1 I have told you all these things, so that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away).

`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

2 T hey will put you out of (expel you from) the synagogues; but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think and claim that he has offered service to God.

out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

3 A nd they will do this because they have not known the Father or Me.

and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

4 B ut I have told you these things now, so that when they occur you will remember that I told you of them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

`But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;

5 B ut now I am going to Him Who sent Me, yet none of you asks Me, Where are You going?

and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?

6 B ut because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.

but because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart.

7 H owever, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send Him to you.

`But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

8 A nd when He comes, He will convict and convince the world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God) and about judgment:

and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;

9 A bout sin, because they do not believe in Me;

concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me;

10 A bout righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God), because I go to My Father, and you will see Me no longer;

and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;

11 A bout judgment, because the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world is judged and condemned and sentence already is passed upon him.

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

12 I have still many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them or to take them upon you or to grasp them now.

`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear now;

13 B ut when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message; but He will tell whatever He hears, and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come.

and when He may come -- the Spirit of truth -- He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

14 H e will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.

He will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you.

15 E verything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when I said that He will take the things that are Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.

`All things, as many as the Father hath, are mine; because of this I said, That of mine He will take, and will tell to you;

16 I n a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me.

a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.'

17 S o some of His disciples questioned among themselves, What does He mean when He tells us, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me, and, Because I go to My Father?

Therefore said of his disciples one to another, `What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?'

18 W hat does He mean by a little while? We do not know or understand what He is talking about.

they said then, `What is this he saith -- the little while? we have not known what he saith.'

19 J esus knew that they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them, Are you wondering and inquiring among yourselves what I meant when I said, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me?

Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, `Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?

20 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that you shall weep and grieve, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.

21 A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief (anguish, agony) because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers her pain (trouble, anguish) because she is so glad that a man (a child, a human being) has been born into the world.

`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

22 S o for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed); but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight).

`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

23 A nd when that time comes, you will ask nothing of Me. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name '> presenting all that I Am ].

and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;

24 U p to this time you have not asked a thing in My Name '> presenting all that I Am ]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

25 I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve).

`These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

26 A t that time you will ask (pray) in My Name; and I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

`In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

27 F or the Father Himself loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came out from the Father.

for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;

28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.

I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'

29 H is disciples said, Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in parables (veiled language and figures of speech)!

His disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;

30 N ow we know that You are acquainted with everything and have no need to be asked questions. Because of this we believe that you came from God.

now we have known that thou hast known all things, and hast no need that any one do question thee; in this we believe that from God thou didst come forth.'

31 J esus answered them, Do you now believe?

Jesus answered them, `Now do ye believe? lo, there doth come an hour,

32 B ut take notice, the hour is coming, and it has arrived, when you will all be dispersed and scattered, every man to his own home, leaving Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

and now it hath come, that ye may be scattered, each to his own things, and me ye may leave alone, and I am not alone, because the Father is with me;

33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer! For I have overcome the world.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'