John 10
1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter through the gate into the sheep pen, but climbs up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber.
“Mereka nokware akyerɛ mo Farisifo no se, onipa biara a ɔmfa nguankuw kwan ano na ɔfa ɔkwan foforo so foro kɔ mu no yɛ owifo.
2 He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
Onipa a ɔfa ɔkwan ano kɔ mu no ne oguanhwɛfo no.
3 The gatekeeper opens for him. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Ɔpon no anohwɛfo no bue ɔpon no ma no, na sɛ ɔfrɛ nguan no nso a wɔte ne nne ma ɔde wɔn fi adi.
4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Sɛ ɔde wɔn fi adi a, odi nguan no anim na nguan no nso di nʼakyi, efisɛ wɔte ne nne.
5 They will not follow a stranger but instead they will avoid him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
Wɔrenni onipa foforo biara akyi. Na sɛ ɔfrɛ wɔn a wɔremma, efisɛ wɔnte ne nne.”
6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what these things were that he was saying to them.
Yesu buu wɔn saa bɛ yi nanso nnipa no ante no ase.
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the gate of the sheep.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn bio se, “Mereka nokware akyerɛ mo se mene nguannan no ano pon no.
8 Everyone who came before me is a thief and a robber, but the sheep did not listen to them.
Wɔn a wodii mʼanim kan no yɛ awifo ne adwowtwafo; ɛno nti nguan no ante wɔn nne anni wɔn akyi.
9 I am the gate. If anyone enters in through me, he will be saved; he will go in and out and will find pasture.
Mene ɔpon no. Obiara a ɔnam me so bewura mu no benya nkwa; wobewura mu asan afi adi na wobenya adidibea.
10 The thief does not come if he would not steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they will have life and have it abundantly.
Owifo ba a, obewia anaasɛ obedi awu anaasɛ ɔbɛsɛe ade. Me de, maba sɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mubenya nkwa a edi mu.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
“Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Oguanhwɛfo pa no ne obi a otumi de ne nkwa to hɔ ma ne nguan.
12 The hired servant is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and escapes, and the wolf carries them off and scatters them.
Obi a wɔabɔ no paa sɛ ɔnhwɛ nguan so no nyɛ nguan no wura; ɛno nti, sɛ ohu sɛ pataku reba a oguan gyaw nguan no hɔ, na pataku no tow hyɛ nguan no so ma wɔbɔ ahwete.
13 He runs away because he is a hired servant and does not care for the sheep.
Ɔpaani no guan, efisɛ wɔabɔ no paa na nguan no yiyedi mfa ne ho.
14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me.
“Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Minim me nguan na me nguan nso nim me,
15 The Father knows me, and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
sɛnea Agya no nim me na me nso minim Agya no. Masiesie me ho nso sɛ mewu ama nguan no.
16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Nguan afoforo bi wɔ hɔ a wɔyɛ me de nanso wonnya mmɛkaa saa nguankuw yi ho ɛ. Ɛsɛ sɛ mede wɔn nso bɛka saa nguankuw yi ho. Wobetie me nne na wɔbɛyɛ nguankuw baako a oguanhwɛfo baako pɛ na ɔhwɛ wɔn so.
17 This is why the Father loves me: I lay down my life so that I may take it again.
Agya no dɔ me efisɛ masiesie me ho sɛ mede me nkwa bɛto hɔ sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a daakye me nsa bɛka bio.
18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”
Obiara rentumi nnye me nkwa mfi me nsam. Me ara me pɛ mu na mede bɛma. Mewɔ tumi sɛ mede ma na mewɔ tumi nso sɛ mesan gye bio. Eyi ne nea mʼAgya ahyɛ me sɛ menyɛ no.”
19 A division again occurred among the Jews because of these words.
Asɛm a Yesu kae no nti, ɛmaa mpaapaemu baa Yudafo no mu.
20 Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to him?”
