John 13

13 ¹ Now, before di Passover festival, Jesus know say im hour don reach make e comot for dis world go meet im Papa. As e don love im own people wey dey for di world, e love dem reach di end. ² For supper time, di devil don already put am for Judas, di pikin of Simon Iscariot, im heart di plan to betray Jesus. ³ Jesus, as e sabi say di Papa don give everytin into im hand, and say na from am e comot come and na back to am e dey go, ⁴ e stand up from supper, comot im outside cloth, carry towel, and tie am for im waist. ⁵ Then e pour water inside basin and start to wash im disciples dem foot, dey use di towel wey e tie for im body take dry dem. ⁶ E come reach Simon Peter, wey tell am, “Oga, you wan wash my foot?”

⁷ Jesus answer am, “You no go understand wetin I dey do now, but later you go understand.”

⁸ “You no go ever wash my foot,” Peter talk. Jesus answer, “If I no wash you, you no get any share with me.”

⁹ Simon Peter tell am, “Oga, no be only my foot, but my hand and my head sef!”

¹⁰ Jesus tell am, “Person wey don bath only need make e wash im foot — e don clean finish. Una don clean, but no be all of una.”

¹¹ E sabi who go betray am; na why e talk say, “No be all of una don clean.” ¹² After e don wash dem foot and wear im cloth back, e siddon again and tell dem, “Una understand wetin I don do for una?” ¹³ “Una dey call me Teacher and Oga, and na correct thing, because na wetin I be.” ¹⁴ So if I, wey be una Oga and una Teacher, wash una foot, una too suppose dey wash una sef foot. ¹⁵ “Because I don give una example, so that una go do as I don do for una.” ¹⁶ Truly, truly, I tell una, servant no big pass im master, and messenger no big pass di one wey send am. ¹⁷ “If una sabi dis things, una go get blessing if una dey do dem.”

Di One Wey Chop My Bread

¹⁸ “I no dey mean all of una — I sabi di ones wey I don choose. But Scripture must happen: ‘Di one wey dey chop my bread don raise im heel against me.’ ¹⁹ “I dey tell una now, before e happen, so that una go believe, once e happen, say na I BE.” ^a a v19 “I BE” na how our Papa take name imsef to Moses for di bush wey dey burn. Wetin Jesus dey talk na di same God-name wey e take imsef — e dey talk am now to im disciples as gift of trust, before di betrayal go happen. ²⁰ “Truly, truly, I tell una, whoever welcome person wey I send welcome me, and whoever welcome me welcome di one wey send me.”

²¹ After e talk dis thing, Jesus, as im spirit trouble am, testify, “Truly, truly, I tell una, one of una go betray me.”

²² Di disciples dem look one anoda, dem no fit sabi which one of dem e dey talk about. ²³ One of im disciples, di one wey Jesus love, dey siddon near am. ²⁴ So Simon Peter sign am make e ask which one Jesus dey talk about. ²⁵ As e lean back near Jesus, e ask am, “Oga, na who?”

²⁶ Jesus answer, “Na di one wey I go give dis bread, once I don dip am.” Then e dip di bread and give am to Judas, di pikin of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ After Judas collect di bread, Satan enter inside am. So Jesus tell am, “Wetin you dey do, do am quick.”

²⁸ But nobody wey siddon for di table understand why e talk dis thing to am.

²⁹ Since na Judas dey hold di money bag, some of dem think say Jesus mean, ‘Buy wetin we need for di feast,’ or, ‘Give something to di poor people.’

³⁰ As Judas just collect di bread, e comot go outside. And na night e be.

Make Una Love Una Sef

³¹ After Judas comot, Jesus talk, “Now dem don glorify di Pikin of Man, and dem don glorify my Papa for inside am.” ³² “If dem glorify my Papa for inside am, my Papa go also glorify di Pikin for inside imsef and glorify am sharp-sharp.” ³³ My dear pikin dem, I still dey with una small time. Una go look for me, and as I tell di Jewish leaders dem, na so I dey tell una now: where I dey go, una no fit come. ³⁴ I dey give una new command: make una love una sef. As I don love una, na so una too must love una sef. ³⁵ “Na by dis everybody go know say una na my disciples, if una love una sef.”

³⁶ Simon Peter tell am, “Oga, where you dey go?” Jesus answer, “Where I dey go you no fit follow me now, but you go follow later.”

³⁷ Peter ask, “Oga, why I no fit follow you now? I go lay down my life for you.”

³⁸ Jesus answer, “You go lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I tell you: di cock no go crow until you don deny me three times.”