John 14

14 ¹"No make una heart trouble una. Believe for our Papa; believe for me too. ²For my Papa house, plenty rooms dey. If e no be so, I for don tell una say I dey go prepare place for una? ³And if I go prepare place for una, I go come back come carry una come my side, so dat una go dey where I dey. ⁴And una know di way go where I dey go."

⁵Thomas tell am say, "Oga, we no know where you dey go—how we go take know di way?"

⁶Jesus tell am say, "Na me be di way, and di truth, and di life. Nobody fit come meet di Papa except through me. ⁷If una for don know me, una for don know my Papa too. From now, una know am and una don see am."

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

⁹Jesus say, "Philip, I don dey with una all dis time, and you no know me? Anybody wey don see me don see di Papa. How you go take 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 work. ¹¹Believe me: I dey inside di Papa, di Papa dey inside me—or else believe because of di work dem sef. ¹²Truly, truly, I tell una, anybody wey believe for me go do di work wey I dey do, and go even do bigger work pass, because I dey go meet di Papa. ¹³Anytin wey una ask for my name, I go do am, so dat di Papa go get glory through the Pikin. ¹⁴If una ask me anytin for my name, I go do am.

If Una Love Me

¹⁵"If 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 call dis Helper as the Holy Spirit for verse 26—FHB carry di name come front so dat readers go meet the Spirit by name from di first promise. ¹⁷di Spirit of truth, wey di world no fit receive, because e no dey see am and e no know am. But una know 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 bring pikin wey no get papa come house—dis verse tell us 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 know say: I dey inside my Papa, una dey inside me, and I dey inside una. ²¹Anybody wey get my commandments and keep dem, na im love me, and my Papa go love anybody wey love me. I go love am and I go show mysef to am."

²²Judas, no be Iscariot, ask say, "Oga, why you go show yoursef to us and no be to di world?"

²³Jesus answer say, "Anybody wey love me go keep my word, and my Papa go love dat person, and we go come meet am and make our home with am. ^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 closeness for one chapter. ²⁴Anybody 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 tins 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 everytin and go remind una of everytin wey I tell una.

²⁷Peace na wetin I leave for una; my own peace na wetin I give una. No be as di world dey give, na so I dey give am. No make una heart trouble una or make una 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 glad, because I dey go meet di Papa, because di Papa big pass me. ^d d v28 Jesus dey talk here about im place for di Papa im sending—the Pikin dey submit to di Papa im mission—no be say im nature small pass. Di Papa and the Pikin na one (10:30); the Pikin dey honour di Papa wey send am. ²⁹And now I don tell una before e happen, so dat when e happen una go believe. ³⁰I no go talk with una long 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 dat di world go know say I love di Papa. Make una get up, make we comot from here."