John 10
1 'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one 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 and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;
Onipa a ɔfa ɔkwan ano kɔ mu no ne oguanhwɛfo no.
3 to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;
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 and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;
Sɛ ɔde wɔn fi adi a, odi nguan no anim na nguan no nso di nʼakyi, efisɛ wɔte ne nne.
5 and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'
Wɔrenni onipa foforo biara akyi. Na sɛ ɔfrɛ wɔn a wɔremma, efisɛ wɔnte ne nne.”
6 This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;
Yesu buu wɔn saa bɛ yi nanso nnipa no ante no ase.
7 Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn bio se, “Mereka nokware akyerɛ mo se mene nguannan no ano pon no.
8 all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear 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 door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and 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 doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may 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 his life layeth down for the sheep;
“Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Oguanhwɛfo pa no ne obi a otumi de ne nkwa to hɔ ma ne nguan.
12 and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
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 and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring 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 [sheep], and am known by mine,
“Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Minim me nguan na me nguan nso nim me,
15 according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
sɛnea Agya no nim me na me nso minim Agya no. Masiesie me ho nso sɛ mewu ama nguan no.
16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock — 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 'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;
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 doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received 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 Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,
Asɛm a Yesu kae no nti, ɛmaa mpaapaemu baa Yudafo no mu.
20 and many of them said, 'He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'
Wɔn mu pii kae se, “Ɔwɔ honhommɔne! Nʼadwene mu ka no! Adɛn nti na mutie no?”
21 others said, 'These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'
Afoforo nso kae se, “Onipa a ɔwɔ honhommɔne rentumi nkasa sɛɛ! Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obi a ɔwɔ honhommɔne betumi ama onifuraefo ahu ade?”
22 And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,
Awɔw bere bi mu a Asɔredandwira duu wɔ Yerusalem no,
23 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 the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, 'Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'
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 answered them, 'I told you, and ye 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 but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,
nanso munnnye nni, efisɛ monyɛ me nguan.
27 according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,
Me nguan te me nne, me nso minim wɔn na wodi mʼakyi.
29 my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my 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 Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;
Yudafo no san tasee abo sɛ anka wɔde rebesiw no.
32 Jesus answered them, 'Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone 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, saying, 'For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself 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 having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?
Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Wɔakyerɛw wɔ mo ara ankasa mo mmara mu se, Onyankopɔn kae se, ‘Moyɛ anyame.’
35 if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to 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 of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say — Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?
adɛn na sɛ nea Agya no somaa no baa wiase no ka se, ‘mene Onyankopɔn Ba no’ a muse waka abususɛm?
37 if I do not 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 and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me [is] the Father, and I in Him.'
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 Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,
Nkurɔfo no pɛɛ sɛ wɔkyere no bio, nanso wɔantumi.
40 and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,
Yesu san twa kɔɔ Yordan agya wɔ faako a Yohane bɔ asu no kɔtenaa hɔ.
41 and many came unto him, and said — 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were 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 and many did believe in him there.
Nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no mu bebree gyee no dii.
