John 16
Complete Jewish Bible
16 “I have told you these things so that you won’t be caught by surprise. 2 They will ban you from the synagogue; in fact, the time will come when anyone who kills you will think he is serving God! 3 They will do these things because they have understood neither the Father nor me. 4 But I have told you this, so that when the time comes for it to happen, you will remember that I told you. I didn’t tell you this at first, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to the One who sent me.
“Not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Instead, because I have said these things to you, you are overcome with grief. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the comforting Counselor will not come to you. However, if I do go, I will send him to you.
8 “When he comes, he will show that the world is wrong about sin, about righteousness and about judgment — 9 about sin, in that people don’t put their trust in me; 10 about righteousness, in that I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me; 11 about judgment, in that the ruler of this world has been judged.
12 “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now. 13 However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own initiative but will say only what he hears. He will also announce to you the events of the future. 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from what is mine and announce it to you. 15 Everything the Father has is mine; this is why I said that he receives from what is mine and will announce it to you.
16 “In a little while, you will see me no more; then, a little while later, you will see me.” 17 At this, some of the talmidim said to one another, “What is this that he’s telling us, ‘In a little while, you won’t see me; then, a little while later, you will see me’? and, ‘I am going to the Father’?” 18 They went on saying, “What is this ‘little while’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.”
19 Yeshua knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you asking each other what I meant by saying, ‘In a little while, you won’t see me; and then, a little while later, you will see me’? 20 Yes, it’s true. I tell you that you will sob and mourn, and the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 When a woman is giving birth, she is in pain; because her time has come. But when the baby is born, she forgets her suffering out of joy that a child has come into the world. 22 So you do indeed feel grief now, but I am going to see you again. Then your hearts will be full of joy, and no one will take your joy away from you.
23 “When that day comes, you won’t ask anything of me! Yes, indeed! I tell you that whatever you ask from the Father, he will give you in my name. 24 Till now you haven’t asked for anything in my name. Keep asking, and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
25 “I have said these things to you with the help of illustrations; however, a time is coming when I will no longer speak indirectly but will talk about the Father in plain language. 26 When that day comes, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will pray to the Father on your behalf, 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
28 “I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.”
29 The talmidim said to him, “Look, you’re talking plainly right now, you’re not speaking indirectly at all. 30 Now we know that you know everything, and that you don’t need to have people put their questions into words. This makes us believe that you came from God.”
31 Yeshua answered, “Now you do believe. 32 But a time is coming — indeed it has come already — when you will be scattered, each one looking out for himself; and you will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone; because the Father is with me.
33 “I have said these things to you so that, united with me, you may have shalom. In the world, you have tsuris. But be brave! I have conquered the world!”
Jan 16
Haitian Creole Version
16 ¶ Mwen di nou sa pou nou pa dekouraje lè sa rive.
2 Y'a mete nou deyò nan sinagòg yo. Yon lè, moun k'ap touye nou yo va met nan tèt yo se sèvis y'ap rann Bondye lè yo fè sa.
3 Y'ap fè tou sa paske yo pa konnen ni Papa a ni mwen menm.
4 Men, mwen di nou sa, se pou lè lè a va rive pou yo fè nou sa nou ka chonje mwen te di nou sa. Mwen pa t' di nou tou sa anvan, paske mwen te la avèk nou.
5 Men koulye a, mwen pral jwenn moun ki te voye m' lan, epi nou yonn pa mande m' kote m' prale?
6 Men, paske mwen pale konsa ak nou, kè nou kase.
7 ¶ Men, m'ap di nou laverite: li pi bon pou nou si m' ale. Paske, si m' pa ale, moun ki gen pou vin ankouraje nou an p'ap vin jwenn nou. Men, lè m' ale, m'a voye l' ban nou.
8 Li menm, lè la vini, la moutre moun lemonn yo jan yo nan lerè sou keksyon peche, sou keksyon sa ki dwat devan Bondye, sou keksyon jijman Bondye.
