约翰福音 16
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
圣灵的工作
16 “我把这些事告诉你们，以免你们失去信心。 2 人们将把你们赶出会堂，时候将到，杀害你们的人还以为是在事奉上帝。 3 他们这样做，是因为他们根本不认识父，也不认识我。 4 我把这些事提前告诉你们，是要叫你们到时候可以想起我曾跟你们讲过这些事。我以前没有告诉你们，那是因为我还跟你们在一起。
5 “现在我要去差我来的父那里，你们没有人问我去哪里。 6 因为我把这些事告诉了你们，你们心里充满了忧愁。 7 然而，我把实情告诉你们，我去对你们是有益的，因为如果我不去，护慰者就不会来，我去了就会派祂到你们这里来。 8 祂来了，就要在罪、义、审判方面责备世人。 9 在罪方面责备他们，是因为他们不信我； 10 在义方面责备他们，是因为我要去父那里，你们再也看不到我了； 11 在审判方面责备他们，是因为这世界的王受了审判。
12 “我还有许多事情要告诉你们，可是你们现在不能明白。 13 等到真理之灵来了，祂会引导你们，让你们明白一切的真理。祂不凭自己说话，而是把祂所听见的和有关将来的事告诉你们。 14 祂也要把从我那里领受的指示你们，使我得荣耀。 15 因为父的一切都是我的，所以我才说祂要把从我那里领受的指示你们。
转忧为喜
16 “不久，你们就见不到我了，再过不久，你们还会看见我。”
17 几个门徒彼此议论说：“祂说，‘不久，你们就见不到我了，再过不久，你们还会看见我’，祂又说，‘因为我要去父那里’，这到底是什么意思呢？ 18 祂说‘不久’是什么意思呢？我们真不明白！”
19 耶稣知道他们想问祂，就说：“你们在议论我刚才说的话是什么意思吗？ 20 我实实在在地告诉你们，你们将痛哭、哀号，世人却要欢喜；你们将忧愁，然而你们的忧愁将变为喜乐。 21 妇人分娩时都会痛苦不已，但孩子生下来后，她就会因为这世界添了一个新生命而充满欢乐，忘掉了生产的痛苦。 22 同样，现在你们有忧愁，但到我再见你们的时候，你们的心必欢喜，而且这份喜乐是谁也夺不去的。
23 “到那一天，你们就什么也不用问我了。我实实在在地告诉你们，你们奉我的名无论向父求什么，祂都会赐给你们。 24 你们从来没有奉我的名求过什么，你们现在求，就必得到，好使你们的喜乐满溢。
胜过世界
25 “我一直用比喻跟你们讲这些事，不久，我就不再用比喻了，而是清楚地把父的事告诉你们。 26 到那天，你们将要奉我的名祈求，我不是说我要为你们向父祈求。 27 父爱你们，因为你们一直爱我，并且相信我来自上帝。 28 我从父那里来到这个世界，现在我要离开这个世界回到父那里。”
29 门徒说：“如今你直截了当地告诉我们，不再用比喻了。 30 现在我们知道你无所不知，无需人向你发问，因此我们相信你来自上帝。”
31 耶稣说：“你们现在相信吗？ 32 看啊！时候快到了，现在就是，你们将要分散，各自回家，只留下我一人。不过，我并非一人，因为父与我在一起。 33 我把这些事告诉你们，是要叫你们在我里面有平安。你们在世上会有苦难，但你们要放心，我已经胜过这个世界。”
約翰福音 16
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
16 「我把這些事告訴了你們，免得你們被絆倒[a]。 2 他們將要把你們趕出會堂。不但如此，時候就要到了！那殺你們的人，都會以為自己是在事奉神[b]。 3 他們做這些事，是因為不認識父，也不認識我。 4 不過我把這些事告訴了你們，是為了當事情發生的時候，你們會記起我對你們說過了。我當初沒有告訴你們這些事，是因為我一直與你們在一起。
聖靈的工作
5 「現在我要回到派我來的那一位面前，你們當中卻沒有人問我：『你要到哪裡去？』 6 只因為我對你們說了這些話，你們心裡就充滿了憂傷。 7 但我把真相告訴你們：我離去對你們是有益處的，因為我如果不去，慰助者就不會到你們這裡來；如果我去了，我就會派遣他到你們這裡來。 8 他來了，要在關於罪、關於義、關於審判的事上，使世界知罪。 9 關於罪，是因為世界不信我； 10 關於義，是因為我到父那裡去，而你們不再看到我了； 11 關於審判，是因為世界的那掌權者已經被定罪了。
12 「我還有很多事要告訴你們，可是你們現在擔當不了， 13 不過當那位真理的靈來了，他就會引導你們進入一切真理[c]。那時，他不會憑著自己說話，只把所聽到的說出來，並且把那些就要來的事傳講給你們。 14 他將榮耀我，因為他將從我領受，並傳講給你們。 15 父所擁有的一切，都是我的。所以我說，聖靈將從我領受，並傳講給你們。
憂傷變成喜樂
16 「過一會兒，你們就不再看到我了；再過一會兒，你們又將見到我[d]。」
17 於是他的門徒當中有的彼此問：「他對我們說『過一會兒，你們就看不到我了；再過一會兒，你們又將見到我』，還說『是因為我要到父那裡去』，這是什麼意思呢？」 18 他們又說：「他說的[e]『過一會兒』是什麼意思呢？我們不明白他在說什麼。」
19 耶穌知道他們想要問他，就對他們說：「我剛才說『過一會兒，你們就看不到我了；再過一會兒，你們又將見到我』，你們就為了這話彼此議論嗎？
20 「我確確實實地告訴你們：你們將會痛哭、哀號，這世界反而會喜樂；你們將會憂傷，然而你們的憂傷要變成喜樂。 21 婦人生產的時候會有憂慮，因為她的時候到了；但是生了孩子以後，她就因著有人出生到世上的喜樂，而不再記住那痛苦了。 22 這樣，你們現在雖然也有憂慮，但是我會再見到你們，你們心裡將喜樂，並且沒有人能奪去你們的喜樂。 23 在那一天，你們什麼也不會問我了。
「我確確實實地告訴你們：你們奉我的名無論向父求什麼，他都將賜給你們。 24 直到如今，你們沒有奉我的名求過什麼。你們祈求吧！就會得到，好使你們的喜樂得以滿足。
耶穌勝了世界
25 「我用比喻對你們說了這些話。但是時候就要到了！那時我不再用比喻對你們說話，而是要明確地告訴你們有關父的事。 26 在那一天，你們會奉我的名祈求，而且我並不是說我要替你們向父祈求。 27 要知道，父自己愛你們，因為你們已經愛我，並且相信我是從神[f]而來的。 28 我從父而出，來到這世界；又要離開這世界，到父那裡去。」
29 他的門徒們說：「看，如今你說得明明白白，而不說比喻了。 30 現在我們已經明白你知道一切，也不需要任何人問你，從這一點我們就相信你是從神而來的。」
31 耶穌對他們說：「你們現在相信嗎？ 32 看哪，時候就要到了，而且已經到了！你們要被驅散，每個人到自己的地方，留下我一個人。其實我不是獨自一人，因為父與我同在。 33 我把這些事告訴了你們，好讓你們在我裡面有平安。在世上你們有患難，然而你們要鼓起勇氣！我已經勝過了這世界。」
Footnotes
- 約翰福音 16:1 被絆倒——或譯作「放棄信仰」。
- 約翰福音 16:2 以為自己是在事奉神——原文直譯「以為是獻上事奉給神」。
- 約翰福音 16:13 引導你們進入一切真理——有古抄本作「在一切真理中引導你們」。
- 約翰福音 16:16 有古抄本附「因為我要到父那裡去」。
- 約翰福音 16:18 有古抄本沒有「他說的」。
- 約翰福音 16:27 神——有古抄本作「父」。
John 16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 16
1 “I have told you this so that you may not fall away. 2 They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour[a] is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God.(A) 3 They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me.(B) 4 I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you.(C)
