Luke 20
1 AND it came to pass, on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and scribes with the elders came upon him,
Ɛda bi a Yesu rekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ asɔredan mu no, asɔfoɔ mpanin, Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ ne ɔman no mu mpanin kɔbisaa no sɛ,
2 and spake to him, saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things or who is he that giveth thee this authority?
“Tumi bɛn na wowɔ a wode yɛ saa nneɛma yi; na hwan nso na ɔmaa wo saa tumi no?”
3 Then he answering said to them, I also will ask you one question; and resolve me:
Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Me nso mewɔ asɛm bi bisa mo. Monka nkyerɛ me.
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
Tumi bɛn na Yohane de bɔɔ asu; ɛfiri Onyankopɔn anaa ɛfiri nnipa?”
5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven; he will say, Wherefore then did ye not believe him?
Wɔfaa ho adwene kaa sɛ, “Sɛ yɛka sɛ, ɛfiri Onyankopɔn a, ɔbɛbisa yɛn sɛ, ‘ɛnneɛ, adɛn enti na moannye no anni?’
6 But if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
Sɛ nso yɛka sɛ, ɛfiri onipa a, ɔman mu no nyinaa bɛsi yɛn aboɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnim sɛ Yohane yɛ odiyifoɔ.”
7 And they answered, We know not from whence.
Ɛwiee aseɛ no, wɔbuaeɛ sɛ, “Yɛnnim.”
8 And Jesus said to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Yesu nso ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Ɛnneɛ me nso meremma mo mo asɛmmisa no ho mmuaeɛ.”
9 Then he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, and delivered it to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long while.
Yesu buu wɔn ɛbɛ bi sɛ, “Ɔbarima bi yɛɛ bobefuo de hyɛɛ apaafoɔ bi nsa sɛ wɔnhwɛ so mma no. Yei akyi ɔtuu kwan kɔɔ akyirikyiri baabi, kɔtenaa hɔ kyɛree.
10 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that they might give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat, and sent him away empty.
Bobeteɛ berɛ duruiɛ no, ɔbarima yi somaa ne ɔsomfoɔ sɛ ɔnkɔgye aduaba no bi mmrɛ no. Nanso, apaafoɔ no boroo no, ma ɔsane kɔɔ nsapan.
11 And he again sent another servant: and him also they beat, and treating him with indignity, sent him away empty.
Ɔsomaa ɔsomfoɔ foforɔ maa ɔno nso wɔboroo no, bɔɔ no adapaa, ma ɔkɔɔ nsapan.
12 And he sent yet a third: and him they also wounded, and cast out.
Ɔsane somaa ɔsomfoɔ foforɔ na ɔno mpo deɛ, wɔpirapiraa no pamoo no.
13 Then said the master of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: probably when they see him, they will shew him respect.
“Yei maa bobefuo wura no kaa sɛ, ‘Ɛdeɛn na menyɛ bio? Mɛsoma me ba a medɔ no no akɔ wɔn nkyɛn na ɔno deɛ ebia, wɔbɛfɛre no.’
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be our own.
“Nanso, ɛberɛ a apaafoɔ no hunuu no no, wɔkaa sɛ, ‘Ɔdedifoɔ no nie, momma yɛnkum no na yɛmfa nʼagyapadeɛ no.’
15 So casting him out of the vineyard, they slew him. What then will the master of the vineyard do with these men?
Wɔtwee no firii afuo no mu kɔkumm no. “Mogye di sɛ ɛdeɛn na afuowura no bɛyɛ saa apaafoɔ yi?
16 He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said God forbid.
Ɔbɛba abɛkum saa apaafoɔ yi na ɔde afuo no ama afoforɔ.” Nnipa a wɔretie Yesu no kaa sɛ, “Ɛmpare yɛn!”
17 Then he looked on them, and said, What is this then which is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
Yesu hwɛɛ wɔn dinn bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Ɛnneɛ na deɛ wɔatwerɛ sɛ, “‘Ɛboɔ a adansifoɔ apo no, ɛno ara na abɛyɛ tweatiboɔ’ no aseɛ ne sɛn?
18 Every one who falleth upon this stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Obiara a ɔbɛhwe ɛboɔ no so no, ɔbɛbubu na deɛ ɛboɔ no bɛhwe ne so no, ɛbɛpɛkyɛ no.”
19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him at that time; and were afraid of the people: for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.
Esiane sɛ Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ ne asɔfoɔ mpanin no hunuu sɛ Yesu buu ɛbɛ no tiaa wɔn enti, wɔhwehwɛɛ ɛkwan a wɔbɛfa so akyere no saa ɛberɛ no ara mu, nanso ɛsiane nnipa a na wɔwɔ hɔ no enti, na wɔsuro.
20 And watching him, they sent men they had suborned, who pretended that they were righteous persons, in order to lay hold of some word of his, that they might deliver him to the power and authority of the governor.
Esiane sɛ ɔpɛ ara na na nnipa no pɛ sɛ wɔkyere Yesu enti, wɔtetɛɛ no maa nnipa bi kɔɔ ne nkyɛn sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛnya nʼanom asɛm bi agyina so akyere no na wɔde no akɔ aban mu.
21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly, and respectest no man’s person, but teachest the way of God in truth:
Saa nnipa yi bisaa Yesu sɛ, “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, yɛnim sɛ woyɛ ɔnokwafoɔ, wonyɛ nyiyimu na wokyerɛ nokorɛ kwan a wɔnam so kɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn.
22 Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?
Enti, ɛyɛ sɛ yɛtua toɔ ma Kaesare aban anaasɛ ɛnyɛ?”
