John 10
1 Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who doth not enter by the door into the fold of the flock, but climbeth up in some other place, he is a thief and a robber.
“Mereka nokorɛ akyerɛ mo, onipa biara a ɔmfa nnwammuo ɛkwan ano na ɔforo kɔ mu no yɛ owifoɔ.
2 But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the flock.
Onipa a ɔfa ɛkwan ano kɔ mu no ne odwanhwɛfoɔ no.
3 And to him the door-keeper openeth the door; and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth the sheep by their names, and leadeth them out.
Ɛpono no anohwɛfoɔ no bue ɛpono no ma no, na sɛ ɔfrɛ nnwan no nso a, wɔte ne nne ma ɔde wɔn firi adi.
4 And when he hath led out his flock, he goeth before it; and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
Sɛ ɔde wɔn firi adi a, ɔdi nnwan no anim na nnwan no nso di nʼakyi, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔte ne nne.
5 But after a stranger the flock will not follow, but it fleeth from him; because it knoweth not the voice of a stranger.
Wɔrenni onipa foforɔ biara akyi. Na sɛ ɔfrɛ wɔn a, wɔremma, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnte ne nne.”
6 This allegory spake Jesus to them; but they knew not what he said to them.
Yesu buu wɔn saa bɛ yi nanso nnipa no ante no ase.
7 And Jesus said to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, That I am the door of the flock.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn bio sɛ, “Mereka nokorɛ akyerɛ mo sɛ, mene nnwammuo no ano ɛpono no.
8 All those who have come, were thieves and robbers: but the flock did not hear them.
Wɔn a wɔdii mʼanim kane no yɛ awifoɔ ne adwotwafoɔ, ɛno enti, nnwan no ante wɔn nne, anni wɔn akyi.
9 I am the door: and if any enter by me, he will live, and will come in and go out, and will find pasture.
Mene ɛpono no. Obiara a ɔnam me so bɛwura mu no bɛnya nkwa; wɔbɛwura mu asane afiri adi na wɔbɛnya adidibea.
10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. I have come, that they may have life, and may have that which is excellent.
Owifoɔ ba a, ɔbɛwia anaasɛ ɔbɛdi awu anaasɛ ɔbɛsɛe adeɛ. Me deɛ, maba, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mobɛnya nkwa a ɛho nni asɛm biara.
11 I am a good shepherd. A good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep.
“Mene odwanhwɛfoɔ pa no. Odwanhwɛfoɔ pa no ne obi a ɔtumi de ne nkwa to hɔ ma ne nnwan.
12 But a hireling, who is not the shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not belong, when he seeth the wolf coming, leaveth the flock, and fleeth; and the wolf cometh, and teareth, and disperseth the flock.
Obi a wɔabɔ no paa sɛ ɔnhwɛ nnwan so no nyɛ nnwan no wura ɛno enti, sɛ ɔhunu sɛ pataku reba a, ɔdwane gya nnwan no hɔ, na pataku no to hyɛ nnwan no so ma wɔbɔ pete.
13 And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock.
Ɔpaani no dwane ɛfiri sɛ, wɔabɔ no paa, na nnwan no yiedie mfa ne ho.
14 I am a good shepherd; and I know my own sheep, and am known by my own.
“Mene odwanhwɛfoɔ pa no. Menim me nnwan na me nnwan nso nim me,
15 As my Father knoweth me, so know I my Father; and I expose my life for the flock.
sɛdeɛ Agya no nim me na me nso menim Agya no. Masiesie me ho nso sɛ mɛwu ama nnwan no.
16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: and them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice; and the whole will be one flock, and one shepherd.
Nnwan afoforɔ bi wɔ hɔ a wɔyɛ me dea nanso wɔnnya mmɛkaa saa nnwankuo yi ho. Ɛsɛ sɛ mede wɔn nso bɛka saa nnwankuo yi ho. Wɔbɛtie me nne na wɔbɛyɛ nnwankuo baako a odwanhwɛfoɔ baako pɛ na ɔhwɛ wɔn so.
17 For this cause my Father loveth me, that I lay down my life, to resume it again.
Agya no dɔ me ɛfiri sɛ, masiesie me ho sɛ mede me nkwa bɛto hɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a daakye me nsa bɛka bio.
18 There is no one that taketh it from me; but I lay it down of my own pleasure: for I have authority to lay it down, and authority to resume it again; because I have received this command from my Father.
Obiara rentumi nnye me nkwa mfiri me nsam. Me ara me pɛ mu na mede bɛma. Mewɔ tumi sɛ mede ma na mewɔ tumi nso sɛ mesane gye bio. Yei ne deɛ mʼAgya ahyɛ me sɛ menyɛ no.”
19 And again there was a division among the Jews, on account of these sayings.
Asɛm a Yesu kaeɛ no enti, ɛmaa mpaapaemu baa Yudafoɔ no mu.
