eng: to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

aka: sɛ ommesi Yuda a wanya ne baabi kɔ no anan mu mmɛyɛ asomafodwuma no.”


eng: “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

aka: Enti ɛsɛ sɛ yeyi nnipa a yɛne wɔn nantew bere a na Yesu ne yɛn di akɔneaba no nyinaa,


eng: beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

aka: fi Yohane asubɔ adwuma no so de kosi bere a wɔfaa Yesu fii yɛn nkyɛn kɔɔ ɔsoro no, efisɛ ɛsɛ sɛ saa nnipa no mu baako bɛka yɛn ho ne yɛn di Yesu wusɔre no ho adanse.”


eng: “Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

aka: Me nuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ nkɔm a Honhom Kronkron no nam Dawid so hyɛ faa Yuda ho sɛ ɛnam ne so na wɔbɛkyere Yesu no ba mu.


eng: For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

aka: Yɛn a Yesu yii yɛn no, na Yuda nso ka yɛn ho wɔ ɔsom no mu.


eng: When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

aka: Ɔkasa wiee no asuafo no huu no sɛ ɔnam omununkum mu rekɔ ɔsoro na wɔanhu no bio.


eng: While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

aka: Wogu so rehwɛ wim no, amono mu hɔ ara mmarima baanu bi a wɔhyehyɛ ntade fitafitaa begyinaa wɔn nkyɛn,


eng: Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb.

aka: Petro ne saa osuani yi tee asɛm no, wotuu mmirika kɔɔ ɔda no so.


eng: They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.

aka: Nanso saa osuani yi maa ne mmirika mu yɛɛ den twaa Petro ho koduu hɔ kan.


eng: For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”

aka: Eyinom nyinaa sii sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Kyerɛwsɛm a ɛka se, “Wɔremmu ne dompe bi”


eng: Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”

aka: ne “Nnipa bɛhwɛ nea wɔwɔɔ ne mfe mu peaw” no bɛba mu.


eng: After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty!”

aka: Saa bere no Yesu huu sɛ afei de, biribiara aba nʼawie, na sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Kyerɛwsɛm no bɛba mu no nti, ɔkae se, “Osukɔm de me.”


eng: Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.

aka: Wɔde sapɔw a etua adwerɛ ano bɔɔ nsa a emu keka mu de kaa nʼano.


eng: Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;

aka: Simon Petro ne osuani baako dii Yesu akyi. Na osuani baako no yɛ obi a ɔsɔfopanyin no nim no yiye. Saa osuani no na onyaa kwan kɔɔ ɔsɔfopanyin no fi hɔ.


eng: but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.

aka: Petro de, ɔkaa ɔpon no akyi. Saa osuani a na onim ɔsɔfopanyin no yiye no san bae, ne abaawa a na ɔhwɛ ɔpon no ano no bɛkasa maa Petro nyaa kwan kɔɔ mu.


eng: They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

aka: Wobuaa no se, “Yesu a ofi Nasaret no.” Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Me ni!” Na Yuda a oyii no maa no gyina hɔ bi.


eng: When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.

aka: Yesu kae se, “Me ni” no, wopinpinii wɔn akyi na wɔhwehwee ase.


eng: Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”

aka: Asuafo no bi bisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Eyi ase ne dɛn? Ɔreka akyerɛ yɛn se, ‘Aka kakraa bi morenhu me nanso ɛno akyi no, ɛrenkyɛ koraa na moasan ahu me.’ Ɔsan kaa bio se, ‘Efisɛ merekɔ Agya no nkyɛn.’ ”


eng: They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”

aka: Wɔsan bisaa bio se, “Saa asɛm, ‘aka kakra’ yi ase ne dɛn? Yɛnte nea ɔreka yi ase.”


eng: I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

aka: “Mene bobe no; na mo ne dua mman no. Obiara a ɔte me mu na mete ne mu no bɛsow aba bebree; sɛ mokwati me a, morentumi nyɛ hwee.


eng: If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

aka: Obiara a ɔntena me mu no te sɛ dua mman a wɔatwa atow akyene a so nni mfaso; ɛwo a wɔboaboa ano de gu ogya mu hyew.


eng: If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

aka: Sɛ mote me mu na me nsɛm nso tena mo mu a, ɛno de, biribiara a mopɛ a mubebisa no wɔde bɛma mo.


eng: “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

aka: Wɔn a wɔyɛ mʼasuafo nokware mu no sow aba bebree de hyɛ mʼAgya anuonyam.


eng: Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

aka: Ade rebɛkye ama Twam Afahyɛ no adu no, Yesu huu sɛ afei bere aso sɛ ofi wiase kɔ nʼAgya nkyɛn. Yesu yɛ obi a na ɔdɔ nʼakyidifo, na ɔdɔɔ wɔn kosii sɛ owui.


eng: During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

aka: Bere a na Yesu ne nʼasuafo te adidii no, ɔbonsam kɔhyɛɛ Yuda Iskariot a ɔyɛ Simon ba no mu sɛ onyi Yesu mma.


eng: Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

aka: Afei, bere adu sɛ wobu wiase atɛn na wotu ɔbonsam a odi wiase so no gu.


eng: And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

aka: Sɛ wonya ma me so fi asase so a, mɛtwe nnipa nyinaa aba me nkyɛn.”


eng: But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

aka: Ɔkaa eyi de kyerɛɛ owu ko a obewu no.


eng: Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

aka: Yesu rekɔ no, na ɔte afurum ba bi so sɛnea Kyerɛwsɛm hyɛɛ ho nkɔm se,


eng: “Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

aka: “Nsuro, Ɔbabea Sion! Hwɛ sɛ wo hene te afurum ba so reba wo nkyɛn.”


eng: But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

aka: Afei, asɔfo mpanyin no bɔɔ pɔw sɛ wobekum Lasaro nso,


eng: because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

aka: efisɛ esiane Lasaro wusɔre no nti, na nnipa bebree retwe wɔn ho afi Yudafo mpanyin no ho abedi Yesu akyi.


eng: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

aka: Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Me na minyan awufo ma wɔn nkwa. Obiara a ogye me di no sɛ wawu mpo a ɔbɛsan anya nkwa.


eng: Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

aka: Na obiara a ɔte ase na ogye me di no renwu da. Wugye eyi di ana?”


eng: Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.

aka: Ɔbarima bi tenaa ase wɔ Betania a na wɔfrɛ no Lasaro. Betania yi yɛ kurow a na Maria ne ne nua Marta fi mu. Da bi, saa ɔbarima yi yaree.


eng: It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

aka: Saa Maria yi a ne nuabarima ne Lasaro a na ɔyare no na ohwiee ngo guu Awurade nan ase de ne tinwi pepae no.


eng: I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

aka: “Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Minim me nguan na me nguan nso nim me,


eng: even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

aka: sɛnea Agya no nim me na me nso minim Agya no. Masiesie me ho nso sɛ mewu ama nguan no.


eng: All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

aka: Wɔn a wodii mʼanim kan no yɛ awifo ne adwowtwafo; ɛno nti nguan no ante wɔn nne anni wɔn akyi.


eng: I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.

aka: Mene ɔpon no. Obiara a ɔnam me so bewura mu no benya nkwa; wobewura mu asan afi adi na wobenya adidibea.


eng: The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

aka: Owifo ba a, obewia anaasɛ obedi awu anaasɛ ɔbɛsɛe ade. Me de, maba sɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mubenya nkwa a edi mu.


eng: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

aka: “Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Oguanhwɛfo pa no ne obi a otumi de ne nkwa to hɔ ma ne nguan.


eng: “Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

aka: “Mereka nokware akyerɛ mo Farisifo no se, onipa biara a ɔmfa nguankuw kwan ano na ɔfa ɔkwan foforo so foro kɔ mu no yɛ owifo.


eng: But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

aka: Onipa a ɔfa ɔkwan ano kɔ mu no ne oguanhwɛfo no.


eng: The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

aka: Ɔpon no anohwɛfo no bue ɔpon no ma no, na sɛ ɔfrɛ nguan no nso a wɔte ne nne ma ɔde wɔn fi adi.


eng: Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

aka: Sɛ ɔde wɔn fi adi a, odi nguan no anim na nguan no nso di nʼakyi, efisɛ wɔte ne nne.


eng: His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

aka: Nʼawofo no buae se, “Yegye to mu sɛ ɔyɛ yɛn ba, na yɛwoo no no nso, na ɔyɛ onifuraefo.


eng: but how he now sees, we don’t know; or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”

aka: Nanso yennim nea enti a afei de ohu ade yi. Saa ara nso na yennim onipa ko a ɔma ohuu ade no. Ɔno ara ni, nʼani nso afi a obetumi akasa ama ne ho nti mummisa no.”


eng: His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

aka: Nea ɛmaa nʼawofo no kaa saa ne sɛ, na wosuro Yudafo mpanyimfo no a wɔaka se, obiara a ɔbɛka se Yesu ne Agyenkwa no no, wɔbɛpam no afi asɔredan no mu hɔ no.


eng: Therefore his parents said, “He is of age. Ask him.”

aka: Eyi nti na nʼawofo no kae se, “Nʼani afi a obetumi akasa ama ne ho enti mummisa no” no.


eng: I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

aka: Esiane sɛ adesae nkyɛ ba no nti ɛsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ nea ɔsomaa me no adwuma a ɔde ahyɛ yɛn nsa no. Sɛ ade sa a obiara ntumi nyɛ adwuma.


eng: While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

aka: Bere a mewɔ wiase yi de, mene wiase hann no.”


eng: Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.

aka: Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Anwonwade baako pɛ a mayɛ nti na mo ho adwiriw mo sɛɛ yi.


eng: Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.

aka: Mose maa mo twetiatwa (mpo ɛnyɛ sɛ Mose na ɔhyɛɛ ho mmara na ɛyɛ mo nenanom) nanso, mutwa twetia homeda.


eng: If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

aka: Sɛ mutwa twetia homeda na moanto Mose mmara a, adɛn nti na sɛ mesa obi yare homeda a, mo bo fuw me?


eng: Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

aka: Mummmu atɛn kwa. Monhwɛ biribiara a muhu no yiye ansa na moabu ho atɛn.”


eng: There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

aka: Nnipa no kaa ne ho nsɛm huhuhuhu efisɛ na wosuro Yudafo mpanyin no. Ebinom se, “Ɔyɛ onipa pa.” Na afoforo nso se, “Ɔyɛ ɔdaadaafo.”


eng: Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

aka: Yudafo mpanyin no ho hu nti obiara antumi anyi nʼanim anka ne ho asɛm wɔ bagua mu.


eng: His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.

aka: Yesu nuanom ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wufi ha san kɔ Yudea sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ na wʼakyidifo behu nsɛnkyerɛnne a woyɛe no.


eng: For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

aka: Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ogye din a ɔmmfa ne nneyɛe nsie. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔma nnipa nyinaa hu ne nneyɛe.”


