1 Laat julle hart nie ontsteld word nie; glo in God, glo ook in My.

2 In die huis van my Vader is daar baie wonings; as dit nie so was nie, sou Ek dit vir julle gesê het. Ek gaan om vir julle plek te berei.

3 En as Ek gegaan en vir julle plek berei het, kom Ek weer en sal julle na My toe neem, sodat julle ook kan wees waar Ek is.

4 En waar Ek heengaan, weet julle en die weg ken julle.

5 Thomas sê vir Hom: Here, ons weet nie waar U gaan nie, en hoe kan ons die weg ken?

6 Jesus antwoord hom: Ek is die weg en die waarheid en die lewe; niemand kom na die Vader behalwe deur My nie.

7 As julle My geken het, sou julle my Vader ook geken het, en van nou af ken julle Hom en het julle Hom gesien.

8 Filippus sê vir Hom: Here, toon ons die Vader, en dit is vir ons genoeg.

9 Jesus sê vir hom: Ek is so lankal by julle, en het jy My nie geken nie, Filippus? Hy wat My gesien het, het die Vader gesien. En hoe sê jy: Toon ons die Vader?

10 Glo jy nie dat Ek in die Vader is en die Vader in My nie? Die woorde wat Ek tot julle spreek, spreek Ek nie uit Myself nie; maar die Vader wat in My bly, Hy doen die werke.

11 Glo My dat Ek in die Vader is, en die Vader in My; of anders, glo My ter wille van die werke self.

12 Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, wie in My glo -- die werke wat Ek doen, sal hy ook doen; en hy sal groter werke doen as dit, omdat Ek na my Vader gaan.

13 En wat julle ook al in my Naam mag vra, dit sal Ek doen, sodat die Vader in die Seun verheerlik kan word.

14 As julle iets in my Naam vra, sal Ek dit doen.

15 As julle My liefhet, bewaar my gebooie.

16 En Ek sal die Vader bid, en Hy sal julle 'n ander Trooster gee om by julle te bly tot in ewigheid:

17 die Gees van die waarheid wat die wêreld nie kan ontvang nie, omdat dit Hom nie sien en Hom nie ken nie; maar julle ken Hom, omdat Hy by julle bly en in julle sal wees.

18 Ek sal julle nie as wese agterlaat nie; Ek kom weer na julle toe.

19 Nog 'n klein tydjie, en die wêreld sien My nie meer nie; maar julle sien My, omdat Ek lewe en julle sal lewe.

20 In die dag sal julle weet dat Ek in my Vader is, en julle in My, en Ek in julle.

21 Wie my gebooie het en die bewaar, dit is hy wat My liefhet; en wie My liefhet, hom sal my Vader liefhê, en Ek sal hom liefhê en My aan hom openbaar.

22 Judas, nie die Isk riot nie, sê vir Hom: Here, hoe is dit dat U aan ons U sal openbaar en nie aan die wêreld nie?

23 Jesus antwoord en sê vir hom: As iemand My liefhet, sal hy my woord bewaar, en my Vader sal hom liefhê, en Ons sal na hom toe kom en by hom woning maak.

24 Hy wat My nie liefhet nie, bewaar my woorde nie; en die woord wat julle hoor, is nie myne nie, maar is van die Vader wat My gestuur het.

25 Dit het Ek tot julle gespreek terwyl Ek by julle bly;

26 maar die Trooster, die Heilige Gees, wat die Vader in my Naam sal stuur, Hy sal julle alles leer en sal julle herinner aan alles wat Ek vir julle gesê het.

27 Vrede laat Ek vir julle na, my vrede gee Ek aan julle; nie soos die wêreld gee, gee Ek aan julle nie. Laat julle hart nie ontsteld word en bang wees nie.

28 Julle het gehoor dat Ek aan julle gesê het: Ek gaan weg en Ek kom weer na julle toe. As julle My liefgehad het, sou julle bly wees dat Ek gesê het: Ek gaan na my Vader, omdat my Vader groter is as Ek.

29 En nou het Ek dit aan julle gesê voordat dit gebeur, sodat julle kan glo wanneer dit gebeur.

30 Ek sal nie veel meer met julle spreek nie; want die owerste van hierdie wêreld kom en het aan My niks nie.

31 Maar dat die wêreld kan weet dat Ek die Vader liefhet en doen net soos die Vader My beveel het -- staan op, laat ons hiervandaan weggaan.

1 Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.

2 In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

4 And you all have knowledge of where I am going, and of the way to it.

5 Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?

6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

7 If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.

8 Philip said to him, Lord, let us see the Father, and we have need of nothing more.

9 Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

10 Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

11 Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do.

12 Truly I say to you, He who puts his faith in me will do the very works which I do, and he will do greater things than these, because I am going to my Father.

13 And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.

14 If you make any request to me in my name, I will do it.

15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

17 Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.

18 I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you.

19 A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

20 At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.

21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?

23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.

25 I have said all this to you while I am still with you.

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.

27 May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

28 Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

29 And now I have given you word of it before it comes, so that, when it comes, you may have faith.

30 After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me;

31 But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.