eng: merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;

aka: Obiara ntɔ sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ, aboɔden abo ne nhene pa, nwera pa ne ɔtamkɔkɔɔ ne sirikyi ne tamkɔkɔɔ, ne nnua a ɛyɛ huam nyinaa ne asonse adwinne nyinaa, adwinne a wɔde nnua a ne bo yɛ den ayɛ, asanka ne dade ne abohemaa,


eng: and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls.

aka: ne pɛprɛ ne mmorɔngo, nnuhuam ne kurobow, huamfufu ne nsa ne ngo, asikresiam muhumuhu ne awi, nyɛmmoa ne nguan ne apɔnkɔ ne nteaseɛnam ne nkoa ne nnipa akra.


eng: “Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”

aka: “Muntie! Mereba te sɛ ɔkorɔmfo. Nhyira ne nea ɔwɛn na ɔhwɛ ne ntade so, sɛnea ɔrennantew adagyaw ngu ne ho anim ase wɔ bagua mu!”


eng: He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, “Harmagedon”.

aka: Ahonhom no boaa ahene no ano wɔ baabi a Hebri kasa mu no wɔfrɛ hɔ Armagedon.


eng: When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,

aka: Saa ateasefo baanan no to nnwom de hyɛ nea ɔte ahengua no so a ɔte hɔ daa daa no anuonyam, de ma no nidi, da no ase. Sɛ wɔyɛ saa a,


eng: the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,

aka: mpanyimfo aduonu anan no butubutuw nea ɔte ahengua no so no anim som nea ɔte hɔ daa daa no. Wɔtow wɔn ahenkyɛw gu ahengua no anim ka se:


eng: The first creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

aka: Na ɔteasefo a odi kan no te sɛ gyata; nea ɔto so abien no te sɛ nantwi ba; nea ɔto so abiɛsa no anim te sɛ onipa; na nea ɔto so anan no te sɛ ɔkɔre a ɔretu.


eng: The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”

aka: Na ateasefo baanan no mu biara wɔ ntaban asia a ani tuatua akyi ne anim nyinaa. Anadwo ne awia nyinaa na wɔto dwom se, “Kronkron, Kronkron ne Awurade Nyankopɔn Tumfo a ɔtenaa hɔ na ɔwɔ hɔ na ɔrebɛba no.”


eng: I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

aka: Me mma, merekyerɛw mo, efisɛ esiane Kristo din nti, wɔde mo bɔne akyɛ mo.


eng: I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

aka: Agyanom, merekyerɛw mo, efisɛ munim nea ɔte ase fi mfiase no. Mmabun, merekyerɛw mo, efisɛ moadi ɔbonsam so.


eng: For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

aka: Wɔka ahantansɛm ne nkwaseasɛm na wɔnam wɔn honam akɔnnɔ ho nnaadaa so twetwe wɔn a wɔatwe wɔn ho afi nnebɔneyɛfo ho no.


eng: promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.

aka: Wɔhyɛ wɔn ahofadi ho bɔ wɔ bere a wɔn ankasa yɛ bɔne nkoa efisɛ onipa yɛ biribiara a edi no so no akoa.


eng: and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way,

aka: Onyankopɔn buu Sodom ne Gomora fɔ de ogya sɛee wɔn, de bɔɔ wɔn a wonsuro Onyankopɔn no kɔkɔ.


eng: and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked

aka: Ogyee Lot a ɔyɛ ɔtreneeni no fii nnipa nnebɔneyɛfo nsam.


eng: (for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),

aka: Na saa ɔtreneeni no te saa nnipa nnebɔneyɛfo no mu; na afide a na saa nnipa no yɛ no adekyee ne adesae no haw no yiye.


eng: For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

aka: Yɛwɔ hɔ bi na Agya Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ no anuonyam bere a nne bi fii Anuonyam kɛse mu kae se, “Oyi ne me Dɔba a ɔsɔ mʼani!” no.


eng: We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

aka: Yɛn ankasa tee nne no sɛ efi ɔsoro reba bere a na yɛne no wɔ Bepɔw Kronkron no so no.


eng: and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness;

aka: na momfa ahohyɛso nka mo nimdeɛ ho; na momfa boasetɔ nka mo ahohyɛso ho; na momfa nyamesom pa nka mo boasetɔ ho;


eng: and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

aka: na momfa onuadɔ nka nyamesom pa ho, na momfa ɔdɔ ankasa nka onuadɔ ho.


eng: Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing,

aka: Mommfa nneɛma foforo bi nkeka mo ho mma mo ho nyɛ fɛ; sɛ ɛyɛ ɔkwan a mofa so kyekyere mo ti, anaa adwinne a mode siesie mo ho, anaa ntama a mufura.


eng: but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.

aka: Momfa odwo ne ahobrɛase nkyerɛ mo ahoɔfɛ a ɛyɛ komamtew no. Saa ahoɔfɛ yi kyɛ na ɛsɔ Onyankopɔn ani.


eng: Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

aka: Afi mu asomfo nso, mommrɛ mo ho ase mma mo wuranom, na munnni wɔn a wɔn yam ye na wɔn tirim yɛ mmrɛw no nko ni, na wɔn a wɔn tirim yɛ den nso, munni wɔn ni.


eng: For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

aka: Sɛ motɔ mo bo ase tena saa ɔyaw a ɛmfata yi mu a, Onyankopɔn behyira mo, efisɛ munim ne pɛ.


eng: who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,

aka: Ansa na wɔrebɔ wiase no, na Onyankopɔn ayi no na mo nti na nna a edi akyiri no wɔdaa no adi no.


eng: who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

aka: Ɛnam ne so na mugyee Onyankopɔn a onyan no fii awufo mu na ɔmaa no anuonyam no dii. Ɛnam so ama mo gyidi ne mo anidaso ase atim wɔ Onyankopɔn mu no.


eng: knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

aka: Efisɛ munim bo a wotua de gyee mo fii abrabɔ bɔne a mo nananom kyerɛɛ mo no mu. Ɛnyɛ ade a ɛhwere ne bo a ɛsom te sɛ dwetɛ anaa sikakɔkɔɔ no.


eng: but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,

aka: Kristo a ɔte sɛ oguamma a onni dɛm no de ne ho bɔɔ afɔre a ne bo yɛ den ma munyaa ahofadi.


eng: Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

aka: Saa nkwagye yi na adiyifo no de boasetɔ hwehwɛɛ mu, hyɛɛ saa akyɛde yi a Onyankopɔn de bɛma mo no ho nkɔm.


eng: searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow them.

aka: Wɔpɛɛ sɛ wohu bere no ne ɔkwan a ɛnam so bɛba. Saa bere yi ne bere a Kristo Honhom a ɛte wɔn mu no rekyerɛ wɔ nkɔmhyɛ a ɛfa Kristo amanehunu a ɔbɛfa mu ne anuonyam a ebedi akyi no ho.


eng: whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

aka: Ɛwɔ mu sɛ munhu Yesu de, nanso modɔ no. Munhu no mprempren de, nanso mugye no di. Anigye a moanya no boro so,


eng: receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

aka: efisɛ mo nsa renka gyidi so mfaso a ɛyɛ mo kra nkwagye no.


eng: Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

aka: Me nuanom, sɛ mo mu bi guan fi nokware ho na ɔfoforo de no ba bio a,


eng: let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

aka: monkae sɛ, nea ɔdan ɔdebɔneyɛni fi nʼakwammɔne ho no gye no nkwa fi owu mu ma wɔde ne bɔne dodow no nyinaa kyɛ no.


eng: Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

aka: Me nuanom, montɔ mo bo ase nkosi sɛ Awurade bɛba. Monhwɛ sɛnea okuafo nya boasetɔ twɛn asusow bere.


eng: You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

aka: Ɛsɛ sɛ mo nso motɔ mo bo ase. Momma mo anidaso mu nyɛ den, efisɛ da a Awurade bɛba no abɛn.


eng: You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

aka: Mo asetena wɔ asase so ha yɛ afɛfɛde ne anigye. Moadɔ srade ama okum da.


eng: You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.

aka: Moabu nea ɔnnsɔre ntia mo no na onni fɔ no kumfɔ akum no.


eng: Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

aka: Mo ahonya no aporɔw na nwewee awe mo ntama.


eng: Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

aka: Mo sika ne mo dwetɛ agye nkannare na saa nkannare no bedi adanse atia mo, na ahyew mo honam sɛ ogya. Moahyehyɛ agyapade wɔ nna a edi akyiri no mu.


eng: For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

aka: Asɛm a ɛsɛ sɛ moka ne se, “Sɛ Awurade pɛ a, yɛbɛyɛ eyi anaa eyi.”


eng: But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

aka: Nanso mprempren mohoahoa mo ho de mo nsa si mo bo. Saa ahohoahoa no nyinaa yɛ bɔne.


eng: Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

aka: Enti momfa mo ho nhyɛ Onyankopɔn ase. Munsiw ɔbonsam kwan, na obeguan afi mo ho.


eng: Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

aka: Mommɛn Onyankopɔn, na ɔno nso bɛbɛn mo. Monhohoro mo nsa ho, mo nnebɔneyɛfo! Montew mo koma mu, mo a mo adwene yɛ ntanta!


eng: But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

aka: Na sɛ mowɔ nitan, mansotwe ne pɛsɛmenkominya wɔ mo koma mu a, ɛno de ɛnsɛ sɛ mohoahoa mo ho, na mofa so ka nkontompo tia nokware.


eng: This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

aka: Saa nyansa yi mfi ɔsoro na ɛbae. Ɛyɛ wiase nyansa na ɛyɛ honhommɔne nso.


eng: Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

aka: Yɛde nnareka to ɔpɔnkɔ anom sɛnea obetie yɛn na yɛatumi ama wakɔ baabiara a yɛpɛ sɛ ɔkɔ.


eng: Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

aka: Anaasɛ dwene hyɛn ho; sɛnea ne kɛse te a mframa a ano yɛ den na ɛbɔ no, nanso wotumi de sitia ketewaa bi na ɛdannan no ma ɛkɔ baabi a hyɛnkafo no pɛ sɛ ɛkɔ no.


eng: So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

aka: Saa ara na tɛkrɛma te; sua a esua nyinaa akyi no, etumi hoahoa ne ho. Hwɛ sɛnea ogya ketewaa bi si tumi hyew kwae kɛse.


eng: Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

aka: Me nuanom, ɛnyɛ mo nyinaa na ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ mo ho akyerɛkyerɛfo, efisɛ munim sɛ yɛn akyerɛkyerɛfo de, sɛ yɛfom a, wobebu yɛn atɛn a mu yɛ den sen afoforo.


eng: For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

aka: Yɛn nyinaa taa yɛ mfomso. Onipa a ɔnyɛ mfomso wɔ nea ɔka mu no yɛ pɛ a obetumi ahyɛ ne nipadua no so.


eng: But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

aka: Ɔkwasea! Wopɛ sɛ wɔka kyerɛ wo sɛ gyidi a nneyɛe mmata ho no so nni mfaso ana?


eng: Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

aka: Ɛyɛɛ dɛn na Onyankopɔn buu Abraham bem? Ɛnam ne nneyɛe so sɛ ɔde ne ba Isak maa wɔ afɔremuka so no.


