1 Corinthians 14
1 Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.
Ɔdɔ na ɛsɛ sɛ mohwehwɛ akyi kwan. Momma mo koma mpere nhwehwɛ Honhom akyɛde no, ne titiriw no nkɔmhyɛ.
2 For he who speaks in an unknown tongue is not speaking to men, but to God; for no one understands him. Yet in the Spirit he is speaking secret truths.
Onipa a ɔka kasa foforo no nkasa nkyerɛ nnipa, na mmom ɔkasa kyerɛ Onyankopɔn, efisɛ obiara nte asɛm a ɔka no ase. Ɔnam Honhom no tumi so ka nokware mu ahintasɛm.
3 But he who prophesies speaks to men words of edification, encouragement and comfort.
Nanso onipa a ɔhyɛ nkɔm no kasa kyerɛ nnipa, boa wɔn, hyɛ wɔn nkuran, kyekye wɔn werɛ.
4 He who speaks in an unknown tongue does good to himself, but he who prophesies does good to the Church.
Onipa a ɔka kasa foforo no boa ɔno ankasa ne ho, nanso onipa a ɔhyɛ nkɔm no boa asafo no nyinaa.
5 I should be right glad were you all to speak in 'tongues,' but yet more glad were you all to prophesy. And, in fact, the man who prophesies is superior to him who speaks in 'tongues,' except when the latter can interpret in order that the Church may get a blessing.
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ mepɛ sɛ mo nyinaa ka kasa foforo de, nanso mepɛ sɛ mo nyinaa nya akyɛde a ɛbɛma mo ahyɛ nkɔm. Efisɛ onipa a ɔhyɛ nkɔm no ho hia yiye kyɛn onipa a ɔka kasa foforo no, gye sɛ obi wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛkyerɛ ase, ma aboa asafo no nyinaa.
6 But, brethren, as things are, if I come to you speaking in 'tongues,' what benefit shall I confer on you, if the utterance is neither in the form of a revelation nor of additional knowledge nor of prophecy nor of teaching?
Enti anuanom, sɛ meba mo nkyɛn na meka kasa foforo a, mfaso bɛn na mubenya wɔ me ho? Morennya hwee gye sɛ meda Onyankopɔn ahintasɛm adi anaa meda osuahu bi adi, anaa meka nsɛm ma ɛkanyan mo, anaa mekyerɛkyerɛ mo.
7 Even inanimate things--flutes or harps, for instance--when yielding a sound, if they make no distinction in the notes, how shall the tune which is played on the flute or the harp be known?
Saa ara nso na nneɛma a nkwa nni mu, te sɛ abɛn anaa sanku a wɔde bɔ nnwom no, sɛ nnwom no bɔ no mu anna hɔ a, obiara rente ne dɛ.
8 If the bugle--to take another example--gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?
Na sɛ nea ɔhyɛn akobɛn no nso anhyɛn no yiye a, hena na obesiesie ne ho akɔ ɔko?
9 And so with you; if with the living voice you fail to utter intelligible words, how will people know what you are saying? You will be talking to the winds.
Saa ara nso na mibisa se, sɛ moka kasa foforo a emu nna hɔ a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obi ate asɛm a moka no ase? Mo nsɛm no bɛyera wɔ mframa mu.
10 There are, we will suppose, a great number of languages in the world, and no creature is without a language.
Ɔkasa ahorow bebree na ɛwɔ wiase, nanso emu biara nni hɔ a ntease nni mu.
11 If, however, I do not know the meaning of the particular language, I shall seem to the speaker of it, and he to me, to be merely talking some foreign tongue.
Na sɛ mente kasa a obi ka no ase a, nea ɔreka saa kasa no bɛyɛ ɔhɔho ama me, na me a meretie no nso, mayɛ ɔhɔho ama no.
12 Therefore, seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them so as to benefit the Church.
Esiane sɛ mopere sɛ mubenya Honhom no akyɛde no nti, ɛsɛ sɛ mohwehwɛ nea ɛbɛboa asafo no ama agyina yiye.
