John 17
The Message
Jesus’ Prayer for His Followers
17 1-5 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said:
Father, it’s time.
Display the bright splendor of your Son
So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor.
You put him in charge of everything human
So he might give real and eternal life to all in his care.
And this is the real and eternal life:
That they know you,
The one and only true God,
And Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
I glorified you on earth
By completing down to the last detail
What you assigned me to do.
And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor,
The very splendor I had in your presence
Before there was a world.
* * *
6-12 I spelled out your character in detail
To the men and women you gave me.
They were yours in the first place;
Then you gave them to me,
And they have now done what you said.
They know now, beyond the shadow of a doubt,
That everything you gave me is firsthand from you,
For the message you gave me, I gave them;
And they took it, and were convinced
That I came from you.
They believed that you sent me.
I pray for them.
I’m not praying for the God-rejecting world
But for those you gave me,
For they are yours by right.
Everything mine is yours, and yours mine,
And my life is on display in them.
For I’m no longer going to be visible in the world;
They’ll continue in the world
While I return to you.
Holy Father, guard them as they pursue this life
That you conferred as a gift through me,
So they can be one heart and mind
As we are one heart and mind.
As long as I was with them, I guarded them
In the pursuit of the life you gave through me;
I even posted a lookout.
And not one of them got away,
Except for the rebel bent on destruction
(the exception that proved the rule of Scripture).
* * *
13-19 Now I’m returning to you.
I’m saying these things in the world’s hearing
So my people can experience
My joy completed in them.
I gave them your word;
The godless world hated them because of it,
Because they didn’t join the world’s ways,
Just as I didn’t join the world’s ways.
I’m not asking that you take them out of the world
But that you guard them from the Evil One.
They are no more defined by the world
Than I am defined by the world.
Make them holy—consecrated—with the truth;
Your word is consecrating truth.
In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world,
I give them a mission in the world.
I’m consecrating myself for their sakes
So they’ll be truth-consecrated in their mission.
* * *
20-23 I’m praying not only for them
But also for those who will believe in me
Because of them and their witness about me.
The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind—
Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
So they might be one heart and mind with us.
Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.
The same glory you gave me, I gave them,
So they’ll be as unified and together as we are—
I in them and you in me.
Then they’ll be mature in this oneness,
And give the godless world evidence
That you’ve sent me and loved them
In the same way you’ve loved me.
* * *
24-26 Father, I want those you gave me
To be with me, right where I am,
So they can see my glory, the splendor you gave me,
Having loved me
Long before there ever was a world.
Righteous Father, the world has never known you,
But I have known you, and these disciples know
That you sent me on this mission.
I have made your very being known to them—
Who you are and what you do—
And continue to make it known,
So that your love for me
Might be in them
Exactly as I am in them.
John 17
New International Version
Jesus Prays to Be Glorified
17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven(A) and prayed:
“Father, the hour has come.(B) Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.(C) 2 For you granted him authority over all people(D) that he might give eternal life(E) to all those you have given him.(F) 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you,(G) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(H) 4 I have brought you glory(I) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.(J) 5 And now, Father, glorify me(K) in your presence with the glory I had with you(L) before the world began.(M)
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 “I have revealed you[a](N) to those whom you gave me(O) out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me(P) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(Q) and they believed that you sent me.(R) 9 I pray for them.(S) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,(T) for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.(U) And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(V) and I am coming to you.(W) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(X) as we are one.(Y) 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost(Z) except the one doomed to destruction(AA) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.(AB)
13 “I am coming to you now,(AC) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy(AD) within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(AE) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(AF) 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.(AG) 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.(AH) 17 Sanctify them by[d] the truth; your word is truth.(AI) 18 As you sent me into the world,(AJ) I have sent them into the world.(AK) 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.(AL)
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one,(AM) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(AN) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(AO) 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me,(AP) that they may be one as we are one(AQ)— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me(AR) and have loved them(AS) even as you have loved me.
24 “Father, I want those you have given me(AT) to be with me where I am,(AU) and to see my glory,(AV) the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.(AW)
25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,(AX) I know you, and they know that you have sent me.(AY) 26 I have made you[e] known to them,(AZ) and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them(BA) and that I myself may be in them.”
