Romans 8
1 Because [God has erased the record of our sins because we trust in what Christ has done for us], now [God will] not condemn and punish those/us who have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Christ Jesus.
Enti, afɔbuo nni hɔ ma wɔn a wɔwɔ Kristo Yesu mu
2 [God’s] Spirit causes us to live [in a new way] [PRS] as a result of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. And he has set up a way by which he frees [each of] us from continually being forced to sin (OR, to obey our self-directed natures) and from being separated from God.
ɛfiri sɛ Honhom Kronkron no ama mo nkwa a ɛfiri Kristo Yesu nkyɛn, na agye mo afiri mmara a ɛde owuo ba.
3 What [we] could not do [by trying to obey] the laws [of God] [PRS], because our self-directed nature was too weak [to obey them], God did. He sent his own Son [into the world in order that his Son might atone] for our sin. His Son came having a body (OR, human nature) that was like [the body] (OR, the [human nature]) of us people who sin. [By sending his Son in this way], he condemned and punished [his Son, who never sinned, instead of punishing us, who] sinned [MTY]. He did that [by making his Son’s] body [a sacrifice] (OR, [by causing his Son’s] body [to suffer/die]) for [all our] sin.
Esiane ɔhonam mmerɛyɛ enti, Mose Mmara no antumi annye yɛn. Enti Onyankopɔn yɛɛ deɛ Mmara no antumi anyɛ. Ɔnam nʼankasa ne Ba a ɔsomaa no wɔ onipa bɔnesu so no ba bɛbɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa yɛn, na ɔbɛbuu bɔne atɛn de pepaa yɛn bɔne.
4 So we can [now] fulfill all that God required in his laws. We do this, not by our acting the way our sinful human nature [desires], but instead by living as [God’s] Spirit [desires us to live].
Onyankopɔn yɛɛ yei, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Kristo bɛyɛ Mmara no asɛdeɛ ama yɛn, yɛn a yɛnnante ɔhonam fam, na mmom yɛnante honhom mu no.
5 People who live according to what their self-directed nature [desires] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires]. But people who [live] according to what [God’s] Spirit [desires think about and are concerned about] what [God’s] Spirit [desires].
Wɔn a honam mmerɛyɛ hyɛ wɔn so no dwene bɔne nko ara ho. Wɔn a wɔnam Honhom mu no dwene Honhom deɛ.
6 Those people who [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires] will not live eternally (OR, will be separated from God). But those people who think about and are concerned about what [God’s] Spirit [desires] will live [eternally] and have [inner] peace.
Wɔn a wɔwɔ ɔhonam mmerɛyɛ adwene no bɛwu. Wɔn nso a wɔnam Honhom mu no bɛnya nkwa ne asomdwoeɛ.
7 Let me explain this. [To the extent that] people [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires], they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey the laws of God. In fact, they are not even able [to obey his laws].
Adwene a ɛdwene honam mu no tan Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛmmrɛ ne ho ase mma Onyankopɔn mmara; na mpo ɛrentumi.
8 The people who let their self-directed nature [control them] cannot do what pleases God.
Wɔn a wɔdwene honam mu no rentumi nsɔ Onyankopɔn ani.
9 But we do not have to let our self-directed nature [control us]. Instead, we can [let] God’s Spirit [control us], because he lives within us. If people do not have [living in them] the Spirit [who comes from] Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
Sɛ Onyankopɔn Honhom te mo mu a, ɛnyɛ honam mmerɛyɛ na ɛdi mo so. Na sɛ obi nni Kristo Honhom a, ɔnyɛ Kristo dea.
10 But since Christ [is living in you/us by his Spirit, although] your/our bodies [are certain to] die because you/we sin, your/our spirits are alive because God has erased the record of your/our sins.
Ɛwom sɛ bɔne bɛma mo nipadua yi awu deɛ, nanso sɛ Kristo te mo mu a, ne tenenee enti, mo honhom te ase.
