Matthew 9
1 After getting into the boat, Jesus went back across the sea and came to his own city.
Eyi akyi no, Yesu kɔtenaa ɔkorow bi mu kɔɔ Kapernaum, kurow a ɔte mu no mu.
2 And behold, some men brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; yoʋr sins are forgiven yoʋ.”
Oduu hɔ no, ankyɛ biara na nnipa bi de obubuafo bi brɛɛ no sɛ ɔnsa no yare. Na Yesu huu gyidi a wɔwɔ wɔ ne mu no, ɔka kyerɛɛ obubuafo no se, “Ɔba, ma wʼani nnye, wɔde wo bɔne nyinaa akyɛ wo.”
3 And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
Ɛhɔ ara na Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo a na wɔwɔ hɔ no bi teɛɛ mu se, “Ɔbarima yi ka abususɛm. Ɔkyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn!”
4 Perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?
Yesu huu nea ɛwɔ wɔn adwene mu no, obisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti na modwene bɔne wɔ mo koma mu saa?
5 Which is easier, to say, ‘Yoʋr sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
Me Onipa Ba no, mewɔ tumi wɔ asase yi so sɛ mede bɔne kyɛ. Nea ɛwɔ he na ɛyɛ den, sɛ obi bɛka se, ‘Mede wo bɔne akyɛ wo’ anaasɛ ɔbɛka se, ‘Sɔre na nantew?’”
6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then he said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up yoʋr bed, and go to yoʋr house.”
Nanso sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ na mubehu sɛ Onipa Ba no wɔ tumi sɛ ɔde bɔne kyɛ nti. Ɔka kyerɛɛ obubuafo no se, “Sɔre na bobɔw wo kɛtɛ, na kɔ fie efisɛ masa wo yare.”
7 So he rose and went to his house.
Amono mu hɔ ara, obubuafo no sɔre bobɔw ne kɛtɛ, sii mu kɔɔ ne fi!
8 When the crowds saw it, they were amazed and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Nnipadɔm no huu anwonwade yi no, wɔn ho dwiriw wɔn yiye. Wɔkamfoo Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔde tumi a ɛte saa ama onipa.
9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,” so Matthew rose and followed him.
Yesu fi nea ɔsaa obubuafo no yare hɔ rekɔ no, ohuu ɔbarima towgyeni bi a ɔte atowgyei. Wɔfrɛ saa ɔbarima no Mateo. Yesu huu no no, ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Bedi mʼakyi.” Ɛhɔ ara, Mateo sɔre dii Yesu akyi.
10 Later, as Jesus reclined at the table in Matthew's house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and reclined with him and his disciples.
Ɛbae sɛ Yesu ne nʼasuafo no kɔɔ Mateo fi kodidii. Wɔredidi no, towgyefo ne nnebɔneyɛfo bebree baa hɔ ne no ne nʼasuafo no too nsa didii.
11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why is your teacher eating with tax collectors and sinners?”
Farisifo no huu sɛ ɔne nnebɔneyɛfo ato nsa redidi no, anyɛ wɔn dɛ. Wobisaa nʼasuafo no se, “Adɛn nti na mo kyerɛkyerɛfo no de ne ho abɔ nnebɔneyɛfo a wɔte sɛɛ yi?”
12 When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “It is not the healthy who have need of a physician, but the sick.
Yesu tee no, obuaa wɔn se, “Nnipa a wɔnyare no, ɔyaresafo ho nhia wɔn, na nnipa a wɔyare no na ɔyaresafo ho hia wɔn.”
13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Ɔsan kaa bio se, “Monkɔhwehwɛ eyi ase wɔ Kyerɛw Kronkron no mu. Wɔakyerɛw se, ‘Ɛnyɛ mo afɔre ne ayɛyɛde na mepɛ, na mmom ahummɔbɔ.’ Mammɛfrɛ atreneefo, na mmom, mebɛfrɛɛ nnebɔneyɛfo sɛ wɔnsakra mmra Onyankopɔn nkyɛn.”
14 Then the disciples of John came to Jesus and said, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but yoʋr disciples do not fast?”
Da bi Osuboni Yohane asuafo baa Yesu nkyɛn bebisaa no se, “Adɛn nti na wʼasuafo no nni mmuada, sɛnea yɛne Farisifo di mmuada no?”
15 Jesus said to them, “Can the bridegroom's attendants mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Mugye di sɛ, sɛ ayeforokunu ne ne nnamfonom te hɔ a, ɛsɛ sɛ ne nnamfonom no werɛ how, na wobua da ana? Bere bi bɛba a wɔbɛfa me afi wɔn nkyɛn. Saa bere no na wobedi mmuada.
16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch would pull away from the garment, and a worse tear would be made.
“Hena na ɔde ntama foforo bɛtare ntama dedaw mu? Saa ntaremu no besunsuan dedaw no mu ama tokuru kɛse abɛda hɔ.
