الرّوح القدس
1 «قُلتُ لكُم هذا الكلامَ لِئَلاّ يَضعُفَ إيمانُكُم. 2 سيَطرُدونَكُم مِنَ المَجامِـعِ، بل تَجيءُ ساعةٌ يَظُنّ فيها مَنْ يَقتُلُكم أنّهُ يُؤدّي فَريضةً للهِ. 3 وهُم يَعمَلونَ ذلِكَ لأنّهُم لا يَعرِفونَ أبـي ولا يَعرِفوني. 4 أقولُ لكُم هذا، حتى إذا جاءَتِ السّاعةُ تَتذَكّرونَ أنّي قُلتُهُ لكُم. ما قُلتُ لكُم مِنَ البَدَاءَةِ لأنّي كُنتُ مَعكُم. 5 أمّا الآنَ فأنا ذاهِبٌ إلى الذي أرسَلَني، ولا أحَدَ مِنكُم يَسألُني: إلى أينَ أنتَ ذاهِبٌ؟ 6 والآنَ قُلتُ لكُم، فَمَلأَ الحُزنُ قُلوبَكُم.
7 صَدّقوني، مِنَ الخَيرِ لكُم أنْ أذهَبَ، فإنْ كُنتُ لا أذهَبُ لا يَجيئُكُمُ المُعزّي. أمّا إذا ذَهَبتُ فأُرسِلُهُ إلَيكُم. 8 ومتى جاءَ وَبّخَ العالَمَ على الخَطيئَةِ والبِرّ والدّينونَةِ: 9 أمّا على الخَطيئَةِ فلأنّهُم لا يُؤْمِنونَ بـي، 10 وأمّا على البِرّ فلأنّي ذاهِبٌ إلى الآبِ ولَنْ تَرَوني، 11 وأمّا على الدّينونَةِ فلأنّ سيّدَ هذا العالَمِ أُدينَ وحُكِمَ علَيهِ. 12 عِندي كلامٌ كثيرٌ أقولُهُ لكُم بَعدُ، ولكنّكُم لا تَقدِرونَ الآنَ أنْ تَحتَمِلوهُ. 13 فمَتى جاءَ رُوحُ الحقّ أَرشَدَكُم إلى الحَقّ كُلّهِ، لأنّهُ لا يتكلّمُ بِشيءٍ مِنْ عِندِهِ، بل يتكَلّمُ بِما يَسمَعُ ويُخْبِرُكُم بِما سيَحدُثُ. 14 سيُمَجّدُني لأنّهُ يـأخُـذُ كلامي ويَقولُهُ لكُم. 15 وكُلّ ما لِلآبِ هوَ لي، لذلِكَ قُلتُ لكُم: يأخُذُ كلامي ويَقولُهُ لكُم. 16 بَعدَ قَليلٍ لا تَرَونَني، ثُمّ بَعدَ قَليلٍ تَرَونَني».
الحزن والفرح
17 فقالَ التلاميذُ بَعضُهُم لِبَعضٍ: «ما هذا الذي يقولُه لنا: بَعدَ قَليلٍ لا تَرَونَني، ثُمّ بَعدَ قَليلٍ تَرَونَني. وأنا ذاهِبٌ إلى الآبِ؟» 18 وتساءَلوا: «ما مَعنى هذا القَليلِ؟ نَحنُ لا نَفهمُ ما يَقولُ».
19 وعرَفَ يَسوعُ أنّهُم يُريدونَ أنْ يَسألوهُ، فقالَ لهُم: «تَتَساءَلونَ عَنْ مَعنى قولي: بَعدَ قَليلٍ لا تَرَونَني، ثُمّ بَعدَ قَليلٍ تَرَونَني. 20 الحقّ الحقّ أقولُ لكُم: ستَبكونَ وتَندُبونَ، وأمّا العالَمُ فسَيَفرَحُ. ستَحزَنونَ، ولكِنّ حُزنَكُم يَصيرُ فرَحًا. 21 فالمَرأةُ تَحزَنُ وهيَ تَلِدُ، لأنّ ساعتَها جاءَت. فإذا وَلَدَت تَنسى أوجاعَها، لِفَرَحِها بِولادَةِ إنسانٍ في العالَمِ. 22 وكذلِكَ أنتُم تَحزَنونَ الآنَ، ولكنّي سأعودُ فأراكُم، فتَفرَحُ قُلوبُكُم فرَحًا لا يَنتَزِعُهُ مِنكُم أحَدٌ.
23 في ذلِكَ اليومِ لا تَطلُبونَ مِنّي شَيئًا. الحقّ الحقّ أقولُ لكُم: كُلّ ما تَطلُبونَهُ مِنَ الآبِ باَسمي تَنالونَهُ. 24 وما طَلَبتُم شَيئًا باَسمي حتى الآنَ. أُطلُبوا تَنالوا، فيكتَمِلَ فرَحُكُم.