eng: You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.

aka: Wuhu sɛ ne gyidi ne ne nneyɛe nyinaa redi dwuma na ne nneyɛe no maa ne gyidi no dii mu.


eng: So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.

aka: Na Kyerɛwsɛm no baa mu se, Abraham gyee Onyankopɔn dii na esiane ne gyidi no nti, Onyankopɔn gyee no sɛ ɔtreneeni. Enti wɔfrɛ Abraham Onyankopɔn adamfo.


eng: and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”

aka: Sɛ wode nidi ma nea wasiesie ne ho yiye no, na woka kyerɛ no se, “Tena saa akongua pa yi so,” na woka kyerɛ ohiani no nso se, “Sɔre gyina hɔ anaa tena fam wɔ me nan ase ha” a,


eng: haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

aka: wudi fɔ sɛ wugyina atemmu a efi adwemmɔne mu de nyiyimu abɛto mo mu no ho.


eng: For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;

aka: Obiara a otie asɛm no na ɔmfa nni dwuma no te sɛ obi a ɔhwɛ ahwehwɛ mu, na ohu sɛnea ɔte.


eng: for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

aka: Ɔhwɛ ne ho wɔ ahwehwɛ no mu hu ne ho yiye na sɛ ofi ahwehwɛ no anim ara pɛ a, ne werɛ fi nea ohuu no nyinaa.


eng: But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

aka: Na sɛ worebɔ mpae a, ɛsɛ sɛ wugye di a wunnye ho akyinnye. Obiara a ogye akyinnye no te sɛ po asorɔkye a mframa bɔ no kɔ baabiara a ɛpɛ.


eng: For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

aka: Ɛnsɛ sɛ saa onipa no susuw sɛ obenya biribiara afi Awurade nkyɛn;


eng: He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

aka: nʼadwene yɛ no ntanta a ontumi nsi biribiara pi.


eng: Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

aka: Yɛn de, yɛwɔ nnansefo bebree a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia. Momma yɛntwe yɛn ho mfi akwanside nyinaa ne bɔne a akyekyere yɛn denneennen no nyinaa ho na yɛnyere yɛn ho wɔ mmirikakansi a ɛda yɛn anim no mu.


eng: looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

aka: Momma yɛmfa yɛn ani nto Yesu a yɛn gyidi mfiase ne nʼawie gyina ne so no so. Asennua no nti wampa abaw. Esiane anigye a na ɛretwɛn no no nti, animguasewu a owui wɔ asennua so no anhaw no. Enti mprempren ɔte Onyankopɔn ahengua no nifa so.


eng: For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.

aka: Wɔahu sɛ Yesu fata anuonyam sen Mose, sɛnea onipa a osi ofi nya anuonyam sen ofi no ankasa no.


eng: For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.

aka: Ofi biara obi na osii. Na Onyankopɔn nso na wabɔ nneɛma nyinaa.


eng: But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,

aka: Nanso bere a yɛn Agyenkwa Onyankopɔn ayamye ne ne dɔ daa adi no,


eng: not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

aka: ogyee yɛn nkwa. Ɛnyɛ nnwuma pa bi a yɛayɛ nti, na mmom ɔnam nʼahummɔbɔ so ahohoro yɛn ho, agye yɛn nkwa ama Honhom Kronkron no awo yɛn foforo ama yɛn nkwa foforo.


eng: Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.

aka: Sɛnea Yan ne Yambre ne Mose dii asi no, saa ara nso na saa nnipa yi ne nokware di asi. Wɔyɛ nnipa a wɔn adwene asɛe na wonsi hwee wɔ gyidi mu.


eng: But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

aka: Wonnya nkɔso biara efisɛ obiara behu wɔn kwasea.


eng: For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

aka: Wɔn mu bi kɔ afi mu kɔhyɛ mmea a wɔn bɔne ama wodi fɔ na akɔnnɔ ahorow bebree hyɛ wɔn so no so;


eng: always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

aka: saa mmea no yɛ nnipa a wɔpɛ sɛ wosua nneɛma foforo, nanso wonhu nokware no akyi kwan.


eng: in gentleness correcting those who oppose him. Perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

aka: a sɛ wɔn a wɔne no di asi fom a, ɔtɔ ne bo ase teɛ wɔn, sɛ ebia Onyankopɔn bɛsakra wɔn adwene ama wɔahu nokware no.


eng: and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

aka: Na wɔn adwene mu ada hɔ na wɔaguan afi ɔbonsam a wakyekyere wɔn ama wɔyɛ nʼapɛde no afiri mu.


eng: May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

aka: Awurade nhu Onesiforo fifo mmɔbɔ, efisɛ ɔhyɛɛ me nkuran mpɛn bebree. Nʼani anwu wɔ me ho sɛ mada afiase pɛn,


eng: but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently and found me

aka: na oduu Roma pɛ, na ɔbɔɔ mmɔden hwehwɛɛ me ara kosii sɛ ohuu me.


eng: (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

aka: Awurade mmoa no na da no, onya ahummɔbɔ mfi Awurade no nkyɛn! Wunim akwan ahorow a ɔfaa so boaa me wɔ Efeso.


eng: Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

aka: So nokwasɛm a mekyerɛɛ wo no mu yiye na fa yɛ nhwɛsode, na tena gyidi ne ɔdɔ a ɛyɛ yɛn de wɔ Kristo Yesu mu no mu.


eng: That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

aka: Wɔde ademude a ɛsom bo ahyɛ wo nsa. Fa Honhom Kronkron a ɔte wo mu no mmoa bɔ ho ban.


eng: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

aka: Saa nhoma yi fi Paulo a ɔyɛ Kristo Yesu somafo no nkyɛn. Onyankopɔn ankasa na ɔfrɛɛ me sɛ ɔsomafo, na ɔde nkwa a ɔhyɛ ho bɔ a ɛnam Kristo Yesu mu gyidi so de brɛ mo.


eng: to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

aka: Mede kɔma me dɔba Timoteo: Adom, mmɔborɔhunu ne asomdwoe mfi Agya Nyankopɔn ne yɛn Awurade Kristo Yesu nka wo.


eng: Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,

aka: Timoteo, hwɛ nea wɔde ahyɛ wo nsa no so yiye. Twe wo ho fi ahuhusɛm ne akyinnyehunu a wɔnam atoro so frɛ no “Nimdeɛ” no ho.


eng: which some profess, and thus have wandered from the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.

aka: Nnipa bi gye to mu sɛ wɔwɔ saa nimdeɛ no nam so ahwere gyidi kwan no. Onyankopɔn adom nka mo.


eng: I command you before God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

aka: Meka no Onyankopɔn a ɔma nneɛma nyinaa nkwa no ne Kristo Yesu a ɔkaa nokware wɔ Pontio Pilato anim no hyɛ wo sɛ,


eng: that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

aka: tie mmara a mahyɛ ama wo no na di so pɛpɛɛpɛ kosi da a Yesu Kristo bɛba.


eng: But godliness with contentment is great gain.

aka: Onyamesom pa a abodwo wɔ mu yɛ adenya kɛse.


eng: For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.

aka: Yɛamfa hwee amma wiase. Saa ara nso na yɛremfa hwee nkɔ.


eng: But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

aka: Ɛno nti sɛ yɛwɔ aduan ne ntama a, ɛno nko dɔɔso ma yɛn.


eng: he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

aka: yɛ ɔhantanni a onnim hwee. Ɔyɛ obi a ofi adwemmɔne mu gye akyinnye na ɔka nsɛm a ɛde anibere, akasakasa, kasafi, nnipa ho adwemmɔne


eng: constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

aka: ne mansotwe a efi adwene a emu nnɔ na nokware nni mu mu ba. Wodwen sɛ nyamesom yɛ ɔkwan bi a wɔfa so pɛ sika.


eng: Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.

aka: Nnipa bi bɔne a wɔyɛ no da adi pefee na saa bɔne no di wɔn anim de wɔn kɔ atemmu mu, nanso afoforo bi wɔ hɔ a wɔn bɔne da adi akyiri no.


eng: In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.

aka: Saa ara nso na nneyɛe payɛ no da adi pefee. Na nea ɛnna adi pefee no mpo ntumi nhintaw.


eng: Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

aka: Ka saa mmara yi kyerɛ wɔn na obi annya wo ho mfomso.


eng: But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

aka: Na sɛ obi nhwɛ ne fifo, ne titiriw no, ɔno ara nʼabusuafo a, na wabu ne gyidi so. Sɛ ɛba saa a, ɔyɛ onipa bɔne sen nea onnye nni no.


eng: For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.

aka: Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ɔhonam mu mmɔdemmɔ ho hia de, nanso honhom mu mmɔdemmɔ ho hia wɔ akwan nyinaa mu, efisɛ ɛhyɛ yɛn nnɛ asetena ne daakye asetena ho bɔ.


eng: This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

aka: Eyi yɛ nokwasɛm a ɛsɛ sɛ wogye to mu na wogye di.


eng: forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

aka: Saa nnipa no kyerɛkyerɛ se enye sɛ obi ware, na nnuan bi nso wɔ hɔ a enye sɛ onipa di. Nanso Onyankopɔn bɔɔ saa nnuan no sɛ, sɛ agyidifo a wɔahu nokware no nsa ka na wɔbɔ so mpae a, wotumi di.


eng: For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

aka: Biribiara a Onyankopɔn abɔ no ye. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔpo biribiara, na mmom ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ mpae gu ne nyinaa so.


eng: For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

aka: Efisɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm no ne mpaebɔ tew ho.


eng: one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

aka: Ɛsɛ sɛ otumi hwɛ ne fifo so yiye na otumi ma ne mma yɛ osetie de obu ne nidi ma no.


eng: (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)

aka: Na sɛ obi nnim sɛnea ɔhwɛ ne fi so yiye a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obetumi ahwɛ Onyankopɔn asafo so?


eng: The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

aka: Asafopanyin yɛ obi a mfomso nni ne ho. Ɛsɛ sɛ ne yere yɛ baako. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbrɛ ne ho ase na ɔhyɛ ne ho so yɛ ne biribiara pɛpɛɛpɛ. Ɛsɛ sɛ ogye ahɔho wɔ ne fi na ɔkyerɛkyerɛ nso.


eng: not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

aka: Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔsadweam anaa basabasa, na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbrɛ ne ho ase na ɔpɛ asomdwoe. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ sikaniberefo.


eng: although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

aka: Nanso mmere bi a atwam no, na mekasa tia no, taa no, ka nsɛm a ɛmfata fa ne ho. Onyankopɔn ahu me mmɔbɔ na esiane sɛ na minnye nni nti, na minnim nea mereyɛ.


eng: The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

aka: Yɛn Awurade hwiee nʼadom a ɛdɔɔso no guu me so maa me gyidi ne ɔdɔ a esiane Kristo Yesu nti abɛyɛ yɛn de no.


eng: As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

aka: Mepɛ sɛ motena Efeso sɛnea merekɔ Makedonia no meka kyerɛɛ mo no. Nnipa bi wɔ hɔ a wɔma atoro nkyerɛkyerɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ mohyɛ wɔn ma wogyae.


