15/09/2023
John 17:1-8
[1]These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Maneno hayo aliyasema Yesu; akainua macho yake kuelekea mbinguni, akasema, Baba, saa imekwisha kufika. Mtukuze Mwanao, ili Mwana wako naye akutukuze wewe;
[2]As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
k**a vile ulivyompa mamlaka juu ya wote wenye mwili, ili kwamba wote uliompa awape uzima wa milele.
[3]And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Na uzima wa milele ndio huu, Wakujue wewe, Mungu wa pekee wa kweli, na Yesu Kristo uliyemtuma.
[4]I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Mimi nimekutukuza duniani, hali nimeimaliza kazi ile uliyonipa niifanye.
[5]And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Na sasa, Baba, unitukuze mimi pamoja nawe, kwa utukufu ule niliokuwa nao pamoja nawe kabla ya ulimwengu kuwako.
[6]I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Jina lako nimewadhihirishia watu wale ulionipa katika ulimwengu; walikuwa wako, ukanipa mimi, na neno lako wamelishika.
[7]Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
Sasa wamejua ya kuwa yote uliyonipa yatoka kwako.
[8]For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Kwa kuwa maneno uliyonipa nimewapa wao; nao wakayapokea, wakajua hakika ya kuwa nalitoka kwako, wakasadiki ya kwamba wewe ndiwe uliyenituma.