1 Corinthians 4
1 So think of us as Christ's servants given the responsibility for “the mysteries of God.”
Ɛsɛ sɛ mubu yɛn sɛ Kristo asomfo a wɔde Onyankopɔn ahintasɛm a ɛyɛ nokware no ahyɛ yɛn nsa.
2 More than this, those who have such responsibilities are required to be trustworthy.
Ade baako a wɔrehwehwɛ afi onipa a wɔde ahintasɛm no ahyɛ ne nsa no ne sɛ obedi ne wura no nokware.
3 Personally it hardly matters to me if you or anyone else judges me—in fact I don't even judge myself.
Sɛ mo anaa onipa bi bu me atɛn mprempren a, ɛmfa me ho. Mʼankasa nso mimmu me ho atɛn.
4 I don't know of anything I've done wrong, but that doesn't make me morally right. It's the Lord who judges me.
Mʼadwene mu yɛ fann, nanso ɛno nkyerɛ sɛ midi bem fitaa. Awurade nko ara na obu me atɛn.
5 So don't judge anything before the right time—when the Lord comes. He will bring to light all the darkest secrets that are hidden, and he will reveal people's motives. God will give everyone whatever praise they deserve.
Enti ɛnsɛ sɛ obiara bu ne yɔnko atɛn kosi sɛ bere a ɛsɛ bɛba. Awurade ba mu no na wobebu atɛn a etwa to. Ɔbɛda nea ahintaw wɔ sum mu no adi na wada nea ahintaw wɔ nnipa koma mu no nso adi. Na onipa biara anya nʼayeyi afi Onyankopɔn hɔ.
6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied this to Apollos and myself as an example for you. That way you will learn not to go beyond what has been written, and not in arrogance prefer one over the other.
Anuanom, mo nti mede Apolo ne me ayɛ nhwɛso, sɛnea ɛbɛma mo osuahu a ɛka se, “Di mmara pa so” no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mo mu biara de onipa bi hoahoa ne ho na obu ɔfoforo nso onipa teta.
7 Who made you so special? What do you have that you weren't given? Since you were given it, why do you proudly claim you weren't?
Hena na ɔka kyerɛɛ wo se wokorɔn sen afoforo? Ɛnyɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔde biribiara a wowɔ no maa wo? Na adɛn nti na wode hoahoa wo ho sɛnea ɛnyɛ akyɛde?
8 You think you have all you need. You think you're so wealthy. You think you're kings already, and don't need us. I wish you were really ruling as kings, so we could rule with you!
Biribiara a mohwehwɛ no, mo nsa aka dedaw! Moyɛ adefo dedaw. Moayeyɛ ahemfo, nanso yɛnyɛ bi! Nokware, anka mepɛ sɛ moyɛ ahemfo na anka yɛn nso yɛyɛ ahemfo bɛka mo ho.
9 The way I see it, God has put us apostles on display as the last in the line, condemned to die. We have been made a public show before the entire universe, to angels and to human beings.
Ɛyɛ me sɛ yɛn asomafo yi de, Onyankopɔn de yɛn atwa to sɛ nnipa bi a wɔabu wɔn kumfɔ wɔ bagua mu sɛ nnipa ne wiase abɔfo nyinaa nhwɛ.
10 We're Christ's fools, but you are so wise in Christ! We're the weak ones, but you are so strong! You have the glory, but we are despised!
Kristo nti yɛyɛ nkwaseafo, nanso moyɛ anyansafo wɔ Kristo mu. Yɛyɛ mmerɛw, nanso moyɛ den. Wommu yɛn, nanso wobu mo.
11 Right up till now we're hungry and thirsty. We have no clothes. We're badly beaten up, and we have no place to call home.
Ebesi saa bere yi mu ɔkɔm ne osukɔm de yɛn. Yefura ntamagow; wɔhwe yɛn; yedi atutena;
12 We struggle on doing manual work. When people curse us, we bless them. When they persecute us, we put up with it.
yɛyɛ adwuma a ɛyɛ den de hwɛ yɛn ho. Wɔdome yɛn a, yehyira; wɔhwe yɛn a yegyina ano.
13 When they insult us, we respond with kindness. Even now we are treated like dirt, the worst trash in the whole world.
Wɔyaw yɛn a, yɛde kasa pa bua. Yɛte sɛ wiase yi mu wura bi a yɛnka hwee de besi nnɛ.
14 I'm not writing like this to make you feel ashamed, but to caution you as my children whom I love so much.
Ɛnyɛ sɛ mepɛ sɛ migu mo anim ase nti na mekyerɛw saa nhoma yi brɛɛ mo. Na mmom mepɛ sɛ mekyerɛ mo ɔkwan sɛ me ara me mma a medɔ wɔn.
15 Even though you may have thousands of Christian instructors, you don't have many fathers—it was in Christ Jesus that I became your father when I shared the good news with you.
Na sɛ mowɔ ahwɛfo mpem du mpo wɔ mo asetena mu wɔ Kristo mu a, mowɔ Agya baako pɛ. Na mo nkwa a ɛwɔ Kristo Yesu mu no nti, menam asɛmpa a meka kyerɛɛ mo no so abɛyɛ mo agya.
16 So I'm pleading with you to imitate me!
Mesrɛ mo sɛ munsuasua me.
17 That's why I sent Timothy to you, my trustworthy son in the Lord who I love so much. He will remind you about the way I follow Christ, just as I always teach in every church I visit.
Ɛnam eyi so nti, meresoma Timoteo na waba mo nkyɛn. Ɔyɛ mʼankasa me dɔba a odi me nokware wɔ Awurade mu. Ɔbɛkaakae mo mʼakwan foforo a menam so di Kristo Yesu akyi ne nkyerɛkyerɛ a mekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ asafo biara a mekɔ mu no mu.
18 Some among you have become arrogant, thinking I wouldn't bother coming to see you.
Mo mu bi ayɛ ahantan, susuw sɛ meremmɛsra mo.
19 But I am coming to visit you soon, if that's what the Lord wants. Then I'll find out what these arrogant people are saying, and what kind of power they have.
Sɛ Awurade pɛ a, ɛrenkyɛ biara mɛba mo nkyɛn na mʼankasa mabɛhwɛ dwuma a saa ahantanfo yi betumi adi na ɛnyɛ asɛm a wɔbɛka no.
20 For the kingdom of God is not about mere words, but about power.
Onyankopɔn Ahenni no nyɛ nsɛnkeka na ɛyɛ tumi.
21 So what do you want? Shall I come with a stick to beat you, or in love and a gentle spirit?
Emu nea ɛwɔ he na mopɛ? Memmɛbɔ mo mmaa anaa koma a ɔdɔ wɔ mu na ebu ade na memfa mmra mo nkyɛn?