eng: and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith.

aka: Momma wonnyae adomankomasɛm ne wɔn nenanom din bebrebe a wɔbobɔ no, efisɛ saa nneyɛe no de akyinnye ba. Ɛmmoa Onyankopɔn nhyehyɛe a wɔnam gyidi nko so na wuhu no.


eng: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

aka: Me Paulo, Yesu Kristo somafo nam Onyankopɔn ne yɛn Agyenkwa Kristo Yesu a ɔyɛ yɛn anidaso no hyɛ so kyerɛw,


eng: to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

aka: De rekɔma Timoteo a ɔyɛ me ba kann wɔ gyidi mu no nkyɛn: Agya Onyankopɔn ne Kristo Yesu a ɔyɛ yɛn Awurade no dom, mmɔborɔhunu ne asomdwoe nka mo.


eng: Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion and not after the tradition which they received from us.

aka: Anuanom, yɛhyɛ mo wɔ Awurade Yesu Kristo din mu sɛ, montwe mo ho mfi anuanom a wodi anihaw na wonni mmara a wɔahyɛ ama wɔn no so no ho.


eng: For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

aka: Mo ankasa munim pefee sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ nea yɛyɛe no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ. Bere a na yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn no, yɛanyɛ anihaw.


eng: But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

aka: Anuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ bere biara yɛda Onyankopɔn ase ma mo a Awurade dɔ mo no. Efisɛ ɛnam Honhom no tumi so na Onyankopɔn yii mo sɛ nnipa a mudi kan a wobegye mo nkwa na wɔayɛ mo Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo kronkron wɔ mo gyidi a mowɔ wɔ nokware mu no mu.


eng: to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

aka: Onyankopɔn nam Asɛmpa no so frɛɛ mo sɛnea mo ne Awurade Yesu Kristo bɛtena nʼanuonyam no mu.


eng: Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

aka: Monsɔ biribiara nhwɛ; momfa nea eye.


eng: Abstain from every form of evil.

aka: Na munkyi bɔne biara.


eng: Don’t quench the Spirit.

aka: Monnka Honhom Kronkron no nhyɛ;


eng: Don’t despise prophecies.

aka: munnsi adiyisɛm atwetwe.


eng: For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

aka: Onyankopɔn anyi yɛn sɛ yemmehu amane wɔ nʼabufuw ano, na mmom oyii yɛn sɛ yebenya nkwagye wɔ Awurade Yesu Kristo mu.


eng: who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

aka: Kristo wu maa yɛn, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a sɛ yɛanyan oo, anaa sɛ yɛawu oo, yɛne no bɛtena ase wɔ nkwa mu.


eng: But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

aka: Nanso mo anuanom yi de, monte sum mu nti ɛnsɛ sɛ saa da no fu mo mu sɛ ɔkorɔmfo.


eng: You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,

aka: Mo nyinaa moyɛ hann ne adekyee mma. Yɛnyɛ anadwo ne sum mma.


eng: For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

aka: Awurade nkyerɛkyerɛ a yɛreka akyerɛ mo no ne se, da a Awurade bɛba no, yɛn a yɛte ase yi renni awufo no anim kan.


eng: For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

aka: Awurade no ankasa de ɔhyɛ a ano yɛ den, ɔbɔfo panyin nteɛmu ne Onyankopɔn torobɛnto nnyigye fi ɔsoro bɛba fam. Wɔn a wɔawuwu wɔ Kristo mu no bɛsɔre kan,


eng: that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,

aka: Ɛsɛ sɛ musua sɛnea mohyɛ mo ho so na obiara atumi ne ne yere atena wɔ kronkronyɛ ne anuonyam mu.


eng: not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,

aka: Monntena ase akɔnnɔ anibere so te sɛ abosonsomfo a wonnim Onyankopɔn no.


eng: For this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

aka: Enti yɛn haw ne yɛn amanehunu no mu no, moahyɛ yɛn nkuran,


eng: For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

aka: efisɛ sɛ mugyina pintinn wɔ Awurade mu a, na ɛma yɛn nso yetumi gyina biribiara ano wɔ yɛn asetena mu.


eng: that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

aka: sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔtaa no nti mo mu biara remmɔ hu. Mo ara munim sɛ saa ɔtaa no yɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ a wahyehyɛ ama yɛn.


eng: For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.

aka: Bere a na yɛne mo wɔ hɔ no, yedii kan ka kyerɛɛ mo se wɔbɛtaa yɛn; na sɛnea munim no na aba mu saa pɛpɛɛpɛ no.


eng: Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

aka: Akyiri yi a yehuu sɛ yɛyɛ ho hwee a ɛnyɛ yie no, yɛyɛɛ yɛn adwene sɛ yɛbɛtena Atene.


eng: and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,

aka: Enti yɛsomaa yɛn nua Timoteo a yɛne no yɛ Onyankopɔn adwuma no sɛ ɔnkɔka Asɛmpa a ɛfa Kristo ho mfa mmoa nhyɛ mo gyidi den,


eng: For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

aka: Nanso dɛn ne yɛn anidaso, anigye, anaa ahenkyɛw a ɛbɛma yɛn anuonyam wɔ Awurade Yesu anim bere a ɔbɛsan aba no? Ɛnyɛ mo ana?


eng: For you are our glory and our joy.

aka: Nokware ni, yɛn ahohoahoa ne yɛn ahosɛpɛw gyina mo so.


eng: But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

aka: Anuanom, yɛantumi amma mo nkyɛn wɔ bere tiaa bi mu, nanso bere biara na yɛdwene mo ho. Yɛpɛɛ sɛ yehu mo, na yɛbɔɔ mmɔden biara sɛ yebehyia mo ankasa.


eng: because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.

aka: Yɛpɛɛ sɛ yɛbɛsan aba mo nkyɛn. Me Paulo de, na mepɛ sɛ meba hɔ boro pɛnkoro nanso ɔbonsam siw yɛn ho kwan.


eng: who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,

aka: wokum Awurade Yesu ne adiyifo no de taa yɛn nso. Onyankopɔn ani nsɔ wɔn, na wɔne nnipa di asi bere biara.


eng: forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

aka: Wɔbɔ mmɔden sɛ wobesiw yɛn kwan, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛrentumi nkɔka asɛm a ɛbɛma amanamanmufo no nkwagye nkyerɛ wɔn. Eyi maa wɔn bɔne kɔɔ so daa. Na Onyankopɔn abufuw wɔ wɔn so.


eng: As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

aka: Mo ara munim sɛ yɛne mo tenaa sɛnea agya ne nʼankasa mma tena.


eng: to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

aka: Yɛhyɛɛ mo nkuran; yɛkyekyee mo werɛ na yɛkɔɔ so tuu mo fo sɛ montena ase wɔ ɔkwan a ɛsɔ Onyankopɔn a ɔfrɛ mo wɔ nʼahenni ne nʼanuonyam mu no so.


eng: nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

aka: Sɛ moyɛ Kristo asomafo no nti, anka yɛwɔ ho kwan sɛ yɛpɛ anuonyam fi mo nkyɛn, nanso yemmisaa anuonyam mfii mo anaasɛ onipa foforo bi nkyɛn ɛ.


eng: But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

aka: Yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn no, na yɛne mo te odwo so, sɛnea ɔbeatan kokɔ ne mma.


eng: For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,

aka: Anuanom, mo ankasa munim sɛ sra a yɛbɛsraa mo no anyɛ ɔkwa.


eng: but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

aka: Munim ayayade a wɔyɛɛ yɛn ne ɔyaw a wɔyaw yɛn wɔ Filipi ansa na yɛreba mo nkyɛn wɔ Tesalonika no. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ na nnipa bi tia yɛn de, nanso yɛn Nyankopɔn hyɛɛ yɛn den ma yɛkaa Asɛmpa a efi ne mu no.


eng: For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

aka: Nsɛm a moka faa Awurade ho no ankɔ Makedonia ne Hela nko, na mmom gyidi a mowɔ wɔ Onyankopɔn mu no ho asɛm adu baabiara. Asɛm biara nni hɔ a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛka bio.


eng: For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

aka: Obiara kamfo sɛnea mugyee yɛn ne sɛnea motwee mo ho fii abosom ho kɔsom nokware Nyankopɔn a ɔte ase daa no,


eng: We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,

aka: Daa yɛda Onyankopɔn ase ma mo, na yɛkae mo wɔ yɛn mpaebɔ mu nso.


eng: remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

aka: Efisɛ yɛkae mo gyidi a mode di dwuma, mo dɔ a ɛma mutumi de nsi yɛ adwuma ne mo anidaso dennen a mowɔ wɔ yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo mu no wɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn ne Agya no anim.


eng: All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.

aka: Yɛn nuabarima pa Tihiko a ɔyɛ odwumayɛni pa na ɔsan yɛ Awurade adwumayɛ mu somfo no bɛka me ho asɛm akyerɛ mo.


eng: I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

aka: Eyi nti na meresoma no mo nkyɛn, ama moahu sɛnea yɛn ho te, na wahyɛ mo nkuran nso.


eng: If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

aka: Wɔanyan mo ne Kristo aba nkwa mu. Afei munnwen ɔsoro nneɛma ho, faako a Kristo te, Onyankopɔn nifa so, di hene no.


eng: Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

aka: Saa nneɛma no na momma mo adwene nkɔ so, na ɛnyɛ asase yi so nneɛma.


eng: For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

aka: Efisɛ moawu na wɔde mo nkwa ne Kristo ahintaw wɔ Onyankopɔn mu.


eng: You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

aka: Esiane mo bɔne nti, bere bi a atwam no na moyɛ honhom mu awufo ne amanamanmufo a munni Mmara. Nanso afei Onyankopɔn anyan yɛn ne Kristo. Onyankopɔn de yɛn nyinaa bɔne akyɛ yɛn.


eng: wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

aka: Onyankopɔn pepaa yɛn mmarato; na ɔde ne nyinaa kɔɔ asennua so kɔbɔɔ no asennua mu.


eng: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

aka: Kristo yɛ Onyankopɔn a wonhu no no sɛso. Ɔno ne abɔde nyinaa farebae.


eng: For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

aka: Efisɛ ɛnam ne so na Onyankopɔn bɔɔ biribiara a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ne asase so, nea wohu ne nea wonhu, honhom mu atumfo, awuranom ne ahemfo. Onyankopɔn nam ne so na ɔbɔɔ wiase nyinaa na ɔbɔ maa no nso.


eng: who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

aka: Ogyee yɛn fii sum tumi ase de yɛn baa ne Dɔba no Ahenni mu dwoodwoo.


eng: in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

aka: Ne mu na yenya ogye. Ne mu nso na yenya bɔnefakyɛ.


eng: We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

aka: Bere biara a yɛbɔ mpae ma mo no, yɛda Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ Awurade Yesu Kristo Agya no ase.


eng: having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

aka: Efisɛ yɛate mo gyidi a mowɔ wɔ Kristo Yesu mu, ne dɔ a modɔ ahotefo no.


