2 Corinthians 11

1 I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

Mewɔ anidaso sɛ, sɛ meyɛ nkwaseade koraa a mubegye me. Mepa mo kyɛw, monyɛ saa.

2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Metwe mo ho ninkunu sɛnea Onyankopɔn twe mo ho ninkunu no. Mote sɛ ɔbabun a mahyɛ ɔbarima baako pɛ bi a ɔno ne Kristo no bɔ sɛ mede mo bɛma no aware.

3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Misuro sɛ wɔbɛsɛe mo adwene na mo a mode mo ho nyinaa ama Kristo no, mubegyae sɛnea ɔwɔ no nam anifere so daadaa Hawa no.

4 For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.

Mode anigye gye obiara a ɔba mo nkyɛn bɛka Yesu foforo a ɔnyɛ nea yɛka ne ho asɛm kyerɛ mo no di; mugye honhom bi ne asɛmpa bi a nsonoe da ɛno ne Honhom ne Asɛmpa a yɛka kyerɛ mo no ntam no di.

5 I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

Minnye nni sɛ meyɛ “Asomafo” no mu abomfiaa.

6 Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

Ebia mʼano ntew de, nanso mʼadwene mu abue. Yɛnam akwannuasa so akyerɛ mo eyi ase fann.

7 Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

Mebɛkaa Onyankopɔn Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ mo no, mannye mo hwee. Mebrɛɛ me ho ase sɛnea ɛbɛma mo akrɔn. So bɔne a meyɛɛ ne sɛ meyɛɛ saa ana?

8 I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.

Bere a na mereyɛ mo mu adwuma no, asafo afoforo bi na na wotua me ka.

9 And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

Bere a na mewɔ mo nkyɛn no, sɛ sika ho hia me a, na menhaw mo. Na anuanom a wɔte Makedonia no de biribiara a ɛho hia me brɛ me. Sɛnea na ɛte mmere a atwa mu no, saa ara nso na daakye ɛbɛyɛ. Merenyɛ adesoa mma mo da.

10 As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

Kristo nokwaredi a ahyɛ me ma nti, mehyɛ mo bɔ sɛ obiara rentumi nka mʼahohoahoa yi nhyɛ wɔ Helaman mu da.

11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

Adɛn nti na meka saa? Efisɛ mennɔ mo ana? Onyankopɔn nim sɛ medɔ mo.

12 But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.

Mɛkɔ so adi dwuma a meredi no mprempren yi sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a saa “asomafo” no rennya kwan nhoahoa wɔn ho sɛ dwuma a wodi no te sɛ yɛn dwuma a yedi no ara pɛ.

13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

Saa nnipa no nyɛ nokware asomafo. Wɔyɛ atoro asomafo a wɔnam twa atoro wɔ wɔn adwuma ho ma nnipa hu wɔn sɛ wɔyɛ Kristo asomafo.

14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

Ɛnyɛ me nwonwa, efisɛ ɔbonsam koraa tumi sesa ne ho ma ɔdan yɛ sɛ hann.

15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

Enti ɛnyɛ nwonwa sɛ nʼasomfo tumi sesa wɔn ho de daadaa nnipa sɛ wɔyɛ papa. Awiei no, wobenya wɔn nneyɛe so akatua pɛpɛɛpɛ.

16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

Miti mu ka bio se: Ɛnsɛ sɛ obiara susuw sɛ meyɛ ɔkwasea. Sɛ mususuw saa a, ɛno de munnye me sɛnea mubegye ɔkwasea na menam so atumi ahoahoa me ho.

17 In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

Asɛm a mereka yi nyɛ nea Awurade pɛ sɛ meka. Meka ahohoahoa ho asɛm a, na mekasa sɛ ɔkwasea.

18 Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

Nanso esiane sɛ nnipa bebree hoahoa wɔn ho wɔ nipasu mu nti, me nso mɛyɛ saa.

19 For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.

Mo ankasa mo ani atew nti mode anigye gye nkwaseafo.

20 In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

Mugye obi a ɔhyɛ mo so anaa nea onya mo ho biribi anaa nea osum mo afiri anaa nea ommu mo anaa nea ɔbɔ mo ani so.

21 To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.

Mede fɛre gye eyi to mu sɛ yɛyɛ mmerɛw dodo wɔ eyi mu. Sɛ obi gye kyim de biribi hoahoa ne ho a, merekasa sɛ ɔkwasea, me nso megye kyim ahoahoa me ho wɔ dekode no ho bi.

22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Wɔyɛ Hebrifo ana? Me nso meyɛ bi. Wɔyɛ Israelfo ana? Me nso meyɛ bi. Wɔyɛ Abraham asefo ana? Me nso meyɛ bi.

23 Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

Wɔyɛ Kristo asomfo ana? Merekasa sɛ ɔbɔdamfo. Nanso meyɛ ɔsomfo pa sen wɔn. Mayɛ adwuma a ɛyɛ den sen wɔn; mada afiase mpɛn bebree; wɔabɔ me mmaa bebree na metaa mebɛn owu nso.

24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

Yudafo bɔɔ me mmaa aduasa akron ahorow anum.

25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

Romafo bɔɔ me mmaa mprɛnsa na wosiw me abo pɛnkoro. Metenaa ahyɛn mu ma ɛbɔɔ mprɛnsa. Madi asu ase nnɔnhwerew aduonu anan pɛn.

26 In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

Mʼakwantu ahorow mu no, mihyiaa nsuyiri ne akwamukafo. Mihuu amane wɔ Yudafo ne amanamanmufo nsam. Mihuu nkurow so amane. Mihuu wuram amane. Mihuu po so amane ne nnamfo a wɔnka nokware nsam amane.

27 in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Mayɛ adwuma a ɛyɛ den na ɔbrɛ wɔ mu. Mpɛn pii menna. Ɔkɔm ne osukɔm dee me. Mpɛn pii minnya aduan a ɛbɛso me nni. Minnya baabi nna anaa atade nhyɛ.

28 Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

Bere biara na mema asafo ahorow no ho nsɛm yɛ me nsɛnhia.

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?

Sɛ obi yɛ mmerɛw a ɛma me nso meyɛ mmerɛw. Sɛ obi ka ɔfoforo kɔ bɔne mu a ɛma me werɛ how.

30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

Sɛ mehoahoa me ho a, na ɛsɛ sɛ mehoahoa me ho wɔ nneɛma a ɛkyerɛ me mmerɛwyɛ no mu.

31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying. (aiōn g165)

Awurade Yesu no, Onyankopɔn ne Agya no a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛkamfo no no nim sɛ merentwa nkontompo. (aiōn g165)

32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

Bere a mewɔ Damasko no, Amrado a na ɔhyɛ Ɔhene Areta ase no maa awɛmfo wɛn kurow no pon pɛɛ sɛ wɔkyere me.

33 But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

Nanso wɔde me sii kɛntɛn mu twetwee me faa ɔfasu bi a apae tokuru mu de me sii fam ma miguan fii ne nsam.