Luke 11
1 It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his talmidim said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his talmidim."
Ɛda bi, na Yesu rebɔ mpaeɛ wɔ baabi. Ɔwieeɛ no, nʼasuafoɔ no mu baako ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Awurade, kyerɛ yɛn mpaeɛbɔ, sɛdeɛ Yohane kyerɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ mpaeɛbɔ no.”
2 So he said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, holy be your name. May your kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ morebɔ mpaeɛ a, monka sɛ, “‘Agya, wo din ho nte, wʼahennie mmra.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
Ma yɛn yɛn daa aduane ɛnnɛ.
4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'"
Fa yɛn bɔne kyɛ yɛn sɛdeɛ yɛde wɔn a wɔfom yɛn no bɔne kyɛ wɔn no. Na mma yɛnkɔ sɔhwɛ mu.’”
5 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
Yesu bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Mo mu hwan na ɔbɛkɔ ne yɔnko hɔ dasuo mu akɔka akyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Me nua, fɛm me aduane kakra,
6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'
ɛfiri sɛ, ɔhɔhoɔ bi abɛfu me mu, na menni aduane biara a mede bɛma no,’
7 and he from within will answer and say, 'Do not bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give it to you'?
na ɔbɛma no mmuaeɛ afiri ne dan mu sɛ, ‘Nha me! Mato me ɛpono mu ne me mma ada. Merentumi nsɔre mma wo biribiara.’
8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
Mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, na ade asa no enti, ɔyɛ ne yɔnko koraa mpo a, ɔrensɔre. Nanso, ɛsiane sɛ ɔkɔɔ so srɛɛ no no enti, ɛbɛma wasɔre ama no deɛ ɛhia no no nyinaa.
9 "I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
“Ɛno enti mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ; Mommisa, na wɔbɛma mo; monhwehwɛ na mobɛhunu; mompem na wɔbɛbue mo.
10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Na obiara a ɔbisa no, wɔma no; na obiara a ɔhwehwɛ no, ɔhunu; na deɛ ɔpem no, wɔbue no.
11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
“Agya bɛn na ɔwɔ mo mu na ne ba bisa no burodo a ɔbɛma no ɛboɔ,
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
anaasɛ ɔbisa no apataa a, ɔbɛma no ɔwɔ, anaasɛ ɔbisa nkosua a ɔbɛma no nyanyankyerɛ?
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Ruach ha-Kodesh to those who ask him?"
Na sɛ mo a moyɛ nnebɔneyɛfoɔ mpo nim sɛdeɛ moma mo mma nnepa a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na mo Agya a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no remfa Honhom Kronkron no mma wɔn a wɔbisa no no!”
14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.
Ɛberɛ bi Yesu tuu honhommɔne bi a ɛyɛ mumu firii onipa bi mu. Honhommɔne no tu firii ne mu no, ɔkasaeɛ ma ɛyɛɛ nnipa a na wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa ahodwirie.
15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
Nanso, ebinom kaa sɛ, “Ɔnam ahonhommɔne panin Beelsebul tumi so na ɛtu ahonhommɔne.”
16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
Afoforɔ nso pɛɛ sɛ wɔsɔ no hwɛ enti, wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ɔnyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi a ɛfiri ɔsoro nkyerɛ wɔn.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
Nanso, ɔhunuu wɔn adwene maa wɔn mmuaeɛ sɛ, “Kuro biara a emu akyekyɛ no dane amamfo. Saa ara nso na efie biara a emu kyekyɛ no guo.
18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
Na sɛ ɔbonsam nso ko tia ne ho a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na nʼahennie agyina? Deɛ enti a mereka saa asɛm yi ne sɛ, mose menam Beelsebul tumi so na metu ahonhommɔne.
19 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.
Na sɛ menam Beelsebul tumi so na metu ahonhommɔne a, hwan so na mo nkurɔfoɔ nam tu ahonhommɔne? Saa na ɛteɛ de a, mo nkurɔfoɔ no ara na wɔbɛbu mo atɛn.