eng: For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

aka: Na nʼankasa ne nuanom mpo nnye no nni.


eng: They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see and believe you? What work do you do?

aka: Nnipa no bisaa no bio se, “Anwonwade bɛn na wobɛyɛ akyerɛ yɛn ama yɛagye wo adi?


eng: Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”

aka: Sɛ wopɛ sɛ yegye wo di sɛ wone Agyenkwa no de a, ɛno de ma yɛn aduan nni daa sɛnea Kyerɛwsɛm no di ho adanse sɛ, Mose maa yɛn nenanom ɔsoro aduan dii wɔ sare no so.”


eng: However, boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

aka: Ankyɛ koraa na akorow afoforo bi fi Tiberia baa faako a Awurade maa nnipakuw no aduan dii no.


eng: When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

aka: Bere a nnipa no huu sɛ Yesu ne nʼasuafo no nni hɔ no, wɔtenatenaa akorow no mu sɛ wɔrekɔ Kapernaum akɔhwehwɛ no.


eng: When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.

aka: Onwini dwoe no, Yesu asuafo no kɔɔ Galilea mpoano.


eng: They entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

aka: Wɔtwɛn kosii sɛ ade sae na ɔmma no, wɔkɔtenaa ɔkorow mu se wɔrekɔ Kapernaum.


eng: Jesus therefore, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”

aka: Bere a Yesu twaa nʼani, huu sɛ nnipakuw no reba ne nkyɛn no, obisaa Filipo se, “Ɛhe na yebenya aduan ama saa nnipa dodow yi?”


eng: He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

aka: Yesu bisaa Filipo saa asɛm yi de sɔɔ no hwɛe, efisɛ na onim nea ɔbɛyɛ.


eng: A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.

aka: Esiane sɛ nkurɔfo huu sɛ Yesu nam anwonwakwan so asa nnipa pii yare no nti, wodii nʼakyi.


eng: Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples.

aka: Yesu ne nʼasuafo no kɔɔ bepɔw bi so kɔtenaa hɔ kakra.


eng: Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

aka: Saa bere no na Twam Afahyɛ no abɛn.


eng: In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;

aka: Saa pata yi ase na na ayarefo pii sɛ, anifuraefo, mpakye ne mmubuafo wɔ retwɛn sɛ Awurade bɔfo fi ɔsoro bɛba abɛfono nsu no.


eng: for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.

aka: Nea ɛte ne sɛ, sɛ ɔbɔfo no fono nsu no wie a, ɔyarefo a obedi kan atɔ mu no nya ayaresa.


eng: After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.

aka: Nnaanu akyi no, Yesu fii kurow no mu kɔɔ Galilea.


eng: For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

aka: Ɛwɔ mu sɛ na Yesu aka se, “Odiyifo biara nni anuonyam wɔ ne man mu” de, nanso


eng: So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.

aka: esiane nea Galileafo a wɔwɔ Yerusalem wɔ Twam Afahyɛ bere no mu no huu nea Yesu yɛe no nti, oduu Galilea no wogyee no.


eng: So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

aka: Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ owigyinae no, na Yesu abɛn Samaria kurow bi a wɔfrɛ no Sikar a ɛbɛn asase bi a Yakob de maa ne ba Yosef no ho.


eng: Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

aka: Ɛhɔ na na Yakob abura wɔ. Esiane ɔbrɛ a na Yesu abrɛ nti, ɔtenaa abura no ho sɛ ɔregye nʼahome. Na saa bere no bɛyɛ awia nnɔndumien.


eng: A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

aka: Ankyɛ na Samarianibea bi baa hɔ bɛtow nsu maa Yesu srɛɛ no sɛ, “Ma me nsu no bi nnom.”


eng: For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

aka: Saa bere no na Yesu asuafo no kɔ kurow no mu akɔtɔ aduan.


eng: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

aka: Anadwo bi, ɔbarima bi a ɔyɛ Yudafo mpanyimfo no mu baako a wɔfrɛ no Nikodemo a ɔsan yɛ Farisini no,


eng: He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

aka: kɔɔ Yesu nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, yenim sɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔsomaa wo, efisɛ obiara ntumi nyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne a woyɛ yi gye sɛ Onyankopɔn ka ne ho.”


eng: But Jesus didn’t entrust himself to them, because he knew everyone,

aka: Nanso Yesu amfa ne ho anto wɔn so, efisɛ na onim sɛnea nnipa suban te.


eng: and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

aka: Na onhia onipa adanse a obedi afa onipa ho, efisɛ na onim nea ɛwɔ onipa mu.


eng: The third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there.

aka: Ne nnansa so na nnipa bi hyiaa ayeforo wɔ Kana a ɛwɔ Galilea asase so no. Na Yesu ne na wɔ hɔ,


eng: Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the wedding.

aka: na wɔato nsa afrɛ Yesu ne nʼasuafo no nso aba hɔ bi.


eng: One of the two who heard John and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

aka: Nnipa baanu a wɔtee Yohane asɛm no nti ɛma wokodii Yesu akyi no mu baako ne Simon Petro nua Andrea.


eng: He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

aka: Ade a edi kan a Andrea yɛe ne sɛ, ɔkɔhwehwɛɛ ne nua Petro ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Yɛahu Agyenkwa no” (Kristo no).


eng: I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”

aka: Me de, na minnim no, nanso mede nsu bɛbɔɔ asu sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ na mɛda no adi akyerɛ Israel.”


eng: John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

aka: Na Yohane dii adanse se, “Mihuu Honhom no sɛ asian aba ne so sɛ aborɔnoma a ɔresian afi ɔsoro.


eng: I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

aka: Na anka minnim no, nanso bere a Onyankopɔn somaa me se memfa nsu mmɔ asu no, ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Onipa a wubehu sɛ Honhom no besian aba ne so no, ɔno ne nea worehwɛ nʼanim no. Ɔno na ɔde Honhom Kronkron bɛbɔ asu.’


eng: I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

aka: Mahu eyinom nyinaa sɛ aba mu na midi ho adanse sɛ oyi ne Onyankopɔn Ba no.”


eng: The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

aka: Afei wɔn a Farisifo no somaa wɔn no bisaa Yohane bio se,


eng: They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

aka: “Sɛ ɛnyɛ wo ne Agyenkwa no anaa Elia anaa Odiyifo no a, adɛn nti na wobɔ asu?”


eng: He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

aka: Ɛnyɛ ɔno ankasa ne hann no, na mmom, ɔbaa se ɔrebedi hann no ho adanse.


eng: The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

aka: Saa hann yi ne nokware hann a ɛba wiase ma ɛhyerɛn nnipa nyinaa so no.


eng: Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;

aka: Na mmea bi nso a wɔyɛ Yesu akyidifo sɛ yɛn ara ama yɛn ho adwiriw yɛn. Wɔkɔɔ ɔboda no so anɔpa yi ara,


eng: and when they didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

aka: nanso wɔanhu nʼamu no. Wɔsan bɛka kyerɛɛ yɛn se, wɔahu ɔsoro abɔfo ma wɔaka akyerɛ wɔn se, Yesu te ase.


eng: While they talked and questioned together, Jesus himself came near, and went with them.

aka: Wogu so redi nkɔmmɔ na wɔregye wɔn ho akyinnye no, Yesu bɛkaa wɔn ho ne wɔn bɔɔ anan kɔe.


eng: But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

aka: Wohuu sɛ obi ka wɔn ho de, nanso wɔantumi anhu sɛ ɛyɛ Yesu.


eng: returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

aka: Na wɔde ahoɔhare fii ɔboda no so bɛkaa nea wohui no nyinaa kyerɛɛ asuafo dubaako no ne wɔn a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa.


eng: Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles.

aka: Mmea a wɔkɔɔ ɔboda no so a wɔbɛkaa saa asɛm yi ne Maria Magdalene ne Yohana ne Yakobo na Maria ne afoforo bi.


eng: Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

aka: Na ɔbarima bi wɔ hɔ a wɔfrɛ no Yosef a ofi Arimatea a ɛwɔ Yudaman mu. Na saa ɔbarima yi yɛ onipa pa a ɔteɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim a na ɔretwɛn Onyankopɔn ahenni a ɛbɛba no.


eng: (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom.

aka: Ɛwɔ mu sɛ na ɔyɛ Yudafo baguafo no mu baako de, nanso wampene gyinae a wosisii ne nea wɔyɛɛ no so.


eng: But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

aka: Nanso wɔbɔ gyee so ara maa wɔn nne bu faa Pilato de no so se ɔmmɔ no asennua mu.


eng: Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

aka: Enti Pilato penee wɔn abisade no so maa wɔn.


eng: I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

aka: Mɛbɔ no mmaa na magyaa no.”


eng: Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

aka: Twam Afahyɛ biara du a Pilato gyaa odeduani baako ma wɔn.


eng: Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

aka: Yesu bisaa asɔfo mpanyin ne asɔredan sohwɛfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyimfo ne asomfo a wɔbaa ne so no se, “Midi atuatewfo anim nti na mode afoa ne nkontimmaa aba me so yi?


eng: When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

aka: Bere a na me ne mo wɔ asɔredan mu no, moankyere me; eyi ne mo bere; nea sum di mu tumi.”


eng: The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,

aka: Afei Awurade kae se, “Simon, Simon! Monhwɛ yiye na ɔbonsam pɛ sɛ ɔsɔ mo hwɛ.


eng: but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

aka: Nanso wo Simon de, masrɛ ama wo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobɛkɔ so agye me adi. Sɛ wunu wo ho san ba me nkyɛn a hyɛ wo nuanom no gyidi mu den.”


eng: They were glad, and agreed to give him money.

aka: Wɔn ani gyei, penee so sɛ wɔbɛma no sika.


eng: He consented and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.

aka: Efi saa bere no, Yuda hwehwɛɛ ɔkwan a ɔbɛfa so ama wɔakyere Yesu bere a nnipa dodow biara nni ne ho.


eng: Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.

aka: Satan kowuraa Yuda a wɔfrɛ no Iskariot a ɔyɛ asuafo dumien no mu baako no mu.


eng: He went away and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.

aka: Yuda kɔɔ asɔfo mpanyin ne Asɔredan no mu awɛmfo mpanyimfo no nkyɛn ne wɔn kosusuw ɔkwan ko a ɔbɛfa so ayi Yesu ama wɔn no ho.


eng: He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

aka: Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipa a na wɔwɔ asɔredan mu hɔ no se, “Nokware ni, afɔre a okunafo hiani yi bɛbɔɔ no som bo sen afɔre akɛseakɛse a asikafo no bɛbɔɔ no nyinaa.


eng: for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”

aka: Wɔn nyinaa de nea wɔanya ama aboro so no bi na ɛbɛbɔɔ afɔre, na oyi de, ofi ne hia mu de ne sika a ɔwɔ nyinaa na abegu mu yi.”


