John 14 | New International Version

New International Version

Jesus comforts his disciples

1 ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God^[1]; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.’

Jesus the way to the Father

5 Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ 6 Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know^[2] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.’ 8 Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.’ 9 Jesus answered: ‘Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, “Show us the Father”? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Jesus promises the Holy Spirit

15 ‘If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you for ever – 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be^[3] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realise that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.’ 22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, ‘But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?’ 23 Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 25 ‘All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. 28 ‘You heard me say, “I am going away and I am coming back to you.” If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. ‘Come now; let us leave.

New International Reader’s Version

Jesus comforts his disciples

1 ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also. 2 There are many rooms in my Father’s house. If this were not true, would I have told you that I am going there? Would I have told you that I would prepare a place for you there? 3 If I go and do that, I will come back. And I will take you to be with me. Then you will also be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.’

Jesus is the way to the Father

5 Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going. So how can we know the way?’ 6 Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father also. From now on, you do know him. And you have seen him.’ 8 Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father. That will be enough for us.’ 9 Jesus answered, ‘Don’t you know me, Philip? I have been among you such a long time! Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, “Show us the Father”? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father? Don’t you believe that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. The Father lives in me. He is the one who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say I am in the Father. Also believe that the Father is in me. Or at least believe what the works I have been doing say about me. 12 What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who believes in me will do the works I have been doing. In fact, they will do even greater things. That’s because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do anything you ask in my name. Then the Father will receive glory from the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name. I will do it.

Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will come

15 ‘If you love me, obey my commands. 16 I will ask the Father. And he will give you another friend to help you and to be with you for ever. 17 That friend is the Spirit of truth. The world can’t accept him. That’s because the world does not see him or know him. But you know him. He lives with you, and he will be in you. 18 I will not leave you like children who don’t have parents. I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore. But you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 On that day you will realise that I am in my Father. You will know that you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Anyone who has my commands and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the one who loves me. I too will love them. And I will show myself to them.’ 22 Then Judas spoke. ‘Lord’, he said, ‘why do you plan to show yourself only to us? Why not also to the world?’ The Judas who spoke those words was not Judas Iscariot. 23 Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. We will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. The words you hear me say are not my own. They belong to the Father who sent me. 25 ‘I have spoken all these things while I am still with you. 26 But the Father will send the Friend in my name to help you. The Friend is the Holy Spirit. He will teach you all things. He will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 I leave my peace with you. I give my peace to you. I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be troubled. And do not be afraid. 28 ‘You heard me say, “I am going away. And I am coming back to you.” If you loved me, you would be glad I am going to the Father. The Father is greater than I am. 29 I have told you now before it happens. Then when it does happen, you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you. The prince of this world is coming. He has no power over me. 31 But he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father. They must also learn that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me to do. ‘Come now. Let us leave.

الكتاب المقدس

يسوع يعزي تلاميذه

1 «لا تَضْطَرِبْ قُلُوبُكُمْ. أَنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ، فَآمِنُوا بِي أَيْضاً. 2 فِي بَيْتِ أَبِي مَنَازِلُ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَلَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الأَمْرُ كَذلِكَ لَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ! فَإِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ لأُعِدَّ لَكُمْ مَكَاناً. 3 وَبَعْدَمَا أَذْهَبُ وَأُعِدُّ لَكُمُ الْمَكَانَ أَعُودُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَآخُذُكُمْ إِلَيَّ، لِتَكُونُوا حَيْثُ أَكُونُ أَنَا. 4 أَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَيْنَ أَنَا ذَاهِبٌ، وَتَعْرِفُونَ الطَّرِيقَ». 5 فَقَالَ تُومَا: «يَا سَيِّدُ، لَا نَعْرِفُ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ، فَكَيْفَ نَعْرِفُ الطَّرِيقَ؟»

يسوع هو الطريق إلى الآب

6 فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أَنَا هُوَ الطَّرِيقُ وَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَيَاةُ. لَا يَأْتِي أَحَدٌ إِلَى الآبِ إِلّا بِي. 7 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمُونِي، فَقَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ أَبِي أَيْضاً، وَمُنْذُ الآنَ تَعْرِفُونَهُ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ». 8 فَقَالَ لَهُ فِيلِبُّسُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَرِنَا الآبَ وَكَفَانَا!» 9 فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «مَضَتْ هذِهِ الْمُدَّةُ الطَّوِيلَةُ وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَمْ تَعْرِفْنِي يَا فِيلِبُّسُ؟ الَّذِي رَآنِي رَأَى الآبَ، فَكَيْفَ تَقُولُ: أَرِنَا الآبَ؟ 10 أَلا تُؤْمِنُ أَنِّي أَنَا فِي الآبِ، وَأَنَّ الآبَ فِيَّ؟ الْكَلامُ الَّذِي أَقُولُهُ لَا أَقُولُهُ مِنْ عِنْدِي، وَإِنَّمَا الآبُ الْحَالُّ فِيَّ هُوَ يَعْمَلُ أَعْمَالَهُ هذِهِ. 11 صَدِّقُوا قَوْلِي: إِنِّيِ أَنَا فِي الآبِ وَإِنَّ الآبَ فِيَّ، وَإلَّا فَصَدِّقُونِي بِسَبَبِ تِلْكَ الأَعْمَالِ. 12 الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِي يَعْمَلُ الأَعْمَالَ الَّتِي أَنَا أَعْمَلُهَا، بَلْ يَعْمَلُ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهَا، لأَنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَى أَبِي. 13 فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَطْلُبُونَهُ بِاسْمِي أَفْعَلُهُ لَكُمْ، لِيَتَمَجَّدَ الآبُ فِي الاِبْنِ. 14 إِنْ طَلَبْتُمْ شَيْئاً بِاسْمِي، فَإِنِّي أَفْعَلُهُ.

