John · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
John 16 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Les he dicho estas cosas para que no tropiecen.
1 “I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
2 Los expulsarán de las sinagogas. Aun viene la hora cuando cualquiera que los mate pensará que ofrece servicio a Dios.
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
3 Harán estas cosas porque no han conocido al Padre ni a mí.
3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
4 Pero les he dicho estas cosas para que, cuando llegue la hora, recuerden que yo se las dije. No se las dije desde el principio, porque yo estaba con ustedes.
4 But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
5 Pero ahora voy al que me envió, y ninguno de ustedes me pregunta: ¿A dónde vas?
5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
6 Más bien, porque les he dicho estas cosas, la tristeza ha llenado su corazón.
6 But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
7 Pero les digo la verdad: les conviene que yo me vaya. Porque si no me voy, el Ayudador no vendrá a ustedes; pero si me voy, se lo enviaré.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
8 Cuando él venga, convencerá al mundo de pecado, de justicia y de juicio:
8 When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
9 de pecado, porque no creen en mí;
9 about sin, because they don’t believe in me;
10 de justicia, porque voy al Padre y ustedes no me verán más;
10 about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
11 y de juicio, porque el príncipe de este mundo ya ha sido juzgado.
11 about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
12 Todavía tengo muchas cosas que decirles, pero ahora no las pueden soportar.
12 “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
13 Pero cuando venga el Espíritu de verdad, él los guiará a toda la verdad. Porque no hablará por su propia cuenta, sino que hablará todo lo que oiga, y les hará saber las cosas que han de venir.
13 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
14 Él me glorificará, porque tomará de lo mío y se lo hará saber a ustedes.
14 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will declare it to you.
15 Todo lo que tiene el Padre es mío. Por eso dije que tomará de lo mío y se lo hará saber a ustedes.
15 All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
16 Un poco de tiempo, y no me verán; y otra vez, un poco de tiempo, y me verán, porque voy al Padre.
16 “A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
17 Entonces algunos de sus discípulos se dijeron unos a otros: ¿Qué es esto que nos dice: Un poco de tiempo, y no me verán; y otra vez, un poco de tiempo, y me verán; y: porque voy al Padre?
17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
18 Decían, pues: ¿Qué significa esto de un poco de tiempo? No entendemos lo que dice.
18 They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
19 Jesús sabía que querían preguntarle, y les dijo: ¿Están preguntándose entre ustedes acerca de lo que dije: Un poco de tiempo, y no me verán; y otra vez, un poco de tiempo, y me verán?
19 Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
20 De cierto, de cierto les digo que ustedes llorarán y se lamentarán, pero el mundo se alegrará. Ustedes estarán tristes, pero su tristeza se convertirá en gozo.
20 Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
21 Cuando una mujer da a luz, tiene dolor, porque ha llegado su hora. Pero cuando ha nacido el niño, ya no se acuerda de la angustia, por el gozo de que haya nacido una persona en el mundo.
21 A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
22 Así también ustedes ahora tienen tristeza; pero los veré otra vez, y su corazón se alegrará, y nadie les quitará su gozo.
22 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
23 En aquel día no me preguntarán nada. De cierto, de cierto les digo que todo lo que pidan al Padre en mi nombre, él se lo dará.
23 “In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24 Hasta ahora no han pedido nada en mi nombre. Pidan, y recibirán, para que su gozo sea completo.
24 Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
25 Estas cosas les he hablado en comparaciones. Viene la hora cuando ya no les hablaré en comparaciones, sino que les hablaré claramente acerca del Padre.
25 “I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
26 En aquel día pedirán en mi nombre. Y no les digo que yo rogaré al Padre por ustedes,
26 In that day you will ask in my name; and I don’t say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,
27 porque el Padre mismo los ama, porque ustedes me han amado y han creído que yo salí de Dios.