eng: But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

aka: Na wɔn a owusɔre da no wobenya kwan akɔ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu de, aware ho renhia wɔn.


eng: For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

aka: Na owu nso nni hɔ mma wɔn bio, efisɛ wɔbɛyɛ sɛ ɔsoro abɔfo. Esiane sɛ wɔasɔre afi awufo mu no nti, wɔyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.


eng: He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

aka: Yesu buu wɔn bɛ bi se, “Ɔbarima bi yɛɛ bobeturo de hyɛɛ apaafo bi nsa sɛ wɔnhwɛ so mma no. Eyi akyi, otuu kwan kɔɔ akyirikyiri baabi kɔtenaa hɔ kyɛe.


eng: At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.

aka: Bobetew bere dui no, ɔbarima yi somaa ne somfo se onkogye aduaba no bi mmrɛ no. Nanso apaafo no boroo no, ma ɔsan kɔɔ nsapan.


eng: A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’

aka: Na ɔbea kunafo bi te saa kurow no mu a ɔne obi wɔ asɛm. Daa na saa okunafo yi kɔ otemmufo no nkyɛn kɔsrɛ no se onni nʼasɛm no mma no.


eng: He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,

aka: “Mfiase no, otemmufo no ammua no. Nanso akyiri no ɔkae se, ‘Ɛwɔ mu sɛ minsuro Onyankopɔn, mfɛre onipa biara de,


eng: yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”

aka: nanso esiane sɛ daa ɔbea yi haw me nti, mɛhwɛ adi asɛm no yiye ama no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔremmɛhaw me bio!’ ”


eng: There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”

aka: Saa ara nso na wɔbɛfa mmea baanu a wɔrenoa aduan no mu baako agyaw ɔbaako.


aka: Mmarima baanu a wɔreyɛ adwuma wɔ afuw mu no nso, wɔbɛfa ɔbaako agyaw ɔbaako.”


eng: Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

aka: “Saa ara nso na Lot bere so no, na ɛte. Nnipa didi nomee, dii gua, yɛɛ mfuw, sisii adan,


eng: but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all.

aka: kosii sɛ Lot fii Sodom, na ogya ne sufre fii soro bɛhyew saa nnipa no nyinaa.


eng: As it was in the days of Noah, even so it will also be in the days of the Son of Man.

aka: “Sɛnea Noa bere so nnipa yɛɛ asoɔden no, saa ara nso na sɛ meba a ɛbɛyɛ ne no.


eng: They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

aka: Saa bere no, nnipa didi nomee, wareware kosii sɛ Noa kɔhyɛɛ hyɛn no mu na nsuyiri bɛfaa saa nnipa no nyinaa.


eng: One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.

aka: Wɔn mu baako huu sɛ ne ho ayɛ no den no, ɔsan nʼakyi de ahurusi yii Onyankopɔn ayɛ se, “Anuonyam nka Onyankopɔn, wama me ho ayɛ me den!”


eng: He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.

aka: Ɔbɛkotow Yesu anim daa no ase. Na saa ɔbarima yi yɛ Samariani.


eng: I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

aka: Mɛsɔre akɔ mʼagya nkyɛn na maka akyerɛ no se, Agya, mayɛ ɔsoro ne wo bɔne,


eng: I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’

aka: na memfata sɛ wɔfrɛ me wo ba bio; fa me yɛ wʼapaafo no mu baako.’


eng: When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.

aka: Homeda bi, Farisini panyin bi too nsa frɛɛ Yesu adidi. Adidi no ase hɔ no, na wɔn a wɔahyia no nyinaa rehwɛ nea Yesu bɛyɛ.


eng: Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

aka: Na ɔbarima bi wɔ hɔ a ɔyare ahonhon.


eng: It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”

aka: Onyankopɔn ahenni no te sɛ onyaa aba ketewa bi a obi duaa wɔ nʼafuw mu na enyin yɛɛ dutan kɛse maa nnomaa kɔnwen wɔn mmerebuw wɔ so.”


eng: Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?

aka: Obisaa bio se, “Dɛn bio na memfa ntoto ho nkyerɛ ase?


eng: It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

aka: Ɛte sɛ mmɔkaw bi a brodotofo de fɔtɔw mmɔre ma etu.”


eng: He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.

aka: Homeda bi a Yesu rekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ hyiadan mu no,


eng: Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over and could in no way straighten herself up.

aka: na ɔbea bi wɔ hɔ a honhommɔne mu ɔyare bi akyere no mfe dunwɔtwe ama ne mu akoa a ontumi nteɛ ne mu koraa.


eng: Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.

aka: Wɔn a wɔn wura no ba a ɔbɛba abɛto wɔn sɛ wɔretwɛn no no ani begye. Ɔbɛto wɔn pon na ɔno ankasa asom wɔn.


eng: They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.

aka: Sɛ ɔba ɔdasu mu anaa ahemadakye mpo a asomfo a ɔbɛba abɛto wɔn sɛ wɔrewɛn no no ani begye.


eng: “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

aka: “Munnyina pintinn na momma mo akanea nhyerɛn,


eng: Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

aka: na monyɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔretwɛn wɔn wura a ɔkɔ ayeforohyia ase na sɛ ɔba na ɔbɔ pon mu pɛ a, wobebue no ntɛm no.


eng: As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him,

aka: Ofi Farisini no fi hɔ a ɔrekɔ no, mmaranimfo ne Farisifo no dii nʼakyi de nsɛmmisa guan ne ho,


eng: lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

aka: pɛɛ sɛ ɔka biribi a wobegyina so anya no akyere no.


eng: When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

aka: Nnipa no kyeree Yesu so no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Nnɛ mma yi yɛ nnebɔneyɛfo. Wɔhwehwɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne bi ahu nanso wɔrenhu nsɛnkyerɛnne biara sɛ Yona nsɛnkyerɛnne no.


eng: For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.

aka: Na sɛnea Yona si yɛɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne maa Ninewefo no, saa ara na Kristo nso bɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ama nnɛ mma yi.


eng: He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

aka: Yesu bisaa wɔn se, “Mo mu hena na ɔbɛkɔ ne yɔnko hɔ ɔdasu mu akɔka akyerɛ no se, ‘Me nua, fɛm me aduan kakra,


eng: for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’

aka: efisɛ ɔhɔho bi abefu me mu, na minni aduan biara a mede bɛma no,’


eng: As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.

aka: Na Yesu gu so rebɔ mpae no, nʼanimdua sesae, na nʼatade nso hyerɛnee.


eng: Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

aka: Prɛko pɛ, nnipa baanu a ɛyɛ Mose ne Elia puee wɔ hɔ anuonyam mu ne no bɛkasae.


eng: who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

aka: Wɔkasa faa ne wu a obewu a ɛde mahyɛ bɛba Yerusalem so no ho.


eng: Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

aka: Saa bere no na Petro ne nnipa a wɔka ne ho no adeda hatehatee na wonyanyan a wɔn ani so tetew wɔn no, wohuu Yesu sɛ ɔwɔ nʼanuonyam mu ne nnipa baanu bi a wɔka ne ho.


eng: When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn’t live in a house, but in the tombs.

aka: Yesu fii ɔkorow no mu sii fam pɛ na ɔbarima bi a ahonhommɔne ahyɛ no ma akyɛ a ɔda adagyaw na ɔnte fie, na mmom ɔte amusiei a aboda mu na ɔdeda no behyiaa no.


eng: When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”

aka: Ohuu Yesu no, ɔteɛɛ mu, kotow nʼanan ase san teɛteɛɛ mu se, “Yesu, Ɔsorosoro Nyankopɔn Ba, dɛn na wo ne me wɔ yɛ? Mesrɛ wo, nyɛ me ayayade biara.”


eng: For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

aka: Ɔkaa saa asɛm yi, efisɛ na Yesu ateɛteɛ ahonhommɔne no sɛ womfi ne mu. Saa ahonhommɔne yi taa ka no na sɛ wɔde hama kyekyere ne nsa ne nʼanan mpo a, otumi tetew mu ma ahonhommɔne no pam no kɔ wuram.


eng: and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

aka: na nnipa a wodi nʼakyi no bi ne Maria Magdalene a otuu ahonhommɔne ason fii ne mu no


eng: and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them from their possessions.

aka: ne Yohana a ɔyɛ Kusa, Herode fi sohwɛfo panyin yere, ne Susana. Saa mmea yi ne afoforo bi na wofi wɔn ahonya mu hwɛɛ Yesu ne nʼasuafo.


eng: But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

aka: Simon Petro huu nea aba no, obuu Yesu nkotodwe kae se, “Me wura, mesrɛ wo fi me nkyɛn kɔ na meyɛ ɔdebɔneyɛni a mensɛ sɛ wobɛn me.”


eng: For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

aka: Nam dodow a woyii no yɛɛ Petro ne ne ne dɔm no nwonwa.


eng: But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

aka: Nokware ni, Elia bere so no, na mmea akunafo bebree wɔ Israelman mu. Saa bere no osu antɔ mfe abiɛsa ne asram asia enti ɛmaa ɔkɔm kɛse baa ɔman no nyinaa mu.


eng: Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

aka: Nanso Onyankopɔn ansoma Odiyifo Elia ankɔ obiara nkyɛn sɛ ɔbea kunafo a na ɔwɔ Sarepta a ɛwɔ Sidon no nkyɛn.


eng: and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,

aka: Wowiee afahyɛ no di a wɔresan akɔ wɔn kurom no, Yesu kaa Yerusalem a nʼawofo no nnim.


eng: but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey; and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

aka: Wotwaa da koro kwan a wɔn ani baa wɔn ho so sɛ Yesu nka wɔn ho no, wofii ase bisabisaa nʼase fii wɔn abusuafo ne amannifo nkyɛn.


eng: There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

aka: Saa bere no, na Fanuel babea odiyifo Ana a ofi Aser abusua mu no nso wɔ hɔ bi. Na Ana yɛ obi a wanyin. Ɔwaree ne mmabaabere mu ne ne kunu tenae mfe ason pɛ na ne kunu no wui.


eng: and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.

aka: Ne kunu no wu akyi no, ɔyɛɛ kuna kosii sɛ odii mfe aduɔwɔtwe anan, na bere biara nso na ɔwɔ asɔredan mu de mmuadadi ne mpaebɔ som Onyankopɔn.


eng: Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

aka: Saa bere no ara na ɔno nso begyinaa hɔ bi yii Onyankopɔn ayɛ saa ara. Ɔkaa abofra no ho asɛm kyerɛɛ wɔn a wɔretwɛn ogye a obegye Yerusalem no nyinaa.


eng: “Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;

aka: “Awurade, afei ma wʼakoa nwu wɔ asomdwoe mu


eng: for my eyes have seen your salvation,

aka: efisɛ mʼani ahu Agyenkwa


eng: which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

aka: a wohyɛɛ me ne ho bɔ no.