Wɔn mu pii kae se, “Ɔwɔ honhommɔne! Nʼadwene mu ka no! Adɛn nti na mutie no?”
21 Others said, “These are not the words of a demon-possessed man. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Afoforo nso kae se, “Onipa a ɔwɔ honhommɔne rentumi nkasa sɛɛ! Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obi a ɔwɔ honhommɔne betumi ama onifuraefo ahu ade?”
22 Then it was time for the Festival of the Dedication in Jerusalem.
Awɔw bere bi mu a Asɔredandwira duu wɔ Yerusalem no,
23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
Yesu kɔpasee wɔ asɔredan no mu baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ se Salomo Abrannaa so.
24 Then the Jews surrounded him and said to him, “How long will you hold us doubting? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.”
Yudafo no betwaa ne ho hyia kae se, “Wobɛma yɛatwɛn akosi da bɛn? Sɛ wone Kristo no a, pae mu ka kyerɛ yɛn.”
25 Jesus replied to them, “I told you, but you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Maka akyerɛ mo dedaw nanso munnnye me nni. Me nnwuma a menam mʼAgya tumi so yɛ no di me ho adanse,
26 Yet you do not believe because you are not my sheep.
nanso munnnye nni, efisɛ monyɛ me nguan.
27 My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Me nguan te me nne, me nso minim wɔn na wodi mʼakyi.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all others, and no one is able to snatch them out of the hand of the Father.
MʼAgya a ɔde wɔn maa me no wɔ tumi sen obiara, na obiara rentumi nhuam wɔn mfi me nsam.
30 I and the Father are one.”
Me ne Agya no yɛ baako.”
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Yudafo no san tasee abo sɛ anka wɔde rebesiw no.
32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works are you stoning me?”
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mayɛ nnwuma pa pii a Agya no de hyɛɛ me nsa sɛ menyɛ no ama moahu, na emu nea ɛwɔ he ho nti na mopɛ sɛ musiw me abo yi?”
33 The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for any good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are making yourself God.”
Yudafo no buaa no se, “Ɛnyɛ wo nnwuma pa bi a woayɛ no nti na yɛpɛ sɛ yesiw wo abo, na mmom wʼabususɛm a wokae no nti. Woyɛ onipa desani nso woyɛ wo ho sɛ Onyankopɔn!”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, 'I said, “You are gods”'?
Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Wɔakyerɛw wɔ mo ara ankasa mo mmara mu se, Onyankopɔn kae se, ‘Moyɛ anyame.’
35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
Ɛno nti sɛ Onyankopɔn nam anyamesɛm a ɛyɛ nokware so frɛ wɔn a Onyankopɔn asɛm baa wɔn nkyɛn no se ‘anyame’ a,
36 do you say to him whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
adɛn na sɛ nea Agya no somaa no baa wiase no ka se, ‘mene Onyankopɔn Ba no’ a muse waka abususɛm?
37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me.
Sɛ menyɛ nnwuma a mʼAgya pɛ sɛ meyɛ no de a ɛno de, munnnye me nni.
38 But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe in the works so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”
Nanso sɛ meyɛ mʼAgya no nnwuma na sɛ munnnye me nni mpo a munnye nnwuma no nni sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mubegye adi sɛ Agya no wɔ me mu na me nso mewɔ ne mu.”
39 They tried to seize him again, but he went away out of their hand.
Nkurɔfo no pɛɛ sɛ wɔkyere no bio, nanso wɔantumi.
40 He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and he stayed there.
Yesu san twa kɔɔ Yordan agya wɔ faako a Yohane bɔ asu no kɔtenaa hɔ.
41 Many people came to him and they said, “John indeed did no signs, but all the things that John has said about this man are true.”
Nnipa bebree kɔɔ ne nkyɛn. Wɔn mu dodow no ara kae se, “Yohane anyɛ anwonwade, nanso biribiara a ɔka faa saa ɔbarima yi ho no yɛ nokware.”
42 Many people believed in him there.
Nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no mu bebree gyee no dii.