11 [God] caused Jesus to live again after he died. And because his Spirit lives in you/us, [God] will also make your/our bodies, which [now] are sure to die, live [again after you/we die]. God, who caused Christ to live again after he died, will make you/us live again by [causing] his Spirit, who lives within you/us, [to do it].
Sɛ Onyankopɔn Honhom a ɛnyanee Yesu firii awufoɔ mu no te mo mu a, ɛnneɛ deɛ ɔnyanee Kristo firii awufoɔ mu no nso nam ne Honhom a ɛwɔ mo mu no so bɛma mo nipadua a ɛwu yi nso nkwa.
12 Therefore, my fellow believers, we must [live as the Spirit directs us]. What we do not have to do is to live as our self-directed nature [guides us].
Enti anuanom, yɛwɔ asodie bi, nanso, yɛnyɛ mma honam no sɛdeɛ ɔpɛ.
13 If you live the way your self-directed nature [directs], you will surely not live [eternally] (OR, will surely be eternally separated from God). But if by [the power of God’s] Spirit you quit doing the [sinful] things that your bodies [desire] [MET], you will live eternally.
Sɛ motena ase ma ɔhonam a, mobɛwu. Nanso, sɛ moma Honhom no kum bɔne a nipadua no yɛ a, mobɛnya nkwa.
14 We who are guided by the Spirit of God {allow the Spirit of God to guide us} are God’s children.
Wɔn a Onyankopɔn Honhom di wɔn so no yɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
15 [You have showed that this is true], because you received [from God] a Spirit that is not one that makes you fear [God] again. You are not like slaves who [fear their masters] [MET]. On the contrary, we have received a Spirit by whose [work in our hearts God] has adopted us. The Spirit now enables us to cry out [to God], “[You(sg) are my] Father [DOU]!”
Ɛfiri sɛ, moannya honhom a ɛma mo yɛ nkoa bio ma ɔsuro, na mmom, moanya abayɛ Honhom na yɛnam ne so su sɛ, “Abba, Agya!”
16 The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits [say], that we are God’s children.
Na Honhom no ankasa ne yɛn honhom di adanseɛ sɛ yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
17 Because we are [God’s] children, we also will some day receive/inherit [eternal blessings/privileges]. We will receive/inherit them from God, and we will [also] receive/inherit [them] just like Christ has [inherited them]. But we must suffer [for doing good] as Christ did, in order to receive splendor as he did.
Esiane sɛ yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma enti, yɛyɛ adedifoɔ; Onyankopɔn adedifoɔ a yɛne Kristo wɔ kyɛfa wɔ mu, nanso gye sɛ yɛne no kyɛ nʼamanehunu ansa na yɛne no akyɛ nʼanimuonyam.
18 I consider that what we suffer during the present time is not worth [paying attention to, because] the future splendor/glory that will be revealed {that [God] will reveal} to us [is so great].
Menim sɛ amanehunu a yɛrehunu no saa ɛberɛ yi nyɛ deɛ wɔdetoto animuonyam a wɔbɛhyɛ yɛn no ho.
19 The [things that God has] created are very eagerly waiting for [the time] [PRS, DOU] when God will reveal who his [true] children are.
Abɔdeɛ nyinaa de anigyina rehwɛ da a Onyankopɔn mma bɛda wɔn ho adi no ɛkwan.
20 [God] caused the things that he created to be unable to achieve [what he had purposed. That was] not because they wanted to [be unable to do that]. On the contrary, [God] made them that way because he wanted them to keep confidently expecting
Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛberɛ a ɛmfiri abɔdeɛ pɛ mu no, wɔnam Onyankopɔn tumi mu buu abɔdeɛ fɔ sɛ ɛnnane ade hunu. Nanso na saa anidasoɔ yi wɔ hɔ
21 that the things that [he] created will be freed {that [he] will free the things that [he] created} from their sure decay [MET]. [He] will free them in order that [he can give them] the same glory that belongs to his children.
sɛ, da bi abɔdeɛ no bɛde ne ho afiri nkoayɛ ne porɔeɛ mu na ɛne Onyankopɔn mma anya ahofadie mu animuonyam.
