ኢየሱስ ስለ ራሱ መጸለዩ
1ኢየሱስ ይህን ከተናገረ በኋላ፣ ወደ ሰማይ ቀና ብሎ እንዲህ ሲል ጸለየ፤
“አባት ሆይ፤ ጊዜው ደርሷል፤ ልጅህ ያከብርህ ዘንድ ልጅህን አክብረው፤ 2ከአንተ ለተቀበላቸው ሁሉ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንዲሰጥ፣ በሰው ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን ሰጥተኸዋልና። 3እውነተኛ አምላክ የሆንኸውን አንተንና የላክኸውንም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ያውቁ ዘንድ ይህች የዘላለም ሕይወት ናት። 4የሰጠኸኝን ሥራ በመፈጸም በምድር አከበርሁህ። 5እንግዲህ አባት ሆይ፤ ዓለም ሳይፈጠር ከአንተ ጋር በነበረኝ ክብር በአንተ ዘንድ አክብረኝ።
ኢየሱስ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጸለየ
6“ለእነዚህ ከዓለም ለሰጠኸኝ ሰዎች ስምህን ገልጬላቸዋለሁ። የአንተ ነበሩ ለእኔ ሰጠኸኝ፤ እነርሱም ቃልህን ጠብቀዋል። 7የሰጠኸኝ ሁሉ ከአንተ እንደ ሆነ አሁን ዐውቀዋል፤ 8ምክንያቱም የሰጠኸኝን ቃል ሰጥቻቸው ተቀብለዋል፤ እኔም ከአንተ እንደ ወጣሁ በርግጥ ዐውቀዋል፤ አንተ እንደ ላክኸኝም አምነዋል፤ 9እነርሱ የአንተ ስለሆኑ እጸልይላቸዋለሁ፤ ለሰጠኸኝና የአንተ ለሆኑት እንጂ ለዓለም አልጸልይም። 10የእኔ የሆነው ሁሉ የአንተ ነው፤ የአንተ የሆነውም ሁሉ የእኔ ነው፤ በእነርሱም ከብሬአለሁ። 11ከእንግዲህ እኔ በዓለም አልቈይም፤ እነርሱ ግን በዓለም ውስጥ ናቸው፤ እኔም ወደ አንተ መምጣቴ ነው። ቅዱስ አባት ሆይ፤ እኛ አንድ እንደ ሆንን፣ እነርሱም አንድ እንዲሆኑ በሰጠኸኝ በስምህ ጠብቃቸው። 12እኔ ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለሁ፣ በሰጠኸኝ ስም ከለልኋቸው፤ ጠበቅኋቸውም፤ የመጽሐፍ ቃል እንዲፈጸም ከአንዱ ከጥፋት ልጅ በቀር ከእነርሱ ማንም አልጠፋም።
13“አሁን ወደ አንተ መምጣቴ ነው፤ ነገር ግን ደስታዬ በእነርሱ ዘንድ የተሟላ እንዲሆን፣ አሁን በዓለም እያለሁ ይህን እናገራለሁ። 14ቃልህን ሰጥቻቸዋለሁ፤ እኔ ከዓለም እንዳይደለሁ፣ እነርሱም ከዓለም ባለመሆናቸው ዓለም ጠልቷቸዋል። 15የምለምንህም ከክፉው እንድትጠብቃቸው እንጂ፣ ከዓለም እንድታወጣቸው አይደለም። 16እኔ ከዓለም እንዳልሆንሁ ሁሉ፣ እነርሱም ከዓለም አይደሉም። 17ቃልህ እውነት ነው፤ በእውነትህ ቀድሳቸው17፥17 በግሪኩ ሀጊያዞ የሚለው ቅዱስ ለሆነ ተግባር መለየት ወይም መቀደስ ማለት ነው፤ 19 ይመ። 18አንተ ወደ ዓለም እንደ ላክኸኝ እኔም ወደ ዓለም ልኬአቸዋለሁ። 19እነርሱ በእውነት የተቀደሱ እንዲሆኑ፣ ራሴን ስለ እነርሱ ቀድሻለሁ።”
ኢየሱስ ለአማኞች ሁሉ ጸለየ
20“የእነርሱን ትምህርት ተቀብለው በእኔ ለሚያምኑ ጭምር እንጂ ለእነዚህ ብቻ አልጸልይም፤ 21ይህም፣ አባት ሆይ፤ አንተ በእኔ፣ እኔም በአንተ እንዳለሁ ሁሉም አንድ እንዲሆኑ፣ እንዲሁም አንተ እኔን እንደ ላክኸኝ ዓለም ያምን ዘንድ፣ እነርሱም በእኛ እንዲሆኑ ነው። 22እኛ አንድ እንደ ሆንን እነርሱም አንድ እንዲሆኑ፣ የሰጠኸኝን ክብር ሰጥቻቸዋለሁ። 23ይህም እኔ በእነርሱ፣ አንተም በእኔ መሆንህ ነው። አንተ እንደ ላክኸኝና እኔን በወደድኸኝ መጠን እነርሱንም እንደ ወደድሃቸው ዓለም ያውቅ ዘንድ፣ አንድነታቸው ፍጹም ይሁን።
24“አባት ሆይ፤ እነዚህ የሰጠኸኝ፣ እኔ ባለሁበት እንዲሆኑ ዓለም ሳይፈጠር ስለ ወደድኸኝ የሰጠኸኝንም ክብሬን እንዲያዩ እፈልጋለሁ።
25“ጻድቅ አባት ሆይ፤ ዓለም ባያውቅህም፣ እኔ ዐውቅሃለሁ፤ እነዚህም አንተ እንደ ላክኸኝ ያውቃሉ። 26ለእኔ ያለህ ፍቅር በእነርሱ እንዲሆን፣ እኔም በእነርሱ እንድሆን፣ አንተን እንዲያውቁ17፥26 በግሪኩ ስምህን እንዲያወቁ ይላል። አድርጌአለሁ፤ እንዲያውቁህም አደርጋለሁ።”
Jesus Prays to Be Glorified
1After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6“I have revealed you17:6 Greek your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by17:12 Or kept them faithful to that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
13“I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17Sanctify them by17:17 Or them to live in accordance with the truth; your word is truth. 18As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
24“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
25“Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26I have made you17:26 Greek your name known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