20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.
Nanso, sɛ menam Onyankopɔn tumi so na ɛtu honhommɔne de a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no aba mo so.
21 "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
“Sɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ de akodeɛ wɛn ne fie a, obiara rentumi nkɔwia nʼagyapadeɛ;
22 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides up his plunder.
nanso, sɛ deɛ ne ho yɛ den na ɔwɔ akodeɛ pa sene no kɔ ne so a, ɔdi ne so nkonim, gye nʼakodeɛ a ɔde ne ho too so no, sesa nʼagyapadeɛ no nyinaa kɔ.
23 "He that is not with me is against me. He who does not gather with me scatters.
“Obiara a ɔnni mʼafa no tia me, na deɛ ɔne me mmoaboa ano no, hwete mu.
24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the person, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'
“Sɛ wɔtu honhommɔne firi onipa bi mu a, ɛkyinkyini hwehwɛ homebea, nanso, ɛnnya bi. Na sɛ wannya homebea a, ɔka sɛ, ‘Mɛsane akɔ onipa a mifirii ne mu baeɛ no mu bio.’
25 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
Na sɛ ɔsane kɔ onipa no mu a, ɔbɛhunu sɛ ɛhɔ te a ɛfi biara nni mu na biribiara yɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.
26 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that person becomes worse than the first."
Afei, ɔsane nʼakyi kɔfa ahonhommɔne afoforɔ nson a wɔyɛ den kyɛn no ba ma wɔn nyinaa bɛtena hɔ. Yei ma onipa no sɛe koraa sene sɛdeɛ anka na ɔte kane no.”
27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the crowd lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you."
Yesu gu so rekasa no, ɔbaa bi firi nnipakuo no mu kaa sɛ, “Nhyira nka yafunu a ɛwoo wo ne nufoɔ a wonumuu ano!”
28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛwom deɛ, nanso nhyira ne wɔn a wɔte Onyankopɔn asɛm na wɔdi so.”
29 When the crowds were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
Nnipa no kyeree Yesu so no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Nnɛmma yi yɛ nnebɔneyɛfoɔ. Wɔhwehwɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi ahunu nanso wɔrenhunu nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ biara sɛ Yona nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ no.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
Na sɛdeɛ Yona yɛeɛ no yɛɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ maa Ninewefoɔ a, saa ara na Kristo nso bɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ama nnɛmma yi.
31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the people of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, one greater than Solomon is here.
Atemmuo da no, Seba Ɔhemmaa bɛsɔre atia ɔman yi, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔfiri asase ano nohoa bɛtiee Salomo nyansa nsɛm. Nanso, deɛ ɔsene Salomo no wɔ ha.
32 The people of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah, and look, one greater than Jonah is here.
Atemmuo da no, Ninewe mmarima bɛsɔre atia nnɛmma yi na wɔabu mo fɔ ɛfiri sɛ, ɛberɛ a Yona kaa asɛmpa no, wɔnuu wɔn ho. Nanso, deɛ ɔsene Yona wɔ ha.
33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
“Obiara nsɔ kanea mfa nsie, na mmom, ɔde si petee mu na ahyerɛn ama wɔn a wɔba mu no nyinaa.
34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
Wʼani yɛ wo onipadua kanea. Ɛno enti, sɛ wʼani yɛ a, na wo onipadua nso yɛ hann. Nanso, sɛ ɛnyɛ a, ɛma wo onipadua no dane sum tumm.
35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you is not darkness.
Enti hwɛ yie na hann a ɛwɔ wo mu no annane sum.
36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
Sɛ wo onipadua yɛ hann a esum nni fa baabiara a, onipadua no bɛhyerɛn sɛdeɛ kanea hyerɛn gu wo so.”
37 Now as he spoke, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.
Yesu kasa wieeɛ no, Farisini bi hyiaa no adidie enti ɔkɔeɛ sɛ ɔne no rekɔdidi.
