Matthew 13
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
Ɛda no ara Yesu firii adi kɔtenaa mpoano.
2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
Nnipakuo kɔɔ ne nkyɛn wɔ hɔ. Ɔkɔtenaa kodoɔ bi mu a na nnipakuo no nso gyinagyina mpoano hɔ.
3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ kyerɛkyerɛɛ wɔn abɛbuo mu sɛ, “Okuafoɔ bi kɔɔ nʼafuom kɔguu aba.
4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
Ɔgu so reguo no, aba no bi guu ɛkwan mu maa nnomaa bɛsosɔɔ ne nyinaa.
5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
Ebi nso kɔguu abotan so. Ankyɛre na aba no fifiriiɛ.
6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Esiane sɛ na dɔteɛ a ɛwɔ abotan no so sua no enti, owia bɔɔ so no, ne nyinaa hyeeɛ.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
Aba no bi nso guu nkasɛɛ mu, na nkasɛɛ no nyiniiɛ no ɛmiaa no.
8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
Aba no bi guu asase pa mu. Ɛnyiniiɛ, soo aba mmɔho aduasa; ebi aduosia ɛnna afoforɔ nso ɔha.
9 He who has ears, let him hear.”
Deɛ ɔwɔ aso no, ma ɔntie!”
10 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
Ɔwiee ne nkyerɛkyerɛ no, nʼasuafoɔ no baa ne nkyɛn bɛbisaa no sɛ, “Adɛn na daa wonam abɛbuo so kasa kyerɛ nnipa no?”
11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Mo deɛ, wɔde Ɔsoro Ahennie ho ahintasɛm ama mo na wɔn deɛ, wɔmmfa mmaa wɔn.
12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Deɛ ɔwɔ biribi no, wɔbɛma no bi aka ho na wanya ma abu ne so. Na deɛ ɔnni ahe bi no, kakra a ɔwɔ no mpo, wɔbɛgye afiri ne nsam.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
Deɛ enti a ɛma mekasa kyerɛ wɔn abɛbuo mu no ne sɛ: “Wɔhunu deɛ, nanso wɔnhunu; wɔte deɛ, na wɔnte aseɛ.
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
Yei maa Yesaia nkɔm a ɔhyɛɛ sɛ: “‘Ɔte deɛ mobɛte, nanso morente aseɛ; ɔhunu deɛ mobɛhunu, nanso morenhunu no, aba mu.
15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔman yi akoma apirim. Wɔyɛ asoɔden; wɔakatakata wɔn ani. Sɛ ɛnte saa a anka wɔn ani bɛhunu adeɛ, na wɔn aso ate asɛm, na wɔn akoma ate asɛm ase, na wɔanu wɔn ho asane aba me nkyɛn na masa wɔn yadeɛ.’
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
Na mo deɛ, wɔahyira mo ani sɛ ɛnhunu adeɛ; wɔahyira mo aso sɛ ɛnte asɛm.
17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Na me deɛ mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, adiyifoɔ ne ateneneefoɔ pii pɛɛ sɛ wɔhunu deɛ mohunu no, nanso wɔanhunu. Wɔpɛɛ sɛ wɔte deɛ mote no, nanso wɔante.
18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
“Afei, montie ɛbɛ a ɛfa okuafoɔ a ɔkɔguu aba wɔ nʼafuom no ho no asekyerɛ.
19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Wɔn a wɔtie Onyankopɔn asɛm no, na wɔnte aseɛ no te sɛ aba a ɛguu ɛkwan mu no. Ɔbɔnefoɔ no ba, bɛhwim deɛ wɔadua wɔ wɔn akoma mu no.
20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
Aba a ɛguu abotan soɔ no gyina hɔ ma wɔn a wɔte asɛm no, na wɔde anigyeɛ sɔ mu.
21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
Nanso, asɛm no ntim wɔ wɔn mu. Yei enti, ɛnkyɛre na asɛm no awu. Esiane sɛ asɛm no awuo enti, sɛ ɔhaw anaa ɔtaa bi ba a, wɔpa aba.
22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
Aba a ɛguu nkasɛɛ mu no gyina hɔ ma wɔn a wɔtie asɛm no, nanso ewiase yi mu abrabɔ mu haw ne agyapadeɛ ho dwene enti, ɛmma asɛm no ntumi nnyɛ wɔn mu adwuma. (aiōn g165)
23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
Na aba a ɛguu asase pa mu no gyina hɔ ma wɔn a wɔtie asɛm no, na wɔte aseɛ. Wɔso aba mmɔho aduasa; ebi aduosia; ɛnna afoforɔ nso, ɔha.”
24 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Yesu de ɛbɛ foforɔ kaa asɛm sɛ, “Ɔsoro Ahennie no te sɛ okuafoɔ bi a ɔdua aba wɔ nʼafuom.
25 But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
Ɛda koro anadwo a wada no, ne ɔtamfoɔ nso bɛduaa wira fraa aburoo a wadua no.
26 When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
Aburoo no renyini no, na wira no nso renyini.
27 The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
“Okuafoɔ no apaafoɔ bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ‘Owura, aba a woduaeɛ no, wira bi afifiri wɔ aseɛ!’
28 ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
“Okuafoɔ no buaa sɛ, ‘Ɔtamfoɔ bi na ɔduaeɛ!’ “Apaafoɔ no bisaa no sɛ, ‘Wopɛ sɛ yɛkɔtutu saa wira no anaa?’
29 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
“Ɔbuaa wɔn sɛ, ‘Dabi! Anhwɛ a na moatutu aburoo no bi afra wira no.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
Momma ne nyinaa nyini nkɔsi otwa berɛ na mama atwafoɔ ayiyi wira no afiri aburoo no mu ahye no, na wɔde aburoo no nso agu asan so.’”