Jesus’ Departure; Coming of the Advocate.[b] “I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me,[c] ‘Where are you going?’(D) 6 But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you.(E) But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 [d]And when he comes he will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation: 9 sin, because they do not believe in me;(F) 10 righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me; 11 condemnation, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.(G)
12 “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. 13 [e]But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.(H) He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. 14 He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
16 “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.”(I) 17 So some of his disciples said to one another, “What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they said, “What is this ‘little while’ [of which he speaks]? We do not know what he means.” 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing with one another what I said, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? 20 Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.(J) 21 When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.(K) 22 So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.(L) 23 On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.(M) 24 Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
25 [f](N)“I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father. 26 On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you.(O) 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”(P) 29 His disciples said, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech. 30 Now we realize that you know everything and that you do not need to have anyone question you. Because of this we believe that you came from God.”[g] 31 Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now? 32 Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered[h] to his own home and you will leave me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.(Q) 33 I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.”(R)
Footnotes
- 16:2 Hour: of persecution, not Jesus’ “hour” (see note on Jn 2:4).
- 16:4b–33 A duplicate of Jn 14:1–31 on departure and return.
- 16:5 Not one of you asks me: the difficulty of reconciling this with Simon Peter’s question in Jn 13:36 and Thomas’ words in Jn 14:5 strengthens the supposition that the last discourse has been made up of several collections of Johannine material.
- 16:8–11 These verses illustrate the forensic character of the Paraclete’s role: in the forum of the disciples’ conscience he prosecutes the world. He leads believers to see (a) that the basic sin was and is refusal to believe in Jesus; (b) that, although Jesus was found guilty and apparently died in disgrace, in reality righteousness has triumphed, for Jesus has returned to his Father; (c) finally, that it is the ruler of this world, Satan, who has been condemned through Jesus’ death (Jn 12:32).
- 16:13 Declare to you the things that are coming: not a reference to new predictions about the future, but interpretation of what has already occurred or been said.
- 16:25 See note on Jn 10:6. Here, possibly a reference to Jn 15:1–16 or Jn 16:21.
- 16:30 The reference is seemingly to the fact that Jesus could anticipate their question in Jn 16:19. The disciples naively think they have the full understanding that is the climax of “the hour” of Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension (Jn 16:25), but the only part of the hour that is at hand for them is their share in the passion (Jn 16:32).
- 16:32 You will be scattered: cf. Mk 14:27 and Mt 26:31, where both cite Zec 13:7 about the sheep being dispersed.
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