9 Yo nan lerè sou keksyon peche a, paske yo pa mete konfyans yo nan mwen.
10 Yo nan lerè sou keksyon sa ki dwat devan Bondye, paske mwen pral jwenn Papa a, nou p'ap wè m' ankò.
11 Yo nan lerè sou keksyon jijman Bondye a, paske chèf k'ap dominen lemonn lan fin jije deja.
12 Mwen gen anpil lòt bagay ankò pou m' di nou, men nou pa ka konprann yo koulye a.
13 Men, li menm Lespri k'ap moutre verite a, lè la vini, la mennen nou nan tout verite a. Paske li p'ap pale pawòl pa li. Men, tou sa la tande, se sa la di nou: la fè nou konnen bagay ki gen pou rive.
14 Li pral fè yo wè pouvwa mwen, paske la pran sa ki pou mwen pou l' fè nou konnen yo.
15 Tou sa ki pou Papa a se pou mwen yo ye tou. Se poutèt sa mwen di nou la pran sa ki pou mwen pou l' fè nou konnen yo.
16 ¶ Talè konsa nou p'ap wè m'; talè konsa n'a wè m' ankò.
17 Kèk disip li yo pran pale, yonn t'ap di lòt: Sa sa vle di sa l'ap di nou la a: Talè konsa nou p'ap wè m', talè konsa n'a wè m' ankò? Sa l' vle di la a: Paske mwen pral jwenn Papa a?
18 Kisa sa vle di menm: Talè konsa? Nou pa konprann sa l' vle di.
19 Jezi menm te konnen yo te vle poze l' keksyon. Li di yo: Mwen di nou: Talè konsa nou p'ap wè m', talè konsa tou n'a wè m' ankò. Eske se sou sa nou yonn ap poze lòt keksyon an?
20 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: nou pral kriye, nou pral plenn, men moun k'ap viv dapre prensip ki nan lemonn yo pral kontan. Nou pral gen lapenn, men lapenn nou pral tounen kè kontan.
21 Lè yon fanm gen tranche, kè l' sere, paske lè a rive pou l' soufri. Men, lè pitit la fin fèt, li bliye tout soufrans li yo tèlman li kontan dapre yon lòt timoun vin sou latè.
22 Konsa tou, koulye a nou nan lapenn. Men, mwen gen pou m' wè nou ankò. Lè sa a, kè nou pral kontan, pesonn p'ap ka wete kontantman sa a nan kè nou.
23 ¶ Jou sa a, nou p'ap poze m' keksyon sou anyen. Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: nenpòt bagay nou mande Papa a nan non mwen, la ban nou li.
24 Jouk koulye a, nou poko mande anyen nan non mwen. Mande, n'a jwenn pou nou ka kontan nèt ale.
25 Mwen di nou tou sa an parabòl. Yon lè, mwen p'ap bezwen pale an parabòl ak nou ankò, men m'ap pale nou kareman sou Papa a.
26 Jou sa a, n'a mande Papa a sa nou vle nan non mwen, mwen pa di m'ap lapriyè Papa a pou nou,
27 paske Papa a li menm, li renmen nou. Li renmen nou paske nou renmen m', paske nou kwè mwen soti nan Papa a.
28 ¶ Mwen soti nan Papa a, mwen vin sou latè. Koulye a, m'ap wete kò m' sou latè a, mwen pral jwenn Papa a.
29 Disip yo di li: Se koulye a w'ap pale kare. Ou pa pale an parabòl.
30 Koulye a nou konnen ou konn tout bagay. Ou pa bezwen pesonn mande ou anyen. Se poutèt sa nou kwè ou soti nan Bondye.
31 Jezi reponn yo: Nou sèten nou kwè koulye a?
32 Gade, lè a ap rive, li rive deja, kote nou pral gaye, chak moun pral kouri bò pa yo: nou pral kite m' pou kont mwen. Men, mwen pa pou kont mwen, paske Papa a la avèk mwen.
33 Mwen pale konsa pou nou kapab gen kè poze nan mwen. Nou gen pou n' soufri anpil sou latè. Men, pran kouraj, lemonn deja pèdi devan mwen.
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