1 “These
things have I told you, so
that you should not be offended.
2 “They shall put
you out of the shuls: yes, the time comes, that whoever takes it upon
himself to kill you will think he’s doing HaShem a service.
3 “They will do
such things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 “But these
things I have told you, that when these times come, you may remember
that I told you of them. I didn’t tell you these things at the
beginning; for I was with you.
5 “But now, I
go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks me where I go;
6 “And because
I’ve said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.
7 “Nevertheless, I
tell you the truth: it’s expedient for you that I go away: for if I do
not go, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send
him unto you.
8
“And when he is come, he will reprove the
world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:
9
“Of sin, because they don’t believe on me;
10
“Of righteousness, because I go to my Father
and you will see me no longer;
11 “Of judgment,
because the ruler of this world is judged.
12 “I
have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
13 “However, when
he, the Breath of Holiness, is come, he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself, but whatever he shall hear in the
Father, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come.
14 “He
will glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and will show it unto
you.
15 “All things that the
Father has are mine; for this reason I said that he shall take of mine,
and shall show it unto you.
16 “A little while, and
you shall not see me; and, again, a little while, and you shall see me;
because I go to the Father.”
17 Some of his disciples reasoned, “What is this he says to us, ‘A
little while, and you shall not see me; and, again, a little while, and
you shall see me, because I go to the Father?’
18 “What
does he mean, ‘a little while’? We can’t understand what he’s saying.”
19 Yahushua knew what
they wanted to ask, and Y’shua said to them, “Do you question among
yourselves about what I said, ‘A little while, and you shall not see me:
and, again, a little while, and you shall see me?’
20 “Truly, I
say unto you, truly, that you will weep and lament, but the world shall
rejoice; and although you shall be full of sorrow, your sorrow shall be
turned into joy.
21 “A woman,
when she is subject to the travail of giving birth, has sorrow because
her hour has come upon her; but as soon as she is delivered of the child
she carries, she doesn’t remember the anguish, because of her joy that a
child is born into the world.
22 “In like manner, you now have sorrow; but I will see you
again, and your hearts shall rejoice in the hour of birth; and nobody
will deprive you of your joy.
23 “When that day is come, you shall ask me nothing. Truly! Truly, I
say to you that whatever you shall ask the Father when you have taken
your positions in me, he will give it you.
24 “Until now, you
have asked nothing positioned as me. Ask, and you shall receive, that
your joy may be full.
25 “I’ve spoken these
things to you in proverbs, but the time comes when I shall no longer
speak to you in proverbs, but will show you plainly the will of the
Father.
26 “In
that day, you shall ask, positioned as me; and I don’t say to you that I
will pray to the Father for you;
27 “For the Father, himself, loves you because you have loved me,
and because you have believed that I came forth from HaShem.
28 “I came
forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again: I leave
the world and go to the Father.”
29 His
disciples said to him “Now you speak plainly. This is no proverb.
30 “Because you
have said this, we are convinced that you know all things and have no
need to receive the petitions of any man. By this we believe that you
came forth from HaShem.” 31
Loving them, Y’shua asked, “Do you now believe?
32
“Behold! The hour approaches, and is already come, that you shall be
scattered: every man of you will be left to his own devices; and you
will leave me to suffer that which shall befall me. And yet, I am not
alone; because the Father is with me.
33 “These things I
have spoken to you, so that, in me, you might find peace. In the world,
you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer; for I have overcome
the world.”
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