2 Corinthians 5

1 We know that when this earthly “tent” we live in is taken down, we have a house prepared by God, not made by human hands. It is eternal and is in heaven. (aiōnios g166)

Yenim sɛ sɛ yewu na yegyaw saa nipadua yi a yebenya nipadua foforo a Onyankopɔn ankasa ayɛ a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa wɔ ɔsoro hɔ. (aiōnios g166)

2 We sigh with longing for this, wanting so badly to be clothed with this new heavenly home.

Mprempren, yesi apini pɛ sɛ wɔde ɔsoro atenae foforo no kata yɛn ho,

3 When we put on this clothing we won't be seen naked.

efisɛ sɛ wɔde kata yɛn ho a yɛn ho renna hɔ bio.

4 While we are in this “tent” we sigh, being weighed down by this life. It's not so much that we want to take off the clothing of this life but that we look forward to what we shall be clothed with, so that what is mortal may be overwhelmed by life.

Na sɛ yɛwɔ saa ɔhonam yi mu a, yesi apini na adesoa bi da yɛn so; ɛnyɛ sɛ yɛmpɛ sɛ yegyaw nipadua no, na mmom yɛpɛ sɛ wɔde ɔsoro atenae foforo no kata yɛn ho sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a nkwa bɛmene nea ewu no.

5 It's God himself who prepared us for all this, and who provided the Spirit as a guarantee to us.

Onyankopɔn na wasiesie yɛn ama saa nsakrae yi. Na ɔde ne Honhom no maa yɛn sɛ nea ɔwɔ ma yɛn no nyinaa akyigyinade.

6 So we remain confident, knowing that while we are at home here in our physical bodies, we are away from the Lord.

Eyi nti, daa yɛwɔ akokoduru. Yenim sɛ mmere dodow a yɛwɔ saa nipadua yi mu no, ɛma yɛne Awurade fi kwan ware.

7 (For we live by trusting in God, not by seeing him.)

Efisɛ yɛn nkwa gyina gyidi so na ennyina nea yehu so.

8 As I say, we are confident, wanting to be away from the body so we can be at home with the Lord.

Yɛwɔ nkuranhyɛ nti ɛyɛ yɛn pɛ sɛ yebetu afi yɛn fi wɔ saa honam yi mu na yɛne Awurade akɔtena ne fi.

9 That's why our goal, whether home here in our bodies or not, is to make sure we please him.

Sɛ yɛwɔ yɛn fi ha anaa nohɔ no, yɛpɛ sɛ yɛsɔ nʼani sen biribiara.

10 For all of us must appear before Christ's seat of judgment. Each of us will receive what we deserve for what we have done in this life, whether it is good or bad.

Efisɛ ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nyinaa ba Kristo anim ma obu yɛn atɛn. Sɛnea obiara tenaa ase wɔ nipadua no abrabɔ mu no, sɛ ɛyɛ papa anaa bɔne no, wobegyina so abu no atɛn.

11 Knowing how we are in awe of the Lord, we try to convince others. It's clear to God what we are, and I hope that it's clear to your minds too.

Efisɛ yenim sɛnea yesuro Awurade nti, yɛka ne ho asɛmpa kyerɛ nnipa. Onyankopɔn nim yɛn yiye na mewɔ anidaso sɛ munim me nso wɔ mo koma mu.

12 We are not trying to speak well of ourselves again, just trying to give you the opportunity to be proud of us, so you can answer those who are proud of outward show and not what they are inside.

Yɛrensan nka yɛn ho asɛmpa nkyerɛ mo, na mmom yɛrebɔ ho mmɔden sɛnea mode yɛn bɛhoahoa mo ho na moatumi abua wɔn a wɔde nnipa anim hoahoa wɔn ho na ɛnyɛ wɔn su no.

13 If we are “crazy people,” it's for God. If we make good sense, it's for you.

Sɛ yɛabobɔ adam a ɛyɛ yɛne Onyankopɔn ntam asɛm. Nanso sɛ yɛn adwene mu da hɔ a, eye ma mo yiyedi.

14 Christ's love urges us on, because we're absolutely sure that he died for everyone, and so everyone died.

Afei a yɛahu sɛ onipa baako na owu maa nnipa nyinaa wuu bi no nti, Kristo dɔ a ɔde dɔ yɛn no na ɛhyɛ yɛn. Eyi kyerɛ sɛ nnipa nyinaa wɔ ne wu no mu kyɛfa bi.

15 Christ died for everyone so that they shouldn't live any longer for themselves, but for him who died and rose again for them.

Owu maa yɛn nyinaa, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn a wɔte ase no rentena ase mma wɔn ho bio, na mmom wɔbɛtena ase ama nea yɛn nti owui a wɔma ɔsɔre fii awufo mu no.

16 From now on we don't look at anyone from a human point of view. Even though we once viewed Christ this way, we don't do so any longer.

Enti ɛnsɛ sɛ yegyina onipa adwene so bu obiara atɛn bio. Na sɛ mpo bere bi a atwam no na yegyina nnipa adwene so na yehu Kristo a, afei de, yɛrenyɛ saa bio.

17 That's why anyone who is in Christ is a new being—what was old is gone, the new has come!

Sɛ obi wɔ Kristo mu a, na ɔyɛ abɔde foforo, na nneɛma dedaw nyinaa atwam ama nneɛma foforo aba.

18 God did all this by changing us from enemies into friends through Christ. God gave us this same work of changing his enemies into his friends.

Onyankopɔn ayɛ ne nyinaa. Ɔsomaa Kristo sɛ ɔmmɛpata ɔne yɛn ntam na ɔde ɔne afoforo ntam mpata dwumadi no ahyɛ yɛn nsa.

19 For God was in Christ bringing the world back from hostility to friendship with him, not counting anyone's sins against them, and giving us this message to change his enemies into his friends.

Asɛm a wɔde abrɛ yɛn ne sɛ, Onyankopɔn nam Kristo so afa nnipa nyinaa adamfo. Onyankopɔn ankan wɔn bɔne antia wɔn na ɔde nʼasomdwoe asɛnka ho dwumadi no ahyɛ yɛn nsa.

20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God is pleading through us: “Please, won't you come back and be God's friend?”

Enti yɛyɛ asomafo ma Kristo, na ɛte sɛnea Onyankopɔn nam yɛn so kasa kyerɛ mo. Yesi Kristo anan mu srɛ mo sɛ, momma wɔmfa mo mmata Onyankopɔn ho.

21 God made Jesus, who never personally sinned, experience the consequences of sin so that we could have a character that is good and right just as God is good and right.

Na Kristo nni bɔne, nanso yɛn nti Onyankopɔn ma ɔfaa yɛn bɔne, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛnam ɔno Kristo so bɛyɛ atreneefo wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.