Jesus Prays for Himself
1After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed. He said,
“Father, the time has come. Bring glory to your Son. Then your Son will bring glory to you. 2You gave him authority over all people. He gives eternal life to all those you have given him. 3And what is eternal life? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4I have brought you glory on earth. I have finished the work you gave me to do. 5So now, Father, give glory to me in heaven where your throne is. Give me the glory I had with you before the world began.
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6“I have shown you to the disciples 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. 8I gave them the words you gave me. And they accepted them. They knew for certain that I came from you. They believed that you sent me. 9I pray for them. I am not praying for the world. I am praying for those you have given me, because they are yours. 10All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. Glory has come to me because of my disciples. 11I will not remain in the world any longer. But they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name. It is the name you gave me. Keep them safe so they can be one, just as you and I are one. 12While I was with them, I guarded them. I kept them safe through the name you gave me. None of them has been lost, except the one who was headed for ruin. It happened so that Scripture would come true.
13“I am coming to you now. But I say these things while I am still in the world. I say them so that those you gave me can have the same joy that I have. 14I have given them your word. The world has hated them. That’s because they are not part of the world any more than I am. 15I do not pray that you will take them out of the world. I pray that you will keep them safe from the evil one. 16They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to it. 17Use the truth to make them holy. Your word is truth. 18You sent me into the world. In the same way, I have sent them into the world. 19I make myself holy for them so that they too can be made holy by the truth.
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20“I do not pray only for them. I pray also for everyone who will believe in me because of their message. 21Father, I pray they will be one, just as you are in me and I am in you. I want them also to be in us. Then the world will believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory you gave me. I did this so they would be one, just as we are one. 23I will be in them, just as you are in me. This is so that they may be brought together perfectly as one. Then the world will know that you sent me. It will also show the world that you have loved those you gave me, just as you have loved me.
24“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, the glory you have given me. You gave it to me because you loved me before the world was created.
25“Father, you are holy. The world does not know you, but I know you. Those you have given me know you have sent me. 26I have shown you to them. And I will continue to show you to them. Then the love you have for me will be in them. I myself will be in them.”
Yesu Ajiombea Mwenyewe
117:1 Yn 11:41; 12:23; 13:31, 32Baada ya Yesu kusema haya, alitazama kuelekea mbinguni akawaombea na kusema:
“Baba, saa imewadia. Umtukuze Mwanao, ili Mwanao apate kukutukuza wewe. 217:2 Dan 7:14; Yn 6:37, 39Kwa kuwa umempa mamlaka juu ya wote wenye mwili ili awape uzima wa milele wale uliompa. 317:3 Flp 3:8; Yn 17:8, 18, 21, 23, 25; 3:17Nao uzima wa milele ndio huu, wakujue wewe uliye Mungu wa pekee, wa kweli na Yesu Kristo uliyemtuma. 417:4 Yn 13:31; 19:30Nimekutukuza wewe duniani kwa kuitimiza ile kazi uliyonipa niifanye. 517:5 Flp 2:6; Yn 1:2Hivyo sasa, Baba, unitukuze mbele zako kwa ule utukufu niliokuwa nao pamoja na wewe kabla ulimwengu haujakuwepo.
Yesu Awaombea Wanafunzi Wake
617:6 Yn 17:26; 1:18“Nimelidhihirisha jina lako kwa wale ulionipa kutoka ulimwengu. Walikuwa wako, nawe ukanipa mimi, nao wamelitii neno lako. 7Sasa wamejua ya kuwa vyote ulivyonipa vimetoka kwako, 817:8 Yn 8:26; 1:18kwa kuwa maneno yale ulionipa nimewapa wao, nao wameyapokea na kujua kwamba kweli nimetoka kwako, nao wameamini kuwa wewe ulinituma. 917:9 Lk 22:32Ninawaombea wao. Mimi siuombei ulimwengu, bali nawaombea wale ulionipa kwa sababu wao ni wako. 1017:10 Yn 16:15Wote walio wangu ni wako na walio wako ni wangu, nami nimetukuzwa ndani yao. 1117:11 Yn 13:1; 17:13; 7:33; 17:21-23; Za 133:1; Yn 10:30Mimi sasa simo tena ulimwenguni, lakini wao bado wamo ulimwenguni, nami naja kwako. Baba Mtakatifu, uwalinde kwa uweza wa jina lako ulilonipa, ili wawe na umoja kama sisi tulivyo wamoja. 1217:12 Yn 6:39; 6:70Nilipokuwa pamoja nao, niliwalinda, wakawa salama kwa lile jina ulilonipa. Hakuna hata mmoja aliyepotea, isipokuwa yule aliyekusudiwa upotevu, ili Maandiko yapate kutimia.
1317:13 Yn 3:29“Lakini sasa naja kwako, nami ninasema mambo haya wakati bado nikiwa ulimwenguni, ili wawe na furaha yangu kamili ndani yao. 1417:14 Yn 15:19; 8:23; 1Yn 3:13; Yn 17:16Nimewapa neno lako, nao ulimwengu umewachukia kwa kuwa wao si wa ulimwengu kama mimi nisivyo wa ulimwengu huu. 1517:15 Mt 5:37Siombi kwamba uwaondoe ulimwenguni, bali uwalinde dhidi ya yule mwovu. 1617:16 Yn 17:14Wao si wa ulimwengu huu, kama vile mimi nisivyo wa ulimwengu. 1717:17 2Sam 7:28; Yn 15:3; 1Fal 17:24Uwatakase kwa ile kweli, neno lako ndilo kweli. 1817:18 Yn 17:3, 8, 21, 23, 25; 20:21Kama vile ulivyonituma mimi ulimwenguni, nami nawatuma vivyo hivyo. 1917:19 Yn 17:17; 1Kor 1:2, 30; 1The 4:7; Ebr 10:10Kwa ajili yao najiweka wakfu ili wao nao wapate kutakaswa katika ile kweli.
Yesu Awaombea Wote Wamwaminio
2017:20 Yn 17:9“Siwaombei hawa peke yao, bali nawaombea na wale wote watakaoniamini kupitia neno lao 2117:21 Gal 3:28; Rum 12:5; Yn 10:38; 14:11ili wawe na umoja kama vile wewe Baba ulivyo ndani yangu na mimi nilivyo ndani yako, wao nao wawe ndani yetu, ili ulimwengu upate kuamini ya kuwa wewe ndiye uliyenituma mimi. 2217:22 Yn 14:20; 1Yn 1:2; 3:24Utukufu ule ulionipa nimewapa wao, ili wawe na umoja kama sisi tulivyo wamoja. 2317:23 Yn 3:17; 16:27; Kol 3:14Mimi ndani yako na wewe ndani yangu, ili wawe wamekamilika katika umoja na ulimwengu upate kujua ya kuwa umenituma, nami nimewapenda wao kama unavyonipenda mimi.
2417:24 Yn 12:26; 1:14; Mt 25:34; Yn 1:2“Baba, shauku yangu ni kwamba, wale ulionipa wawe pamoja nami pale nilipo, ili waweze kuuona utukufu wangu, yaani, utukufu ule ulionipa kwa kuwa ulinipenda hata kabla ya kuwekwa misingi ya ulimwengu.
2517:25 Yn 15:21; 16:3; 3:17; 7:29“Baba Mwenye Haki, ingawa ulimwengu haukujui, mimi ninakujua, nao wanajua ya kuwa umenituma. 26Nimefanya jina lako lijulikane kwao nami nitaendelea kufanya lijulikane, ili kwamba upendo ule unaonipenda mimi uwe ndani yao na mimi mwenyewe nipate kuwa ndani yao.”
