John 16

16 ¹"I don tell una all dis so dat una no go fall comot. ²Dem go drive una comot from synagogue; but di hour dey come wey anybody wey kill una go tink say na service e dey do for God. ³Dem go do dis because dem never know di Papa or me. ⁴But I don tell una dis so dat wen dem own hour reach, una go remember say I tell una. I no tell una dis from di start, because I dey with una.

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

¹²"I still get plenty tins to talk give una, but una no fit carry dem now. ¹³But 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. ¹⁴E go glorify me, because e go take wetin be my own and tell am give una. ¹⁵All wetin 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."

Una Sorrow Go Turn to Joy

¹⁷So some of im disciples ask each other, "Wetin e mean: ‘Small time una no go see me, and den small time una go see me,’ and, ‘Because I dey go meet di Papa’?" ¹⁸So dem keep dey talk, "Wetin e mean, ‘small time’? We no sabi wetin e dey talk about."

¹⁹Jesus sabi say dem wan ask am, so e tell dem, "Una dey ask each other wetin I mean wen I talk say, ‘Small time una no go see me, and den small time una go see me’?

²⁰"Truly, truly, I tell una: una go cry and mourn, but di world go dey rejoice. Una go grieve, but una sorrow go turn to joy. ²¹Woman wey dey labour dey get pain because her hour don reach; but once she born, she forget di anguish, because she dey joyful say person don born enter di world. ²²So una too get sorrow now, but I go see una again, and una heart go rejoice, and nobody go fit take una joy from una.

²³For dat day una no go ask me anytin. Truly, truly, I tell una: wetin una ask my Papa for my name, e go give una. ²⁴Till now una never ask anytin for my name. Ask, and una go receive, so dat una joy go full complete.

²⁵I don tell una dis tins for parable talk. Di hour dey come wey I no go talk for parable again, but I go tell una plain about my Papa. ²⁶For dat day una go ask for my name, and I no dey tell una say I go ask my Papa on una behalf; ²⁷because di Papa imsef love una, because 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 through Jesus as go-between wey no wan do am. Dia love for Jesus and dia faith say e come from di Papa don put dem inside di Papa im own affection. ²⁸I come from my Papa and enter di world; again, I dey leave di world, dey go meet my Papa."

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

³¹Jesus answer, "Una believe now?

³²"See, di hour dey come—e don come—wey una go scatter, each one to im own house, and una go leave me alone. But I no dey alone; my Papa dey with me. ³³I don tell una dis so dat una fit get peace inside me. For di world una go face trouble, but make una heart strong—I don overcome di world."