John 14

14 ¹No make your heart dey worry. Believe our Papa; believe me too. ²For my Papa house plenty rooms dey. If e no be so, I for tell you say I dey go prepare place for una? ³And if I go prepare place for una, I go come back come carry una come meet me, so that where I dey, na there una go dey too. ⁴And una sabi di road go where I dey go.

⁵Thomas tell am, “Oga, we no sabi where you dey go—how we go take sabi di road?”

⁶Jesus tell am, “Na me be di road, and di truth, and di life. Nobody fit come meet di Papa except through me.” ⁷If una for don sabi me, una for don sabi my Papa too. Starting from now, una don sabi am and una don see am.

⁸Philip tell am, “Oga, show us di Papa, and dat one go do us.”

⁹Jesus talk, “Philip, I don dey with una all dis long time, and you never sabi me? Person wey don see me don see di Papa. How you fit talk say, ‘Show us di Papa’? ¹⁰You no believe say I dey inside di Papa, and di Papa dey inside me? Di words wey I dey talk to una no be my own—na di Papa wey dey live inside me dey do im works. ¹¹Believe me: I dey inside di Papa, di Papa dey inside me — or else believe because of di works demselves. ¹²Truly, truly, I dey tell una, person wey believe me go do di works wey I dey do, and e go do even bigger works pass dis one, because I dey go meet di Papa. ¹³Anything wey una ask for my name, I go do am, so that di Papa go get glory through di Pikin. ¹⁴If una ask me anything for my name, I go do am.

If You Love Me

¹⁵If una love me, una go keep my commandments. ¹⁶And I go ask di Papa, and e go give una anoda Helper, the Holy Spirit, wey go dey with una forever ^a a v16 Jesus name dis Helper as the Holy Spirit for verse 26 — FHB carry di name come forward so that readers go meet di Spirit by name from di first promise. ¹⁷—di Spirit of truth, wey di world no fit receive, because e no dey see am and e no sabi am. But una sabi am, because e dey stay with una and e go dey inside una. ¹⁸I no go leave una as pikin wey no get papa; I go come meet una. ^b b v18 Jesus come to carry pikin wey no get papa come house — dis verse name di heart of why e come. ¹⁹Small time di world no go see me again, but una go see me. Because I dey live, una go live too. ²⁰For dat day una go sabi: I dey inside my Papa, una dey inside me, and I dey inside una. ²¹Person wey get my commandments and keep dem, na im love me, and my Papa go love person wey love me. I go love am and show mysef to am.

²²Judas, no be Iscariot, ask am, “Oga, why you go show yoursef to us and not to di world?”

²³Jesus answer, “Anybody wey love me go keep my word, and my Papa go love dat person, and we go come meet dem come make our home with dem.” ^c c v23 Di Papa wey dey prepare rooms for im house for us for verse 2 dey make im home inside people wey love Jesus — both direction of intimacy inside one chapter. ²⁴Person wey no love me no dey keep my words. And di word wey una dey hear no be my own but na di Papa own wey send me.

²⁵I don talk dis things to una while I still dey with una. ²⁶But di Helper, the Holy Spirit, wey di Papa go send for my name, go teach una everything and go remind una of everything wey I talk to una.

²⁷Peace I dey leave with una; my own peace I dey give una. No be as di world dey give, na so I dey give am. No make your heart dey worry or dey fear. ²⁸Una hear me talk to una say, ‘I dey go, and I dey come back to una.’ If una for love me, una for don rejoice, because I dey go meet di Papa, because di Papa big pass me. ^d d v28 Jesus dey talk here about im place inside di Papa sending — di Pikin dey submit to di Papa mission — no be about any smaller nature. Papa and Pikin na one (10:30); di Pikin dey honor di Papa wey send am. ²⁹And now I don tell una before e happen, so that when e happen una go believe. ³⁰I no go talk with una much longer again — di ruler of dis world dey come. E no get any hold on me, ³¹but I dey do exactly as di Papa command me, so that di world go sabi say I love di Papa. Wake up, make we comot for dis place.