27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
28 Salí del Padre y he venido al mundo. Otra vez dejo el mundo y voy al Padre.
28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
29 Sus discípulos le dijeron: Ahora hablas claramente y no usas ninguna comparación.
29 His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.
30 Ahora sabemos que sabes todas las cosas, y no necesitas que nadie te pregunte. Por esto creemos que saliste de Dios.
30 Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”
31 Jesús les respondió: ¿Ahora creen?
31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
32 Miren, viene la hora, y ya ha llegado, cuando serán dispersados, cada uno a lo suyo, y me dejarán solo. Pero no estoy solo, porque el Padre está conmigo.
32 Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 Estas cosas les he hablado para que en mí tengan paz. En el mundo tendrán aflicción; pero tengan ánimo. Yo he vencido al mundo.
33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 2:8; Matthew 13:21; Matthew 26:31–33; John 15:18–27; Matthew 24:10
- 2 John 9:22; Acts 26:9–11; Romans 10:2–3; Acts 22:3–4; Matthew 10:28
- 3 John 15:21; John 17:25; John 8:19; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
- 4 John 14:29; Mark 13:23; John 13:19; John 17:12–13; Matthew 9:15
- 5 John 13:36; John 7:33; John 16:28; Ephesians 4:7–11; John 14:4–6
- 6 Luke 24:17; John 20:11–15; Luke 22:45; John 16:20–22; John 14:1
- 7 John 14:26; John 14:16–17; John 15:26; Acts 2:33; John 7:39
- 8 Jude 15; Acts 2:37; Zechariah 12:10; Acts 16:29–30; John 8:9
- 9 John 15:22–25; John 12:47–48; John 8:23–24; Mark 16:16; Hebrews 3:12
- 10 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 3:18; Romans 10:3–4; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Timothy 3:16
- 11 John 12:31; 1 John 3:8; Colossians 2:15; Hebrews 2:14; John 14:30
- 12 Mark 4:33; John 15:15; 1 Corinthians 3:1–2; Acts 1:3; Hebrews 5:11–14
- 13 John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10–13; John 14:17; John 15:26; 1 John 2:27
- 14 1 John 4:13–14; 2 Corinthians 3:14–18; John 15:26; Revelation 19:10; 1 Corinthians 12:3
- 15 John 17:10; Matthew 11:27; John 3:35; Luke 10:22; Colossians 1:19
- 16 John 7:33; Acts 10:40–41; John 16:22; John 14:18–24; John 16:28
- 17 John 16:16; Mark 9:32; John 16:5; John 14:5; John 16:19
- 18 Luke 24:25; Hebrews 5:12; Matthew 16:9–11
- 19 John 14:19; John 16:16; John 16:30; John 13:33; Hebrews 4:13
- 20 James 1:2; Matthew 5:4; Revelation 7:14–17; Psalm 126:5–6; Mark 16:10
- 21 Isaiah 13:8; Psalm 113:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 30:6–7; Isaiah 26:16–18
- 22 1 Peter 1:8; Acts 13:52; John 16:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; 1 Peter 4:13–14
- 23 John 15:7; John 14:13–14; Matthew 21:22; Isaiah 65:24; 1 John 5:14–16
- 24 Matthew 7:7–8; James 4:2–3; John 15:11; John 16:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
- 25 John 16:12; Mark 4:13; John 10:6; John 16:28–29; Matthew 13:34–35
- 26 Romans 8:34; John 17:9; John 17:24; John 17:19; John 16:23
- 27 John 14:23; John 14:21; John 17:23; John 8:42; 1 John 4:19
- 28 John 13:1; John 13:3; John 8:14; John 14:28; John 17:5
- 29 John 16:25
- 30 John 21:17; John 17:8; Hebrews 4:13; John 16:17; John 16:27–28
- 31 Luke 9:44–45; John 13:38
- 32 Zechariah 13:7; Matthew 26:31; John 8:29; Mark 14:27; John 8:16
- 33 John 14:27; 1 John 5:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; 1 John 4:4; Philippians 4:7
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