约翰福音 16

1 “我对你们说了这些事，是要使你们不至于跌倒。 2 人要把你们赶出会堂，而且时候将到，凡杀你们的还以为是在事奉上帝。 3 他们这样做，是因为没有认识父，也没有认识我。 4 我对你们说了这些事，是要在他们做这些事的时候，你们会想起我对你们说过的话。”

圣灵的工作

“我起先没有对你们说这些事，因为我一直与你们同在。

5 现在我要到差我来的父那里去，你们中间却没有人问我‘你去哪里？’ 6 只因我对你们说了这些事，你们就满心忧愁。 7 然而，我把真情告诉你们，我去对你们是有益的。我若不去，保惠师就不会到你们这里来；我若去，就差他到你们这里来。 8 他来的时候，要为罪、为义，为审判，指证世人； 9 为罪，是因他们不信我； 10 为义，是因我到父那里去，你们将不再见到我； 11 为审判，是因这世界的统治者已受了审判。

12 “我还有好些事要告诉你们，但你们现在担当不了t。 13 但真理的灵来的时候，他要引导你们进入一切真理。因为他不是凭着自己说的，而是把他所听见的都说出来，并且要把将要来的事向你们传达。 14 他要荣耀我，因为他要把从我领受的向你们传达。 15 凡父所有的都是我的，所以我说，他要把从我领受的向你们传达。”

忧愁变为喜乐

16 “不久，你们将不再见到我；再过不久，你们还要见到我。” 17 有几个门徒彼此说：“他对我们说‘不久，你们将不再见到我；再过不久，你们还要见到我’；又说‘因我到父那里去’。这是什么意思呢？” 18 于是门徒说：“他说t‘不久’到底是什么意思呢？我们不明白他说什么。” 19 耶稣看出他们要问他，就对他们说：“我说‘不久，你们将不再见到我；再过不久，你们还要见到我’，你们为这话彼此询问吗？ 20 我实实在在地告诉你们，你们将要痛哭，哀号，世人反要欢喜。你们将要忧愁，然而你们的忧愁要变成喜乐。 21 妇人生产的时候会忧愁，因为她的时候到了；但孩子一生出来，就不再记得那痛苦了，因为欢喜有一个人生在世上了。 22 你们现在也是忧愁，但我要再见到你们，你们的心就会有喜乐了；这喜乐没有人能夺去。 23 到那日，你们什么也不会问我了。我实实在在地告诉你们，你们奉我的名无论向父求什么，他会赐给你们t。 24 直到现在，你们没有奉我的名求什么，如今你们求就必得着，使你们的喜乐得以满足。”

我已经胜过世界

25 “这些事，我是用比方对你们说的；时候将到，我不再用比方对你们说，而是要把父的事明白地告诉你们。 26 到那日，你们要奉我的名祈求；我并不对你们说，我要为你们向父祈求。 27 父自己爱你们，因为你们已经爱我，又信我是从上帝t而来的。 28 我从父而来，到了世界t，又离开世界，到父那里去。”

29 门徒说：“你看，如今你是明说，不用比方了。 30 现在我们晓得你凡事都知道，也不需要有人问你；从此我们信你是从上帝而来的。” 31 耶稣回答他们：“现在你们信了吗？ 32 看哪，时候将到，其实已经到了，你们要分散，各归自己的地方，留下我独自一人；然而我不是独自一人，因为有父与我同在。 33 我对你们说了这些事，是要使你们在我里面有平安。在世上你们有苦难，但你们要有勇气t，我已经胜过世界。”

JOHN 16

1 I am telling you these things, so that you will not turn away. 2 You will be chased out of the synagogues. And the time will come when people will kill you and think they are doing God a favor. 3 They will do these things because they don't know either the Father or me.

4 I am saying this to you now, so that when the time comes, you will remember what I have said.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

I was with you at the first, and so I didn't tell you these things. 5 But now I am going back to the Father who sent me, and none of you asks me where I am going. 6 You are very sad from hearing all of this.

7 But I tell you I am going to do what is best for you. This is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to helpt you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you.
8 The Spirit will come and show the people of this world the truth about sin and God's justice and the judgment. 9 The Spirit will show them that they are wrong about sin, because they didn't have faith in me. 10 They are wrong about God's justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me again.

11 And they are wrong about the judgment, because God has already judged the ruler of this world.
12 I have much more to say to you, but right now it would be more than you could understand. 13 t The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn't speak on his own. He will tell you only what he has heard from me, and he will let you know what is going to happen. 14 The Spirit will bring glory to me by taking my message and telling it to you.

15 Everything the Father has is mine. This is why I have said that the Spirit takes my message and tells it to you.

Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

16 Jesus told his disciples, “For a little while you won't see me, but after a while you will see me.”
17 They said to each other, “What does Jesus mean by saying that for a little while we won't see him, but after a while we will see him? What does he mean by saying he is going to the Father?

18 What is this ‘little while’ that he is talking about? We don't know what he means.”

19 Jesus knew they had some questions, so he said:
You are wondering what I meant when I said that for a little while you won't see me, but after a while you will see me.

20 I tell you for certain that you will cry and be sad, but the world will be happy. You will be sad, but later you will be happy.
21 When a woman is about to give birth, she is in great pain. But after it is all over, she forgets the pain and is happy, because she has brought a child into the world. 22 You are now very sad. But later I will see you, and you will be so happy that no one will be able to change the way you feel. 23 When that time comes, you won't have to ask me about anything. I tell you for certain the Father will give you whatever you ask for in my name.

24 You have not asked for anything in this way before, but now you must ask in my name.t Then it will be given to you, so you will be completely happy.
25 I have used examples to explain to you what I have been talking about. But the time will come when I will speak to you plainly about the Father and will no longer use examples like these. 26 You will ask the Father in my name, t and I won't have to ask him for you. 27 God the Father loves you because you love me, and you believe I have come from him.

28 I came from the Father into the world, but I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.
29 The disciples said, “Now you are speaking plainly to us! You are not using examples.

30 At last we know that you understand everything, and we don't have any more questions. Now we believe you truly have come from God.”

31 Jesus replied:
Do you really believe me? 32 The time will come and is already here when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go back home and leave me by myself. But the Father will be with me, and I won't be alone. 33 I have told you this, so that you might have peace in your hearts because of me. While you are in the world, you will have to suffer. But cheer up! I have defeated the world.t