John 10
1 “I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't come in through the gate of the sheepfold but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.
“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.
2 The one who comes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
Onipa a ɔfa ɔkwan ano kɔ mu no ne oguanhwɛfo no.
3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep respond to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
Ɔpon no anohwɛfo no bue ɔpon no ma no, na sɛ ɔfrɛ nguan no nso a wɔte ne nne ma ɔde wɔn fi adi.
4 After bringing them out, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
Sɛ ɔde wɔn fi adi a, odi nguan no anim na nguan no nso di nʼakyi, efisɛ wɔte ne nne.
5 They won't follow strangers. In fact they run away from a stranger because they don't recognize the voice of strangers.”
Wɔrenni onipa foforo biara akyi. Na sɛ ɔfrɛ wɔn a wɔremma, efisɛ wɔnte ne nne.”
6 When Jesus gave this illustration those who were listening to him didn't understand what he meant.
Yesu buu wɔn saa bɛ yi nanso nnipa no ante no ase.
7 So Jesus explained again, “I tell you the truth: I am the gate of the sheepfold.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn bio se, “Mereka nokware akyerɛ mo se mene nguannan no ano pon no.
8 All those who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
Wɔn a wodii mʼanim kan no yɛ awifo ne adwowtwafo; ɛno nti nguan no ante wɔn nne anni wɔn akyi.
9 I am the gate. Anyone who comes in through me will be healed. They will be able to come and go, and find the food they need.
Mene ɔpon no. Obiara a ɔnam me so bewura mu no benya nkwa; wobewura mu asan afi adi na wobenya adidibea.
10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I've come to bring you life, life full to overflowing.
Owifo ba a, obewia anaasɛ obedi awu anaasɛ ɔbɛsɛe ade. Me de, maba sɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mubenya nkwa a edi mu.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
“Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Oguanhwɛfo pa no ne obi a otumi de ne nkwa to hɔ ma ne nguan.
12 The man paid to look after the sheep is not the shepherd and he runs away when he sees the wolf coming. He abandons the sheep because they're not his, and the wolf attacks and scatters the flock
Obi a wɔabɔ no paa sɛ ɔnhwɛ nguan so no nyɛ nguan no wura; ɛno nti, sɛ ohu sɛ pataku reba a oguan gyaw nguan no hɔ, na pataku no tow hyɛ nguan no so ma wɔbɔ ahwete.
13 for the man is only working for pay and doesn't care about the sheep.
Ɔpaani no guan, efisɛ wɔabɔ no paa na nguan no yiyedi mfa ne ho.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know who are mine, and they know me,
“Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Minim me nguan na me nguan nso nim me,
15 just as the Father knows me and I know him. I lay down my life for the sheep.
sɛnea Agya no nim me na me nso minim Agya no. Masiesie me ho nso sɛ mewu ama nguan no.
16 I have other sheep that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them too. They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
Nguan afoforo bi wɔ hɔ a wɔyɛ me de nanso wonnya mmɛkaa saa nguankuw yi ho ɛ. Ɛsɛ sɛ mede wɔn nso bɛka saa nguankuw yi ho. Wobetie me nne na wɔbɛyɛ nguankuw baako a oguanhwɛfo baako pɛ na ɔhwɛ wɔn so.
17 This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so I may take it up again.
Agya no dɔ me efisɛ masiesie me ho sɛ mede me nkwa bɛto hɔ sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a daakye me nsa bɛka bio.
18 No one takes it from me; I choose to lay it down. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is the command my Father gave me.”
Obiara rentumi nnye me nkwa mfi me nsam. Me ara me pɛ mu na mede bɛma. Mewɔ tumi sɛ mede ma na mewɔ tumi nso sɛ mesan gye bio. Eyi ne nea mʼAgya ahyɛ me sɛ menyɛ no.”
19 The Jews were again divided in their opinion about Jesus over these words.
Asɛm a Yesu kae no nti, ɛmaa mpaapaemu baa Yudafo no mu.
20 Many of them said, “He's demon-possessed! He's mad! Why are you listening to him?”
Wɔn mu pii kae se, “Ɔwɔ honhommɔne! Nʼadwene mu ka no! Adɛn nti na mutie no?”
21 Others said, “These aren't the words of someone who's demon-possessed. Besides, a demon can't open eyes that are blind.”