الانتصار على العالم
25 «قُلتُ لكم هذا كُلّهُ بالأمثالِ. وتَجيءُ ساعةٌ لا أُحَدّثُكُم فيها بالأمثالِ، بل أحَدّثُكُم عَنِ الآبِ بِكلامٍ صَريحٍ. 26 وفي ذلِكَ اليومِ أنتُم تَطلُبونَ مِنَ الآبِ باَسمي، ولا أقولُ لكم أنا أطلُبُ مِنهُ لأجلِكم. 27 فالآبُ نَفسُهُ يُحِبّكُم، لأنّكُم أحبَبتُموني وآمَنتُم بأنّي خَرَجتُ مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ. 28 نعم، خَرَجتُ مِنْ عِندِ الآبِ وجِئتُ إلى العالَمِ وأذهَبُ إلى الآبِ».
29 فقالَ لَه تلاميذُهُ: «أنتَ الآنَ تَتكلّمُ كلامًا صَريحًا، لا بالأمثالِ. 30 ونَرى الآنَ أنّكَ تَعرِفُ كُلّ شيءٍ، وأنّكَ لا تَحتاجُ إلى أنْ يَسألَكَ أحَدٌ عَنْ شيءٍ. فلذلِكَ نُؤمنُ بِأنّكَ جِئتَ مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ».
31 أجابَهُم يَسوعُ: «الآنَ تُؤمِنونَ. 32 تَجيءُ ساعَةٌ، بل جاءَتِ الآنَ، تَتَفرّقونَ فيها، فيذهَبُ كُلّ واحدٍ في سبـيلِهِ وتَترُكوني وحدي. ولكِنْ لا أكونُ وَحدي، لأنّ الآبَ مَعي. 33 قُلتُ لكُم هذا كُلّهُ ليكونَ لكُم سَلامٌ بـي. ستُعانونَ الشّدّةَ في هذا العالَمِ، فتَشَجّعوا. أنا غَلَبتُ العالَمَ».
1 I am telling you these things, so that you will not turn away. 2 You will be chased out of the synagogues. And the time will come when people will kill you and think they are doing God a favor. 3 They will do these things because they don't know either the Father or me. 4 I am saying this to you now, so that when the time comes, you will remember what I have said.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
I was with you at the first, and so I didn't tell you these things. 5 But now I am going back to the Father who sent me, and none of you asks me where I am going. 6 You are very sad from hearing all of this. 7 But I tell you I am going to do what is best for you. This is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you.
8 The Spirit will come and show the people of this world the truth about sin and God's justice and the judgment. 9 The Spirit will show them that they are wrong about sin, because they didn't have faith in me. 10 They are wrong about God's justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me again. 11 And they are wrong about the judgment, because God has already judged the ruler of this world.
12 I have much more to say to you, but right now it would be more than you could understand. 13 The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn't speak on his own. He will tell you only what he has heard from me, and he will let you know what is going to happen. 14 The Spirit will bring glory to me by taking my message and telling it to you. 15 Everything the Father has is mine. This is why I have said that the Spirit takes my message and tells it to you.
Sorrow Will Turn into Joy
16 Jesus told his disciples, “For a little while you won't see me, but after a while you will see me.”
17 They said to each other, “What does Jesus mean by saying that for a little while we won't see him, but after a while we will see him? What does he mean by saying he is going to the Father? 18 What is this ‘little while’ that he is talking about? We don't know what he means.”
19 Jesus knew they had some questions, so he said:
You are wondering what I meant when I said that for a little while you won't see me, but after a while you will see me. 20 I tell you for certain that you will cry and be sad, but the world will be happy. You will be sad, but later you will be happy.
21 When a woman is about to give birth, she is in great pain. But after it is all over, she forgets the pain and is happy, because she has brought a child into the world. 22 You are now very sad. But later I will see you, and you will be so happy that no one will be able to change the way you feel. 23 When that time comes, you won't have to ask me about anything. I tell you for certain the Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name. 24 You have not asked for anything in this way before, but now you must ask in my name. Then it will be given to you, so you will be completely happy.
25 I have used examples to explain to you what I have been talking about. But the time will come when I will speak to you plainly about the Father and will no longer use examples like these. 26 You will ask the Father in my name, and I won't have to ask him for you. 27 God the Father loves you because you love me, and you believe I have come from him. 28 I came from the Father into the world, but I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.
29 The disciples said, “Now you are speaking plainly to us! You are not using examples. 30 At last we know that you understand everything, and we don't have any more questions. Now we believe you truly have come from God.”
31 Jesus replied:
Do you really believe me? 32 The time will come and is already here when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go back home and leave me by myself. But the Father will be with me, and I won't be alone. 33 I have told you this, so that you might have peace in your hearts because of me. While you are in the world, you will have to suffer. But cheer up! I have defeated the world.