eng: a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

aka: Ɔno ne hann a ɛbɛhyerɛn wiase nyinaa na wahyɛ wo man Israel anuonyam!”


eng: For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

aka: Nnɛ wɔawo Agyenkwa a ɔne Kristo Awurade no ama mo wɔ Dawid kurom.


eng: This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”

aka: Eyi ne nsɛnkyerɛnne a mubehu. Mubehu akokoaa a wɔde kuntu akyekyere ne ho a ɔda mmoa adididaka mu.”


eng: Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

aka: Saa bere no na Kaesare Augusto a na ɔyɛ Roma hempɔn no hyɛɛ mmara bi se wɔnkan ne man no mu nnipa nyinaa.


eng: This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

aka: Saa nnipakan yi ne nea edi kan wɔ Kirenio a ɔyɛ amrado wɔ Siria no bere so.


eng: All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.

aka: Obiara kɔɔ ne kurom ma wɔkyerɛw ne din.


eng: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,

aka: na eyinom nyinaa bɛba mu efisɛ Onyankopɔn mmɔborɔhunu a ɛdɔɔso no,


eng: to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

aka: na ɛbɛma hann a efi ɔsoro abepue yɛn so ahyerɛn wɔn a wɔte sum ne owu sum mu no so, na akyerɛ yɛn kwan akɔ asomdwoe mu.”


eng: Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

aka: Nna kakra bi akyi no, Maria kɔɔ Yudea mmepɔw so kurow bi mu.


eng: and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

aka: Saa kurow no mu na Sakaria te. Oduu kurow no mu hɔ no, ɔkɔɔ Sakaria fi kɔsraa Elisabet. Okyiaa no.


eng: He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

aka: Ɔbɛyɛ ɔkɛse, na wɔbɛfrɛ no Ɔsorosoro Nyankopɔn Ba. Na Awurade de ne nena Dawid ahengua no bɛma no.


eng: and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

aka: Na obedi Yakob fi so hene daa; na nʼahenni to rentwa da.”


eng: Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division

aka: Da bi a eduu Sakaria asɔfokuw so sɛ wɔyɛ asɔredan mu adwuma no,


eng: according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

aka: wɔtow aba yii no sɛ, ɔnkɔhyew aduhuam wɔ ɔhyew afɔremuka no so.


eng: Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

aka: Adamfo pa Teofilo, nnipa pii abɔ mmɔden akyerɛw Yesu ho nsɛm a akɔ so wɔ yɛn mu no.


eng: even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

aka: Wɔkyerɛw faa nsɛm a wɔaka akyerɛ yɛn a nnipa a wohuu saa nneɛma yi fi mfiase no nam so daa no adi no ho.


eng: it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

aka: Nanso minyaa adwene bi sɛ, sɛ mehwehwɛ nea wɔakyerɛw no nyinaa mu yiye na mekyerɛw brɛ wo a, eye.


eng: She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

aka: Maria Magdalene kɔɔ asuafo no nkyɛn kohuu wɔn sɛ wɔn werɛ ahow, na wɔresu.


eng: When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.

aka: Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, wahu Yesu na ɔte ase. Nanso wɔannye no anni.


eng: They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”

aka: Wɔnam ɔkwan so rekɔ no, na wɔredwene nea ɛbɛyɛ a wobepirew ɔbo no afi ɔda no ano no ho.


eng: for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

aka: Nanso wɔreyɛ adu hɔ no, wɔmaa wɔn ani so hui sɛ, obi apirew ɔbo kɛse no afi ɔda no ano.


eng: Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

aka: Bere a Pilato tee sɛ Yesu awu no, wannye anni, enti ɔfrɛɛ Roma asraafo panyin a na ɔhwɛ hɔ no bisaa no.


eng: When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

aka: Asraafo panyin no kae se wawu no, Pilato maa Yosef kwan se ɔnkɔfa amu no.


eng: When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

aka: Eduu anwummere no, esiane sɛ na ade kye a ɛyɛ Homeda no nti,


eng: Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

aka: baguani nuonyamfo bi a wɔfrɛ no Yosef, a ofi Arimatea a na ɔretwɛn Onyankopɔn ahenni no de akokoduru kɔɔ Pilato hɔ kɔsrɛɛ no se, ɔmfa Yesu amu no mma no.


eng: There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

aka: Saa bere no na mmea bi gyinagyina akyiri baabi rehwɛ nea ɛrekɔ so. Mmea no bi ne Maria Magdalene, Maria (a ɔyɛ Yakobo Kumaa ne Yosef na), ne Salome.


eng: who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

aka: Bere a na Yesu wɔ Galilea no, saa mmea yi dii nʼakyi som no. Saa ara nso na na nnipa bi a wodii nʼakyi baa Yerusalem no bi nso wɔ hɔ.


eng: When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

aka: Efi owigyinae kɔpem nnɔnabiɛsa no, sum duruu asase no so nyinaa.


eng: At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

aka: Yesu de nne kɛse teɛɛ mu se, “Eli, Eli, lama sabaktani?” Ase ne sɛ, “Me Nyankopɔn, Me Nyankopɔn, adɛn nti na woagyaw me?”


eng: With him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.

aka: Da no ara anɔpa, wɔbɔɔ awudifo baanu bi asennua mu kaa Yesu ho. Na ɔbaako sɛn ne nifa so, na ɔbaako nso sɛn ne benkum so.


eng: The Scripture was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with transgressors.”

aka: Eyi maa nea Kyerɛwsɛm no kae se, “Wɔkan no fraa nnebɔneyɛfo mu” no baa mu.


eng: Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

aka: Afei wɔbɔɔ no asennua mu. Eyi akyi, wɔbɔɔ nʼatade no so ntonto.


eng: It was the third hour when they crucified him.

aka: Ɛbɛyɛ anɔpa nnɔnkron na wɔbɔɔ no asennua mu.


eng: The superscription of his accusation was written over him: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

aka: Asɛm bi a wɔka too no so na wɔkyerɛw taree nʼasennua no atifi ka se, “YUDAFO HENE NO NI.”


eng: Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

aka: Pilato bisae se, “Minyi ‘Yudafo Hene’ no mma mo ana?”


eng: For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

aka: Efisɛ na wahu sɛ asɔfo mpanyin no de ɔtan na atwa asɛm ato Yesu so esiane din a na wagye no nti.


eng: But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

aka: Nanso asɔfo mpanyin no tuu dɔm no aso se, sɛ wɔde beyi Yesu de, wɔmpere mma wonyi Baraba.


eng: There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

aka: Saa afe no na onipa bi a wɔfrɛ no Baraba ka nnipa bi a wɔsɔre tiaa aban, nam so dii awu no ho wɔ afiase hɔ.


eng: The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

aka: Dɔm no kɔɔ Pilato so kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, onyi odeduani baako mma wɔn sɛnea daa ɔyɛ no.


eng: As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,

aka: Bere a na Petro te adiwo hɔ no, Ɔsɔfopanyin no mmaawa no mu baako baa hɔ;


eng: and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!”

aka: na ohuu Petro sɛ ɔreto gya no, ɔhwɛɛ no haa, ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Wo nso wo ne Nasareni Yesu no na ɛnam!”


eng: The high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need have we of witnesses?

aka: Eyi maa Ɔsɔfopanyin no sunsuan nʼatade mu kae se, “Nnansefo bɛn na wɔn ho hia yɛn bio?


eng: You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They all condemned him to be worthy of death.

aka: Mo nyinaa ate abususɛm a ɔkae no. Dɛn na mowɔ ka?” Wɔn nyinaa gye too mu se, ɔsɛ owu.


eng: They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.

aka: Wɔde Yesu kɔɔ Ɔsɔfopanyin no anim no, ankyɛ na asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin bi behyiaa hɔ.


eng: Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.

aka: Bere a wɔde Yesu rekɔ no, Petro tew ne ho dii wɔn akyi, na owiawiaa ne ho kɔhyɛɛ Ɔsɔfopanyin no fi hɔ de ne ho kɔfraa asomfo bi a na wɔreto gya no mu.


eng: Jesus answered them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

aka: Yesu bisaa wɔn se, “Meyɛ owudifo nti na mode afoa ne nkontimmaa aba me so rebɛkyere me ana?


eng: I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”

aka: Adɛn na bere a merekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ asɔredan mu hɔ no, moankyere me? Nanso eyinom nyinaa aba sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a nkɔm a wɔhyɛɛ wɔ me ho no bɛba mu.”


eng: Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely.”

aka: Na Yuda aka akyerɛ wɔn dedaw se, “Nea mefew nʼafono no; ɔno ne nea morehwehwɛ no no. Monkyere no, na munso ne mu yiye mfa no nkɔ.”


eng: When he had come, immediately he came to him and said, “Rabbi! Rabbi!” and kissed him.

aka: Yuda kɔɔ Yesu nkyɛn kɔkae se, “Me Wura.” Afei ofew nʼafono, yɛɛ no atuu.


eng: He came the third time and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

aka: Ɔsan baa ne mprɛnsa so no, obisaa wɔn se. “Moda so adeda a morehome? Bere a ɛsɛ sɛ mode da no atwa mu. Wɔrebeyi me ahyɛ nnebɔneyɛfo nsa.


eng: Arise! Let’s get going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”

aka: Monsɔre na yɛnkɔ! Monhwɛ, nea ɔreyi me ama no na ɔreba no!”


eng: He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

aka: Ɔkɔɔ nʼanim kakra, kobutuw fam, bɔɔ mpae se, sɛ ebetumi a, saa ahoyeraw no ntwa ne ho nkɔ.


eng: He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

aka: Ɔkae se, “Abba, Agya! Wutumi yɛ biribiara. Ma kuruwa yi ntwa me ho nkɔ. Nanso nea wopɛ na ɛnyɛ hɔ, na ɛnyɛ nea mepɛ.”


eng: It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception and kill him.

aka: Aka nnaanu na Twam ne Apiti Afahyɛ a ɛyɛ Yudafo ahomegye nna no adu no, asɔfo mpanyin ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo no hwehwɛɛ nyansa kwan a wɔbɛfa so akyere Yesu, akum no.


eng: For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”

aka: Nanso wɔkae se, “Yɛrenkyere no afahyɛ no mu, anyɛ saa a ɛde basabasayɛ bɛba ɔman no mu.”


eng: Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming—whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

aka: “Enti mo nso monwɛn, efisɛ munnim bere ko a ofiwura no bɛba. Ebetumi aba sɛ ɔbɛba anwummere, ɔdasu mu, ahemadakye anaa awia.


eng: lest, coming suddenly, he might find you sleeping.

aka: Sɛ ofu mu ba a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbɛto mo sɛ moadeda.


eng: Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.

aka: Na sɛ obi ka kyerɛ mo se, ‘Agyenkwa no ni’ a, mummmua.