Afoforo nso kae se, “Onipa a ɔwɔ honhommɔne rentumi nkasa sɛɛ! Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obi a ɔwɔ honhommɔne betumi ama onifuraefo ahu ade?”
22 It was winter, and the time of the Festival of Dedication in Jerusalem.
Awɔw bere bi mu a Asɔredandwira duu wɔ Yerusalem no,
23 Jesus was walking in the Temple through Solomon's porch. The Jews surrounded him, asking,
Yesu kɔpasee wɔ asɔredan no mu baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ se Salomo Abrannaa so.
24 “How long are you going to keep us hanging in suspense? If you are the Messiah then tell us plainly!”
Yudafo no betwaa ne ho hyia kae se, “Wobɛma yɛatwɛn akosi da bɛn? Sɛ wone Kristo no a, pae mu ka kyerɛ yɛn.”
25 Jesus replied, “I already told you but you refuse to believe it. The miracles I do in my Father's name prove who I am.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Maka akyerɛ mo dedaw nanso munnnye me nni. Me nnwuma a menam mʼAgya tumi so yɛ no di me ho adanse,
26 You don't believe me because you are not my sheep.
nanso munnnye nni, efisɛ monyɛ me nguan.
27 My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Me nguan te me nne, me nso minim wɔn na wodi mʼakyi.
29 My Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone else; no one can snatch them from him.
MʼAgya a ɔde wɔn maa me no wɔ tumi sen obiara, na obiara rentumi nhuam wɔn mfi me nsam.
30 I and the Father are one.”
Me ne Agya no yɛ baako.”
31 Once again the Jews picked up stones to stone him.
Yudafo no san tasee abo sɛ anka wɔde rebesiw no.
32 Jesus said to them, “You've seen many good deeds that I've done from the Father. Which one are you stoning me for?”
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mayɛ nnwuma pa pii a Agya no de hyɛɛ me nsa sɛ menyɛ no ama moahu, na emu nea ɛwɔ he ho nti na mopɛ sɛ musiw me abo yi?”
33 The Jews replied, “We're not stoning you for a good deed, but for blasphemy because you are just a man but you're claiming to be God.”
Yudafo no buaa no se, “Ɛnyɛ wo nnwuma pa bi a woayɛ no nti na yɛpɛ sɛ yesiw wo abo, na mmom wʼabususɛm a wokae no nti. Woyɛ onipa desani nso woyɛ wo ho sɛ Onyankopɔn!”
34 Jesus answered them, “Isn't it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Wɔakyerɛw wɔ mo ara ankasa mo mmara mu se, Onyankopɔn kae se, ‘Moyɛ anyame.’
35 He called those people ‘gods,’ the people to whom the word of God came—and Scripture can't be altered.
Ɛno nti sɛ Onyankopɔn nam anyamesɛm a ɛyɛ nokware so frɛ wɔn a Onyankopɔn asɛm baa wɔn nkyɛn no se ‘anyame’ a,
36 So why are you saying the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said ‘I am the Son of God’?
adɛn na sɛ nea Agya no somaa no baa wiase no ka se, ‘mene Onyankopɔn Ba no’ a muse waka abususɛm?
37 If I'm not doing what my Father does, then don't believe me.
Sɛ menyɛ nnwuma a mʼAgya pɛ sɛ meyɛ no de a ɛno de, munnnye me nni.
38 But if that is what I'm doing, even though you don't believe me, you should believe because of the evidence of what I've done. That way you can know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
Nanso sɛ meyɛ mʼAgya no nnwuma na sɛ munnnye me nni mpo a munnye nnwuma no nni sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mubegye adi sɛ Agya no wɔ me mu na me nso mewɔ ne mu.”
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from them.
Nkurɔfo no pɛɛ sɛ wɔkyere no bio, nanso wɔantumi.
40 He went back across the Jordan River to the place where John had begun baptizing, and he stayed there.
Yesu san twa kɔɔ Yordan agya wɔ faako a Yohane bɔ asu no kɔtenaa hɔ.
41 Many people came to him, and they said, “John didn't perform miracles, but everything he said about this man has come true.”
Nnipa bebree kɔɔ ne nkyɛn. Wɔn mu dodow no ara kae se, “Yohane anyɛ anwonwade, nanso biribiara a ɔka faa saa ɔbarima yi ho no yɛ nokware.”
42 Many who were there put their trust in Jesus.
Nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no mu bebree gyee no dii.
