Luke 11
1 One day Jesus was at a certain place praying, and, when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’
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 ‘When you pray,’ Jesus answered, ‘say – “Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come.
Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ morebɔ mpaeɛ a, monka sɛ, “‘Agya, wo din ho nte, wʼahennie mmra.
3 Give us each day the bread that we will need;
Ma yɛn yɛn daa aduane ɛnnɛ.
4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.”’
Fa yɛn bɔne kyɛ yɛn sɛdeɛ yɛde wɔn a wɔfom yɛn no bɔne kyɛ wɔn no. Na mma yɛnkɔ sɔhwɛ mu.’”
5 Jesus also said to them, ‘Suppose that one of you who has a friend were to go to him in the middle of the night and say “Friend, lend me three loaves,
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 arrived at my house after a journey, and I have nothing to offer him;”
ɛfiri sɛ, ɔhɔhoɔ bi abɛfu me mu, na menni aduane biara a mede bɛma no,’
7 And suppose that the other should answer from inside “Do not trouble me; the door is already fastened, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything”;
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 that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.
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 ‘And so I say to you – Ask, and your prayer will be granted, search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
“Ɛno enti mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ; Mommisa, na wɔbɛma mo; monhwehwɛ na mobɛhunu; mompem na wɔbɛbue mo.
10 For the person who asks receives, everyone who searches finds, and to the person who knocks the door will be opened.
Na obiara a ɔbisa no, wɔma no; na obiara a ɔhwehwɛ no, ɔhunu; na deɛ ɔpem no, wɔbue no.
11 What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,
“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, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit 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 Once Jesus was driving out a mute demon, and, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke. The people were amazed at this;
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 drives out demons by the help of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons’;
Nanso, ebinom kaa sɛ, “Ɔnam ahonhommɔne panin Beelsebul tumi so na ɛtu ahonhommɔne.”
16 while others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.
Afoforɔ nso pɛɛ sɛ wɔsɔ no hwɛ enti, wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ɔnyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi a ɛfiri ɔsoro nkyerɛ wɔn.
17 Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them, ‘Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house 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 So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of 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 it is by Beelzebul’s help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they will themselves 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 it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God must already be upon you.
Nanso, sɛ menam Onyankopɔn tumi so na ɛtu honhommɔne de a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no aba mo so.
21 When a strong man is keeping guard, fully armed, over his own mansion, his property is in safety;
“Sɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ de akodeɛ wɛn ne fie a, obiara rentumi nkɔwia nʼagyapadeɛ;
22 but, when one still stronger has attacked and overpowered him, he takes away all the weapons on which the other had relied, and divides his spoil.
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 Whoever is not with me is against me, and the person who does not help me to gather is scattering.
“Obiara a ɔnni mʼafa no tia me, na deɛ ɔne me mmoaboa ano no, hwete mu.
24 No sooner does a foul spirit leave someone, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says “I will go back to the home which I left”;
“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 but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, 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 it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that person proves to be 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 As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed, ‘Happy was the mother who bore you and 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 Jesus replied, ‘Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s message and keep it.’
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛwom deɛ, nanso nhyira ne wɔn a wɔte Onyankopɔn asɛm na wɔdi so.”
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak, ‘This generation is a wicked generation. It is asking a sign, but no sign will be given it except 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, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will 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 At the judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the people of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!
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 At the judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!
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 lights a lamp, and then puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but he puts it on the lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes 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 your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.
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 Take care, therefore, that the inner light is not darkness.
Enti hwɛ yie na hann a ɛwɔ wo mu no annane sum.
36 If, then, your whole body is lit up, and no corner of it darkened, the whole will be lit up, just as when a lamp gives you light by its brilliance.’
Sɛ wo onipadua yɛ hann a esum nni fa baabiara a, onipadua no bɛhyerɛn sɛdeɛ kanea hyerɛn gu wo so.”
37 As Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him, and Jesus went in and took his place at the table.
Yesu kasa wieeɛ no, Farisini bi hyiaa no adidie enti ɔkɔeɛ sɛ ɔne no rekɔdidi.
38 The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
Farisini no hunuu sɛ Yesu anhohoro ne nsa ansa sɛdeɛ wɔn amanneɛ kyerɛ ansa na ɔredidi no, ɛyɛɛ no nwanwa.
39 But the Master said to him, ‘You Pharisees do, it is true, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are filled with greed 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 Fools! Did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?
Adwenemherɛfoɔ! Ɛnyɛ deɛ ɔyɛɛ akyire no ara na ɔyɛɛ emu nso?
41 Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.
Monyɛ ahiafoɔ adɔeɛ na biribiara ho bɛte ama mo.
42 But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.
“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 Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.
“Mo Farisifoɔ, monnue! Sɛ mokɔ hyiadan mu a, mpanin tenaberɛ na mopɛ.
44 Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares.’
“Monnue! Ɛfiri sɛ, mote sɛ adamena a ɛso asram na nnipa nante so a wɔnnim sɛ wɔnam adamena so.”
45 Here one of the students of the Law interrupted him by saying, ‘Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also.’
Mmaranimfoɔ no mu baako ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, sɛ woka saa a na woakasa atia yɛn nso.”
46 But Jesus went on, ‘Alas for you, too, you students of the Law! You load people with loads that are too heavy to carry, but do not, yourselves, touch them with one of your fingers.
Yesu buaa no sɛ, “Mo mmaranimfoɔ nso, monnue! Mohyɛ mmara a ɛyɛ den ma nnipa, nanso mo deɛ, monni so sɛ sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ.
47 Alas for you! You build the monuments of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
“Monnue! Ɛfiri sɛ, moatoto adiyifoɔ a mo ankasa anaa mo agyanom kumm wɔn no nna so.
48 You are actually witnesses to your ancestors’ acts and show your approval of them, because, while they killed the prophets, you build tombs for them.
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 That is why the wisdom of God said – “I will send to them prophets and apostles,
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 some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the blood of all the prophets that has been spilt since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation –
Mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, adiyifoɔ no mogya a wɔka gu firi ewiase ahyɛaseɛ no,
51 from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the house of God.” Yes, I tell you, it will be exacted from 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 Alas for you students of the Law! You have taken away the key of the door of knowledge. You have not gone in yourselves and you have hindered those who try to go in.’
“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 When Jesus left the house, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely on many subjects,
Ɔfiri Farisini no efie hɔ a ɔrekɔ no, mmaranimfoɔ ne Farisifoɔ no dii nʼakyi de nsɛmmisa dwanee ne ho,
54 laying traps for him, so as to seize on anything that he might say.
pɛɛ sɛ ɔka biribi a wɔbɛgyina so anya no akyere no.