38 When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
Farisini no hunuu sɛ Yesu anhohoro ne nsa ansa sɛdeɛ wɔn amanneɛ kyerɛ ansa na ɔredidi no, ɛyɛɛ no nwanwa.
39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Yesu hunuu Farisini no adwene ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Mo Farisifoɔ deɛ, mohohoro nkukuo ne nwowaa ho, nanso efi, anibereɛ ne nnebɔne ahyɛ mo ma tɔ!
40 You foolish ones, did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
Adwenemherɛfoɔ! Ɛnyɛ deɛ ɔyɛɛ akyire no ara na ɔyɛɛ emu nso?
41 But give as tzedakah those things which are within, and see, all things will be clean to you.
Monyɛ ahiafoɔ adɔeɛ na biribiara ho bɛte ama mo.
42 But woe to you Pharisees. For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
“Mo Farisifoɔ, monnue! Moma mo nnɔbaeɛ so ntotosoɔ dudu, nanso mototo adeteneneeyɛ ne ɔdɔ a mode dɔ Onyankopɔn no ase. Sɛ mokɔ hyiadan mu a, mpanin tenaberɛ na mopɛ. Saa ara nso na sɛ mokɔ badwa mu a, mopɛ sɛ nnipa hunu mo kyea mo.
43 Woe to you Pharisees. For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
“Mo Farisifoɔ, monnue! Sɛ mokɔ hyiadan mu a, mpanin tenaberɛ na mopɛ.
44 Woe to you. For you are like hidden graves, and the people who walk over them do not know it."
“Monnue! Ɛfiri sɛ, mote sɛ adamena a ɛso asram na nnipa nante so a wɔnnim sɛ wɔnam adamena so.”
45 One of the Law scholars answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."
Mmaranimfoɔ no mu baako ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, sɛ woka saa a na woakasa atia yɛn nso.”
46 He said, "Woe to you Law scholars also. For you load people with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
Yesu buaa no sɛ, “Mo mmaranimfoɔ nso, monnue! Mohyɛ mmara a ɛyɛ den ma nnipa, nanso mo deɛ, monni so sɛ sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ.
47 Woe to you. For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
“Monnue! Ɛfiri sɛ, moatoto adiyifoɔ a mo ankasa anaa mo agyanom kumm wɔn no nna so.
48 So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Mo nneyɛeɛ yi di adanseɛ sɛ mopene deɛ mo agyanom yɛeɛ no so. Nʼasekyerɛ ne sɛ, mo agyanom kunkumm adiyifoɔ no na mo nso mototoo wɔn nna so maa wɔn.
49 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and emissaries; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
Yei ne deɛ Onyankopɔn aka afa mo ho: ‘Mɛsoma adiyifoɔ ne asomafoɔ aba mo nkyɛn na mobɛkunkum bi na moataa wɔn a aka no.’
50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, adiyifoɔ no mogya a wɔka gu firi ewiase ahyɛaseɛ no,
51 from the blood of Hevel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
ɛfiri Habel kum so kɔsi Sakaria, a wɔkumm no wɔ afɔrebukyia ne kronkronbea ntam hɔ no so, wɔbɛbisa ɛho asɛm afiri mo nkyɛn.
52 Woe to you Law scholars. For you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."
“Mo, mmaranimfoɔ, monnue! Mode nokorɛ hinta mo nkurɔfoɔ. Mo ankasa monni so, na mommma wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔdi so no kwan mma wɔnni so.”
53 And when he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to provoke him to speak about many things;
Ɔfiri Farisini no efie hɔ a ɔrekɔ no, mmaranimfoɔ ne Farisifoɔ no dii nʼakyi de nsɛmmisa dwanee ne ho,
54 lying in wait for him, seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
pɛɛ sɛ ɔka biribi a wɔbɛgyina so anya no akyere no.
