2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.
Me, Paulo a sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn a meyɛ mmerɛ na sɛ menni mo nkyɛn nso a me koko yɛ duru ma mo no, me na metu saa fo yi. Mesrɛ me Kristo a ɔyɛ ɔyamyɛfoɔ no din mu sɛ:
2 But I implore you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence with which I intend on showing against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
Sɛ meba hɔ a, monnhyɛ me mma menkasakasa mo anim. Menim yie sɛ me bo bɛtumi ayɛ duru wɔ nnipa a wɔka sɛ ewiase adwene na yɛde di dwuma no no so.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;
Ɛyɛ nokorɛ sɛ, yɛte ewiase, nanso yɛnnyina wiasesɛm so wɔ yɛn ko mu.
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds,
Akodeɛ a yɛde ko no mfiri ewiase. Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn akodeɛ a ano yɛ den a yɛbɛtumi de asɛe atamfoɔ mpampim a wɔabobɔ. Yɛsɛe akyinnyehunu.
5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
Yɛsɛe akwansideɛ biara a ɛtia Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ no. Yɛto adwene biara nnareka ma wɔtie Kristo.
6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
Sɛ mo setie wie pɛyɛ na obi sane yɛ asoɔden ɛkwan biara so a, yɛbɛtwe nʼaso.
7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.
Sɛdeɛ nneɛma te no ara na mohunu. Obi wɔ hɔ a ɔkari ne ho ka sɛ, ɔyɛ Kristo dea? Onii no nkari ne ho bio nhwɛ ɛfiri sɛ, yɛn nso yɛyɛ Kristo dea sɛdeɛ ɔno nso yɛ ne dea no.
8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
Ɛnyɛ me aniwu sɛ aba sɛ mede tumi a Awurade de ama me sɛ memfa nhwɛ mo na monnyini no bɛhoahoa me ho.
9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
Mempɛ sɛ modwene sɛ mede me nkrataa a matwerɛ mo no rehunahuna mo.
10 For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
Obi bɛka sɛ, “Paulo nkrataa mu nsɛm no yɛ ya nanso sɛ ɔba yɛn nkyɛn nso a, ɔyɛ bɔkɔɔ na ne nsɛm nso nka hwee!”
11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no te ne ho ase sɛ, nsonsonoeɛ biara nna nsɛm a ɛwɔ yɛn nkrataa a yɛtwerɛɛ ɛberɛ a yɛnni mo nkyɛn no, ne deɛ sɛ yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn a, yɛyɛ no mu.
12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
Ɛyɛ nokorɛ, yɛrentumi mfa yɛn ho ntoto wɔn a wɔfa wɔn ho sɛ wɔn asetena korɔn no ho. Saa nnipa no yɛ nkwaseafoɔ! Wɔnam wɔn ho a wɔde wɔn ho toto wɔn ho wɔn ho no so bu wɔn ho atɛn.
13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
Yɛn deɛ, yɛn ahohoahoa no nntra beaeɛ bi. Yɛn ahohoahoa no nntra dwuma a Onyankopɔn atu yɛn sɛ yɛnyɛ a mo mu adwumayɛ ka ho no.
14 For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,
Esiane sɛ mowɔ saa tebea no mu enti, yɛbaa mo nkyɛn bɛkaa Asɛmpa a ɛfa Kristo ho no a yɛantra.
15 not boasting excessively in the work done by others, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
Yei enti yɛmmfa adwuma a nkurɔfoɔ ayɛ nhoahoa yɛn ho te sɛ yɛn ara na yɛyɛeɛ. Deɛ yɛrepɛ ne sɛ mo gyidie ase bɛtim na ɛnam so ama yɛatumi ayɛ mo mu adwuma a yɛntra beaeɛ a Onyankopɔn ahyɛ no.
16 so as to preach the Good News even to the regions beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.
Na yɛnam so atumi aka Asɛmpa wɔ aman foforɔ so a yɛremfa adwuma a ɔfoforɔ ayɛ no nhoahoa yɛn ho.
17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhoahoa ne ho no nhoahoa no wɔ adeɛ a Awurade ayɛ mu.”
18 For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛnyɛ ka a onipa bɛka ne ho asɛm pa no na ɛma Onyankopɔn gye no to mu, na mmom onipa a Onyankopɔn no ara bɛka ne ho asɛm pa no na ɔgye no to mu.