13 Therefore let a man who has the gift of tongues pray for the power of interpreting them.
Ɛsɛ sɛ obi a ɔka kasa foforo no bɔ mpae na otumi kyerɛ nsɛm a ɔka no ase.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is barren.
Sɛ meka kasa foforo bɔ mpae a, me honhom bɔ saa mpae no, nanso mʼadwene mmoa.
15 How then does the matter stand? I will pray in spirit, and I will pray with my understanding also. I will praise God in spirit, and I will praise Him with my understanding also.
Dɛn na afei ɛsɛ sɛ meyɛ? Mede me honhom bɛbɔ mpae, na mede me ntease bɛbɔ mpae nso; mede me honhom bɛto dwom, nanso mede me ntease nso bɛto bi.
16 Otherwise, if you bless God in spirit only, how shall he who is in the position of an ungifted man say the 'Amen' to your giving of thanks, when he does not know what your words mean?
Sɛ wonam honhom nko so da Onyankopɔn ase a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obi a ɔka nhyiamu no ho no betumi agye wʼaseda mpae no so se, “Amen” bi? Ɔkwan biara nni hɔ a ɔbɛfa so ate nea woreka no ase.
17 Rightly enough you are giving thanks, and yet your neighbor is not benefited.
Sɛ ɛba saa a, na wʼaseda mpae a worebɔ Onyankopɔn no ye sɛ dɛn ara mpo a, ɛremmoa onipa a ɔka wo ho no wɔ ɔkwan biara so.
18 I speak in a tongue, thank God, more than all of you;
Meda Onyankopɔn ase sɛ meka kasa foforo sen mo a mowɔ ha nyinaa.
19 but in the Church I would rather speak five words with my understanding--so as to instruct others also--than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Nanso asafo mu som no, mɛpɛ sɛ mɛka kasa mmaako mmaako anum pɛ a mobɛte ase na moagyina so atumi akyerɛ afoforo ade, sen sɛ mɛka nsɛm mpempem wɔ kasa foforo mu.
20 Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.
Monnnwene sɛ mmofra, anuanom; nanso sɛ yɛka bɔne ho asɛm de a, monyɛ mo ho sɛ mmofra. Nanso munnwen sɛ mmadwemma.
21 In the Law it stands written, "'By men of unknown tongues and by the lips of an unknown nation will I speak to this People, but even then they will not listen to Me', says the Lord."
Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Menam nnipa a wɔka kasa foforo so bɛkasa akyerɛ saa nnipa yi. Menam ahɔho anofafa so bɛkasa, nanso wɔrentie me,” Awurade na ose.
22 This shows that the gift of tongues is intended as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but prophecy is intended not for unbelievers but for those who believe.
Kasa foforo no yɛ wɔn a wonni gyidi no nsɛnkyerɛnne na Onyame asɛnka no nso yɛ gyidifo nsɛnkyerɛnne.
23 Accordingly if the whole Church has assembled and all are speaking in 'tongues,' and there come in ungifted men, or unbelievers, will they not say that you are all mad?
Sɛ asafo no nyinaa hyia na obiara fi ase ka kasa foforo na sɛ ahɔho anaa wɔn a wonni gyidi fra mo mu a, munnye nni sɛ wɔbɛka sɛ moabobɔ adam?
24 If, on the other hand, every one is prophesying and an unbeliever or an ungifted man comes in, he is convicted by all and closely examined by all,
Nanso sɛ mo nyinaa na moka Onyankopɔn asɛm na sɛ obi a onni gyidi anaa onipa foforo bi bɛfra mo mu a, nsɛm a ɔbɛte no bɛma wanu ne ho wɔ ne bɔne ho. Nsɛm a ɔte no bebu no atɛn
25 and the hidden evils of his heart are brought to light. And, as the result, he will fall on his face and worship God, and will report to others that of a truth God is among you.
na ne kokoamsɛm bɛda adi, na obebu nkotodwe asom Onyankopɔn na waka ne bɔne se, “Nokware ni, Onyankopɔn ka yɛn ho wɔ ha!”
