John 16

16 ¹ I don tell una all dis tin so dat una no go fall comot. ² Dem 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. ³ Dem go do dis tin bicos dem neva know di Papa or me. ⁴ But 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.

⁵ But now I dey go meet di one wey send me, and none of una dey ask me, ‘Where you dey go?’ ⁶ Instead, bicos I don talk dis tins to una, sorrow don full una heart. ⁷ I 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. ⁸ And wen e come, e go make di world sabi say dem dey wrong about sin and correct-and-holy way and judgment: ⁹ about sin, bicos dem no believe for me; ¹⁰ about correct-and-holy way, bicos I dey go meet my Papa and una no go see me again; ¹¹ about judgment, bicos dem don judge di ruler of dis world.

¹² I still get plenty tins to talk to una, but una no fit carry dem now. ¹³ But 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. ¹⁴ E go glorify me, bicos e go take wetin be my own and tell am to una. ¹⁵ Everytin wey my Papa get na my own; na why I talk say e dey take from wetin be my own and go tell una.

¹⁶ Small time una no go see me again; den small time again una go see me.

Your Sorrow Go Turn to Joy

¹⁷ So 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’?” ¹⁸ So dem continue dey ask, “Wetin e mean, ‘small time’? We no sabi wetin e dey talk about.”

¹⁹ Jesus 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’? ²⁰ True 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. ²¹ Woman 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. ²² So 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.

²³ For 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. ²⁴ Till now una neva ask anytin for my name. Ask, and una go receive, so dat una joy go full complete.

²⁵ I 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. ²⁶ For dat day una go ask for my name, and I no dey tell una say I go beg my Papa on una behalf; ²⁷ Bicos 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. ²⁸ I come from my Papa and enta di world; again, I dey comot for di world, dey go meet my Papa.

²⁹ Im disciples talk, “Now you dey talk plain and you no dey use any parable!” ³⁰ Now we sabi say you sabi everytin and you no need make anybody ask you question; so we believe say you come from our Papa.

³¹ Jesus answer, “Una believe now? ³² See, 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. ³³ I 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.