But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
16:5
ወይእዜሰባሕቱአሐውርኀበአብዘፈነወኒወኢአሐዱሂእምኔክሙኢትብሉኒአይቴተሐውር።
現今我往差我來的父那裏去，你們中間並沒有人問我：『你往哪裏去？』
But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
16:6
ወባሕቱእስመዘንተነገርኩክሙኀዘንመልአውስተልብክሙ።
只因我將這事告訴你們，你們就滿心憂愁。
But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
16:8
ወመጺኦውእቱይዛለፎለዓለምበእንተኀጢአትወበእንተጽድቅወበእንተኵነኔ።
他既來了，就要叫世人為罪、為義、為審判，自己責備自己。
When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
16:9
በእንተኀጢአትሰእስመኢአምኑብየ።
為罪，是因他們不信我；
about sin, because they don’t believe in me;
16:10
ወበእንተጽድቅኒእስመአነአሐውርኀበአብወኢትሬእዩኒእንከ።
為義，是因我往父那裏去，你們就不再見我；
about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
16:11
ወበእንተሰኵነኔእስመይትኴነንመልአኩለዝንቱዓለም።
為審判，是因這世界的王受了審判。
about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
16:12
ወብየብዙኅነገርዘእነግረክሙወባሕቱኢትክሉጸዊሮቶይእዜ።
「我還有好些事要告訴你們，但你們現在擔當不了 。
“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
16:14
ወኪያየይሴብሕውእቱእስመእምዚኣየይነሥእወይነግረክሙኵሎ።
他要榮耀我，因為他要將受於我的告訴你們。
He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will declare it to you.
16:15
እስመኵሉዘቦለአቡየዚኣየውእቱወበእንተዝንቱእብለክሙእምዚኣየይነሥእወይነግረክሙ።
凡父所有的，都是我的；所以我說，他要將受於我的告訴你們。」
All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
16:16
ዓዲኅዳጠኢትሬእዩኒወካዕበኅዳጠትሬእዩኒእስመአሐውርኀበአብ።
「等不多時，你們就不得見我；再等不多時，你們還要見我。」
“A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
16:18
ወይቤሉምንትኑዝንቱዘይብለነኅዳጠኢነአምርዘይትናገርቦቱ።
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。」
They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
16:26
ወይእተአሚረትስእሉበስምየወኢይብለክሙከመአነዘእስእሎለአብበእንቲኣክሙ።
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。
In that day you will ask in my name; and I don’t say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,
Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.