eng: because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

aka: Da a edi kan a motee Asɛmpa no munyaa mu anidaso a ɛwɔ hɔ ma mo no. Enti mo gyidi ne mo dɔ a mowɔ no gyina mo anidaso a mowɔ a wɔakora no wɔ ɔsoro ama mo no so.


eng: Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

aka: Monhwɛ nnebɔneyɛfo no a wɔte sɛ akraman a wɔka se twa na ɛsɛ sɛ onipa twa twetia ansa na wanya nkwagye no yiye.


eng: For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

aka: Ɛyɛ yɛn, na ɛnyɛ wɔn na agye nokware twetiatwa ato mu. Efisɛ ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn Honhom na ɔma yɛn tumi ma yɛsom no, na hyɛ a yɛde yɛn ho ahyɛ Kristo Yesu mu no nti yenya ahosɛpɛw. Yɛmmfa yɛn ho nto ɔhonam so.


eng: Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

aka: Momfa ahosɛpɛw nnye no sɛ onua wɔ Awurade mu. Momfa obu ne nidi mma nnipa a wɔte sɛ ɔno nyinaa,


eng: because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

aka: efisɛ ɔde ne nkwa bɔɔ afɔre a ɛnam so maa anka ɔrewu ama Kristo adwuma de aboa me a anka morentumi mmoa saa no.


eng: doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

aka: Monnyɛ pɛsɛmenkominya; monnhoahoa mo ho mfa mpɛ anuonyam hunu. Mommrɛ mo ho ase mma mo ho mo ho na mummu mo yɔnkonom nsen mo ankasa mo ho.


eng: each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

aka: Mommma obiara nhwɛ ne nko ara nʼade nko, na mmom onsusuw ne mfɛfo nso de ho bi.


eng: Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.

aka: Ɛyɛ nokware sɛ wɔn mu ebinom nam nitan ne ntɔkwapɛ so ka Kristo ho asɛm foforo, na afoforo nso de adwene pa na ɛka ne ho asɛm.


eng: The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

aka: Wɔn a wɔde adwene pa ka asɛm no fi ɔdɔ mu na ɛka, efisɛ, wonim sɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm nti na meda afiase.


eng: but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

aka: Afoforo a wɔnam nitan ne ntɔkwapɛ so ka asɛm no nso dwene sɛ wɔnam saa kwan yi so bɛma mʼahohiahia aboro so wɔ mʼafiasenna nna yi mu.


eng: so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

aka: sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mubehu nea eye na da a Kristo bɛba no na moayɛ kronkron a obi nka asɛm bi ntia mo.


eng: being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

aka: Nneɛma pa a Yesu Kristo no nko betumi de ama mo no bɛhyɛ mo abrabɔ ma de ahyɛ Onyankopɔn anuonyam akamfo no.


eng: But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things.

aka: Yɛn nua dɔfo Tihiko a ɔyɛ Awurade adwumayɛ mu somfo nokwafo no bɛka biribiara akyerɛ mo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mubehu sɛnea me ho te ne dwuma a meredi.


eng: I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state and that he may comfort your hearts.

aka: Eyi nti na meresoma no mo nkyɛn, ama moahu sɛnea yɛn ho te, na wahyɛ mo nkuran nso.


eng: “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

aka: “Di wʼagya ne wo na ni,” eyi ne mmaransɛm a edi kan a bɔhyɛ ka ho,


eng: “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

aka: “na asi wo yiye na wo nna nso aware wɔ asase yi so.”


eng: For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,

aka: Obiara ntan ne ho. Mmom ɔma no aduan hwɛ no yiye sɛnea Kristo yɛ asafo no,


eng: because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

aka: na yɛn nso yɛyɛ ne nipadua no ho akwaa.


eng: Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

aka: Ɔyerenom, mommrɛ mo ho ase mma mo kununom sɛnea mobrɛ mo ho ase ma Awurade no,


eng: For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

aka: efisɛ okunu yɛ ɔyere no ti sɛnea Kristo yɛ asafo no ti ne ne Gyefo no. Asafo no yɛ Kristo nipadua.


eng: He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

aka: Ɔno na ɔmaa ebinom yɛɛ asomafo, afoforo yɛɛ adiyifo, afoforo yɛɛ asɛmpakafo, na afoforo nso yɛɛ asɔfo ne akyerɛkyerɛfo.


eng: for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

aka: Ɔyɛɛ eyi de siesiee Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo nyinaa maa ɔsom nnwuma, sɛnea Kristo nipadua no nyin bɛkɔ so


eng: But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

aka: Yɛn mu biara wɔ adom bi sɛnea Kristo akyɛ ama yɛn.


eng: Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”

aka: Eyi nti na Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Bere a ɔforo kɔɔ ɔsoro no, ɔfaa nneduafo kaa ne ho; na ɔmaa nnipa akyɛde.”


eng: Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

aka: Afei sɛ “ɔkɔɔ ɔsoro” no nkyerɛase ne dɛn? Ase kyerɛ sɛ, nea edi kan no, ɔkɔɔ fam wɔ asase ase pɛɛ.


eng: He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

aka: Enti nea ɔkɔɔ fam no ara na ɔkɔɔ ɔsoro a ɛboro wim nyinaa so, sɛnea ɔbɛhyɛ abɔde nyinaa ma.


eng: Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

aka: Anuonyam nka Onyankopɔn a ne tumi yɛ adwuma wɔ yɛn mu. Ɔnam saa tumi yi so yɛ nea yebisa anaa nea yesusuw ma ɛboro so.


eng: to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

aka: Anuonyam nka Onyankopɔn wɔ asafo no ne Kristo Yesu mu mfi nnɛ nkosi daa daa. Amen.


eng: may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,

aka: mo ne ahotefo nyinaa benya tumi, na moate Kristo dɔ no trɛw, ne tenten, ne korɔn ne emu dɔ no ase,


eng: and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

aka: na moahu saa ɔdɔ a ɛtra adwene nyinaa so no, na Onyankopɔn ahyɛ mo ma.


eng: being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

aka: na wɔato mo asi asomafo no ne adiyifo no fapem a Kristo Yesu no ankasa yɛ ne tweatibo no so.


eng: in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

aka: Ɔno na ɔma ɔdan mu no nyinaa yɛ baako na ɛbɛyɛ asɔredan kronkron wɔ Awurade mu.


eng: in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

aka: Ne mu na wɔresiesie mo na moabɔ mu abɛyɛ ofi a Onyankopɔn nam ne Honhom so tena mu.


eng: having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,

aka: Ɔnam ne nipadua so asɛe Mose mmara ne nʼahyɛde tumi no. Ne botae ne sɛ ɔbɛma Yudafo ne amanamanmufo ayɛ baako na ɔde asomdwoe aba;


eng: and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.

aka: ɔnam asennua a ɔde sɛee nitan a ɛwɔ wɔn ntam no so aka wɔn abɔ mu ayɛ wɔn nipadua baako na wapata wɔne Onyankopɔn ntam.


eng: Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),

aka: Afei monkae sɛ mo a na anka kan no wɔwoo mo sɛ amanamanmufo, na wɔn a wɔfrɛ wɔn ho twetiatwafo no (nea wɔde nsa ayɛ wɔ honam mu) frɛ mo momonotofo,


eng: that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

aka: monkae sɛ saa bere no na moatew mo ho afi Kristo ho, na wɔnkan mo mfra Israelfo, na moyɛ ahɔho a monka bɔhyɛ apam no ho, na munni anidaso na munni Onyankopɔn nso wɔ wiase.


eng: for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

aka: Ɛyɛ adom no nti na wɔnam gyidi so agye mo nkwa. Emfi mo ankasa, ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn akyɛde.


eng: not of works, that no one would boast.

aka: Emfi nnwuma mu, na obi de ahoahoa ne ho.


eng: But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

aka: Nanso esiane nʼadɔeyɛ a ɛdɔɔso ma yɛn nti, Onyankopɔn a nʼahummɔbɔ dɔɔso no


eng: even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

aka: maa yɛn nkwa wɔ Kristo mu, wɔ bere a anka yɛawuwu wɔ amumɔyɛ mu mpo; adom nti na wɔagye mo nkwa.


eng: For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you and the love which you have toward all the saints,

aka: Esiane eyi nti, efi bere a metee gyidi a mowɔ wɔ Awurade Yesu mu ne ɔdɔ a modɔ Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo no,


eng: don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

aka: minnyaee aseda a mede ma Onyankopɔn wɔ mo ho no da. Mekae mo wɔ me mpaebɔ mu,


eng: We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

aka: Onyankopɔn yɛ nea ɔpɛ bere biara. Ɛno nti na ɔnam Kristo so paw yɛn fii wiase mfiase,


eng: to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

aka: sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛn a yedii kan nyaa anidaso wɔ Kristo mu no bɛyɛ nkamfo ahyɛ no anuonyam.


eng: making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

aka: Onyankopɔn nam nea Kristo yɛe no so ada nʼanwonwakwan no adi akyerɛ yɛn sɛ


eng: to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.

aka: bere a wahyɛ no, ɔbɛboaboa abɔde nyinaa ano, nea ɛwɔ ɔsoro ne nea ɛwɔ asase so ahyɛ ɔbaako a ɔne Kristo no ase.


eng: But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

aka: Ansa na gyidi no reba no, Mmara no too yɛn mpokyerɛ kosii sɛ wɔbɛdaa gyidi no adi.


eng: So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

aka: Enti Mmara no na ɛhyɛɛ yɛn so kosii sɛ Kristo bae, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔnam gyidi so bebu yɛn bem.


eng: But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

aka: Afei a bere adu sɛ yegye Kristo di no, Mmara no nni yɛn so tumi bio.


eng: For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

aka: “Efisɛ mpɛn dodow a mepɛɛ sɛ medi mmara no so no, mmara no buu me fɔ. Mmara no ankasa akum me. Ɛno nti minni mmara no tumi ase bio, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mɛtena ase ama Onyankopɔn mmom. Wɔabɔ me ne Kristo asennua mu,


eng: I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

aka: enti ɛnyɛ me na mete ase bio, na mmom Kristo no na ɔte me mu. Saa asetena a mete mu mprempren yi, mete ase wɔ Onyankopɔn Ba no a ɔdɔ me na ɔde ne nkwa maa me no gyidi mu.


eng: For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

aka: Ansa na mmarima bi a Yakobo somaa wɔn no beduu hɔ no, na Petro ne anuanom amanamanmufo no to nsa didi. Nanso akyiri a nnipa no bedui no, ɔtwee ne ho a ɔne wɔn annidi bio, efisɛ na osuro wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wotwa amanamanmufo twetia no.


eng: And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

aka: Anuanom Yudafo a wɔaka no yɛɛ sɛ ahufo de wɔn ho bɔɔ Petro maa Barnaba nso de ne ho kɔbataa wɔn.


eng: But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

aka: Ɛwɔ mu sɛ me boafo Tito yɛ Helani de, nanso wɔanhyɛ no sɛ ontwa twetia.


eng: This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

aka: Asɛm yi sii, efisɛ na anuanom bi a wɔnyɛ nokwafo awia wɔn ho abɛfra yɛn mu a wɔrehwehwɛ ahofadi a yɛwɔ wɔ Kristo Yesu mu, na wɔde yɛn ayɛ nkoa.