20 And many of them said: He hath a demon, and is wholly beside himself; why hear ye him?
Wɔn mu pii kaa sɛ, “Ɔwɔ honhommɔne! Nʼadwene mu ka no! Adɛn enti na motie no?”
21 But others said: These are not the discourses of a demoniac: can a demon open the eyes of one blind?
Afoforɔ nso kaa sɛ, “Onipa a ɔwɔ honhommɔne rentumi nkasa sei! Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obi a ɔwɔ honhommɔne bɛtumi ama onifirani ahunu adeɛ?”
22 And the feast of the dedication was held at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
Awɔberɛ bi mu a Asɔredandwira duruu wɔ Yerusalem no,
23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.
Yesu kɔpasee asɔredan no mu baabi a wɔfrɛ no Salomo Abrannaa no so hɔ.
24 And the Jews gathered around him; and said to him: how long holdest thou our mind in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly.
Yudafoɔ no bɛtwaa ne ho hyiaeɛ kaa sɛ, “Wobɛma yɛatwɛn akɔsi da bɛn? Sɛ wone Kristo no a, pae mu ka kyerɛ yɛn.”
25 Jesus answered, and said to them: I have told you, and ye did not believe. The works which I do in the name of my Father, they testify of me
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Maka akyerɛ mo dada, nanso monnnye me nni. Me nnwuma a menam mʼAgya tumi mu yɛ no di me ho adanseɛ,
26 But ye do not believe, because ye are not of my sheep, as I have said to you.
nanso monnnye nni, ɛfiri sɛ, monnyɛ me nnwan.
27 My sheep hear my voice: and I know them: and they go after me.
Me nnwan te me nne, me nso menim wɔn na wɔdi mʼakyi.
29 For my Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand.
MʼAgya a ɔde wɔn maa me no wɔ tumi sene obiara, na obiara rentumi nnye wɔn mfiri me nsam.
30 I and my Father are one.
Me ne Agya no yɛ baako.”
31 And again the Jews took up stones, to stone him.
Yudafoɔ no sane tasee aboɔ sɛ anka wɔde rebɛsi no.
32 Jesus said to them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mayɛ nnwuma pa pii a Agya no de hyɛɛ me nsa sɛ menyɛ no ama moahunu, na emu deɛ ɛwɔ he ho enti na mopɛ sɛ mosi me aboɔ yi?”
33 The Jews said to him: It is not on account of good works, that we stone thee: but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, thou makest thyself God.
Yudafoɔ no buaa no sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ wo nnwuma pa bi a woayɛ no enti na yɛpɛ sɛ yɛsi wo aboɔ, na mmom, wʼabususɛm a wokaeɛ no enti. Woyɛ onipa dasani nso woyɛ wo ho sɛ Onyankopɔn!”
34 Jesus said to them: Is it not written in your law, I have said, Ye are gods?
Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Wɔatwerɛ wɔ mo ara ankasa mo mmara mu sɛ, Onyankopɔn kaa sɛ, ‘Moyɛ anyame.’
35 If he called them gods, because the word of God was with them, and the scripture cannot be nullified;
Ɛno enti, sɛ Onyankopɔn nam anyamesɛm a ɛyɛ nokorɛ so frɛ wɔn a Onyankopɔn asɛm baa wɔn nkyɛn no sɛ ‘anyame’ a,
36 do ye say to him, whom the Father, hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said to you, I am the Son of God?
ɛyɛ dɛn na sɛ deɛ Agya no somaa no baa ewiase no ka sɛ, mene Onyankopɔn Ba no a mose waka abususɛm?
37 And if I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
Sɛ menyɛ nnwuma a mʼAgya pɛ sɛ meyɛ no deɛ a, ɛnneɛ monnnye me nni.
38 But if I do them, although ye believe not me, yet believe the works; that ye may know and believe, that my Father is in me, and I in my Father.
Nanso, sɛ meyɛ mʼAgya no nnwuma na sɛ monnye me nni mpo a, monnye nnwuma no nni sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, mobɛgye adi sɛ Agya no wɔ me mu na me nso mewɔ ne mu.”
39 And again they sought to lay hold of him; but he escaped out of their hands;
Nkurɔfoɔ no pɛɛ sɛ wɔkyere no bio, nanso wɔantumi.
40 and retired to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John at first baptized, and tarried there.
Yesu sane tware kɔɔ Yordan agya wɔ faako a Yohane bɔ asu no kɔtenaa hɔ.
41 And many persons came to him: and they said, John indeed wrought not even one sign; but every thing that John said of his man, was true.
Nnipa bebree kɔɔ ne nkyɛn. Wɔn mu dodoɔ no ara kaa sɛ, “Yohane anyɛ anwanwadeɛ, nanso biribiara a ɔka faa saa ɔbarima yi ho no yɛ nokorɛ.”
42 And many believed on him.
Nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no mu bebree gyee no diiɛ.