Footnotes
- John 17:6 Greek your name
- John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to
- John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to
- John 17:17 Or them to live in accordance with
- John 17:26 Greek your name
Juan 17
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Nanalangin si Jesus para sa mga Tagasunod Niya
17 Pagkasabi ni Jesus ng mga bagay na ito, tumingala siya sa langit at sinabi, “Ama, dumating na ang oras. Parangalan mo ako na iyong Anak para maparangalan din kita. 2 Sapagkat binigyan mo ako ng kapangyarihan sa lahat ng tao para mabigyan ko ng buhay na walang hanggan ang lahat ng taong ibinigay mo sa akin. 3 At ito ang kahulugan ng buhay na walang hanggan: ang makilala ka ng mga tao na ikaw lang ang tunay na Dios, at makilala rin nila ako na isinugo mo. 4 Pinarangalan kita rito sa lupa dahil natapos ko na ang ipinagawa mo sa akin. 5 Kaya ngayon, Ama, parangalan mo ako sa piling mo. Ipagkaloob mo sa akin ang karangalang taglay ko sa piling mo bago pa man nilikha ang mundo.
6 “Ipinakilala kita sa mga taong pinili mo mula sa mga tao sa mundo at ibinigay sa akin. Sila ay sa iyo at ibinigay mo sila sa akin, at sinunod nila ang iyong salita. 7 Ngayon alam na nila na ang lahat ng ibinigay mo sa akin ay nanggaling sa iyo. 8 Sapagkat itinuro ko sa kanila ang mga itinuro mo sa akin, at tinanggap naman nila. Sigurado silang nagmula ako sa iyo, at naniniwala silang isinugo mo ako.
9 “Idinadalangin ko sila. Hindi ako nananalangin para sa mga taong makamundo kundi para sa mga taong ibinigay mo sa akin, dahil sila ay sa iyo. 10 Ang lahat ng akin ay sa iyo, at ang lahat ng iyo ay sa akin, at napaparangalan ako sa pamamagitan nila. 11 At ngayon, babalik na ako sa iyo at hindi na ako mananatili rito sa mundo, pero sila ay mananatili pa sa mundo. Banal na Ama, ingatan mo sila sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihang ibinigay mo sa akin, upang silaʼy maging isa katulad natin. 12 Habang kasama nila ako, iningatan ko sila sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihang ibinigay mo sa akin. Iningatan ko sila at walang napahamak sa kanila maliban sa taong itinakdang mapahamak para matupad ang Kasulatan. 13 Ngayon ay babalik na ako sa iyo. Sinasabi ko ang mga bagay na ito habang nandito pa ako sa mundo para lubos silang magalak tulad ko. 14 Itinuro ko na sa kanila ang salita mo. Napopoot sa kanila ang mga taong makamundo, dahil hindi na sila makamundo, tulad ko na hindi makamundo. 15 Hindi ko idinadalangin na kunin mo na sila sa mundo, kundi ingatan mo sila laban kay Satanas.[a] 16 Hindi sila makamundo, tulad ko na hindi makamundo. 17 Ibukod mo sila upang maging iyo sa pamamagitan ng katotohanan; ang salita mo ay katotohanan. 18 Isinugo mo ako rito sa mundo, kaya isinusugo ko rin sila sa mundo upang mangaral. 19 Alang-alang sa kanila, itinatalaga ko ang aking sarili sa iyo, upang sila man ay maitalaga sa iyo sa pamamagitan ng katotohanan.
20 “Ang panalangin koʼy hindi lang para sa kanila na sumasampalataya sa akin, kundi pati na rin sa mga sasampalataya pa sa akin sa pamamagitan ng pangangaral nila. 21 Idinadalangin ko sa iyo, Ama, na silang lahat ay maging isa gaya natin. Kung paanong ikaw ay nasa akin at akoʼy nasa iyo, nawaʼy sila man ay sumaatin, para maniwala ang mga tao sa mundo na ikaw ang nagsugo sa akin. 22 Binigyan ko sila ng karangalan tulad ng ibinigay mo sa akin, upang silaʼy maging isa katulad natin. 23 Nasa kanila ako at ikaw ay nasa akin, para silaʼy lubos na maging isa. Sa ganoon ay malalaman ng mga tao sa mundo na isinugo mo ako, at malalaman din nilang minamahal mo ang mga mananampalataya tulad ng pagmamahal mo sa akin.
24 “Ama, gusto ko sanang makasama sa pupuntahan ko ang mga taong ibinigay mo sa akin, para makita rin nila ang kapangyarihang ibinigay mo sa akin, dahil minahal mo na ako bago pa man nilikha ang mundo. 25 Amang Makatarungan,[b] kahit hindi ka nakikilala ng mga taong makamundo, nakikilala naman kita, at alam ng mga mananampalataya na ikaw ang nagsugo sa akin. 26 Ipinakilala kita sa kanila, at patuloy kitang ipapakilala upang ang pagmamahal mo sa akin ay mapasakanila at ako man ay mapasakanila.”
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