eng: Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

aka: Me ne Barnaba san kɔɔ Yerusalem Mfe dunan akyi. Mede Tito nso kaa me ho.


eng: I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

aka: Mekɔe, efisɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔdaa no adi kyerɛɛ me se menkɔ. Me ne mpanyimfo no yɛɛ nhyiamu wɔ kokoa mu kyerɛkyerɛɛ asɛmpa a meka kyerɛɛ amanamanmufo no kyerɛɛ wɔn. Na mempɛ sɛ mʼadwuma a mayɛ dedaw ne nea migu so reyɛ no yɛ ɔkwa.


eng: But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.

aka: Anuanom, mepɛ sɛ mote ase sɛ Asɛmpa a meka kyerɛ mo no mfi onipa hɔ.


eng: For I didn’t receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

aka: Me nsa anka amfi onipa nkyɛn. Saa ara nso na ɛnyɛ onipa na ɔkyerɛɛ me. Ɛyɛ Kristo no ankasa na ɔdaa no adi kyerɛɛ me.


eng: I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

aka: Mo ho yɛ me nwonwa sɛ mopɛ ntɛm po nea ɔfrɛɛ mo se montena Kristo adom mu no, kodi asɛmpa foforo


eng: but there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.

aka: a ɛnyɛ nokware asɛmpa koraa bi no akyi. Ɛda adi sɛ nnipa bi wɔ hɔ a wɔredan mo adwene pɛ sɛ wosiw Kristo Asɛmpa no ho kwan.


eng: I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),

aka: Miti mu. Minim sɛ wohwim saa ɔbarima yi kɔɔ Paradise. Bio, minnim sɛ saa asɛm yi sii ampa ara anaasɛ ɛyɛ anisoadehu. Onyankopɔn nko ara na onim.


eng: how he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

aka: Na hɔ na ɔtee nneɛma bi a wɔde ka nsɛm a ɛnyɛ yiye, nsɛm a wɔmma kwan mma wɔnka.


eng: In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

aka: Na minim sɛ saa asɛm yi bɛba mu. Ɛno nti na mehyehyɛɛ sɛ mɛba abɛsra mo na moanya nhyira mprenu.


eng: and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

aka: Meyɛɛ mʼadwene sɛ, sɛ merekɔ Makedonia a mɛba mo nkyɛn, na meresan nso a, mafa mo nkyɛn ansa na makɔ Yudea.


eng: Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

aka: Kasa foforo no yɛ wɔn a wonni gyidi no nsɛnkyerɛnne na Onyame asɛnka no nso yɛ gyidifo nsɛnkyerɛnne.


eng: If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?

aka: Sɛ asafo no nyinaa hyia na obiara fi ase ka kasa foforo na sɛ ahɔho anaa wɔn a wonni gyidi fra mo mu a, munnye nni sɛ wɔbɛka sɛ moabobɔ adam?


eng: But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.

aka: Nanso sɛ mo nyinaa na moka Onyankopɔn asɛm na sɛ obi a onni gyidi anaa onipa foforo bi bɛfra mo mu a, nsɛm a ɔbɛte no bɛma wanu ne ho wɔ ne bɔne ho. Nsɛm a ɔte no bebu no atɛn


eng: For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God, for no one understands, but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

aka: Onipa a ɔka kasa foforo no nkasa nkyerɛ nnipa, na mmom ɔkasa kyerɛ Onyankopɔn, efisɛ obiara nte asɛm a ɔka no ase. Ɔnam Honhom no tumi so ka nokware mu ahintasɛm.


eng: But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.

aka: Nanso onipa a ɔhyɛ nkɔm no kasa kyerɛ nnipa, boa wɔn, hyɛ wɔn nkuran, kyekye wɔn werɛ.


eng: But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

aka: Sɛnea Onyankopɔn pɛ no no na ɔde akwaa biara sii.


eng: If they were all one member, where would the body be?

aka: Sɛ nipadua no nyinaa yɛ akwaa koro a, anka nipadua no bɛyɛ dɛn?


eng: Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

aka: Yɛn asetena wɔ Awurade mu no, ɔbea nne ne ho na ɔbarima nso nne ne ho.


eng: For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

aka: Na sɛnea wɔbɔɔ ɔbea fii ɔbarima mu no, saa ara nso na ɔbea woo ɔbarima, na biribiara nso fii Onyankopɔn.


eng: To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

aka: Bere a me ne Yudafo te no, meyɛɛ me ho sɛ Yudani, sɛnea mɛtwetwe wɔn aba me nkyɛn. Metenaa ase sɛnea Mose Mmara di me so, mmom na mankasa nhyɛ mmara no ase de, sɛnea mɛtwetwe wɔn a wɔhyɛ saa Mmara no ase aba me nkyɛn.


eng: to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

aka: Saa ara na mekɔfraa amanamanmufo mu no nso meyɛɛ me ho sɛ wɔn ara pɛ, sɛnea metumi atwetwe wɔn aba me nkyɛn. Eyi nkyerɛ sɛ minni Onyankopɔn mmara so; mehyɛ Kristo mmara ase.


eng: But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

aka: Nea mekyerɛ ne sɛ, anuanom, bere a aka no sua. Efi saa bere yi ɛsɛ sɛ mmarima a wɔawareware tena ase sɛnea wɔnwaree da;


eng: and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;

aka: wɔn a wosu yɛ sɛnea wɔn werɛ nhowee; wɔn a wɔserew yɛ sɛnea wonni anigye; wɔn a wɔtɔ yɛ sɛnea nea wɔtɔe no nyɛ wɔn de;


eng: and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

aka: wɔn a wɔde wiase abɔ wɔn bo yɛ sɛnea wonhuu bi da. Na sɛnea wiase yi te mprempren yi renyɛ saa nkyɛ.


eng: Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

aka: Munnim sɛ mo nipadua no yɛ Kristo nipadua no akwaa bi ana? Memfa Kristo nipadua akwaa bi mmɔ obi a ɔbɔ aguaman nipadua ho ana? Dabi da.


eng: Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”

aka: Anaa ebia na munnim sɛ onipa a ɔde ne ho bɔ nguamanfo ho nso yɛ oguamanfo? Kyerɛwsɛm no da no adi sɛ, “Wɔn baanu no nyinaa yɛ nipadua koro.”


eng: Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

aka: Mo ara munim sɛ ɔdebɔneyɛni no renkɔ Onyankopɔn ahenni no mu. Monnnaadaa mo ho; mo a mo suban nye, anaa mo a mosom ahoni, anaa aguamammɔfo anaa mmarima a wɔne mmarima da,


eng: nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

aka: anaa adifudepɛfo, anaa aniberefo, anaa akɔwensafo, anaa mo a mosɛe afoforo din, anaa akorɔmfo no mu biara no rennya kyɛfa biara wɔ Onyankopɔn ahenni no mu.


eng: Some of you were such, but you were washed. You were sanctified. You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

aka: Na anka mo mu bi te saa. Nanso wɔahohoro mo bɔne. Wɔde mo ama Onyankopɔn. Ɛnam Honhom Kronkron no ne Awurade Yesu Kristo din mu nti, wɔasiesie mo ne Onyankopɔn ntam.


eng: For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?

aka: Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ mibu wɔn a wɔnka asafo no ho atɛn? Ɛnyɛ wɔn a wɔwɔ asafo no mu mmom na ɛsɛ sɛ mubu wɔn atɛn?


eng: But those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”

aka: Onyankopɔn na obebu wɔn a wonni asafo no mu atɛn, sɛnea Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Mompam onipa bɔne no mfi mo mu.”


eng: According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

aka: Menam adom a Onyankopɔn de maa me no so yɛɛ ɔdanseni pa adwuma. Metoo fapem na onipa foforo nso resi atoa so. Nanso ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn mu biara fa ɔkwan pa so si.


eng: For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

aka: Efisɛ Onyankopɔn ayɛ Yesu Kristo nko ɔdan no fapem enti wɔrentumi nto fapem foforo biara bio.


eng: Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

aka: Mibisa se Apolo yɛ hena? Na Paulo nso yɛ hena? Yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn asomfo kwa a ɛnam yɛn so na munya gyidi. Adwuma a Onyankopɔn de ama yɛn mu biara sɛ yɛnyɛ no na yɛyɛ.


eng: I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

aka: Miduaa aba no na Apolo guguu so nsu, nanso Onyankopɔn na ɔmaa afifide no nyinii.


eng: So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

aka: Obi a oduae ne obi a oguguu so nsu no ho nhia. Onyankopɔn na ne ho hia, efisɛ ɔno na ɔmaa afifide no nyinii.


eng: Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

aka: Nsonoe biara nni onipa a odua ne nea ogugu so nsu no ntam. Onyankopɔn bɛhwɛ dwuma a wɔn mu biara dii so na wama wɔn so ade.


eng: I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

aka: Meda Onyankopɔn ase sɛ mammɔ mo mu biara asu ka Krispo ne Gaio ho.


eng: so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

aka: Obiara rentumi nka se wɔbɔɔ mo asu sɛ mʼasuafo.


eng: And honour and glory be to him, that is mighty to confirm you by my gospel, and (the) preaching of Jesus Christ, by the revelation of (the) mystery held still, in times everlasting; [Forsooth to him, that is mighty to confirm you by my gospel, and (the) preaching of Jesus Christ, after the revelation of (the) mystery holden still, that is, not showed, in times everlasting;]

aka: Momma yenyi Onyankopɔn ayɛ! Ɔno na otumi ma mo gyina pintinn wɔ mo gyidi mu sɛnea mekaa wɔ Asɛmpa a ɛfa Yesu Kristo ho kyerɛɛ mo no. Sɛnea medaa nokware ahintasɛm a efi teteete no adi kyerɛɛ mo no,


eng: (But nowe is opened, and published among all nations by the Scriptures of the Prophetes, at the commandement of the euerlasting God for the obedience of faith)

aka: wɔnam adiyifo kyerɛwsɛm a efi Onyankopɔn Teasefo no nkyɛn ada ahintasɛm yi adi ama wɔahu sɛnea aman nyinaa begye adi na wɔayɛ osetie ama no.


eng: God is really great and powerful, so everybody has to tell him that he is good. He can make you strong. This is his message. It is the good news about Jesus Christ. A long time ago, God planned to get both the Jewish people, and the people that are not Jews, to believe in him. But at first he kept it a secret, and he just got the Jewish people to follow him. After that, he got his men to write about it ahead of time, and their words are in his book. Now his message about Jesus is for every nation. It is not just for the Jewish people, but everybody everywhere can trust him, and they can listen to him and do what he wants. God is the only one that can think good enough to make it all work out like that. So everybody has to tell God and Jesus Christ, “You are great.” They have always got to do that for ever. From Paul

aka: Ɔno, Onyankopɔn nyansafo no na anuonyam nka no wɔ Yesu Kristo mu daa daa! Amen.


eng: Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

aka: Gaio a asafo no hyia wɔ ne fi no nso kyia mo. Erasto a ɔyɛ kurom ha sikakorafo ne yɛn nua Kwarto se wokyia mo.


eng: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.

aka: Yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo adom nka mo nyinaa.