eng: For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

aka: Atoro agyenkwanom ne atoro adiyifo bɛsɔre wɔ mo mu na wɔayɛ anwonwade ahorow, na sɛ ebetumi a, wɔadaadaa Onyankopɔn no ankasa ara mma.


eng: Pray that your flight won’t be in the winter.

aka: Na mommɔ mpae na bere a ɛsɛ sɛ muguan no anyɛ awɔw bere.


eng: For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

aka: Na ahohia a ɛbɛba saa mmere no mu no, efi bere a Onyankopɔn bɔɔ ade no bi nsii da, na bi nso rensi da.


eng: He called his disciples to himself and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

aka: Ɔfrɛɛ nʼasuafo no baa ne nkyɛn ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Saa ɔbea kunafo hiani yi afɔre a ɔbɔe no dɔɔso sen asikafo no nyinaa afɔrebɔde.


eng: for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”

aka: Na wɔn nyinaa fi nea wɔanya ama abu wɔn so no mu na woyiyii bi de bae, na ɔbea yi de, ofi ne hia mu de nea ɔwɔ nyinaa na abegu mu no.”


eng: But about the dead, that they are raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

aka: Afei nea ɛfa awufo nyan no ho nso, monkenkan Mose nhoma no mu asɛm a ɛfa Mose ne nwura a na ɛhyew no ho da? Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, ‘Mene Abraham Nyankopɔn, Isak Nyankopɔn ne Yakob Nyankopɔn.’


eng: He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”

aka: Na Onyankopɔn reka akyerɛ Mose se, ɛwɔ mu sɛ saa nnipa yi awuwu mfe pii a atwam no de, nanso wɔte ase. Ɛnte saa a anka ɔrenka se ɔyɛ ateasefo Nyankopɔn, na ɔnyɛ awufo Nyankopɔn. Moayɛ mfomso kɛse.”


eng: Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

aka: Na sɛ morebɔ mpae a, nea edi kan no, sɛ mowɔ obi ho asɛm a momfa nkyɛ no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mo Agya a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no nso de mo bɔne bɛkyɛ mo.


eng: But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”

aka: Na sɛ moamfa bɔne ankyɛ a, saa ara na mo Agya a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no nso remfa mo bɔne nkyɛ mo.”


eng: Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

aka: Na Yesu di nnipakuw no mfimfini a wɔn nyinaa reteɛteɛ mu se, “Hosiana!” “Nhyira ne nea ɔnam Awurade din mu reba!”


eng: Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

aka: “Anuonyam nka Onyankopɔn sɛ yɛn agya Dawid ahenni reba.” “Hosiana wɔ sorosoro!”


eng: Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

aka: Yesu nso buaa no se, “Merema mo ate ase sɛ, obi nni hɔ a me nti wagyaw ofi, nuabarimanom, nuabeanom, ɛna, agya ne mma anaasɛ agyapade a ɔbɛkɔ akɔka Asɛmpa no,


eng: but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.

aka: na ɔrennya ofi, nuabarimanom, nuabeanom, ɛnanom, mma ne nsase mmɔho ɔha, na ɔrennya ɔtaa nso nka ho! Eyinom nyinaa bɛyɛ ne dea wɔ asase yi so, na wiase a ɛreba no mu de, obenya nkwa a enni awiei.


eng: The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

aka: Asɛm a Yesu kaa no maa asuafo no ho dwiriw wɔn. Yesu san kaa bio se, “Me mma, sɛ moahu den a ɛyɛ ma wɔn a wɔwɔ ahonyade sɛ wɔbɛkɔ Onyankopɔn ahenni mu?


eng: It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”

aka: Na ɛyɛ mmerɛw sɛ yoma bɛfa pane aniwa mu sen sɛ ɔdefo bɛkɔ Onyankopɔn ahenni mu.”


eng: If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—

aka: Na sɛ wo nan ma woyɛ bɔne a, twa na tow kyene. Eye ma wo sɛ wode nansin bɛkɔ nkwa mu sen sɛ, wode nan abien bɛkɔ amanehunu gya


eng: ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’

aka: a ennum da no mu.”


eng: If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

aka: Sɛ wo nsa ma woyɛ bɔne a, twa na tow kyene. Eye ma wo sɛ wode dɛmdi bɛkɔ nkwa mu sen sɛ, wɔde wo nipadua nyinaa bɛto amanehunu gya


aka: a ennum da no mu.


eng: He took a little child and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

aka: Afei ɔde abofra ketewa bi begyinaa wɔn mfimfini. Ɔde abofra no kyerɛɛ wɔn kae se,


eng: “Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”

aka: “Mo mu biara a me nti obegye abofra ketewa sɛ oyi no agye me, na nea obegye me no nso agye mʼAgya a ɔsomaa me no.”


eng: He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?”

aka: Yesu ne nʼasuafo no baa Kapernaum. Bere a woduu ofi a wɔbɛtena mu no mu na wɔregye wɔn ahome no, Yesu bisaa nʼasuafo no se, “Yɛreba no dɛn akyinnye na na moregye wɔ ɔkwan so no?”


eng: But they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way about who was the greatest.

aka: Asuafo no antumi ammua efisɛ na wɔredwinnwen nea ɔbɛyɛ wɔn mu ɔkɛse no ho.


eng: They went out from there and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it,

aka: Yesu fii hɔ no ɔfaa Galilea, efisɛ na ɔmpɛ sɛ nnipa te ne nka.


eng: for he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”

aka: Na ɔpɛ sɛ onya bere ma nʼasuafo no de kyerɛkyerɛ wɔn. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Wobeyi Onipa Ba no ama, na wɔakum no, na ne nnansa so no ɔbɛsɔre aba nkwa mu bio.”


eng: Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

aka: Yesu bisaa no se, “Adɛn nti na woka se sɛ metumi a? Nneɛma nyinaa betumi ayɛ hɔ ama obiara a ogye di.”


eng: Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”

aka: Abarimaa no agya buae se, “Mewɔ gyidi nanso esua, enti boa me, na hyɛ me gyidi mu den!”


eng: He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

aka: Yesu gye too mu sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ Elia di kan ba bɛtoto nneɛma nyinaa yiye. Ɔkae se, “Ɛno de, na adɛn nti na wɔakyerɛw se Onipa Ba no behu amane bebree na wɔapo no?


eng: But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.”

aka: Nanso mise mo sɛ, Elia aba dedaw! Na wɔne no anni no yiye sɛnea adiyifo no hyɛɛ ho nkɔm no.”


eng: Peter answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

aka: Petro ka kyerɛɛ Yesu se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, eye sɛ yɛwɔ ha. Yɛbɛbɔ asese abiɛsa wɔ ha, wo de baako, Mose de baako na Elia de baako.”


eng: For he didn’t know what to say, for they were very afraid.

aka: Esiane sɛ na wɔabɔ hu no nti na ɛma ɔkaa saa.


eng: Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

aka: Mowɔ ani nso munhu ade? Mowɔ aso nso momfa nte asɛm? Na monnkae biribi ana?


eng: When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”

aka: Bere a mibubuu brodo anum mu maa nnipa mpem anum no, nnikae kɛntɛn ahe na motasee?” Wɔkae se, “Dumien.”


eng: They ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

aka: Nnipakuw no didi mee no, ogyaa wɔn kwan.


eng: Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.

aka: Nnipa a wodii aduan no dodow bɛyɛ mpem anan. Na wɔtasee ase nnikae no, ɛyɛɛ kɛntɛn ason.


eng: He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.

aka: Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipakuw no se wɔntenatena ase wɔ sare no so. Afei ɔfaa brodo ason no, na ohyiraa so, bubuu mu de maa nʼasuafo no ma wɔkyɛ maa nnipa no.


eng: They also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.

aka: Na wɔwɔ mpataa kakra wɔ hɔ, nti Yesu hyiraa ɛno nso so de maa asuafo no sɛ wɔnkyɛ ɛno nso mma wɔn.


eng: For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

aka: Ɛhɔ ara na ɔbea bi a honhommɔne hyɛ ne babea ketewa bi mu baa ne nkyɛn. Na wate Yesu nka nti, obebuu no nkotodwe.


eng: Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

aka: Ɔbea no srɛɛ no sɛ ontu saa honhommɔne no mfi ne ba no mu mma no. Na saa ɔbea yi yɛ Helani a wɔwoo no wɔ Siro-Foinike.


eng: He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

aka: Ɔtoaa so se, “Nea efi onipa mu ba no na egu ne ho fi.


eng: For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

aka: Afei nea efi nnipa koma mu ba no, ɛde aguamammɔ, korɔn, awudi,


eng: covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

aka: ayefasɛm, amumɔyɛ, asisi, ahohwi, anibere, abususɛm, ahantan ne nkwaseasɛm ba.


eng: All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”

aka: Saa nnebɔne yi nyinaa fi onipa mu na ɛba, na ɛno na egu onipa ho fi a ɛmma ɔmfata Onyankopɔn anim.”


eng: There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

aka: Ade biara a ɛkɔ onipa mu no ngu ne ho fi. Na mmom nea ebefi onipa mu aba no na egu ne ho fi.


eng: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

aka: Nea ɔwɔ aso a obetie no ntie.”


eng: But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,”’” that is to say, given to God,

aka: Nanso moka se, eye sɛ obi bɛka akyerɛ nʼagya anaa ne na a ade bi hia no no se, ‘Merentumi mmoa mo! Efisɛ mede nea anka a ɛsɛ sɛ mede ma mo no ama Onyankopɔn.’


eng: “then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

aka: Enti mubu Onyankopɔn mmara a ɔhyɛe no so, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mubetumi abɔ mo amanne ho ban.


eng: Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

aka: Da bi, Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo bi a wofi Yerusalem baa Yesu nkyɛn.


eng: Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.

aka: Woduu hɔ no, wohuu sɛ nʼasuafo no bi redidi a wɔanhohoro wɔn nsa ho.


eng: (For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

aka: Na Yudafo no, ne titiriw no Farisifo nnidi da, gye sɛ wɔahohoro wɔn nsa ho nyinaa, sɛnea wɔn amanne kyerɛ, ansa na wɔadidi.


eng: They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

aka: Na sɛ wofi gua so ba a, wɔhohoro wɔn nsa ansa na wɔadidi. Eyi yɛ mmara bebree a wofi tete adi so no mu baako. Na mmara no bi ne sɛ, wɔhohoro nkuruwa, asɛn ne kɔberesɛn mu.


eng: but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

aka: Bere a asuafo no huu obi sɛ ɔnam asu no ani no, wɔde ehu teɛteɛɛ mu efisɛ na wosusuw sɛ wɔahu ɔsaman.


eng: for they all saw him and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them and said to them, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”

aka: Wɔn nyinaa huu no. Ɛhɔ ara, Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Momma mo bo ntɔ mo yam. Ɛyɛ me! Munnsuro!”