الوعد بالروح القدس

15 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَنِي فَاعْمَلُوا بِوَصَايَايَ. 16 وَسَوْفَ أَطْلُبُ مِنَ الآبِ أَنْ يُعْطِيَكُمْ مُعِيناً آخَرَ يَبْقَى مَعَكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، 17 وَهُوَ رُوحُ الْحَقِّ، الَّذِي لَا يَقْدِرُ الْعَالَمُ أَنْ يَتَقَبَّلَهُ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَرَاهُ وَلا يَعْرِفُهُ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَعْرِفُونَهُ لأَنَّهُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، وَسَيَكُونُ فِي دَاخِلِكُمْ. 18 لَنْ أَتْرُكَكُمْ يَتَامَى، بَلْ سَأَعُودُ إِلَيْكُمْ. 19 بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ لَا يَرَانِي الْعَالَمُ. أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ تَرَوْنَنِي. وَلأَنِّي أَنَا حَيٌّ، فَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً سَتَحْيَوْنَ. 20 فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا فِي أَبِي، وَأَنْتُمْ فِيَّ، وَأَنَا فِيكُمْ. 21 مَنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ وَصَايَايَ، وَيَعْمَلُ بِها، فَذَاكَ يُحِبُّنِي. وَالَّذِي يُحِبُّنِي، يُحِبُّهُ أَبِي، وَأَنَا أُحِبُّهُ وأُعْلِنُ لَهُ ذَاتِي». 22 فَسَأَلَهُ يَهُوذَا، غَيْرُ الإِسْخَرْيُوطِيِّ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، مَاذَا جَرَى حَتَّى تُعْلِنَ لَنَا ذَاتَكَ وَلا تُعْلِنَهَا لِلْعَالَمِ؟» 23 أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «مَنْ يُحِبَّنِي يَعْمَلْ بِكَلِمَتِي، وَيُحِبَّهُ أَبِي، وَإِلَيْهِ نَأْتِي، وَعِنْدَهُ نَجْعَلُ لَنَا مَنْزِلاً. 24 وَالَّذِي لَا يُحِبُّنِي لَا يَعْمَلُ بِكَلامِي. وَهَذَا الْكَلامُ الَّذِي تَسْمَعُونَهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ عِنْدِي، بَلْ مِنَ الآبِ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي، 25 وَقَدْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ هذِهِ الأُمُورَ وَأَنَا مَازِلْتُ عِنْدَكُمْ. 26 وَأَمَّا الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ، الْمُعِينُ الَّذِي سَيُرْسِلُهُ الآبُ بِاسْمِي، فَإِنَّهُ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، وَيُذَكِّرُكُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا قُلْتُهُ لَكُمْ. 27 سَلاماً أَتْرُكُ لَكُمْ. سَلامِي أُعْطِيكُمْ. لَيْسَ كَمَا يُعْطِي الْعَالَمُ أُعْطِيكُمْ أَنَا. فَلا تَضْطَرِبْ قُلُوبُكُمْ، وَلا تَرْتَعِبْ. 28 سَمِعْتُمْ أَنِّي قُلْتُ لَكُمْ: إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ عَنْكُمْ ثُمَّ أَعُودُ إِلَيْكُمْ. فَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَنِي، لَكُنْتُمْ تَبْتَهِجُونَ لأَنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَى الآبِ، لأَنَّ الآبَ أَعْظَمُ مِنِّي. 29 هَا قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِالأَمْرِ قَبْلَ حُدُوثِهِ، حَتَّى مَتَى حَدَثَ تُؤْمِنُونَ. 30 لَنْ أُكَلِّمَكُمْ كَثِيراً بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ سَيِّدَ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ قَادِمٌ عَلَيَّ، وَلا شَيْءَ لَهُ فِيَّ. 31 إِلّا أَنَّ هَذَا سَيَحْدُثُ لِيَعْرِفَ الْعَالَمُ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ الآبَ، وَأَنِّي مِثْلَمَا أَوْصَانِي الآبُ هكَذَا أَفْعَلُ. قُومُوا! لِنَذْهَبْ مِنْ هُنَا!