eng: For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

aka: Nea mɛka ho asɛm ara ne sɛnea Kristo nam nea maka ne nea mayɛ so ama amanamanmufo ayɛ osetie ama Onyankopɔn no.


eng: in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

aka: Saa nsɛnkyerɛnne ne anwonwade yi yɛ tumi a efi Honhom no mu. Enti efi Yerusalem de kosi Iliriko no, mapae mu aka Kristo Asɛmpa no nyinaa.


eng: I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

aka: Me nuanom, mʼankasa mete nka sɛ papayɛ ahyɛ mo ma, mowɔ nimdeɛ na mubetumi akyerɛkyerɛ mo ho mo ho.


eng: But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

aka: Mede akokoduru akyerɛw abobɔ nneɛma bi so, sɛnea meretwe mo adwene akɔ so bio, esiane adom bi a Onyankopɔn de adom me no nti.


eng: Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

aka: Onyankopɔn a yenya boasetɔ ne nkuranhyɛ fi ne nkyɛn no mma mo honhom mu nkabom na mode adi Kristo Yesu akyi,


eng: that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

aka: sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mo nyinaa de koma koro ne ano koro bɛkamfo Onyankopɔn, yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo Agya no.


eng: for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

aka: Efisɛ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no nyɛ adidi ne ɔnom na mmom ɛyɛ trenee, asomdwoe ne ahosɛpɛw a ɛwɔ Honhom Kronkron mu.


eng: For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

aka: Obiara a ɔsom Kristo wɔ saa ɔkwan yi so no, Onyankopɔn agye no ato mu, na nnipa bu no.


eng: Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don’t destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

aka: Sɛ biribiara a wudi haw wo nua a, ɛno de na wonte hɔ ɔdɔ mu. Mma aduan a wudi no nsɛe onipa a ne nti Kristo wui no.


eng: Then don’t let your good be slandered,

aka: Mma ade a wubu sɛ eye no nnye din bɔne.


eng: For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

aka: Yɛn mu biara nte ase mma ne nko ara ho na obiara nwu mma ne nko ara ho;


eng: For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

aka: sɛ yɛte ase a, yɛte ase ma Awurade; na sɛ yewu a, yewu ma Awurade. Enti, sɛ yɛte ase o, yewu o, yɛyɛ Awurade de.


eng: Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

aka: Ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ eyi, efisɛ wunim dɔn ko a yɛwɔ mu. Bere adu sɛ wosɔre fi wo nna mu. Efisɛ bere a ɛsɛ sɛ wogye yɛn nkwa no abɛn sen bere a yegye dii kan no.


eng: The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

aka: Adesae retwa mu, na adekyee reyɛ abɛn yɛn. Enti, momma yennyae nneɛma a ɛyɛ sum de no yɛ, na momfa akode a wɔde ko wɔ hann mu no.


eng: For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

aka: Na sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Onyankopɔn nam ɔba baako so bɛma ne pɛ ada adi no nti,


eng: it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”

aka: ɔka kyerɛɛ Rebeka sɛ, “Ɔpanyin no bɛsom akumaa no.” Ɔkaa eyi ansa na ɔrewo wɔn ama wɔayɛ papa anaa bɔne. Enti na Onyankopɔn pɛ no gyina ne frɛ a ɔfrɛɛ wɔn no so, na ɛnyɛ wɔn nneyɛe so,


eng: because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

aka: Adwene a ɛdwene ɔhonam mu no tan Onyankopɔn, efisɛ ɛmmrɛ ne ho ase mma Onyankopɔn mmara; na mpo ɛrentumi.


eng: Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.

aka: Wɔn a wodwen ɔhonam mu no rentumi nsɔ Onyankopɔn ani.


eng: For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

aka: Te sɛ ɔbea warefo, mmere dodow a okunu no te ase no de, ɔhyɛ ne kunu mmara ase, na sɛ okunu no wu de a, na ɔnhyɛ ne kunu mmara ase bio.


eng: So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

aka: Ɛno nti sɛ ɔkɔ ɔbarima foforo ho wɔ bere a ne kunu te ase a, wɔfrɛ no ɔwaresɛefo; na sɛ ne kunu no wu a na ɔnhyɛ saa mmara no ase bio; ɛno nti sɛ ɔware ɔbarima foforo a, ɔnyɛ ɔwaresɛefo.


eng: Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

aka: Ɛnsɛ sɛ bɔne di mo nipadua a ewui no so na amma mo anyɛ bɔne.


eng: Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

aka: Saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ mugyaw mo honam akwaa biara ma bɔne sɛ nneɛma a wɔde di amumɔyɛsɛm. Na mmom momfa mo ho mma Onyankopɔn sɛ nnipa a wɔanyan mo afi owu mu aba nkwa mu. Momfa mo ho nyinaa mma no, na ɔmfa mo nyɛ trenee nnwuma.


eng: For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.

aka: Ɛnsɛ sɛ bɔne di mo so, efisɛ monhyɛ mmara ase, na mmom mohyɛ adom ase.


eng: May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

aka: Ɛnte saa koraa! Yɛawu ama bɔne, na adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛkɔ so tena bɔne mu?


eng: Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

aka: Anaa munnim sɛ bere a wɔbɔɔ yɛn nyinaa asu hyɛɛ Kristo Yesu mu no, wɔbɔɔ yɛn asu hyɛɛ ne wu mu?


eng: We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

aka: Bere a wɔbɔɔ yɛn asu no, yewui na wosiee yɛn ne Kristo. Sɛnea Agya Onyankopɔn nam nʼanuonyam so nyan Kristo fii awufo mu baa nkwa mu no, saa ara nso na mprempren yɛte ase wɔ nkwa foforo mu.


eng: For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

aka: Na bɔne wɔ hɔ ansa na wɔde mmara no reba. Nanso mmara nni hɔ a, wommu bɔne ho akontaa.


eng: Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

aka: Nanso efi Adam bere so kosi Mose bere so no, owu dii nnipa nyinaa so kosii wɔn mpo a wɔanyɛ bɔne so, sɛnea Adam de, ɔyɛɛ asoɔden kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn no. Ɔkwan bi so no, Adam yɛ Kristo, nea na ɔrebɛba no, sɛso.


eng: For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

aka: Sɛ wɔn a wodi Mmara so yɛ adedifo a, ɛno de na gyidi nka hwee, na bɔhyɛ no nso so nni mfaso,


eng: For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

aka: efisɛ mmara de abufuwhyew ba. Na sɛ mmara nni hɔ a, mmarato nni hɔ.


eng: But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;

aka: Wɔada treneeyɛ a efi Onyankopɔn, na emfi mmara no adi. Ɛno na mmara no ne Adiyifo no di ho adanse.


eng: even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,

aka: Saa treneeyɛ a efi Onyankopɔn yi nam gyidi a yɛwɔ wɔ Yesu Kristo mu. Ɛwɔ hɔ ma agyidifo nyinaa. Nsonoe biara nni mu.


eng: Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

aka: Yenim sɛ biribiara a ɛwɔ mmara no mu no, wɔkyerɛw maa wɔn a wɔhyɛ mmara no tumi ase. Mmara no ka eyinom sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a obiara rennya anoyi, na ama Onyankopɔn akyerɛ sɛ wiase nyinaa di fɔ.


eng: Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

aka: Efisɛ obiara nni hɔ a sɛ ɔyɛ nea mmara no hyɛ sɛ ɔnnyɛ a, Onyankopɔn bebu no bem. Nea mmara no yɛ ara ne sɛ, ɛma onipa hu sɛ wayɛ bɔne.


eng: oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

aka: Yudafo ne amanamanmufo a wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne no nyinaa behu amane na wɔn werɛ nso bɛhow.


eng: But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

aka: Nanso wɔn a wotie no no, sɛ wɔyɛ Yudafo anaa amanamanmufo no, wobenya anuonyam, nidi ne asomdwoe afi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn.


eng: For there is no partiality with God.

aka: Onyankopɔn nyɛ nyiyimu na ɔnyɛ nhwɛanim nso wɔ nʼatemmu mu.


eng: concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,

aka: Saa bɔhyɛ yi fa ne Ba Yesu Kristo a ɔyɛ yɛn Awurade a ɔba ma wɔwoo no sɛ akokoaa too Ɔhene Dawid abusua mu no ho.


eng: who was declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

aka: Na Honhom Kronkron da no adi pefee sɛ Yesu Kristo yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba, efisɛ wonyan no fii awufo mu.


eng: “Be it known therefore to you that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

aka: Paulo kae se, “Ɛsɛ sɛ muhu sɛ Onyankopɔn nkwagye no adu amanamanmufo no nkyɛn. Wobetie!”


eng: When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.

aka: Paulo kaa saa asɛm yi wiei no, Yudafo no fii hɔ kɔe a na wɔregyigye wɔn ho wɔn ho akyinnye denneennen.


eng: saying, ‘Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

aka: “Monkɔka asɛm yi nkyerɛ Yudafo se, ‘Ɔte de mobɛte, nanso morente ase. Ɔhwɛ de mobɛhwɛ, nanso morenhu,’


eng: For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’

aka: efisɛ nnipa yi apirim wɔn koma; moasisiw mo aso, akatakata mo ani. Ɛnyɛ saa a, anka mo ani behu ade, na mo koma ate asɛm ase, na moanu mo ho asan aba me nkyɛn, na masa mo yare.”


eng: After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

aka: Hyɛn no mu nnwumayɛfo no maa so baa hyɛn no mu bɛkyekyeree no denneennen. Esiane sɛ na wosuro sɛ wɔbɛkɔ akɔka nwea mu nti, woyiyii hyɛn dua no so ntama maa mframa no bɔɔ hyɛn no kɔɔ baabiara a ɛpɛ.


eng: As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

aka: Mframahweam no kɔɔ so bɔe; ɛno nti ade kyee no woyiyii hyɛn no mu nneɛma no bi tow guu po no mu.


eng: Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

aka: Na afei esiane bɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ yɛn nenanom no nti na migyina ha nnɛ na wɔrebu me atɛn yi.


eng: which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

aka: Saa bɔhyɛ yi na yɛn mmusuakuw dumien hwɛ kwan sɛ ɛbɛba mu no nti na wɔsom Onyankopɔn awia ne anadwo no. Ɔhene, saa anidaso yi nti na Yudafo asɔre atia me yi.


eng: “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,

aka: “Ɔhene Agripa! Ɛyɛ me anigye sɛ nnɛ manya mu kwan gyina wʼanim ha reyi me ho ano wɔ asɛm a Yudafo aka atia me no ho.


eng: especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

aka: Nea ɛma meka saa ne sɛ, wunim Yudafo mmara ne wɔn amanne nyinaa fekɔɔ. Enti mesrɛ wo, tɔ wo bo ase tie me.


eng: He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.

aka: Ɔpɛɛ sɛ ogu asɔredan no ho fi. Ɛno nti yɛkyeree no yɛɛ yɛn adwene sɛ anka yɛbɛfa yɛn mmara so abu no atɛn.


