Asomafo 13

1 Adiyifo ne akyerɛkyerɛfo a na wɔwɔ Antiokia asafo no mu bi ne Barnaba ne Simeon, a na wɔfrɛ no “Onipa Tuntum,” Lukio a ɔyɛ Kireneni, Manaen, a ɔne Ɔhene Herode yɛ tipɛn, ne Saulo.

And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers: both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also—Herod the tetrarch’s foster-brother—and Saul;

2 Bere a wɔresom Awurade na wɔredi mmuada no, Honhom Kronkron no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Munyi Barnaba ne Saulo na wonkodi dwuma a ɛno nti mafrɛ wɔn no mma me.”

and in their ministering to the LORD and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate to Me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,”

3 Wodii mmuada bɔɔ mpae, de wɔn nsa guu wɔn so somaa wɔn.

then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent [them] away.

4 Honhom Kronkron somaa wɔn no, wɔkɔɔ Seleukia. Wofi hɔ no, wɔtoaa wɔn akwantu no so koduu Kipro.

These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus,

5 Woduu Salami no, wɔkaa Onyankopɔn asɛm wɔ Yudafo hyiadan mu. Saa bere no na Yohane Marko ka wɔn ho sɛ ɔsomfo.

and having come to Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John [as] a servant;

6 Wotwaa mu wɔ supɔw no so koduu Pafo, na hɔ na wohyiaa Yudani nkonyaayifo bi a ɔfrɛ ne ho se odiyifo a na ne din de Bar-Yesu.

and having gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain magus, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [is] Bar-Jesus;

7 Na nʼadamfo ne amrado a ɔwɔ supɔw no so a ne din de Sergio Paulo no. Saa amrado a na onim nyansa yiye no soma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Barnaba ne Saulo, efisɛ na ɔrehwehwɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm atie.

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God,

8 Nanso nkonyaayifo Bar-Yesu a Hela kasa mu wɔfrɛ no Elima no ampene so, efisɛ na ɔmpɛ sɛ amrado yi betie Onyankopɔn asɛm.

and there withstood them Elymas the magus—for so is his name interpreted—seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

9 Afei Saulo a na wɔfrɛ no Paulo a Honhom Kronkron ahyɛ no ma no hwɛɛ nkonyaayifo Elima dinn kae se,

And Saul—who also [is] Paul—having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked steadfastly on him,

10 “Ɔbonsam ba a ɔte sɛ wo! Wompɛ ade pa biara yiye. Nnaadaa ahorow ahyɛ wo ma. Bere biara wopɛ sɛ wodan Awurade nokwasɛm ani ma ɛyɛ nkontomposɛm!

said, “O full of all guile, and all recklessness, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the right ways of the LORD?

11 Awurade bɛtwe wʼaso ama wʼani afura a worenhu ade fi saa bere yi de kosi bere bi.” Ɛhɔ ara Elima ani furae a na ɔde ne nsa rekeka sɛ obenya obi aso ne mu ana.

And now, behold, a hand of the LORD [is] on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season”; and instantly there fell on him a mist and darkness, and he, going around, was seeking some to lead [him] by the hand;

12 Amrado no huu asɛm a asi no, ogyee Awurade asɛm no dii. Awurade ho asɛm a ɔtee no maa ne ho dwiriw no.

then the proconsul having seen what has come to pass, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the LORD.

13 Paulo ne ne dɔm no tenaa hyɛn mu fii Pafo kɔɔ Perge a ɛwɔ Pamfilia no; ɛhɔ na Yohane a ne din baako nso ne Marko no gyaw wɔn san kɔɔ Yerusalem.

And those around Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, turned back to Jerusalem,

14 Wofi Perge no, wɔkɔɔ Antiokia a ɛwɔ Pisidia. Eduu Homeda no, wɔkɔɔ hyiadan mu kɔsomee.

and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbaths, they sat down,

15 Wɔkenkan Mose Mmara no ne Adiyifo no nsɛm wiei no, hyiadan no mu mpanyimfo no soma kɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Anuanom, sɛ mowɔ asɛm bi a mobɛka de ahyɛ nnipa no nkuran a, mowɔ ho kwan sɛ moka.”

and after the reading of the Law and of the Prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men, brothers, if there be a word in you of exhortation to the people—say on.”

16 Afei Paulo sɔre gyina nyamaa ne nsa fii ase kasae se, “Me nuanom Israelfo ne amanamanmufo a mowɔ ha a mosom Onyankopɔn no muntie me!

