第一六章

¹'These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

¹我已將這些事告訴你們，使你們不至於跌倒。

²'They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

²人要把你們趕出會堂，並且時候將到，凡殺你們的就以為是事奉神。

³'These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.

³他們這樣行，是因未曾認識父，也未曾認識我。

⁴'But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

⁴我將這事告訴你們，是叫你們到了時候可以想起我對你們說過了。我起先沒有將這事告訴你們，因為我與你們同在。

⁵'But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'

⁵現今我往差我來的父那裡去，你們中間並沒有人問我：你往那裡去？

⁶'But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

⁶只因我將這事告訴你們，你們就滿心憂愁。

⁷'But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

⁷然而，我將真情告訴你們，我去是與你們有益的；我若不去，保惠師就不到你們這裡來；我若去，就差他來。

⁸'And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

⁸他既來了，就要叫世人為罪、為義、為審判，自己責備自己。

⁹concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;

⁹為罪，是因他們不信我；

¹⁰and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

¹⁰為義，是因我往父那裡去，你們就不再見我；

¹¹and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

¹¹為審判，是因這世界的王受了審判。

¹²'I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [them] now.

¹²我還有好些事要告訴你們，但你們現在擔當不了（或作：不能領會）。

¹³'But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

¹³只等真理的聖靈來了，他要引導你們明白（原文作進入）一切的真理；因為他不是憑自己說的，乃是把他所聽見的都說出來，並要把將來的事告訴你們。

¹⁴'He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose [it] to you.

¹⁴他要榮耀我，因為他要將受於我的告訴你們。

¹⁵'All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose [it] to you.

¹⁵凡父所有的，都是我的；所以我說，他要將受於我的告訴你們。

¹⁶'A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.'

¹⁶等不多時，你們就不得見我；再等不多時，你們還要見我。

¹⁷[Some] of His disciples then said to one another, 'What is this thing He is telling us, 'A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because I go to the Father '?'

¹⁷有幾個門徒就彼此說：他對我們說：等不多時，你們就不得見我；再等不多時，你們還要見我；又說：因我往父那裡去。這是甚麼意思呢？

¹⁸So they were saying, 'What is this that He says, 'A little while '? We do not know what He is talking about.'

¹⁸門徒彼此說：他說等不多時到底是甚麼意思呢？我們不明白他所說的話。

¹⁹Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, 'Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, 'A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me'?

¹⁹耶穌看出他們要問他，就說：我說等不多時，你們就不得見我；再等不多時，你們還要見我，你們為這話彼此相問麼？

²⁰'Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.

²⁰我實實在在的告訴你們，你們將要痛哭、哀號，世人倒要喜樂；你們將要憂愁，然而你們的憂愁要變為喜樂。

²¹'Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

²¹婦人生產的時候就憂愁，因為他的時候到了；既生了孩子，就不再記念那苦楚，因為歡喜世上生了一個人。

²²'Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one [will] take your joy away from you.

²²你們現在也是憂愁，但我要再見你們，你們的心就喜樂了；這喜樂也沒有人能奪去。

²³'In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

²³到那日，你們甚麼也就不問我了。我實實在在的告訴你們，你們若向父求甚麼，他必因我的名賜給你們。

²⁴'Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

²⁴向來你們沒有奉我的名求甚麼，如今你們求，就必得著，叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。

²⁵'These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

²⁵這些事，我是用比喻對你們說的；時候將到，我不再用比喻對你們說，乃要將父明明的告訴你們。

²⁶'In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

²⁶到那日，你們要奉我的名祈求；我並不對你們說，我要為你們求父。

²⁷for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

²⁷父自己愛你們；因為你們已經愛我，又信我是從父出來的。

²⁸'I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.'

²⁸我從父出來，到了世界；我又離開世界，往父那裡去。

²⁹His disciples said, 'Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.

²⁹門徒說：如今你是明說，並不用比喻了。

³⁰'Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God.'

³⁰現在我們曉得你凡事都知道，也不用人問你，因此我們信你是從神出來的。

³¹Jesus answered them, 'Do you now believe?

³¹耶穌說：現在你們信麼？

³²'Behold, an hour is coming, and has [already] come, for you to be scattered, each to his own [home], and to leave Me alone; and [yet] I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

³²看哪，時候將到，且是已經到了，你們要分散，各歸自己的地方去，留下我獨自一人；其實我不是獨自一人，因為有父與我同在。

³³'These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.'

³³我將這些事告訴你們，是要叫你們在我裡面有平安。在世上，你們有苦難；但你們可以放心，我已經勝了世界。