eng: He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

aka: Afei Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipakuw no se, wɔntenatena ase, na wɔtenatenaa ase akuwakuw wɔ sare no so.


eng: They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

aka: Wɔtenatenaa ase akuwakuw a bi yɛ ɔha na bi yɛ aduonum.


eng: He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

aka: Yesu frɛɛ nʼasuafo dumien no baa ne nkyɛn, na ɔsomaa wɔn baanu baanu, maa wɔn tumi wɔ ahonhommɔne so.


eng: He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,

aka: Akwankyerɛ a ɔde maa wɔn ni, “Mommfa biribiara nkura gye mo pema nko ara; mommfa aduan anaa kotoku anaa sika.


eng: but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.

aka: Bio, mommfa mpaboa foforo anaa atade foforo nka nea ɛhyɛ mo yi ho.


eng: He said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.

aka: Baabiara a mobɛkɔ no, montena ofi baako pɛ mu. Monnsesa mo atenae.


eng: Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”

aka: Na sɛ morefi kurow bi a wɔannye anaa wɔantie mo no mu akɔ a, momporoporow mo anan ase tutuw, mfa nni adanse.”


eng: He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

aka: Wantumi anyɛ anwonwade ahorow wɔ hɔ, gye ayarefo kakraa bi na ɔde ne nsa guu wɔn so saa wɔn yare.


eng: He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.

aka: Gye a wɔannye no anni no yɛɛ no nwonwa. Na Yesu kyinkyinii nkuraase kyerɛkyerɛe.


eng: When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

aka: Ɔkɔɔ hyiadan mu Homeda, fii ase kyerɛkyerɛ maa dodow a wobetiee no ho dwiriw wɔn. Wobisae se, “Ɛhe na saa onipa yi nyaa saa nneɛma yi, dɛn nyansa na wɔde ama no a nti otumi yɛ anwonwade yi?


eng: Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended at him.

aka: Ɛnyɛ duadwumfo no ni? Ɛnyɛ Maria babarima a ne nuanom ne Yakobo, Yosef, Yuda ne Simon no ni? Ɛnyɛ yɛne ne nuabeanom na ɛte ha!” Na wɔn bo fuw no.


eng: He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

aka: Afei, Yesu amma obiara anni nʼakyi ankɔ Yairo fi hɔ, gye Petro, Yakobo ne Yohane.


eng: He came to the synagogue ruler’s house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.

aka: Bere a Yesu duu hɔ no, ohuu sɛ hɔ nyinaa ayɛ manyamanya a nnipa retwa agyaadwo.


eng: having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes.

aka: Na wate anwonwade a Yesu ayɛ no nyinaa, na ɛno nti ɔde ne ho fraa nnipakuw no, de ne nsa besoo Yesu atade mu no.


eng: For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well.”

aka: Ɔdwenee ho kae se, “Sɛ mitumi nya ne ho kwan, de me nsa so nʼatade mu kɛkɛ a, me ho bɛtɔ me.”


eng: and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”

aka: Ɔteɛteɛɛ mu se, “Yesu, Ɔsorosoro Nyankopɔn no Ba, dɛn na wowɔ ne me yɛ? Onyankopɔn din mu, nyɛ me ayayade biara!”


eng: For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

aka: Yesu teɛɛ honhommɔne a ɛwɔ ɔbarima no mu no se, “Honhommɔne, fi ne mu kɔ!”


eng: When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.

aka: Ɔresi afi ɔkorow no mu no, ɔbarima bi a ahonhommɔne wɔ ne mu de mmirika fi amusiei behyiaa no.


eng: He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,

aka: Na saa ɔbarima yi te abonna mu a obiara ntumi mfa nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn nkyekyere no bio.


eng: because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.

aka: Ɔyɛ obi a na ne ho yɛ den yiye nti, sɛ wɔde nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn gu ne nsa mpo a, otumi bubu mu a obiara ntumi nkɔ nʼanim.


eng: Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

aka: Anadwo ne awia nyinaa na ɔnenam amusiei hɔ mmepɔw no mu a, ɔde abo a ano yɛ nam twitwa ne ho.


eng: He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

aka: Ɔkaa bio se, “Sɛnea Onyankopɔn Ahenni no te ni: Okuafo bi gu aba wɔ asase bi so.


eng: and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.

aka: Awia ne anadwo, sɛ ɔda o, sɛ onyan o, aba no fifi a onnim sɛnea ɛyɛɛ a enyinii.


eng: For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

aka: Asase no ankasa bɔ nʼaduan, dua no na edi kan, afei etu mɛpɛsɛe na abɔ ama aba no anyin.


eng: But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

aka: Sɛ aba no nyin wie a, okuafo no fa ne dade kotwa, efisɛ otwa bere adu.”


eng: He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and more will be given to you who hear.

aka: “Momfa asɛm a mote no nyɛ adwuma. Wɔde mo susukuruwa besusuw ama mo, na ama aboro so mpo.


eng: For whoever has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

aka: Nea ɔwɔ no, wɔbɛma no bi aka ho; nea onni no, kakraa bi a ɔwɔ no mpo, wobegye afi ne nsam.”


eng: He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”

aka: Yesu bisaa wɔn se, “Hena ne me na? Hefo ne me nuanom?”


eng: Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!

aka: Ɔhwɛɛ nnipadɔm no hyia kae se, “Eyinom ne me na ne me nuanom!


eng: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);

aka: Dumien a oyii wɔn no din ni: Simon, a ɔtoo no din foforo Petro.


eng: James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);

aka: Sebedeo mma Yakobo ne Yohane, a ɔtoo wɔn din Boanerges, a ase ne “aprannaa mma”.


eng: Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;

aka: Wɔn a wɔka ho nso ni: Andrea, Filipo, Bartolomeo, Mateo, Toma, Alfeo ba Yakobo, Tadeo ne Simon ɔmanyɛfo,


eng: and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house.

aka: na Yuda Iskariot a oyii no mae no.


eng: He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach

aka: Oyii wɔn mu dumien a daa wɔne no bɛnantew, na wɔakɔka asɛmpa no,


eng: and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

aka: na wɔatu ahonhommɔne nso.


eng: The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, “You are the Son of God!”

aka: Bere biara a wɔn a wɔwɔ ahonhommɔne no bi behu no no, wotwa hwe fam, wosow biribiri, ka se, “Woyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.”


eng: He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

aka: Nanso ɔbɔɔ wɔn ano se, wɔnkyerɛ onipa ko a ɔyɛ.


eng: He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.

aka: Ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼasuafo no se, wɔmpɛ ɔkorow bi nsi nkyɛn baabi, na sɛ nnipadɔm no kyere ne so wɔ mpoano hɔ a, watena mu akɔ.


eng: For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.

aka: Da no, na wasa nyarewa bebree a ne saa nti na ayarefo no ba ara na wɔreba a wɔpɛe sɛ wɔde wɔn nsa ka nʼatade.


eng: Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,

aka: Yesu ne nʼasuafo no fii hɔ kɔɔ mpoano. Nnipadɔm fifi Galilea, Yudea, Yerusalem,


eng: from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

aka: Idumea, Asubɔnten Yordan agya, Tiro ne Sidon fam nyinaa, tu dii Yesu akyi. Efisɛ na nʼanwonwade a ɔyɛ no atrɛw mmaa nyinaa enti na ebinom pɛ sɛ wɔbɛhwɛ no.


eng: He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to kill?” But they were silent.

aka: Ɔdan ne ho kyerɛɛ nʼatamfo no bisaa wɔn se, “Eye sɛ obi yɛ papa Homeda? Anaasɛ ɛyɛ da a wɔde yɛ bɔne? Ɛyɛ da a wɔde gye nkwa anaa wɔma obi nkwa hwere no” Nanso wɔammua no.


eng: When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

aka: Ɔde abufuw hwɛɛ wɔn hyiae. Ɛhaw no sɛ wonni ahummɔbɔ mma nnipa enti ɔka kyerɛɛ ɔbarima no se, “Teɛ wo nsa no mu.” Ɔteɛɛ mu na amono mu hɔ ara, ne nsa no yɛɛ yiye.


eng: He said to them, “Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry—he, and those who were with him?

aka: Yesu nso bisaa wɔn se, “Monnkenkan nea Ɔhene Dawid yɛe, bere a ɔkɔm dee ɔne wɔn a na wɔka ne ho no,


eng: How he entered into God’s house at the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?”

aka: ne sɛnea ɔkɔɔ Onyankopɔn fi wɔ Ɔsɔfopanyin Abiatar bere so, na ɔne wɔn a wɔka ne ho kodii brodo a wɔde abɔ afɔre ama Onyankopɔn no, a obiara nni ho kwan sɛ odi, gye asɔfo nko ara no pɛ? Na ɛno nso tia mmara.


eng: Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?

aka: Mpofirim na Yesu huu wɔn adwene ma obisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn na moma asɛm a mekae yi haw mo?


eng: Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?’

aka: Nea ɛwɔ he na ɛyɛ mmerɛw: sɛ wɔbɛka akyerɛ obubuafo yi se, ‘Wɔde wo bɔne akyɛ wo,’ anaa wɔbɛka se, ‘Sɔre, fa wo kɛtɛ na nantew?’


eng: John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

aka: Enti Yohane ba bɛbɔɔ asu wɔ sare so, ɔkaa adwensakra asubɔ a ɛma bɔnefakyɛ ho asɛm.


eng: All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

aka: Nnipa fifi Yerusalem ne Yudea nkurow nyinaa so kohuu Yohane tiee no. Na wɔkaa wɔn bɔne kyerɛɛ no no, ɔbɔɔ wɔn asu wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan mu.


eng: John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

aka: Na Yohane hyɛ atade a wɔde yoma nwi na apam a aboa nhoma abɔso nso bɔ mu. Na nʼaduan yɛ mmoadabi ne ɛwo.


eng: The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

aka: Asɛmpa a ɛfa Yesu Kristo, Onyankopɔn Ba no ho no mfiase ni.


eng: As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you:

aka: Wɔakyerɛw wɔ Odiyifo Yesaia nhoma no mu se, “Mɛsoma me bɔfo adi wʼanim kan. Ɔno na obesiesie ɔkwan ama wo.”


eng: the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’”

aka: “Obi nne reteɛ mu wɔ sare so, ‘Munsiesie ɔkwan mma Awurade, mommɔ akwan a ɛteɛ mma no.’ ”


eng: Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

aka: Na mmabaa no mu baanum yɛ anyansafo na baanum nso yɛ nkwaseafo.


eng: Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,

aka: Wɔn mu nkwaseafo no rekɔ no, wɔfaa wɔn akanea nanso wɔamfa ngo anka ho.


eng: but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

aka: Nanso wɔn mu anyansafo no de, wɔrekɔ no wɔfaa ngo kaa wɔn akanea ho kɔe.


eng: As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

aka: Onipa Ba no ba a ɔbɛba no bɛyɛ sɛnea Noa bere so ɛyɛɛ no ara pɛ.


