Yohana 16
1 Nimewaambia mambo haya ili msiweze kukwazwa.
“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
2 Watawatoa nje ya masinagogi; hakika saa inakuja ambayo kila atakayewaua atafikiri kuwa anafanya kazi njema kwa ajili ya Mungu.
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
3 Watawatendea mambo haya kwa sababu hawamfahamu Baba wala hawanifahamu mimi.
They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
4 Nimewaambia mambo haya ili kwamba wakati ukifika wa haya kutokea, mnaweza kuyakumbuka na jinsi nilivyowaambia muweze wao. Sikuwaambia kuhusu mambo haya tangu mwanzo kwa sababu nilikuwa pamoja nanyi.
But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
5 Japokuwa, sasa naenda kwa yule aliyenituma; lakini hakuna kati yenu anayeniuliza, “Unaenda wapi?”
But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
6 Kwa sababu nimesema maneno haya kwenu, huzuni imejaa mioyoni mwenu.
But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
7 Hata hivyo, nawaambia ukweli: ni vyema kwenu nikiondoka; kwa maana nisipoondoka, mfariji hatakuja kwen; lakini nikienda ntamtuma kwenu.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
8 Akija, huyo mfariji ataubitisha ulimwengu kuhusiana na dhambi, kuhusiana na haki na kuhusiana na hukumu.
When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
9 Kuhusiana na dhambi, kwa sababu hawakuniamini mimi,
about sin, because they don’t believe in me;
10 kuhusiana na haki, kwa sababu naenda kwa baba, na hamtaniona tena;
about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
11 na kuhusiana na hukumu kwa sababu mkuu wa ulimwengu huu amehukumiwa.
about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
12 Ninayo mengi ya kuwaambia, lakini hamtayaelewa sasa.
“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
13 Lakini, yeye, Roho wa kweli, akija, atawaongoza katika kweli yote; kwa kuwa hataongea kwa ajili yake mwenyewe; lakini yoyote atakayoyasikia, atayasema mambo hayo; na atayadhihirisha kwenu mambo yatakayokuja.
However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
14 Yeye atanitukuza mimi, kwa sababu atayachukua mambo yangu na atayatangaza kwenu.
He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will declare it to you.
15 Vitu vyote alivyonavyo Baba ni vyangu; kwa hiyo, nimesema kwamba Roho atachukua mambo yangu na atayadhihirisha kwenu.
All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
16 Bado muda mfupi, hamtaniona tena; na baada ya muda mfupi tena, mtaniona.”
“A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
17 Baadhi ya wanafunzi wake wakaambizana, “Ni nini anachotuambia, “muda mfupi, na hamtaniona tena,' na, kisha, mda mfupi mtaniona,' na, 'kwa sababu naenda kwa Baba?”
Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
18 Kwa hiyo wakasema, “Ni kitu gani anachosema, 'Bado mda mfupi'? Hatujui asemavyo.”
They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
19 Yesu aliona kuwa walitamani kumuuliza, naye akawaambia, “Mnajiuliza wenyewe kuhusu hili, nilivyosema, 'Bado muda mfupi, hamtaniona tena; na baada ya muda mfupi mtaniona'?
Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
20 Amin, amin, nawaambia, mtalia na kuomboleza, lakini ulimwengu utashangilia, mtakuwa na huzuni lakini huzuni yenu itageuka kuwa furaha.
Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
21 Mwanamke anakuwa na huzuni wakati anapokuwa na uchungu kwa sababu wakati wa kujifungua umefika; lakini anapojifungua mtoto, hakumbuki tena maumivu kwa sababu ya furaha yake kwamba mtoto amezaliwa duniani.
A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
22 Ninyi pia mna huzuni sasa, lakini nitawaona tena; na mioyo yenu itafurahi na hakuna atakayeweza kuiondoa furaha yenu.
Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
23 Siku hiyo hamtaniuliza maswali. Amin, Amin, nawaambia, Mkiomba lolote kwa Baba, atawapa kwa jina langu.
“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24 Mpaka sasa hamjaomba lolote kwa jina langu; ombeni, nanyi mtapokea ili kwamba furaha yenu ikamilike.
Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
25 Nimezungumza na ninyi kwa lugha isiyoeleweka, lakini saa inakuja ambapo sitazungumza kwa lugha isiyoeleweka lakini badala yake nitawaambia waziwazi kuhusu Baba.
“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
26 Siku hiyo mtaomba kwa jina langu, na siwaambii kwamba nitaomba kwa Baba kwa ajili yenu;
In that day you will ask in my name; and I don’t say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,
27 Kwa kuwa Baba mwenyewe anawapenda kwa sababu mmenipenda mimi na kwa sababu mmeniamini kuwa nimetoka kwa Baba.
for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
28 Nilitoka kwa Baba na nimekuja ulimwenguni; tena, naondoka ulimwenguni na ninaenda kwa Baba”.
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
29 Wanafunzi wake wakamwambia, “Unaona, sasa unaongea wazi wazi na hautumii mafumbo.
His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.
30 Sasa, tunajua kwamba unajua mambo yote, na hauhitaji mtu yoyote akuulize maswali. Kwa sababu hii tunaamini kuwa unatoka kwa Mungu.
Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”
31 Yesu akawajibu, “Sasa mmeamini?”
Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
32 Tazama, saa inakuja, ndiyo na hakika imefika, ambapo mtatawanyika kila mmoja na kwa wa kwao mtaniacha mwenyewe. Lakini siko peke yangu kwa sababu Baba yupo nami.
Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 Nawaambia mambo haya ili kwamba ndani yangu muwe na amani. Duniani mna matatizo, lakini jipeni moyo, nimeushinda ulimwengu.
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