26 What then, brethren? Whenever you assemble, there is not one of you who is not ready either with a song of praise, a sermon, a revelation, a 'tongue,' or an interpretation. Let everything be done with a view to the building up of faith and character.
Anuanom, nsɛm a meka yi kyerɛ dɛn? Sɛ muhyia sɛ moresom a, obi to dwom; obi kyerɛkyerɛ; obi da Onyankopɔn ahintasɛm adi; obi ka kasa foforo na ɔfoforo nso akyerɛkyerɛ ase. Ɛsɛ sɛ biribiara boa asafo no nkɔso.
27 If there is speaking in an unknown tongue, only two or at the most three should speak, and they should do so one at a time, and one should interpret;
Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔka kasa foforo a, aboro so koraa no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ nnipa bɛyɛ baanu anaa baasa. Ɔbaako kasa wie a, na ɔfoforo nso akasa, na obi nso akyerɛkyerɛ nsɛm a waka no ase.
28 or if there is no interpreter, let the man with the gift be silent in the Church, speaking to himself and to God.
Na sɛ obi nni hɔ a ɔbɛkyerɛ kasa foforo yi ase de a, ɛsɛ sɛ onipa a ɔka saa kasa no yɛ komm wɔ nhyiamu no ase na ɔkasa kyerɛ ne ho ne Onyankopɔn.
29 But if there are Prophets, let two or three speak and let the rest judge.
Nnipa baanu anaa baasa a Onyankopɔn asɛm no wɔ wɔn nkyɛn no na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkasa na wɔn a aka no nso atie adwene ho.
30 And if anything is revealed to some one else who is seated there, let the first be silent.
Na sɛ obi a ɔte hɔ no nso nya asɛm fi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn a, ɛsɛ sɛ onipa a ɔrekasa no gyae kasa.
31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged:
Ɛsɛ sɛ mo nyinaa ka Onyankopɔn asɛm no mmaako mmaako sɛnea mo nyinaa benya osuahu bi ne nkuranhyɛ.
32 and the spirits of Prophets yield submission to Prophets.
Ɛsɛ sɛ nkɔmhyɛni no pene so gyae ma ɔfoforo nso kasa.
33 For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, as He is in all the Churches of His people.
Efisɛ Onyankopɔn mfrɛɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛyɛ basabasa, na mmom asomdwoepɛfo. Sɛnea ɛte wɔ Onyankopɔn asafo mu no.
34 Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;
Ɛsɛ sɛ mmea a wɔwɔ asafo mu no yɛ komm wɔ asafo no nhyiamu ase. Wonni ho kwan sɛ wɔkasa, sɛnea Mose mmara no kyerɛ no.
35 and if they wish to ask questions, they should ask their own husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a married woman to speak at a Church assembly.
Sɛ wɔrehwehwɛ biribi mu ahu a, wommisa wɔn kununom wɔ fie. Ɔbea kasa wɔ asafo nhyiamu ase a, ɛyɛ animguase.
36 Was it from you that God's Message first went forth, or is it to you only that it has come?
Anaa mofa no sɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm no fi mo nkyɛn? Anaa mo nko ara mo nkyɛn na efi?
37 If any one deems himself to be a Prophet or a man with spiritual gifts, let him recognize as the Lord's command all that I am now writing to you.
Sɛ obi susuw sɛ ɔyɛ odiyifo anaa ɔwɔ honhom akyɛde a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔte ne ho ase sɛ, “Nsɛm a merekyerɛw yi, Awurade na ɔhyɛɛ me sɛ menkyerɛw.”
38 But if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Enti sɛ ontie eyi a, ɛno de munntie ɔno nso.
39 The conclusion, my brethren, is this. Be earnestly ambitious to prophesy, and do not check speaking with tongues;
Enti anuanom, mompere sɛ mobɛhyɛ nkɔm, nanso monnnyae sɛ mobɛka kasa foforo.
40 only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner.
Ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ biribiara wɔ ne kwan so.