eng: For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,

aka: Na sɛnea nna a edi nsuyiri no anim no nnipa didii, na wɔnomee, warewaree, de kosii da a Noa kɔɔ hyɛn no mu,


eng: and they didn’t know until the flood came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

aka: na nnipa annye nea ɛbɛba anni, kosii sɛ nsuyiri bɛfaa wɔn nyinaa kɔe no, saa ara na me ba a mɛsan aba no bɛyɛ.


eng: “Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ don’t believe it.

aka: Sɛ obi ka kyerɛ mo se, ‘Agyenkwa no wɔ ha anaasɛ ɔwɔ nohɔ anaa wayi ne ho adi wɔ ha anaa ɛhɔ’ a, munnnye nni.


eng: For false christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

aka: Atoro agyenkwanom ne atoro adiyifo bɛsɔre, na wɔayɛ anwonwade ahorow na sɛ ebetumi a, wɔadaadaa wɔn a Onyankopɔn ayi wɔn no mpo.


eng: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

aka: “Munnue! Mo Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo nyaatwomfo, efisɛ musiw afoforo Ɔsoro Ahenni ho kwan. Mo a, monkɔ mu. Mo nso a, momma afoforo a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔkɔ mu no kwan.


eng: “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

aka: Nyaatwomfo! Mobɔ mpae atenten wɔ mmɔnten so de kyerɛ sɛ moyɛ atreneefo wɔ bere a mutu akunafo fi wɔn afi mu.


eng: All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

aka: Wɔyɛɛ eyi de hyɛɛ tete nkɔmhyɛ a ɛka se,


eng: “Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

aka: “Monka nkyerɛ Ɔbabea Sion se wo hene reba wo nkyɛn. Odwo, na ɔte afurum ne afurum ba so” no mu den.


eng: When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

aka: Aka kakra na Yesu ne nʼasuafo no adu Yerusalem no, wɔbɛn kurow bi a wɔfrɛ no Betfage a ɛwɔ Ngo Bepɔw no so hɔ no. Ɛhɔ na Yesu somaa nʼasuafo no mu baanu se, wonni kan nkɔ.


eng: saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

aka: Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛ mudu hɔ a, mubehu sɛ wɔasa afurum bi ne ne ba hama. Monsan wɔn, na momfa wɔn mmrɛ me.


eng: Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

aka: “Ɔsoro Ahenni no te sɛ ɔhene bi a ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔne nʼapaafo bu nkontaa.


eng: When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

aka: Nkontaabu no mu no, wɔde ɔpaani bi a ɔde no ka sika ɔpepem du brɛɛ no.


eng: See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

aka: “Monhwɛ yiye na moammu saa mmofra nketewa yi mu baako koraa animtiaa. Mereka akyerɛ mo se, ɔsoro hɔ no, wɔn abɔfo wɔ mʼagya nkyɛn daa.


eng: For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

aka: Na me, Agyenkwa no, mebae sɛ merebegye wɔn a wɔayera no nkwa.


eng: He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

aka: Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Efisɛ mo gyidi sua.” Ɔtoaa so se, “Sɛ mowɔ gyidi sɛ onyaa abaa esua koraa no a, anka mubetumi aka akyerɛ bepɔw yi se, ‘Tutu kɔ nohɔ!’ na ebetutu akɔ akyirikyiri.


eng: But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”

aka: Na saa honhommɔne a ɛte sɛɛ yi de, ɛrentumi ntu da, gye sɛ monam mpaebɔ ne mmuadadi so.”


eng: They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

aka: Wɔn nyinaa dii aduan no mee pintinn.


eng: Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.

aka: Wɔn a wodii saa aduan no, na wɔn dodow yɛ nnipa mpem anan a wɔankan mmea ne mmofra anka ho. Wodidi wiei no, akyi mporoporowa a wɔtasee no yɛɛ nkɛntɛn ason.


eng: For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

aka: Saa bere no na Herode ama wɔakyere Osuboni Yohane ato afiase, efisɛ na wakasa atia Herodia ne Herode aware no


eng: For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

aka: sɛ, Herode aware ne nua Filipo yere.


eng: So it will be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

aka: Saa ara na wiase awiei bɛyɛ. Abɔfo no bɛba abɛpaw abɔnefo no afi atreneefo no mu,


eng: and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

aka: na wɔatow abɔnefo no agu ogyatannaa no mu; ɛhɔ na osu ne setwɛre wɔ.


eng: “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

aka: “Mo a moayɛ adwuma abrɛ na moasoa nnesoa nyinaa, mommra me nkyɛn, na mɛma mo ahome.


eng: Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

aka: Momfa me konnua nto mo ho so, na munsua me, efisɛ midwo na mebrɛ me ho ase koma mu, na mubenya ɔhome ama mo kra.


eng: For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

aka: Efisɛ me konnua yɛ mmerɛw, na mʼadesoa yɛ hare.”


eng: For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

aka: Maba sɛ mɛma, “ ‘ɔbabarima asɔre atia nʼagya, na ɔbabea asɔre atia ne na, na ɔbea warefo nso asɔre atia nʼasebea.


eng: A man’s foes will be those of his own household.

aka: Obiara tamfo a ne ho yɛ hu no befi nʼankasa ne fi.’


eng: Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

aka: “Munnsuro wɔn. Mmere bi bɛba a nokware no bɛda adi. Nea wɔyɛ no kokoa mu no nyinaa bɛda adi.


eng: What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

aka: Nea mereka akyerɛ mo wɔ sum mu yi, monka wɔ hann mu. Nea mereka agu mo asom yi, mompae mu nka wɔ adan atifi.


eng: Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

aka: Munnsuro wɔn a wobetumi akum mo nipadua nanso wɔrentumi nkum mo kra no. Onyankopɔn a obetumi akum onipadua no ne ɔkra wɔ amanehunu kurom no nko ara na munsuro no.


eng: “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

aka: Wɔtɔn akasanoma gye ahe? Nkasanoma abien bo nyɛ sika kakraa bi pɛ? Nanso akasanoma biara nni hɔ a obewu a mo Agya no nnim ho biribi.


eng: But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

aka: Mo tinwi mpo, wɔakan ne nyinaa.


eng: Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

aka: Enti munnsuro! Mosom bo ma Onyankopɔn sen nkasanoma.


eng: “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

aka: “Osuani nsen ne kyerɛkyerɛfo, na akoa nso nsen ne wura.


eng: It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

aka: Osuani sua ne kyerɛkyerɛfo, na akoa nso sua ne wura. Enti sɛ me a meyɛ ofi no ti no wɔfrɛ me ‘Ɔbonsam’ a, dɛn din na wɔremfa mfrɛ mo!


eng: Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on.

aka: Kurow biara a mobɛkɔ mu anaa akuraa biara a mobɛkɔ ase no, monhwehwɛ onipa a onyamesuro wɔ ne mu akyi kwan na montena ne nkyɛn kosi da a mubefi hɔ akɔ baabi foforo.


eng: As you enter into the household, greet it.

aka: Sɛ mokɔ ofi bi mu a, munkyia wɔn se, ‘Asomdwoe nka mo!’


eng: Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

aka: Wɔrekɔ no, ɔbea bi a mogya atu no mfirihyia dumien faa nʼakyi, soo nʼatade ano.


eng: for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”

aka: Ɔkaa wɔ ne tirim se, “Sɛ mede me nsa ka no nko ara a, me ho bɛyɛ me den.”


eng: Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

aka: “Adɛn na woma dua ntɛtɛ a ɛda wo nua ani so no haw wo, bere a mpuran a ɛda wo de so no mfa wo ho?


eng: Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

aka: Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woatumi aka akyerɛ wo nua se, ‘Ma minyi ntɛtɛ a ɛda wʼani so no mma wo,’ bere a mpuran da wʼani so daa.


eng: You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

aka: Nyaatwomni! Di kan yi mpuran a ɛda wʼankasa ani so no ansa na woatumi ahu ntɛtɛ a ɛda wo nua ani so no yiye na woayi ama no.


eng: Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

aka: “Adɛn nti na mudwinnwen ntama ho? Monhwɛ afifide bi sɛ wuram nhwiren, wɔnnwene ntama ho.


eng: yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

aka: Nanso Salomo ahonya ne nʼanuonyam nyinaa akyi no, na nʼahoɔfɛ nnu wuram nhwiren yi.


eng: Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

aka: Nea wɔnam odiyifo Yeremia so kae no baa mu se,


eng: “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”

aka: “Wɔte nne bi wɔ Rama. Ɛyɛ osu ne agyaadwo; Rahel resu ne mma; na ɔmpɛ sɛ wɔkyekye ne werɛ, efisɛ wɔnte ase bio.”


eng: They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was.

aka: Anyansafo no tiee ɔhene no asɛm no wiei no, wɔkɔe. Wɔrekɔ no, nsoromma a wohuu wɔ apuei no san yii ne ho adi bio kyerɛɛ wɔn. Edii wɔn anim kosii faako a wɔawo abofra no wɔ Betlehem hɔ.


eng: When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

aka: Bere a wohuu nsoromma no, wɔn ani gyee mmoroso.


eng: Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

aka: Eyi nyinaa baa mu de hyɛɛ nea Awurade nam odiyifo no so kae no ma se:


eng: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

aka: “Ɔbabun no benyinsɛn, na wawo ɔbabarima, na wɔato no din Immanuel” a ase ne sɛ, “Onyankopɔn ne yɛn wɔ hɔ.”


eng: A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.

aka: Saa mpaebɔ yi, Habakuk too no sɛ dwom:


eng: Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.

aka: Awurade, mate wo ho nsɛm nyinaa, Na wʼanwonwadwuma a woayɛ no, me ho adwiriw me. Yɛ no foforo wɔ yɛn mmere so. Yɛn mmere yi mu, ma wonhu. Wʼabufuwhyew mu no, kae wo mmɔborɔhunu.


eng: But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

aka: Nanso Awurade maa mframa kɛse bi bɔɔ wɔ po no so; ɛmaa ahum tui a, anka hyɛn no rebɛbɔ.


eng: Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

aka: Hyɛn no mufo no nyinaa suroe, na obiara su frɛɛ ne nyame. Wɔtotoo aguade a ɛwɔ hyɛn no mu guguu po no mu sɛnea hyɛn no mu bɛyɛ hare. Nanso na Yona akɔhyɛ hyɛn no ase baabi ada hatee.


eng: Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come.

aka: Enti obisae se, “Wunim nea enti a maba wo nkyɛn? Ɛrenkyɛ, mɛsan akɔ na me ne Persia ɔhenebabarima akɔko, na sɛ mekɔ a, Hela ɔhenebabarima bɛba;


eng: But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth. There is no one who holds with me against these but Michael your prince.

aka: nanso, medi kan aka nea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Nokware Nhoma no mu no akyerɛ wo. (Obiara nni mʼafa a ɔko tia wɔn, gye sɛ Mikael a ɔyɛ wo hene babarima no.