aka: Nanso Ɔsahene Lisia begyee no fii yɛn nsam abran so,


eng: When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that prosperity is coming to this nation by your foresight,

aka: Wɔfrɛɛ Tertulo ma ɔbɔɔ ne nkuro se, “Onuonyamfo! Esiane wo nimdeɛ ne wʼakwankyerɛ pa nti efi bere a wobaa yi, nsakrae pa pii aba yɛn man yi mu ama yɛn ho atɔ yɛn.


eng: we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

aka: Baabiara a yɛwɔ no yɛka eyi ho asɛm na yɛn ani sɔ nea woayɛ ama yɛn no da wo ase papaapa.


eng: He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”

aka: Ɔsahene no frɛɛ nʼasraafo mpanyimfo baanu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mompɛ asraafo ahannu ne apɔnkɔsotefo ne mpeawkurafo ahannu na mumfi ha anadwo nnɔnkron yi ara nkɔ Kaesarea.


eng: He asked them to provide mounts, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

aka: Mompɛ ɔpɔnkɔ mma Paulo na momfa no nkɔma Amrado Felike dwoodwoo.”


eng: But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”

aka: Bere a Paulo huu sɛ nnipa no bi yɛ Sadukifo na bi yɛ Farisifo no, ɔteɛɛ mu wɔ agyinatufo no anim se, “Me nuanom, meyɛ Farisini. Mʼawofo yɛ Farisifo. Gyidi a mewɔ wɔ awufosɔre mu no nti na migyina ha ama wɔredi mʼasɛm yi.”


eng: When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.

aka: Asɛm a Paulo kae yi maa ntawntaw sii Farisifo ne Sadukifo no ntam maa wɔn mu kyɛɛ abien


eng: For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.

aka: efisɛ na Sadukifo no nnye owusɔre, abɔfo ne honhom nni. Nanso Farisifo no de, wogye saa nneɛma abiɛsa no di.


eng: Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

aka: Paulo hwɛɛ agyinatufo no dinn kae se, “Anuanom, ahonim pa na mede ayɛ Onyankopɔn adwuma de abesi nnɛ da yi.”


eng: The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

aka: Anania a na ɔyɛ Ɔsɔfopanyin no hyɛɛ nnipa a na wogyina Paulo ho no se wɔmmɔ nʼano so.


eng: When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

aka: Nnanson no reyɛ atwam no, Yudafo bi a wofi Asia huu Paulo wɔ asɔredan no mu. Wɔhwanyan nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa ma wɔkyeree Paulo.


eng: crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place!”

aka: Wɔteɛteɛɛ mu se, “Israel mmarima, monsɔre mmɛboa yɛn! Oyi ne ɔbarima a baabiara a ɔbɛkɔ no ɔnam ne nkyerɛkyerɛ so tia Israelfo, Mose mmara ne asɔredan yi. Mpo ɔde amanamanmufo bi aba ha de agu Kronkronbea ha ho fi.”


eng: For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian, with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

aka: Nea enti a wɔkaa saa asɛm yi ne sɛ, na wɔahu Paulo ne Efesoni Trofimo wɔ kurom hɔ, enti na wosusuw sɛ Paulo de no akɔ asɔredan mu hɔ.


eng: I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing.

aka: Mʼani ammere obi dwetɛ anaa sika anaa ntama.


eng: You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

aka: Mo ara mudi adanse sɛ, me nsa ano adwuma so na menam mehwɛɛ me ho ne wɔn a wɔka me ho no.


eng: For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

aka: Minim sɛ me kɔ akyi no, atoro akyerɛkyerɛfo a wɔn ho yɛ hu sɛ mpataku bewura mo mu abɛsɛe mo.


eng: Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

aka: Bere bi bɛba a mo mu ebinom bɛsɔre, nam atoro so atwe asuafo no mu bi adi wɔn akyi.


eng: These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

aka: Piro a ofi Beroia no ba Sopater ne Paulo na wɔkɔe. Wɔn a wɔka ne ho kɔe no nso bi ne Aristarko ne Sekundo a wofi Tesalonika ne Gaio a ofi Derbe ne Timoteo ne Tihiko ne Trofimo a wofi Asiaman mu no.


eng: But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.

aka: Saa nnipa yi dii kan kɔtwɛn yɛn wɔ Troa.


eng: Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.

aka: Agyidifo no mu bebree baa bagua mu bɛkaa wɔn bɔne ne wɔn kokoamsɛm.


eng: Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

aka: Wɔn mu nkonyaayifo pii de wɔn nkonyaayi nhoma ba maa wɔhyew wɔ nnipa no nyinaa anim. Wobuu nhoma a wɔhyew no bo no na ɛyɛ nnwetɛbona mpem aduonum.


eng: But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

aka: Yudafo bi a wɔnam asumansɛm so tu ahonhommɔne pɛɛ sɛ wɔde Awurade Yesu din tu ahonhommɔne. Wɔkankye kyerɛɛ ahonhommɔne no se, “Meka Yesu a Paulo ka ne ho asɛm no sɛ, muntu mfi ne mu!”


eng: There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

aka: Yudafo sɔfopanyin bi a na ne din de Skewa no mma baason na na wɔyɛ eyi.


eng: Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

aka: Saa bere no ara mu na Yudani bi a wɔfrɛ no Apolo a wɔwoo no wɔ Aleksandria no kɔɔ Efeso. Ɔyɛ obi a na nʼano atew na onim Kyerɛwsɛm no yiye.


eng: This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

aka: Esiane sɛ na wɔnam Awurade kwan so akyerɛkyerɛ no nti, na ɔde nnam kasa kyerɛkyerɛ nokwasɛm a ɛfa Yesu ho no. Nanso na Yohane asubɔ no nko ara na onim.


eng: He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

aka: Ofii ase de nnam kasaa wɔ hyiadan no mu. Bere a Priskila ne Akwila tee asɛm a ɔreka no, wɔde no kɔɔ fie kɔkyerɛkyerɛ no Onyankopɔn asɛm no mu yiye.


eng: He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

aka: Woduu Efeso no, Paulo gyaw Priskila ne Akwila hɔ kɔɔ hyiadan mu ne Yudafo no kɔkasae.


eng: When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;

aka: Wɔsrɛɛ no sɛ, sɛ obetumi a anka ɔntena wɔn nkyɛn nkyɛ kakra nanso wampene so.


eng: but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

aka: Mmom, ɔrebefi hɔ no ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ a mɛsan aba bio.” Na ofii hɔ kɔɔ Efeso.


eng: But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

aka: Paulo yɛɛ sɛ ɔrebue nʼano akasa pɛ na Galio ka kyerɛɛ Yudafo no se, “Yudafo, sɛ mode asɛm foforo bi a ɛfa nsɛmmɔnedi anaa abususɛm ho na ɛbae a, anka mɛhwɛ na maka.


eng: but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”

aka: Nanso esiane sɛ ɛyɛ akyinnyegye a ɛfa nsɛm, din ne mo mmara ho nti, mo ara monkɔhwɛ nka. Merenyɛ saa asɛm yi mu otemmufo.”


eng: Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

aka: Sɛnea Paulo taa yɛ no, ɔkɔɔ hyiadan mu mprɛnsa ne nnipa no gyee akyinnye wɔ Kyerɛwsɛm no ho,


eng: explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

aka: kyerɛɛ mu, dii adanse sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ Agyenkwa no hu amane na ɔsɔre fi awufo mu. Paulo kae se, “Saa Yesu a mereka ne ho asɛm akyerɛ mo yi ne Agyenkwa no.”


eng: They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.

aka: Wɔkaa Awurade ho asɛm kyerɛɛ afiase sohwɛfo no ne ne fifo nyinaa.


eng: He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

aka: Anadwo no ara, afiase sohwɛfo yi hohoroo Paulo ne Silas mmaabɔ akuru no anim. Afei ɔma wɔbɔɔ ɔne ne fifo nyinaa asu.


eng: He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God.

aka: Afiase sohwɛfo yi de Paulo ne Silas kɔɔ fie kɔmaa wɔn aduan dii na ɔne ne fifo nyinaa ho san wɔn, efisɛ afei de, wɔagye Onyankopɔn adi.


eng: but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

aka: na Paulo nso faa Silas. Anuanom no de wɔn hyɛɛ Onyankopɔn nsa ma wofii hɔ kɔe.


eng: He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.

aka: Ɔkɔfaa Siria ne Kilikia hyɛɛ asafo no den.


eng: After they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brothers to the apostles.

aka: Wodii nna kakra wɔ hɔ no, anuanom no gyaa wɔn kwan asomdwoe mu ma wɔsan kɔɔ anuanom a wɔsomaa wɔn no nkyɛn dwoodwoo.


eng: But it was seen to Silas, to dwell there; and Judas went alone to Jeru-salem.

aka: Nanso Silas de, wankɔ bi.


eng: But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

aka: Paulo ne Barnaba dii nna kakra wɔ Antiokia, boaa anuanom bi ma wɔkyerɛkyerɛe, kaa Awurade asɛm.


eng: that the rest of men may seek after the Lord: all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.’

aka: sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a nnipa a wɔaka no, ne amanamanmufo a me din da wɔn so no bɛhwehwɛ Awurade.’


eng: “All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.

aka: Awurade a ɔdaa eyi adi bere bi a atwa mu no, ɔno na ɔbɛyɛ eyinom nyinaa.”


eng: In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

aka: Paulo ne Barnaba duu Ikoniom no, wɔkɔɔ Yudafo asɔredan mu. Wɔkasa ma Yudafo ne amanamanmufo bebree bɛyɛɛ agyidifo.


eng: But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.

aka: Nanso Yudafo a wɔpoo Awurade asɛm no hwanyan amanamanmufo no, san tuu wɔn aso tiaa anuanom no.


eng: Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

aka: Asomafo no tenaa hɔ kyɛe. Na Awurade nam tumi a ɔde maa wɔn ma wɔyɛɛ anwonwade ahorow no so kyerɛɛ sɛ nsɛm a wɔka fa nʼadom ho no yɛ nokware.


eng: But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews and part with the apostles.

aka: Kurow no mu nnipa no mu kyɛɛ abien; fa kɔɔ Yudafo no afa na fa nso kɔɔ asomafo no afa.


eng: So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.

aka: Paulo ne Barnaba refi asɔredan no mu no, nnipa no srɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔmmra Homeda a ɛreba no mmɛkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn bio.


eng: Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

aka: Nnipa no wiee nhyiamu no, Yudafo ne amanamanmufo bebree a wɔasakra aba Yudasom mu no tu dii Paulo ne Barnaba akyi. Asomafo no tuu wɔn fo, hyɛɛ wɔn nkuran sɛ wɔntena ase Onyankopɔn adom mu.


eng: Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins;

aka: “Anuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ mo nyinaa te ase sɛ ɛnam Yesu so na wɔka bɔnefakyɛ ho asɛm kyerɛ mo.


eng: and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

aka: Ɛsɛ sɛ mote ase sɛ obiara a ogye no di no, wɔabu no bem a anka Mose mmara ntumi mmu no no.


eng: When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar Jesus,

aka: Wotwaa mu wɔ supɔw no so koduu Pafo, na hɔ na wohyiaa Yudani nkonyaayifo bi a ɔfrɛ ne ho se odiyifo a na ne din de Bar-Yesu.