17 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins. For the wineskins would burst, spilling the wine and ruining the wineskins. But new wine is put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Hena na ɔde nsa foforo begu aboa nhoma nsa nkotoku dedaw mu? Sɛ ɔyɛ saa a, nsa no bɛpae nkotoku no ama nsa no ahwie agu, na nkotoku no nso asɛe. Nsa nkotoku foforomu nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde nsa foforo gugu na amma nkotoku no ne nsa no mu biara ansɛe.”
18 As he said these things to them, behold, a ruler came and bowed down before him, saying, “My daughter has just now died, but come and lay yoʋr hand on her, and she will live.”
Yesu gu so rekasa no, Yudafo panyin bi ba bɛkotow, sɔree no. Ɔde nʼadesrɛ too Yesu anim se, “Me babea awu mprempren ara. Minim sɛ, sɛ woba de wo nsa bɛka no pɛ a, obenyan.”
19 So Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.
Yesu ne nʼasuafo no ne ɔpanyin no sii mu sɛ wɔrekɔ ɔpanyin no fi.
20 And behold, a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment.
Wɔrekɔ no, ɔbea bi a mogya atu no mfirihyia dumien faa nʼakyi, soo nʼatade ano.
21 For she said to herself, “If only I touch his garment, I will be healed.”
Ɔkaa wɔ ne tirim se, “Sɛ mede me nsa ka no nko ara a, me ho bɛyɛ me den.”
22 But when Jesus turned around and saw her, he said, “Take courage, daughter; yoʋr faith has healed yoʋ.” And the woman was healed from that hour.
Yesu dan nʼani ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ɔbabea, ma wo bo ntɔ wo yam. Wo gyidi agye wo. Wo ho atɔ wo.” Efi saa bere no mu no, ne ho tɔɔ no.
23 When Jesus came to the house of the ruler and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,
Yesu duu ɔpanyin no fi hɔ a ohuu sɛ nkurɔfo no bi resu na ebinom reto ayiase nnwom no,
24 he said to them, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they began laughing at him.
ɔkae se, “Obiara mfi adi. Ababaa no nwui. Wada!” Yesu asɛm a ɔkae yi maa nnipa no serew no.
25 But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took hold of the girl's hand, and she arose.
Nnipa no nyinaa fii adi no, Yesu kɔɔ faako a ababaa no da hɔ no. Osoo ne nsa. Prɛko pɛ, ababaa no nyanee.
26 And news of this spread throughout that entire region.
Saa anwonwade a Yesu yɛe yi trɛw wɔ mpɔtam hɔ nyinaa.
27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Yesu fi nea onyan ababaa no hɔ rekɔ no, anifuraefo baanu bi dii nʼakyi teɛteɛɛ mu se, “Dawid ba, hu yɛn mmɔbɔ!”
28 When he went into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
Yesu duu fie no, anifuraefo no baa ne nkyɛn. Yesu bisaa wɔn se, “Mugye di sɛ metumi ama moahu ade?” Wobuaa no se, “Yiw, Awurade, yegye di!”
29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for yoʋ according to your faith.”
Yesu de ne nsa kaa wɔn ani kae se, “Mo gyidi nyɛ nea mohwehwɛ mma mo!”
30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, “Make sure no one finds out about this.”
Amono mu hɔ ara na wɔn ani buebuei. Yesu bɔɔ wɔn ano se, “Monnka saa ayaresa yi ho asɛm nkyerɛ obiara.”
31 But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.
Nanso nnipa no fii hɔ pɛ na wɔbɔɔ asɛm no dawuru.
32 As they were going away, behold, a mute man possessed by a demon was brought to Jesus.
Yesu ne nʼasuafo refi adi no, wɔde mum bi a honhommɔne wɔ ne so brɛɛ no.
33 When the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke, and the crowds were amazed, saying, “Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.”
Yesu tuu honhommɔne no na prɛko pɛ, mum no kasae. Saa honhommɔnetu yi yɛɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa nwonwa ma wɔkae se, “Yenhuu saa anwonwade yi bi da wɔ Israelman mu ha!”
34 But the Pharisees said, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”
Farisifo no de, wɔkae se, “Ɔbonsam de honhommɔne ahyɛ no ma nti na otumi tu ahonhommɔne no.”
35 Then Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Yesu kyinkyinii nkurow so ne nkuraa ase kaa Onyankopɔn Ahenni no ho asɛmpa wɔ wɔn hyiadan mu. Baabiara a ɔkɔe no, ɔkaa asɛmpa no saa nyarewa ahorow bebree.
36 When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Bere a Yesu huu nnipadɔm no, ne yam hyehyee no maa wɔn efisɛ ohuu sɛ ɔhaw ahorow gu wɔn so a, wonhu nea wɔnyɛ ne nea wɔmfa a wobenya mmoa nso. Wɔte sɛ nguan a wonni ɔhwɛfo.
37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
Ɛha na Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nʼasuafo no se, “Otwa adwuma no dɔɔso, nanso adwumayɛfo no sua.
38 Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
Enti monsrɛ adwumawura no na ɔmma adwumayɛfo bebree mmra ne twa adwuma no mu.”
