1 Timothy 2
1 I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:
Mʼafotuo ne sɛ, deɛ ɛdi ɛkan no, mehyɛ mo sɛ monsrɛ, mommɔ mpaeɛ, mommisa na monna Onyankopɔn ase mma nnipa nyinaa;
2 for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,
monyɛ saa ara mma ahemfo ne wɔn a tumi hyɛ wɔn nsa nyinaa na yɛatumi atena ase asomdwoeɛ mu wɔ onyamesom ne suban pa mu.
3 for this [is] right and acceptable before God our Saviour,
Yei yɛ, na ɛsɔ Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ Agyenkwa a
4 who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;
ɔpɛ sɛ wɔgye nnipa nyinaa nkwa na wɔhunu nokorɛ no ani.
5 for one [is] God, one also [is] mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,
Onyankopɔn baako ne ntamgyinafoɔ baako a ɔka Onyankopɔn ne nnipa bom no, ɔno ne Kristo Yesu no.
6 who did give himself a ransom for all — the testimony in its own times —
Ɔno na ɔde ne ho bɔɔ afɔdeɛ de gyee nnipa nyinaa nkwa no. Yei yɛ adansedie a ɛbaa ɛberɛ a ɛsɛ mu sɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ sɛ wɔgye nnipa nyinaa nkwa.
7 in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle — truth I say in Christ, I do not lie — a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.
Ɛno enti na wɔsomaa me sɛ ɔsomafoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ sɛ menni gyidie ne nokorɛ no ho adanseɛ. Merenni atorɔ, mereka nokorɛ!
8 I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;
Mehwehwɛ sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ ewiase afanan nyinaa de akoma a emu teɛ bɛma wɔn nsa so, na wɔabɔ mpaeɛ.
9 in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,
Afei, mehwehwɛ sɛ mmaa bɛbrɛ wɔn ho ase na wɔafa ɛkwan a ɛfata so asiesie wɔn ho. Ma wɔmmɔ wɔn ti sɛ mmaa ahobrɛasefoɔ; mma wɔmmfa sika anaa adwinneɛ anaa ntadeɛ a ne boɔ yɛ den nsiesie wɔn ho.
10 but — which becometh women professing godly piety — through good works.
Na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔda adwuma pa a ɛfata mmaa adi sɛ mmaa a wɔyɛ nyamesomfoɔ.
11 Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,
Ɛsɛ sɛ mmaa de kommyɛ ne ahobrɛaseɛ sua adeɛ.
12 and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
Memma mmaa ho ɛkwan sɛ wɔnkyerɛkyerɛ anaasɛ wɔnnya mmarima so tumi. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ komm.
13 for Adam was first formed, then Eve,
Ɛfiri sɛ, wɔbɔɔ Adam ansa na wɔrebɔ Hawa.
14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,
Na ɛnyɛ Adam na wɔdaadaa no. Ɔbaa no na wɔdaadaa no ma ɛnam so maa ɔbuu Onyankopɔn mmara so.
15 and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
Na sɛ ɔbaa tena ase gyidie, ɔdɔ, kronnyɛ ne ahobrɛaseɛ mu a ɔbɛwo asomdwoeɛ mu.