And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, “Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, listen:

17 Israel Nyankopɔn yii yɛn nenanom ma wɔyɛɛ ɔman kɛse bere a na wɔte Misraim asase so no. Onyankopɔn nam ne tumi kɛse so yii wɔn fii Misraim,

the God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and He exalted the people in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and He brought them out of it with a high arm;

18 na ɔhwɛɛ wɔn so wɔ sare so mfe aduanan.

and about a period of forty years He endured their conduct in the wilderness,

19 Otuu aman ason wɔ Kanaan asase so gui, de asase no maa ne nkurɔfo sɛ wɔn awunyade,

and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided their land to them by lot.

20 ma wɔtenaa so mfe ahannan ne aduonum. Eyi akyi no ɔmaa atemmufo dii wɔn so kosii sɛ Odiyifo Samuel bae.

And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges—until Samuel the prophet;

21 Bere a wɔpɛɛ sɛ wonya ɔhene ma odi wɔn so no, Onyankopɔn de Kis ba Saulo a ofi Benyamin abusua mu no maa wɔn ma odii wɔn so mfe aduanan.

and thereafter they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

22 Onyankopɔn tuu Saulo ade so na ɔde Dawid sii nʼanan mu. Asɛm a Onyankopɔn ka faa Dawid ho ne sɛ, ‘Mahu sɛ Yisai ba Dawid ne onipa a mepɛ no; ɔyɛ onipa a ɔbɛyɛ nea mepɛ nyinaa.’

and having removed him, He raised up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, He said, I found David, the [son] of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who will do all My will.

23 “Sɛnea Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ ho bɔ no, Yesu a ɔyɛ Dawid aseni no na ɔyɛɛ no Israelfo Agyenkwa.

Of this one’s seed, God, according to promise, raised to Israel a Savior—Jesus,

24 Ansa na Yesu rebefi nʼadwuma ase no, Yohane kaa adwensakra ho asɛm kyerɛɛ Israelfo se, wɔnsakra mfi wɔn bɔne ho na wɔmma wɔmmɔ wɔn asu.

John having first preached, before His coming, an immersion of conversion to all the people of Israel;

25 Ansa na Yohane rebewie nʼasɛnka no, obisaa nnipa no se, ‘Mususuw sɛ meyɛ hena? Ɛnyɛ me ne onipa a moretwɛn no no. Ɛrenkyɛ biara na nea moretwɛn no a mensɛ sɛ mɛworɔw ne mpaboa afi ne nan no bɛba.’

and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom do you suppose I am? I am not [He], but behold, He comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of [His] feet.

26 “Me nuanom Abraham asefo ne amanamanmufo a mosom Onyankopɔn a mowɔ ha, yɛn nti na Onyankopɔn soma ma wɔde saa nkwagye yi aba.

Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent,

27 Esiane sɛ nnipa a na wɔte Yerusalem ne wɔn mpanyimfo nnim sɛ ɔno ne Agyenkwa no, na wɔnte adiyifo no nsɛm a wɔkenkan no Homeda no ase no nti, wobuu Yesu kumfɔ maa adiyifo no nsɛm no baa mu.

for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, having not known this One, also the voices of the Prophets, which are being read every Sabbath—having judged [Him]—fulfilled,

28 Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔannya afɔbusɛm bi annyina so ammu no kumfɔ de, nanso wɔmaa Pilato kum no.

and having found no cause of death, they asked of Pilate that He should be slain,

29 Wɔyɛɛ biribiara a Kyerɛwsɛm no ka fa ne ho wiee no, woyii no fii asennua no so kosiee no.

and when they fulfilled all the things written about Him, having taken [Him] down from the tree, they laid Him in a tomb;

30 Nanso Onyankopɔn ma ɔsɔre fii awufo mu,

and God raised Him out of the dead,

31 na ne wusɔre akyi no, oyii ne ho adi nna pii kyerɛɛ wɔn a na wɔne no tu kwan fi Galilea kɔ Yerusalem no. Wɔne nnipa a wodi ne ho adanse kyerɛ Israelfo no.

and He was seen for many days of those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

32 “Afei yɛwɔ ha sɛ yɛrebɛka asɛmpa no akyerɛ mo se, Onyankopɔn nam sɔre a ɔmaa Yesu Kristo sɔre fii awufo mu no so ama bɔ a ɔhyɛɛ yɛn nenanom no aba mu.

And we proclaim good news to you—that the promise made to the fathers,

33 Eyi ne nea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Nnwom a ɛto so abien no mu se, “‘Woyɛ me ba; nnɛ, mayɛ wʼAgya.’

God has completed this in full to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it has been written: You are My Son—I have begotten You today.

34 Asɛm a Onyankopɔn ka faa sɔre a ɔma no sɔre fii awufo mu na amma no amporɔw no ne sɛ, “‘Mede nhyira kronkron a mehyɛɛ Dawid ho bɔ no behyira wo.’

