Jesus tell dem plain say dem go drive dem comot from synagogue and kill dem, and di people wey dey do am go tink say dem dey serve God. Still, im going na better tin, because di Spirit go come convict and guide. Dem sorrow go turn joy, like woman labor. Di Father love dem.
16 1I don tell una all dis tin so dat una no go fall comot. 2Dem go drive una comot from di synagogue; but di time dey come wen anybody wey kill una go tink say na service e dey do for God. 3Dem go do dis tin bicos dem neva know di Papa or me. 4But I don tell una dis tin so dat wen dia time reach, una go remember say I bin tell una. I no tell una dis tin from di start, bicos I bin dey wit una.
5But now I dey go meet di one wey send me, and none of una dey ask me, ‘Where you dey go?’ 6Instead, bicos I don talk dis tins to una, sorrow don full una heart. 7I dey tell una true tin: my going na for una own good. If I no go, di Helper, di Holy Spirit, no go come meet una. But if I go, I go send am come meet una. 8And wen e come, e go make di world sabi say dem dey wrong about sin and correct-and-holy way and judgment: 9about sin, bicos dem no believe for me; 10about correct-and-holy way, bicos I dey go meet my Papa and una no go see me again; 11about judgment, bicos dem don judge di ruler of dis world.
12I still get plenty tins to talk to una, but una no fit carry dem now. 13But wen e come, di Spirit of truth, e go lead una into all truth. E no go talk from imsef, but e go talk wetin e hear, and e go tell una wetin dey come. 14E go glorify me, bicos e go take wetin be my own and tell am to una. 15Everytin wey my Papa get na my own; na why I talk say e dey take from wetin be my own and go tell una.
16Small time una no go see me again; den small time again una go see me.
Your Sorrow Go Turn to Joy
17So some of im disciples ask each oda, “Wetin e mean: ‘Small time una no go see me, and den small time una go see me,’ and, ‘Bicos I dey go meet di Papa’?”
18So dem continue dey ask, “Wetin e mean, ‘small time’? We no sabi wetin e dey talk about.”
19Jesus sabi say dem wan ask am, so e tell dem, “Una dey ask each oda wetin I mean wen I talk say, ‘Small time una no go see me, and den small time una go see me’? 20True true, I dey tell una: una go cry and mourn, but di world go dey rejoice. Una go grieve, but una sorrow go turn to joy. 21Woman wey dey labor dey get pain bicos im time don reach; but once e born di pikin, e go forget di suffer, bicos e dey happy say person don born enta di world. 22So una too get sorrow now, but I go see una again, and una heart go rejoice, and nobody go take una joy comot for una.
23For dat day una no go ask me anytin. True true, I dey tell una: whatever una ask my Papa for my name, e go give una. 24Till now una neva ask anytin for my name. Ask, and una go receive, so dat una joy go full complete.
25I don tell una dis tins for parable. Di time dey come wen I no go talk again for parable, but I go tell una plain about my Papa. 26For dat day una go ask for my name, and I no dey tell una say I go beg my Papa on una behalf; 27Bicos di Papa imsef love una, bicos una don love me and believe say I come from our Papa. a a v27 Jesus tell di disciples say di Papa imsef love dem — no be from far, no be tru Jesus like say na middleman wey no wan do am. Dia love for Jesus and faith say e come from di Papa don put dem inside di Papa im own affection. 28I come from my Papa and enta di world; again, I dey comot for di world, dey go meet my Papa.
29Im disciples talk, “Now you dey talk plain and you no dey use any parable!” 30Now we sabi say you sabi everytin and you no need make anybody ask you question; so we believe say you come from our Papa.
31Jesus answer, “Una believe now? 32See, di time dey come—e don come—wen dem go scatter una, each one go im own house, and leave me alone. But still, I no dey alone; my Papa dey wit me. 33I don tell una dis tin so dat una fit get peace inside me. For di world una go face wahala, but make una heart strong—I don win di world.