22 We know that until now [it is as though] all [things] that God created have been groaning together, [and they long for that glory, just like a mother having the pains before bearing a child] groans [and longs for her baby’s birth] [MET].
Yɛnim sɛ ɛbɛsi saa ɛberɛ yi abɔdeɛ nyinaa pene sɛ ɔpemfoɔ a awoɔ aka no.
23 Not only [do those things groan], but we ourselves also groan inwardly. We who have [God’s] Spirit, who is like a partial gift [MET] we have received as we wait for [the future glory, groan inwardly]. We groan while we wait eagerly for the time when we will receive our [full] rights as God’s adopted children. That [will include] his freeing our bodies [from the things that hinder us on earth. He will do this by giving us new bodies].
Nanso, ɛnyɛ abɔdeɛ nko, na yɛn a yɛwɔ Onyankopɔn Honhom sɛ Onyankopɔn akyɛdeɛ no nso si apinie ɛberɛ a yɛretwɛn sɛ Onyankopɔn de yɛn bɛyɛ ne mma. Yei kyerɛ sɛ yɛbɛde yɛn ho ɔhonam fam nso.
24 Ever since we were saved {since [God] saved us}, we have continued to confidently expect [that future glory]. If we had what we waited for, we would not [need to] wait for it any longer, because those who have something, certainly do not continue to wait for it! [RHQ]
Na wɔnam saa anidasoɔ yi so gyee yɛn nkwa. Sɛ yɛhunu deɛ yɛn ani da so no deɛ a, na ɛnyɛ anidasoɔ bio. Na hwan na nʼani tumi da adeɛ a ɔwɔ dada so.
25 But because we keep waiting expectantly to receive what we do not yet have, we wait for it eagerly and patiently/perseveringly.
Na sɛ yɛn ani da adeɛ a yɛn nsa nkaeɛ so a, yɛde boasetɔ twɛn.
26 Similarly, in addition to our continuing to wait for what God will give us, God’s Spirit helps us when our spirits feel weak. We do not know what is proper/necessary for us to pray. But God’s Spirit knows, and he prays for us when we groan (OR, he groans) in a way that cannot be expressed in words (OR, prays with us, groaning in a way that cannot be expressed in words).
Saa ara na Honhom no boa yɛn wɔ yɛn mmerɛyɛ mu, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛnnim ɛkwan a wɔfa so bɔ mpaeɛ sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ. Honhom no ankasa de apinisie de nsɛm a ɛnni kabea di ma yɛn.
27 God, who examines our inner feelings, understands what his Spirit desires. What God understands is that his Spirit prays for us who belong to God exactly as God wants him to pray.
Onyankopɔn a ɔhunu nnipa akoma mu no nim Honhom no nsusuiɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Honhom no nam Onyankopɔn pɛ so di ma Onyankopɔn mma wɔ nʼanim.
28 And we know that to those/us who love God, he works out all things that happen [to them/us] in a way that produces good [spiritual] benefits [for us]. He does these things for those/us whom he has chosen, because that was (OR, was according to) what he planned to do.
Yɛnim sɛ adeɛ nyinaa mu no Onyankopɔn di boa wɔn a wɔdɔ no ma ɛwie wɔn yie. Ɛdi boa wɔn a wɔnam nʼatirimpɔ so afrɛ wɔn.
29 God knew previously [that we would believe] in him (OR, [would be saved]). We are those who God also decided previously would develop a character like his Son’s character. The result of that is that [Christ is like] a firstborn/highest-ranking [son], and [those/we who are God’s children] [MET] are [like] [MET] many [younger] brothers [of Jesus].
Wɔn a Onyankopɔn ayi wɔn dada no, ɔde wɔn asi hɔ sɛ wɔnyɛ sɛ ne Ba no, na ne Ba no ayɛ anuanom pii mu abakan.
30 And us who God decided previously [that we would become like his Son], he also summoned. And for us whom he summoned, he also erased the record of our sins. And for us whose record of sins he has erased, he also will surely give future splendor.