And that He raised Him up out of the dead, to no longer return to corruption, He has said this: I will give to You the holy [blessings] of David [that are] faithful;

35 Wɔaka no wɔ baabi nso se, “‘Woremma wo Kronkronni no mporɔw.’

for what reason He also says in another [place]: You will not give Your Holy One to see corruption;

36 “Dawid bere so no, ɔsom Onyankopɔn kosii sɛ owu ma wosiee no wɔ ne nenanom nkyɛn pɛɛ, na ne nipadua porɔwee.

for David, indeed, having served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption,

37 Nanso nea Onyankopɔn nyan no fii awufo mu no amporɔw.

but He whom God raised up, did not see corruption.

38 “Anuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ mo nyinaa te ase sɛ ɛnam Yesu so na wɔka bɔnefakyɛ ho asɛm kyerɛ mo.

Let it therefore be known to you, men, brothers, that the forgiveness of sins is declared to you through this One,

39 Ɛsɛ sɛ mote ase sɛ obiara a ogye no di no, wɔabu no bem a anka Mose mmara ntumi mmu no no.

and from all things in the Law of Moses from which you were not able to be declared righteous, everyone who is believing in this One is declared righteous;

40 Monhwɛ yiye na adiyifo no nkɔm a wɔhyɛɛ no amma mo so:

see, therefore, it may not come on you that has been spoken in the Prophets:

41 “‘Mo fɛwdifo! Momma ɛnyɛ mo nwonwa na mo ho nnwiriw mo! Efisɛ merebɛyɛ biribi wɔ wo bere so, na sɛ wɔka kyerɛ wo a, worennye nni!’”

See, you despisers, and wonder, and perish, because I work a work in your days, a work in which you may not believe, though anyone may declare [it] to you.”

42 Paulo ne Barnaba refi asɔredan no mu no, nnipa no srɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔmmra Homeda a ɛreba no mmɛkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn bio.

And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling on [them] that on the next Sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

43 Nnipa no wiee nhyiamu no, Yudafo ne amanamanmufo bebree a wɔasakra aba Yudasom mu no tu dii Paulo ne Barnaba akyi. Asomafo no tuu wɔn fo, hyɛɛ wɔn nkuran sɛ wɔntena ase Onyankopɔn adom mu.

and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

44 Homeda a edi so no dui no, ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔte kurow no mu no nyinaa betiee Awurade asɛm.

And on the coming Sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

45 Yudafo no huu nnipakuw no, wɔn ani bere ma wɔsɔre gyee nsɛm a Paulo reka no ho akyinnye kasa tiaa no.

and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul—contradicting and slandering.

46 Nanso Paulo ne Barnaba de akokoduru kɔɔ so kae se, “Mone nnipa a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔka Onyankopɔn asɛm no kyerɛ mo kan. Na sɛ moapo, na mummu mo ho sɛ nkwa a enni awiei ho hia mo nti, yebegyaw mo hɔ akɔ amanamanmufo no nkyɛn. (aiōnios g166)

And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, “It was necessary that the word of God be first spoken to you, and seeing you thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the continuous life, behold, we turn to the nations; (aiōnios g166)

47 Ahyɛde a Awurade de ama yɛn ne sɛ, “‘Mɛma mo ayɛ amanamanmufo nyinaa kanea; ɛnam mo so na wobegye wiasefo nyinaa nkwa.’”

for so the LORD has commanded us: I have set you for a light of nations—for your being for salvation to the end of the earth.”

48 Amanamanmufo no tee saa asɛm no, wɔn ani gye ma wɔkamfoo Awurade asɛm no, na wɔn a wɔayi wɔn ama nkwa a enni awiei no bɛyɛɛ agyidifo. (aiōnios g166)

And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the LORD, and believed—as many as were appointed to continuous life; (aiōnios g166)

49 Na Awurade asɛm no trɛw ɔmantam no mu nyinaa.

and the word of the LORD was spread abroad through all the region.

50 Nanso Yudafo no tuu nnipa atitiriw a wɔwɔ kurow no mu no ne mmea Nyamesurofo a na wɔwɔ hɔ bi a wodi mu no aso ma wɔtaa Paulo ne Barnaba, pam wɔn fii ɔman no mu.

And the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the first men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and put them out from their borders;

51 Enti asomafo no poroporow wɔn anan ase mfutuma guu wɔn so fii hɔ kɔɔ Ikoniom.

and having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they came to Iconium,

52 Anigye ne Honhom Kronkron hyɛɛ asuafo a na wɔwɔ Antiokia no ma.

and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.