Asomafo 18
1 Eyinom akyi no, Paulo fii Atene kɔɔ Korinto.
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
2 Ɛhɔ na ohyiaa Yudani bi a wɔfrɛ no Akwila a wɔwoo no wɔ Ponto a ɔne ne yere Priskila fi Italia aba hɔ a na ɛnkyɛe. Wofii Italia efisɛ na Roma hempɔn Klaudio ahyɛ mmara se Yudafo nyinaa mfi Roma asase so.
He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
3 Paulo kɔtenaa wɔn nkyɛn ne wɔn yɛɛ adwuma, efisɛ na wɔn nyinaa nwen ntamadan.
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
4 Na Paulo kɔ hyiadan mu homeda biara kɔka asɛm no de pɛɛ sɛ anka ɔdan Yudafo ne Helafo no adwene ma wogye di.
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
5 Bere a Silas ne Timoteo fii Makedonia bae no, Paulo de nʼadagyew nyinaa kaa Awurade asɛm no, dii adanse kyerɛɛ Yudafo no se Yesu ne Agyenkwa no.
But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
6 Bere a Yudafo no ampɛ sɛ wotie Paulo asɛnka, na wɔyeyaw no no, ɔde abufuw poroporow nʼatade mu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mo mmusu ngu mo atifi. Mo afɔbu nna me so. Efi nnɛ de rekɔ, merekɔka asɛm no makyerɛ amanamanmufo.”
When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads. I am clean. From now on, I will go to the non-Jewish people."
7 Ofii hɔ kɔtenaa Amanamanmuni Nyamesomni bi a wɔfrɛ no Tito Yusto a ne fi bata hyiadan ho no nkyɛn.
He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 Krispo a na ɔyɛ hyiadan mu panyin no ne ne fifo nyinaa gyee Awurade dii ma wɔbɔɔ wɔn asu. Saa ara na Korintofo bebree a wɔtee Awurade asɛm no nso gye dii ma wɔbɔɔ wɔn asu.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
9 Da bi anadwo, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Paulo wɔ anisoadehu mu se, “Nsuro! Mpa abaw! Kɔ so ara ka mʼasɛm no,
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;
10 efisɛ meka wo ho. Obiara rentumi nyɛ wo hwee, efisɛ nnipa pii wɔ kurow yi mu a wɔyɛ mʼakyidifo.”
for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
11 Paulo tenaa hɔ afe ne fa kyerɛkyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm no wɔ wɔn mu.
He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 Bere a Galio yɛ amrado wɔ Akaia no, Yudafo no sɔre tiaa Paulo kyeree no de no kɔɔ asennii,
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13 kae se, “Saa onipa yi retu nkurɔfo aso sɛ wɔnkwati Yudafo mmara no mfa ɔkwan foforo so nsom Onyankopɔn.”
saying, "This one persuades people to worship God contrary to the law."
14 Paulo yɛɛ sɛ ɔrebue nʼano akasa pɛ na Galio ka kyerɛɛ Yudafo no se, “Yudafo, sɛ mode asɛm foforo bi a ɛfa nsɛmmɔnedi anaa abususɛm ho na ɛbae a, anka mɛhwɛ na maka.
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
15 Nanso esiane sɛ ɛyɛ akyinnyegye a ɛfa nsɛm, din ne mo mmara ho nti, mo ara monkɔhwɛ nka. Merenyɛ saa asɛm yi mu otemmufo.”
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I do not want to be a judge of these matters."
16 Na ɔpam wɔn fii asennii hɔ.
He drove them from the judgment seat.
17 Afei dɔm no tow hyɛɛ Sostene a ɔyɛ hyiadan mu panyin no so, twee no kɔɔ asennii hɔ kɔbroo no, nanso Galio anka ho hwee.
Then they all took hold of Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But none of these things were of concern to Gallio.
18 Paulo tenaa Korinto kyɛɛ kakra ansa na ɔrekra anuanom no ma ɔne Priskila ne Akwila refi hɔ akɔ Siria. Esiane bɔ a na wahyɛ no nti, ansa na ɔrebɛkɔ no, ɔma woyii ne ti wɔ Kenkrea.
Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
19 Woduu Efeso no, Paulo gyaw Priskila ne Akwila hɔ kɔɔ hyiadan mu ne Yudafo no kɔkasae.
They came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20 Wɔsrɛɛ no sɛ, sɛ obetumi a anka ɔntena wɔn nkyɛn nkyɛ kakra nanso wampene so.
When they asked him to stay a longer time, he declined;
21 Mmom, ɔrebefi hɔ no ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ a mɛsan aba bio.” Na ofii hɔ kɔɔ Efeso.
but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.
22 Oduu Kaesarea no, ɔkɔɔ Yerusalem kokyiaa asafo no fii hɔ kɔɔ Antiokia.
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.
23 Odii nna kakra wɔ hɔ no, ofii hɔ kɔɔ Galati ne Frigia kɔhyɛɛ agyidifo a wɔwɔ hɔ no den.
Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, strengthening all the disciples.
24 Saa bere no ara mu na Yudani bi a wɔfrɛ no Apolo a wɔwoo no wɔ Aleksandria no kɔɔ Efeso. Ɔyɛ obi a na nʼano atew na onim Kyerɛwsɛm no yiye.
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
25 Esiane sɛ na wɔnam Awurade kwan so akyerɛkyerɛ no nti, na ɔde nnam kasa kyerɛkyerɛ nokwasɛm a ɛfa Yesu ho no. Nanso na Yohane asubɔ no nko ara na onim.
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
26 Ofii ase de nnam kasaa wɔ hyiadan no mu. Bere a Priskila ne Akwila tee asɛm a ɔreka no, wɔde no kɔɔ fie kɔkyerɛkyerɛ no Onyankopɔn asɛm no mu yiye.
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
27 Bere a Apolo pɛɛ sɛ ɔkɔ Akaia no, agyidifo a wɔwɔ Efeso no hyɛɛ no nkuran, kyerɛw krataa kɔmaa agyidifo a wɔwɔ hɔ no se wonnye no. Bere a okodui no, ɔboaa wɔn a Onyankopɔn adom nti wɔabɛyɛ agyidifo no yiye.
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
28 Ɔde ne nimdeɛ kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm mu de tuu Yudafo no guu wɔ bagua mu, nam Kyerɛwsɛm no so daa no adi pefee sɛ Yesu ne Agyenkwa no.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