23 Then he, aware of their crafty design, said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
Yesu hunuu wɔn adwemmɔne no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ,
24 Shew me a denarius. Whose image and inscription hath it? And they answering said, Caesar’s.
“Momma me sika. Hwan mfoni ne din na ɛwɔ so yi?” Wɔbuaa no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ Kaesare dea.”
25 Then said he to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and to God the things which are God’s.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Ɛnneɛ momfa Kaesare deɛ mma Kaesare na momfa Onyankopɔn deɛ mma Onyankopɔn.”
26 And they were unable to lay hold of a single expression of his before the people: and marvelling at his answer, they were silenced.
Yesu mmuaeɛ a ɔmaa wɔn no yɛɛ wɔn nwanwa na wɔn adwemmɔne no nso kaa wɔn tirim.
27 Then certain of the Sadducees, who contend that there is no resurrection, asked him,
Sadukifoɔ bi a wɔnnye owusɔreɛ nni baa Yesu nkyɛn bɛbisaa no sɛ,
28 saying, Master, Moses wrote for us, If a man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed for his brother.
“Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, Mose mmara no kyerɛ yɛn sɛ, sɛ ɔbarima bi wɔ yere na ɔne no anwo na ɔwu a, ne nua tumi ware no ne no wo mma ma owufoɔ no.
29 Now there were seven brothers: and the first taking a wife, died childless.
Anuanom baason bi tenaa ase. Ɔpanin a ɔwɔ mu no waree ɔbaa a ɔne no anwo na ɔwuiɛ.
30 And the second taking the wife, he also died childless.
Ne nua a ɔdi nʼakyi no, waree no nanso ɔne no anwo na ɔwuiɛ.
31 Then the third took her; and also all the seven in like manner: and left no children, and died.
Anuanom a wɔaka no nyinaa nso waree no a obiara ne no anwo, na wɔwuwuiɛ.
32 And last of all died also the woman.
Akyire no, ɔbaa no nso wuiɛ.
33 In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.
Yɛn asɛmmisa ne sɛ, ɛsiane sɛ ɔbaa yi waree anuanom yi nyinaa enti, owusɔreɛ da no, wɔn mu hwan na ɔbaa yi bɛyɛ ne yere?”
34 And Jesus in reply said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: (aiōn g165)
Yesu buaa sɛ, “Asase yi so na nnipa dwene awadeɛ ho. (aiōn g165)
35 but they who are counted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection of the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: (aiōn g165)
Na wɔn a owusɔreɛ da no wɔbɛnya kwan akɔ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no mu deɛ, awadeɛ ho renhia wɔn. (aiōn g165)
36 neither can they die any more: for they are like the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Na owuo nso nni hɔ mma wɔn bio, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔbɛyɛ sɛ ɔsoro abɔfoɔ. Esiane sɛ wɔasɔre afiri awufoɔ mu no enti, wɔyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses intimated at the bush, when he called the Lord, “the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
Afei, mo asɛmmisa a ɛfa owusɔreɛ ho no nso, Mose ma yɛhunuu no pefee sɛ, owusɔreɛ wɔ hɔ. Ɛfiri sɛ, nʼasɛm a ɔtwerɛ faa wira a na ɛrederɛ no ho no ɔbɔɔ Abraham Onyankopɔn, Isak Onyankopɔn ne Yakob Onyankopɔn din.
38 Now God is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live with him.
Yei kyerɛ sɛ, Onyankopɔn yɛ ateasefoɔ Onyankopɔn na ɔnyɛ awufoɔ Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, obiara a ɔde ne ho to Onyankopɔn so no, sɛ ɔwu mpo a, ɔbɛnya nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ.”
39 Then some of the scribes addressing him said, Master, admirably hast thou spoken!
Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no mu bi kaa sɛ, “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, woabua no yie.”
40 And after that they durst not put another question to him.
Na obiara antumi ammisa no asɛm biara bio.
41 Then he spake to them: How say they that the Messiah is the son of David?
Yesu bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Adɛn enti na wɔka sɛ Kristo no yɛ Dawid ba?”
42 Yet David himself, in the book of Psalms, saith, “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit down at my right hand,
Ɛfiri sɛ Dawid ka wɔ ne Nnwom no mu sɛ, “Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me wura sɛ. ‘Tena me nifa so
43 until I put thine enemies for a footstool of thy feet.”
kɔsi sɛ mɛma woadi wʼatamfoɔ so nkonim.’
44 David then calleth him Lord, and how then is he his son?
Sɛ Dawid frɛ Kristo no ‘Me wura’ a, ɛyɛ dɛn na Kristo no ayɛ ne ba?”
45 And whilst all the people were hearkening, he said to his disciples,
Ɛberɛ a nnipa no retie no no, Yesu danee nʼani ka kyerɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ no sɛ,
46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk about in trailing robes, and love salutations in the public places, and the principal seats in the synagogues, and the most honourable couch at suppers;
“Monhwɛ mo ho so yie wɔ Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no ho. Ɛberɛ biara wɔpɛ sɛ wɔhyɛ ntadeɛ pa, hwehwɛ sɛ nnipa hu wɔn badwa mu a, wɔde obuo kyea wɔn, na sɛ wɔkɔ asɔredan mu nso a, wɔtena mpanin tenabea. Saa ara nso na sɛ wɔkɔ apontoɔ ase a, wɔtena mpanin tenabea.
47 who devour the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers: these shall receive a more abundant punishment.
Wɔbɔ mpaeɛ hunu atentene kyerɛ nnipa sɛ wɔresom Onyankopɔn, nanso wɔsisi akunafoɔ. Yei enti wɔbɛnya asotwe a emu yɛ duru.”