eng: All this came on the King Nebuchadnezzar.

aka: Na saa nneɛma yi nyinaa baa Ɔhene Nebukadnessar so.


eng: At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.

aka: Asram dumien akyi a na ɔretu mpase wɔ ahemfi no abansoro atifi wɔ Babilonia no,


eng: He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.

aka: Ɔde susudua no susuw apuei fam; na ɛyɛ anammɔn ahanson ne aduonum.


eng: He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed all around.

aka: Osusuw atifi fam na ɛyɛ anammɔn ahanson ne aduonum.


eng: He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

aka: Osusuw anafo fam na ɛyɛ anammɔn ahanson ne aduonum.


eng: He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

aka: Afei ɔdan nʼani hwɛɛ atɔe fam, na osusuwii no, na ɛyɛ anammɔn ahanson ne aduonum.


eng: It was made with cherubim and palm trees. A palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

aka: na wɔasen kerubim ne mmedua. Mmedua no didi kerubim no akyi. Kerubim biara wɔ anim abien.


eng: so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made like this through all the house all around.

aka: Onipa anim kyerɛ mmedua wɔ ɔfa baako na gyata anim kyerɛ mmedua no wɔ ɔfa baako a aka no. Na wosinsen tetaree asɔredan no ho nyinaa.


eng: therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: The Lord Yahweh says to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are all around;

aka: ɛno nti, Israel mmepɔw, muntie Otumfo Awurade asɛm: Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade ka kyerɛ mmepɔw ne nkoko, nsubon ne abon, nnwiriwii a ada mpan ne nea ayɛ amamfo, nkurow amamfo a wɔadwiriw agu na aman no nkae a atwa wɔn ho ahyia no di wɔn ho fɛw.


eng: therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.”’

aka: Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Mifi anem a emu yɛ den mu akasa atia amanaman a aka no ne Edom nyinaa, efisɛ wɔde fɛwdi ne adwemmɔne ayɛ me man wɔn agyapade, sɛnea wobetumi afom ne didibea.’


eng: Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains, the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations.”

aka: Ɛno nti, hyɛ nkɔm a ɛfa Israel asase ho, na ka kyerɛ mmepɔw ne nkoko, subon ne abon se, ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Mede ninkutwe mu anibere kasa, efisɛ amanaman no abu wo animtiaa.


eng: Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

aka: Afe a ɛto so aduasa no, ɔsram a ɛto so anan no da a ɛto so anum no, na meka wɔn a wɔatwa wɔn asu akɔ amannɔne no ho. Mewɔ Asubɔnten Kebar ho no, ɔsoro buei, na mihuu Onyankopɔn wɔ anisoadehu mu.


eng: In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,

aka: Ɔsram no da a ɛto so anum no na ɔhene Yehoiakin adi mfe anum wɔ asutwa mu.


eng: I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he will go out from there in peace.

aka: Ɔbɛto Misraim anyame asɔredan mu gya, ahyew na wɔafa wɔn anyame no nnommum. Sɛnea oguanhwɛfo de nʼatade kyekyere ne ho no, saa ara na ɔde Misraim bɛkyekyere ne ho na wafi hɔ akɔ a ne ho baabiara renti.


eng: He will also break the pillars of Beth Shemesh that is in the land of Egypt; and he will burn the houses of the gods of Egypt with fire.’”

aka: Owia asɔredan a ɛwɔ Misraim no, obebubu nʼafadum kronkron no, na wahyew Misraim anyame asɔredan no dwerɛbee.’ ”


eng: I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts:

aka: Nnipa a wɔabu mʼapam so, na wɔanni nhyehyɛe a ɛwɔ apam a wɔayɛ wɔ mʼanim no so no, mɛyɛ wɔn sɛ nantwi ba a wɔpae ne mu abien na wɔnantew nʼafaafa no ntam no.


eng: the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf.

aka: Yuda ne Yerusalem ntuanofo, asennii adwumayɛfo, asɔfo ne asase no so nnipa no nyinaa a monantew faa nantwi ba no afaafa no ntam no,


eng: Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

aka: Eyi ne krataa mu nsɛm a odiyifo Yeremia kyerɛw fii Yerusalem kɔmaa nnommum no mu mpanyimfo nkae, asɔfo, adiyifo ne nnipa a wɔaka nyinaa a Nebukadnessar afa wɔn afi Yerusalem akɔ Babilonia no.


eng: (after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem),

aka: (Eyi yɛ bere a ɔhene Yehoiakyin ne ɔhemmea no, asennii adwumayɛfo, Yuda ne Yerusalem ntuanofo, adwumfo ahorow nyinaa afi Yerusalem akɔ nnommum mu no akyi.)


eng: You shall tell them, “Yahweh says: ‘If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,

aka: Ka kyerɛ wɔn se, ‘Nea Awurade se ni: Sɛ moantie me, na moanni me mmara a mahyɛ mo no so,


eng: to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them—but you have not listened—

aka: na sɛ moantie nsɛm a mʼasomfo adiyifo a mesoma wɔn mo nkyɛn bere biara no ka kyerɛ mo no a, (mpo munntiee wɔn),


eng: “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:

aka: “Nna no reba,” Awurade na ose, “A mɛtwe wɔn a wɔatwa twetia wɔ honam fam nko ara no nyinaa aso:


eng: Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”

aka: Misraimfo, Yudafo, Edomfo, Amonfo, Moabfo ne wɔn a wɔtete nweatam a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri nsase so nyinaa. Na nokware, saa aman yi nyinaa yɛ momonotofo na mpo Israelfi nyinaa yɛ koma mu momonotofo.”


eng: But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

aka: Nanso yɛn mmarato nti na wopiraa no, yɛn amumɔyɛ nti na wɔdwerɛw no; asotwe a ɛde asomdwoe brɛɛ yɛn no daa no so, na nʼapirakuru mu na yenya ayaresa.


eng: All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

aka: Yɛn nyinaa ayerayera te sɛ nguan, yɛn mu biara afa ne kwan; na Awurade de yɛn nyinaa amumɔyɛ ato no so.


eng: The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.

aka: Nne bi kae se, “Teɛ mu.” Na mekae se, “Menteɛ mu nka dɛn?” “Nnipa nyinaa te sɛ sare, na wɔn anuonyam nyinaa te sɛ afuw so nhwiren.


eng: The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.

aka: Sare hyew, na nhwiren twintwam efisɛ Awurade ahomegu fa wɔn so. Nokware, nnipa no yɛ sare.


eng: I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”

aka: Misuu sɛ asomfena anaa asukɔnkɔn; mitwaa adwo sɛ, aborɔnoma a ɔredi awerɛhow. Mʼani yɛɛ siamoo bere a mehwɛɛ soro. Mewɔ ɔhaw mu, Awurade, bra bɛboa me!”


eng: What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

aka: Na dɛn na metumi aka? Wakasa akyerɛ me, na ɔno ankasa na wayɛ eyi. Mede ahobrɛase bɛnantew mʼasetena nyinaa mu me kra ahoyeraw yi nti.


eng: All the people will know, including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,

aka: Nnipa no nyinaa behu, Efraim ne wɔn a wɔtete Samaria a wɔde ahohoahoa ne ahomaso koma kasa no,


eng: “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”

aka: “Ntayaa no abubu agu fam nanso yɛde abo a wɔatwa bɛto bio. Wɔabubu borɔdɔma nnua no nanso yɛde sida besi anan mu.”


eng: Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

aka: Wonnue, wɔn a wɔsɔre anɔpahema kɔhwehwɛ wɔn nsa akyi kwan wɔn a wosii pɛ anadwo kosi sɛ nsa bɛbow wɔn.


eng: The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

aka: Wɔbɔ sankuten ne bɛnta wɔ wɔn aponto ase, akasae, ne atɛntɛbɛn ne nsa, nanso wotwiri nea Awurade ayɛ, na wommu ne nsa ano adwuma.


eng: Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

aka: Hena na wɔadome no? Hena na odi awerɛhow? Hena na odi aperepere? Hena na onwiinwii? Hena na ɔwɔ atape nko ara? Hena na mogya ada nʼani so?


eng: Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

aka: Wɔn a wɔkyɛ nsa ho, na wɔka nsa a wɔafrafra hwɛ.


eng: Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

aka: Nhwɛ nsa ani kɔkɔɔ no haa, bere a ɛretwa yerɛw yerɛw wɔ kuruwa mu, na ɛkɔ yɔɔ no.


eng: In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

aka: Awiei no, ɛka te sɛ ɔwɔ na ɛwɔ bɔre te sɛ ahurutoa.


eng: Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

aka: Wʼani behu nneɛma a wunhuu da, na woadwene nneɛma basabasa ho.


eng: Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

aka: Wobɛtɔ ntintan te sɛ hyɛn mu dwumayɛni a, okura hyɛn dua a, ɛrehinhim mu den, na ehinhim wɔ po so.


eng: “They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”

aka: Na wobɛka se, “Wɔbɔ me, nanso mimpira. Wɔboro me, nanso mente ɔyaw biara. Bere bɛn na menyan akɔpɛ nsa anom bio?”


eng: Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

aka: Me ba, tie, na hu nyansa, ma wo koma mfa ɔkwantrenee so.


eng: Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;

aka: Mfa wo ho mmɔ akɔwensafo anaasɛ wɔn a wɔpɛ nam mmoroso ho,


eng: for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

aka: efisɛ, akɔwensafo ne adidibradafo bɛyɛ ahiafo, na anikum fura wɔn ntamagow.


eng: The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

aka: Owia rensɛe wo wɔ adekyee mu, na ɔsram nso rensɛe wo anadwo.


eng: Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

aka: Awurade bɛbɔ wo ho ban afi ɔsɛe nyinaa ho, ɔbɛhwɛ wo nkwa so;


eng: I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,

aka: Medi me ntam a maka Awurade no so wɔ ne nkurɔfo nyinaa anim,


eng: in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

aka: wɔ adiwo a ɛwɔ Awurade fi no, wɔ wʼanim, Yerusalem. Monkamfo Awurade.


eng: Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

aka: Momma wɔnna Awurade ase, nʼadɔe a ɛnsa da ne nʼanwonwade a ɔyɛ ma nnipa no ho,


eng: For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.

aka: efisɛ obubu kɔbere mfrafra apon na otwitwa nnadeban mu.


eng: Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

aka: Monkae anwonwade a wayɛ ne nsɛnkyerɛnne, ne atɛn a obui,


eng: you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

aka: Abraham mma, Onyankopɔn asomfo, Yakob mma a wapaw wɔn.


eng: For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

aka: Mede nsõ ayɛ mʼaduan na mede nusu fra me nsu mu


eng: because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away.

aka: esiane wʼabufuwhyew dennen no nti, woama me so, ayi me asi nkyɛn.