Onyankopɔn frɛɛ wɔn a ɔyii wɔn sii hɔ no, na wɔn a ɔyii wɔn no, ɔbuu wɔn bem. Na wɔn a ɔbuu wɔn bem no, ɔhyɛɛ wɔn animuonyam nso.
31 So (I will tell you what we must conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]./what shall we conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]?) [RHQ] Because God [is acting] on our behalf, (no one can win against us!/can anyone defeat us? (OR, it does not matter if anyone opposes us)!) [RHQ]
Afei, ɛdeɛn na yɛbɛka afa yeinom ho? Onyankopɔn wɔ yɛn afa a, hwan na ɔne yɛn bɛdi asie?
32 God did not spare even his very own Son. Instead, he turned him over [to others to cruelly kill him] in order that all we [who believe in him] may benefit [from his dying for us. Therefore, because God did that], (he will also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ./will he not also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ?) [RHQ]
Deɛ wankame nʼankasa ne Ba, na mmom, yɛn nyinaa enti, ɔyii no maeɛ no, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔmfa adeɛ nyinaa nso nka ne ho mmɛdom yɛn?
33 It is God himself who erases the record of our sins. So (no one who accuses us [before God will win against us] (OR, [it does not matter] if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen./is it possible that anyone who accuses us [before God] will win against us (OR, does it matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen?) [RHQ]
Hwan na ɔbɛbu wɔn a Onyankopɔn ayi wɔn no atɛn? Onyankopɔn nko na ɔbu bem.
34 It is Christ Jesus himself who pleads [with God] for us, so (no one can condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)./can anyone condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)?) [RHQ] Christ died [for us], but he was also brought back to life {[God] also raised him from the dead}, and he is now at the place of honor [ruling] with God [MTY].
Hwan na ɔbu fɔ? Kristo Yesu ne deɛ ɔwuiɛ na wɔnyanee no na ɔte Onyankopɔn nifa so di ma yɛn Onyankopɔn anim no.
35 Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us! [RHQ] That could not [RHQ] happen [because someone] caused us to have trouble [DOU], or [because someone did things to] harm us, or [because we did] not have anything to eat, or [because we did] not have enough clothes, or [because we lived in a] dangerous situation, or [because someone killed us with] a sword [MTY] (OR, murdered us).
Hwan na ɔbɛtumi atete ɔdɔ a ɛda yɛne Kristo ntam no mu? Ahohia anaa ahometeɛ anaa ɔtaa anaa ɛkɔm anaa adagya anaa amanenya anaa owuo na ɛbɛtumi atete ɔdɔ a ɛda yɛne Kristo ntam no mu no anaa?
36 [Such things may happen to us, just like] it is written {[as David] wrote} [that David said to God], “Because we are your [(sg)] people, [other people repeatedly attempt to] kill us. They consider that we are [only people to be killed], [like a butcher considers] that sheep are [only] animals to be slaughtered [MET].”
Dabi! Wɔatwerɛ sɛ, “Wo enti, wɔkum yɛn daa nyinaa; wɔbu yɛn sɛ nnwan a wɔrekɔkum wɔn.”
37 But even though all these bad things [may happen to us], we win a great victory/triumph [over these things because Christ], who loves us, [helps us].
Nanso, yeinom nyinaa mu no, yɛnam deɛ ɔdɔɔ yɛn no so di nkonim boro so.
38 I am absolutely certain that neither being dead (OR, being killed), nor [what happens to us while] we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful [beings/forces],
Megye medi ampa sɛ owuo anaa nkwa anaa abɔfoɔ anaa atumfoɔ anaa nneɛma a ɛwɔ hɔ anaa nneɛma a ɛrebɛba anaa tumi
39 nor [powerful beings] above [the horizon] or below [the horizon] [MTY], nor anything else that [God has] created can cause God to stop loving us. [God showed us that he loves us by sending] Jesus Christ our Lord [to die for us].
anaa ɔsoro anaa ɛfam anaa abɔdeɛ foforɔ biara rentumi ntete yɛne Onyankopɔn dɔ a ɛwɔ Kristo Yesu, yɛn Awurade, mu no mu da.
