.
8 Lino akesa shikumunyamfwa nakababoneshe bantu ba panshi pano pabwipishi bwabo nepabululami, kayi nekombolosha kwa Mwami Lesa.
9 Bacimwa pacebo cakwipa kwabo pakwinga nkabashomo mulinjame.
10 Bacimwa pamakani abululami pakwinga ndenga kuli Bata kayi nteshi mukambonepo sobwe.
11 Bacimwa pashakombolosha, pakwinga Lesa lamombolosho kendi mwami lendeleshenga cishi cino.
12 “Nkute Maswi angi akumwambila nsombi nkamwela kwanyumfwishisha sobwe.
13 Nsombi wakashika Mushimu nukamwiyishe byancine ncine. Pakwinga Nteshi ukambenga bintu byakuliyandila sobwe, nsombi bintu ibyo Bata mbyoshibakamwambilenga, endibyo mbyoshi ukambenga. Kayi nukamwiyishe bintu byakuntangu.
14 Nukampe bulemu pakwinga nukamante bintu kufuma kulinjame nekwisa kumwambila.
15 Bintu byonse byaBata nibyakame. Weco ndamwambilingeti nukamante bilafumunga kuli njame nekwisa kumwambila.
16 “Kwacindi cing'ana nteshi mukambone, nsombi pakapita kacindi cing'anowa nimukambone.”
17 Beshikwiya bakendi nabambi balatatika kwipushaneti, “Nomba nicani ncalatwambilinga? Lambangeti, ‘Kwacindi cing'anowa nteshi mukambone.’ Kayi lambangeti, ‘pakwinga ndenga kuli Bata.’
18 Nomba inga cilapandululunga cani, ‘Kwacindi cing'ana’ Nkatulanyumfwishishinga mbyalayandanga kutwambila.”
19 Yesu walenshibeti balayandanga kumwipusha, neco walabambileti, sena mulepushanyanga pamakani ngondamwambileti, kwakacindi kang'ana nteshi mukambonepo, nsombi pakapita kacindi kang'ana kayi nimukambone?
20 Ndamwambilinga cakubinga kwambeti nimukalile kayi nimukongumane, nsombi cishi nicikasekelele. Amwe nimukongumane, nsombi kungumana kwenu panyuma pakendi nikukabe kusekelela.
21 Lino pacindi cakupulukamo mutukashi ukute kushupika pacebo cakwambeti cindi cilashiki. Nomba mwana asemwa nkakute nekuyeyako shakushupika, pakwinga kukute kuba kusekelela kwambeti mwana lasemwa.
22 Nenjamwe mulashupikinga lino, nsombi ninkamubone kayi. Popelapo myoyo yenu nikasekelele, kayi paliya muntu weshakamulamune kukondwa kwenu.
23 “Pabusuba ubo nteti mukayande kunjipusha. necikabeco ndamwambilinga cakubinga kwambeti Bata nibakamupe ciliconse nceshi mukasenge mulina lyakame.
24 Kushikila lelo nkamuna musengapo cintu mulina lyakame. Nomba lino mwela kusenga mulina lyakame, neco, nimukapewe, kwambeti kukondwa kwenu kube kwakwana.”
25 Ndamwambili bintu ibi mumapinda. Cindi nicikashike mposhinkambe pantangalala shaBata, ntetinkambepo mumapinda sobwe.
26 Busuba ubo nimukasenge kupitila mulina lyakame, ntetikukayandiketi ndimusengele kuli Bata sobwe.
27 Bata bamusuni pakwinga munsuni, kayi mwanshometi ndalafuma kuliBata.
28 Ndalafuma kuli Bata kwisa panshi pano. Lino kayi ndafumunga panshi pano kuya kuliBata.
29 Beshikwiya bakendi balambeti, “Lino mulambanga mwakunyumfwika, kutamba mumapinda sobwe.
30 Lino tulenshibi kwambeti mubinshi byonse, neco nkatwela kumwipusha. Weco lino tulashomo kwambeti mwalafuma kuli Lesa.”
31 Yesu walabakumbuleti, “Sena lino empomulashomo?
32 Cindi nicishike, kayi cilashiki kendi, nceshimumwaike uliyense kuya kwabo, nimunshiye ndenka. Nsombi nkandipo ndenka sobwe pakwinga Bata bali nenjame.
33 Ndamwambili bintu ibi kwambeti mube neLumuno pakushoma njame. Cishi nicikamupenshe nsombi kamuyumani pakwinga ame ndacikomo cishi capanshi.”