eng: who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

aka: Na nʼadamfo ne amrado a ɔwɔ supɔw no so a ne din de Sergio Paulo no. Saa amrado a na onim nyansa yiye no soma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Barnaba ne Saulo, efisɛ na ɔrehwehwɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm atie.


eng: But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

aka: Nanso nkonyaayifo Bar-Yesu a Hela kasa mu wɔfrɛ no Elima no ampene so, efisɛ na ɔmpɛ sɛ amrado yi betie Onyankopɔn asɛm.


eng: But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him

aka: Afei Saulo a na wɔfrɛ no Paulo a Honhom Kronkron ahyɛ no ma no hwɛɛ nkonyaayifo Elima dinn kae se,


eng: Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

aka: Bere a Herode wɔ Kaesarea no, abɔfo bi a wɔasoma wɔn fi Tiro ne Sidon behuu no. Na Herode bo afuw Tirofo ne Sidonfo. Nanso abɔfo yi guan toaa Blasto a na ɔyɛ dabehene no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a asomdwoe bɛba, efisɛ na saa nkurow yi nya wɔn nnuan nyinaa fi Herode asase so.


eng: On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

aka: Wɔhyɛɛ da bi maa Herode hyɛɛ nʼahentade tenaa nʼahengua mu kasa kyerɛɛ wɔn.


eng: As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

aka: Asuafo no yɛɛ adwene sɛ biribiara a obi wɔ no wɔde bɛba na wɔde akɔboa anuanom a wɔwɔ Yudea no.


eng: which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

aka: Wɔde akyɛde a wɔn nsa kae no somaa Barnaba ne Saulo ma wɔde kɔmaa asafo no mu mpanyimfo.


eng: He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa and get Simon, who is called Peter,

aka: Ɔkaa sɛnea ohuu ɔsoro ɔbɔfo wɔ ne fi ma ɔbɔfo no ka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Soma kɔ Yopa kɔfrɛ ɔbarima bi a ne din de Simon Petro no.


eng: who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’

aka: Ɔno na ɔbɛka nsɛm a ebegye wo ne wo fifo nyinaa nkwa akyerɛ mo.’


eng: He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

aka: Ohuu sɛ ɔsoro abue na biribi a ɛte sɛ ntama kɛse a wɔakyekyere fi ɔsoro afanan resian ba fam.


eng: in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.

aka: Na ntɔteboa ahorow ne mmoa a wɔwea ne wuram nnomaa ahyɛ saa ntama no ma.


eng: When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,

aka: Nna bi akyi no, Yudafo no bɔɔ Saulo ho pɔw sɛ wobekum no,


eng: but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,

aka: nanso Saulo tee pɔw a wɔbɔɔ wɔ ne ho no. Na wɔtetɛw no wɔ kurow no apon ano awia ne anadwo apɛ no akum no.


eng: But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

aka: Saa bere no na Saulo ani abere sɛ ɔbɛtɔre Kristo akyidifo no ase.


eng: and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

aka: Ɔkɔɔ Ɔsɔfopanyin no nkyɛn kogyee adansedi krataa a ɛbɛma no tumi ama wakɔ hyiadan mu wɔ Damasko akɔkyekyere Yesu akyidifo, mmea ne mmarima, na ɔde wɔn akɔ Yerusalem.


eng: As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”

aka: Wɔrekɔ no woduu asu bi ho. Piamni no ka kyerɛɛ Filipo se, “Nsu ni. Dɛn na esiw wo kwan sɛ wobɔ me asu?”


aka: Filipo ka kyerɛ no se, “Sɛ wufi wo koma mu gye di a, mɛbɔ wo asu.” Piamni no buaa no se, “Migye di. Migye di sɛ Yesu Kristo yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.”


eng: But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

aka: Petro ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Nnome nka wo ne wo sika nyinaa, efisɛ wususuw sɛ wubetumi de sika atɔ Onyankopɔn akyɛde no.


eng: You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.

aka: Wunni kyɛfa biara wɔ yɛn dwumadi yi mu, efisɛ wo koma mu ntew wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.


eng: Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

aka: Simon huu sɛ asomafo no nsa a wɔde guguu wɔn so no na ɛma wonyaa Honhom Kronkron no, ɔmaa Petro ne Yohane sika srɛɛ sɛ,


eng: saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

aka: “Momma me saa tumi yi bi na obiara a mede me nsa begu no so no anya Honhom Kronkron no bi.”


eng: Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

aka: Saulo penee kum a wokum Stefano no so. Saa da no ara, wɔtaa agyidifo a wɔwɔ Yerusalem no maa wɔn nyinaa bɔɔ ahwete kɔɔ Yudea ne Samaria nsase so ma ɛkaa asomafo no nko ara.


eng: Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.

aka: Onyamesurofo bi kɔfaa Stefano kosiee no. Wosuu no yiye.


eng: But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

aka: Esiane sɛ na Saulo pɛ sɛ ogu asafo no nti ɔkɔɔ afi mu kɔkyekyeree agyidifo mmarima ne mmea de wɔn guu afiase.


eng: ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?

aka: “ ‘Ɔsoro yɛ mʼahengua, Awurade na ose. Na asase yɛ mʼanan ntiaso. Ɔdan bɛn na wubesi ama me? Na mʼahomegyebea wɔ he?


eng: Didn’t my hand make all these things?’

aka: Ɛnyɛ mʼankasa na meyɛɛ eyinom nyinaa?’


eng: He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

aka: Stefano buae se, “Anuanom ne agyanom, muntie me! Ansa na yɛn agya Abraham rebefi Mesopotamia akɔtena Haran no, Onyankopɔn daa nʼanuonyam adi kyerɛɛ no,


eng: and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’

aka: ka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Fi wʼabusuafo nkyɛn ne wʼasase so kɔ baabi a mɛkyerɛ wo no.’


eng: Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.

aka: “Enti ofii Kaldea asase so kɔtenaa Haran. Abraham agya wu akyi no Onyankopɔn ma ɔbɛtenaa asase a mote so mprempren yi so.


eng: Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.

aka: Anania tee saa asɛm yi ara pɛ, otwa hwee fam wui; na ehu kaa obiara a ɔtee saa asɛm no.


eng: The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

aka: Wɔn mu mmerante no ba bɛkyekyeree amu no fii adi kosiee no.


eng: For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

aka: Biribiara ho anhia obiara a ɔfra kuw no mu, efisɛ wɔn a na wɔwɔ nsase ne afi no tontɔnee, de sika a wonya fii mu no


eng: and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

aka: brɛɛ asomafo no ma wɔkyekyɛɛ sɛnea ɛho hia obiara.


eng: “For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

aka: Ampa ara Herode ne Pontio Pilato ne amanamanmufo ne Israelfo hyiaa wɔ kurow kɛse yi mu sɔre tiaa Yesu a ɔyɛ Ɔsomfo Kronkron a woatew ne ho no.


eng: to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen.

aka: Wohyia yɛɛ biribiara a wonam wo tumi ne wo pɛ so ahyɛ ato hɔ sɛ ɛbɛba mu no.


eng: When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

aka: Agyinatufo no bɔɔ wɔn kɔkɔ bio gyaa wɔn, efisɛ wɔannya biribiara annyina so antwe wɔn aso; afei nso na nnipa no nyinaa rekamfo Onyankopɔn wɔ asɛm a asi no ho.


eng: For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

aka: Na ɔbarima a wɔnam anwonwakwan so saa no yare no adi boro mfe aduanan.


eng: and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,

aka: na wasoma Yesu a ɔyɛ Agyenkwa a wɔayi no ama mo no.


eng: whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.

aka: Sɛnea Onyankopɔn nam nʼadiyifo akronkron so aka dedaw no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtena ɔsoro kosi sɛ nneɛma nyinaa bɛyɛ foforo.


eng: The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

aka: Abraham, Isak ne Yakob Nyankopɔn ne yɛn nenanom Nyankopɔn ama ne somfo Yesu ɔsoro anuonyam. Mode no maa atumfo; na bere a Pilato yɛɛ sɛ obegyaa no no mpo, mopoo no wɔ nʼanim.


eng: But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

aka: Na ɔyɛ Kronkron, ɔteɛ; nanso mopoo no na mosrɛɛ Pilato sɛ ɔmfa odwotwafo mma mo.


eng: Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

aka: Da bi Petro ne Yohane kɔɔ asɔredan mu awia nnɔnabiɛsa a na ɛyɛ bere a wɔde bɔ mpae.


eng: A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

aka: Wɔreyɛ adu asɔredan pon a wɔfrɛ no Ɔpon Fɛfɛ ano no, wohuu obubuafo bi sɛ ɔda hɔ. Na wɔsoa saa obubuafo yi de no bɛto ɔpon yi ano da biara ma ɔsrɛsrɛ sika fi wɔn a wɔrekɔ asɔredan no mu no nkyɛn.


eng: Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.

aka: Bere a ohuu sɛ Petro ne Yohane rekɔ mu no, ɔsrɛɛ wɔn se wɔmma no biribi.


eng: Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

aka: Petro ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Monsakra mo adwene na momma wɔmmɔ mo asu wɔ Yesu Kristo din mu sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔde mo bɔne bɛkyɛ mo na moanya Onyankopɔn akyɛde a ɛyɛ Honhom Kronkron no.


eng: For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

aka: Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ Honhom Kronkron yi ho bɔ maa mo ne mo mma ne wɔn a wɔtete akyirikyiri ne wɔn a Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn bɛfrɛ wɔn aba ne nkyɛn no nyinaa.”


eng: “Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,

aka: “Israelfo, muntie! Yesu Nasareni no yɛ ɔbarima bi a ne dwuma kronkron a obedii no daa adi wɔ tumi ne anwonwade ne nsɛnkyerɛnne a Onyankopɔn nam ne so yɛe a mo ankasa di ho adanse no mu.


eng: him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

aka: Onyankopɔn ankasa fi ne pɛ ne ne nhumu mu sii gyinae yii Yesu maa mo, na mode no maa nnebɔneyɛfo ma wɔbɔɔ no asennua mu kum no.


eng: I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

aka: Mede mogya ne ogya ne wusiw kumɔnn bɛyɛ anwonwade ne nsɛnkyerɛnne wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so.


eng: The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

aka: Ansa na Awurade da kɛse no bɛba no, owia beduru sum na ɔsram nso ayɛ sɛ mogya.


eng: It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

aka: Na obiara a ɔbɛbɔ Awurade din no benya nkwa.’


eng: Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

aka: Partifo, Mediafo ne Elamfo, ne wɔn a wɔte Mesopotamia ne Yudea ne Kapadokia, Ponto, Asia,


eng: Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

aka: Frigia ne Pamfilia, Misraim ne Libia fa a ɛbɛn Kirene ne ahɔho a wofi Roma, Yudafo ne wɔn a wɔasakra aba Yudasom mu,


eng: Cretans and Arabians—we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”

aka: ne Kretafo ne Arabfo mu biara kasa mu yi?”


eng: They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

aka: Afei asuafo no bɔɔ mpae se, “Awurade, wunim obiara koma mu. Ɛno nti kyerɛ yɛn nnipa baanu yi mu nea woayi no