31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
Yesu buu wɔn ɛbɛ foforɔ sɛ, “Ɔsoro Ahennie te sɛ onyina aba ketewa bi a obi duaa wɔ nʼafuom.
32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
Ɛyɛ aba ketewaa bi, nanso sɛ ɛnyini a, ɛyɛ dutan kɛseɛ ma nnomaa kɔsisi ne mman so.”
33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Ɔbuu wɔn ɛbɛ foforɔ sɛ, “Ɔsoro Ahennie te sɛ mmɔreka bi a burodotofoɔ de fotɔ mmɔre ma ɛtu.”
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
Yesu nam abɛbuo so na ɔkasa kyerɛɛ nnipadɔm no.
35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Esiane sɛ na adiyifoɔ ahyɛ nkɔm sɛ ɔnam abɛbuo so bɛkasa enti, wanka asɛm a wamfa abɛbuo amfra mu. Nkɔm a adiyifoɔ no hyɛeɛ ne sɛ, “Mɛkasa abɛbuo mu, na maka anwanwadeɛ mu ahintasɛm a ɛfiri adebɔ mfitiaseɛ.”
36 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Afei, Yesu firii nnipadɔm no nkyɛn kɔɔ efie. Nʼasuafoɔ no baa ne nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ɔnkyerɛ wɔn abɛbuo a ɛfa ewira ne aba ho no ase.
37 He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Me Onipa Ba no, mene okuafoɔ a ɔduaa aba no.
38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
Afuo no ne ewiase, na aba no nso gyina hɔ ma wɔn a wɔyɛ Ahennie no mma; ewira no nso gyina hɔ ma wɔn a wɔyɛ ɔbonsam mma.
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. (aiōn g165)
Ɔtamfoɔ a ɔduaa ewira fraa aburoo no ne ɔbɔnefoɔ no. Otwa berɛ no yɛ ewiase awieeɛ; atwafoɔ no ne abɔfoɔ. (aiōn g165)
40 As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. (aiōn g165)
“Sɛdeɛ asɛnka no mu, wɔtutuu wira no firi aburoo no mu kɔhyee no no, saa ara na ɛbɛyɛ ewiase awieeɛ. (aiōn g165)
41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Onipa Ba no bɛsoma nʼabɔfoɔ, na wɔabɛboaboa wɔn a wɔpɛ bɔne, nsɛmmɔnedifoɔ nyinaa ano afiri Ahennie no mu,
42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
na wɔato wɔn agu ogyatannaa no mu, ahye wɔn. Ɛhɔ na esu ne agyaadwoɔ wɔ.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Na ateneneefoɔ no bɛhyerɛn sɛ owia wɔ wɔn Agya Ahennie no mu. Deɛ ɔwɔ aso no, ma ɔntie!”
44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Yesu toaa abɛbuo no so sɛ, “Ɔsoro Ahennie no te sɛ ademudeɛ bi a obi kɔhunuu wɔ afuo bi mu. Ɔkataa so, na ɔde ahopere kɔtɔn nʼahodeɛ nyinaa, de kɔtɔɔ afuo no.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
“Bio, Ɔsoro Ahennie te sɛ obi a ɔdi ahwene pa ho edwa a ɔrepɛ ahwene pa atɔ.
46 When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.
Ɔkɔnyaa bi a ɛyɛ fɛ mmoroso, enti ɔkɔtɔn nʼahodeɛ nyinaa de kɔtɔeɛ!”
47 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
Yesu toaa so bio sɛ, “Ɔsoro Ahennie no te sɛ obi a ɔkɔguu asau wɔ asuo bi mu yii nsuomnam ahodoɔ bebree.
48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
Asau no yɛɛ ma no, ɔtwe baa konkɔn so. Afei, ɔtenaa ase yiyii nam pa no guu kɛntɛn mu ɛnna ɔtoo deɛ ɛnyɛ no guiɛ.
49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous, (aiōn g165)
Saa ara na ewiase awieeɛ bɛyɛ. Abɔfoɔ no bɛba abɛpa abɔnefoɔ no afiri ateneneefoɔ no mu, (aiōn g165)
50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
na wɔato abɔnefoɔ no agu ogyatannaa no mu; ɛhɔ na esu ne agyaadwoɔ wɔ.
51 Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
“Mote aseɛ?” Nʼasuafoɔ no buaa no sɛ, “Aane.”
52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
Yesu toaa ne nkyerɛkyerɛ no so sɛ, “Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ a wɔabɛyɛ mʼasuafoɔ no te sɛ efiewura a wada nʼagyapadeɛ foforɔ ne dada nyinaa adi.”
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
Yesu wiee nʼabɛbuo no, ɔfiri baabi a ɔwɔ hɔ.
54 Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
Ɔkɔɔ ne kurom Nasaret. Ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ wɔ hyiadan mu maa wɔn a wɔtiee no no ho dwirii wɔn. Wɔbisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Ɛhe na saa ɔbarima yi kɔnyaa nyansa a ɔde yɛ anwanwadeɛ sɛɛ yi?
55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Ɛnyɛ dua dwumfoɔ no ba no ni? Ɛnyɛ ne maame ne Maria? Ɛnyɛ ne nua mmarimanom ne Yakobo ne Yosef ne Simon ne Yuda?
56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”
Ɛnyɛ yɛne ne nuammaanom na ɛte ha? Na afei ɛhe na ɔkɔnyaa yeinom nyinaa yi?”
57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Wɔn bo fuu no. Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Odiyifoɔ wɔ animuonyam baabiara, agye ne ɔman mu anaa ne nkurɔfoɔ mu.”
58 And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
Esiane sɛ wɔannye no annie no enti, wanyɛ anwanwadeɛ bebree wɔ hɔ.
