Hebrifo 11
1 Gyidi yɛ ahotoso a yɛwɔ wɔ nneɛma a yɛn ani da so ne awerehyɛmu a yɛwɔ wɔ nneɛma a yɛn ani nhu mu.
Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.
2 Gyidi a na tetefo no wɔ nti na wonyaa adanse pa.
For by it the saints of old won God's approval.
3 Gyidi na ɛma yɛte ase sɛ ɛnam Onyankopɔn asɛm so na wɔbɔɔ wiase. Ɛma yehu sɛ wɔbɔɔ nea wohu fii nea wonhu mu. (aiōn g165)
Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible. (aiōn g165)
4 Ɛnam gyidi so na Habel bɔɔ afɔre a ɛsɔ ani kyɛn nea Kain de maa Onyankopɔn no. Ne gyidi nti, Onyankopɔn buu no sɛ onipa trenee, na nʼakyɛde no sɔɔ Onyankopɔn ani. Na ɛno so na ɔnam wui a nnɛ mpo ɔda so kasa.
Through faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain did, and through this faith he obtained testimony that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it, though he is dead, he still speaks.
5 Gyidi nti, wɔfaa Henok kɔɔ ɔsoro a wanhu owu. Obiara anhu no, efisɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔfaa no kɔe. Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se ansa na wɔrebɛfa Henok akɔ no, na wasɔ Onyankopɔn ani.
Through faith Enoch was taken from the earth so that he did not see death, and he could not be found, because God had taken him; for before he was taken we have evidence that he truly pleased God.
6 Obiara a onni gyidi rentumi nsɔ Onyankopɔn ani. Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a ɔba Onyankopɔn nkyɛn no nya gyidi sɛ Onyankopɔn te ase na ɔdom wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ no no.
But where there is no faith it is impossible truly to please Him; for the man who draws near to God must believe that there is a God and that He proves Himself a rewarder of those who earnestly try to find Him.
7 Gyidi nti na ɛmaa Noa tee Onyankopɔn kɔkɔ a ɔbɔ faa daakye nneɛma a bi nsii da no ho, otiee Onyankopɔn yɛɛ adaka a mu na wogyee ɔno ne ne fifo nkwa. Ɛnam so maa Onyankopɔn buu wiase fɔ, na Noa de, ne nsa kaa trenee a wonya fi gyidi mu no.
Through faith Noah, being divinely taught about things as yet unseen, reverently gave heed and built an ark for the safety of his family, and by this act he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which depends on faith.
8 Gyidi nti na bere a Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Abraham se ɔnkɔ asase a wahyɛ ho bɔ sɛ ɔde bɛma no no so no, otiei na ɔkɔe. Ogyaw ne man hɔ kɔe a na onnim faako a ɔrekɔ.
Through faith Abraham, upon being called to leave home and go into a land which he was soon to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going to.
9 Gyidi nti ɔtenaa asase a na Onyankopɔn ahyɛ no ho bɔ no so sɛ ɔhɔho. Ɔne Isak ne Yakob a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn bɔ koro no ara bi tenaa ntamadan mu.
Through faith he came and made his home for a time in a land which had been promised to him, as if in a foreign country, living in tents together with Isaac and Jacob, sharers with him in the same promise;
10 Nanso na Abraham retwɛn kurow kɛse bi a Onyankopɔn akyekyere a ne fapem rensɛe da mu akɔtena.
for he continually looked forward to the city which has the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 Gyidi nti na Sara nso de nyaa tumi nyinsɛnee, bere a na wanyin na ontumi nwo no. Ɔde ne ho too Onyankopɔn so se obedi ne bɔhyɛ so.
Through faith even Sarah herself received strength to become a mother--although she was past the time of life for this--because she judged Him faithful who had given the promise.
12 Ɛno nti, ɛwɔ mu sɛ na Abraham regye nna awu de, nanso nʼasefo adɔɔso sɛ wim nsoromma ne mpoano nwea.
And thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead, a nation like the stars of the sky in number, and like the sands on the sea shore which cannot be counted.
13 Gyidi mu na saa nnipa yi nyinaa wuwui. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔn nsa anka bɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn no de, nanso wohuu no wɔ akyirikyiri yɛɛ no atuu, gye dii sɛ wɔyɛ ahɔho ne amamfrafo wɔ asase so.
All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth;
14 Wɔn a wɔka saa no da no adi pefee sɛ wɔrehwehwɛ wɔn ankasa wɔn man.
for men who acknowledge this make it manifest that they are seeking elsewhere a country of their own.
15 Wɔannwene ɔman a wogyaw wɔ wɔn akyi no ho. Sɛ wɔyɛɛ no saa a, anka wobetumi anya ɔkwan asan wɔn akyi akɔ hɔ.
And if they had cherished the remembrance of the country they had left, they would have found an opportunity to return;
16 Na mmom, ɔman pa a ɛyɛ ɔsoro man no na na wɔrepere. Enti ɛnyɛ Onyankopɔn aniwu sɛ ɔma wɔfrɛ no wɔn Nyankopɔn, efisɛ wasiesie ɔman bi ama wɔn.
but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.
17 Gyidi nti Abraham de ne ba Isak kɔbɔɔ afɔre bere a Onyankopɔn sɔɔ no hwɛe. Abraham nko ara ne onipa a na Onyankopɔn ahyɛ no bɔ no, nanso na wasiesie ne ho sɛ ɔde ne ba koro no bɛbɔ afɔre.
Through faith Abraham, as soon as God put him to the test, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had joyfully welcomed the promises was on the point of sacrificing his only son
18 Na Onyankopɔn aka akyerɛ no se, “Ɛnam Isak so na wʼase bɛterɛw.”
with regard to whom he had been told, "It is through Isaac that your posterity shall be traced."
19 Na Abraham nim sɛ Onyankopɔn betumi anyan awufo afi owu mu, na ɔkwan bi so no, yebetumi aka se Onyankopɔn nyan Isak fii owu mu.
For he reckoned that God is even able to raise a man up from among the dead, and, figuratively speaking, it was from among the dead that he received Isaac again.
20 Gyidi nti na ɛmaa Isak hyiraa Yakob ne Esau maa wɔn daakye asetena.
Through faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even in connexion with things soon to come.
21 Gyidi nti na ɛmaa Yakob hyiraa Yosef mma no nyinaa ansa na ɔrewu. Obutuw ne pema so sɔree Onyankopɔn.
Through faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and, leaning on the top of his staff, worshipped God.
22 Gyidi nti na Yosef rebewu no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Israelfo se, wobetu afi Misraim, na ɔhyɛɛ nea sɛ owu a, wɔnyɛ nʼamu no.
Through faith Joseph, when he was near his end, made mention of the departure of the descendants of Israel, and gave orders about his own body.
23 Gyidi nti na ɛmaa Mose awo akyi no, nʼawofo de no siee asram abiɛsa no. Wohuu sɛ na ɔyɛ sononko, enti na wɔansuro sɛ wobebu ɔhene no mmara so no.
Through faith the child Moses was hid for three months by his parents, because they saw his rare beauty; and the king's edict had no terror for them.
24 Gyidi nti na Mose nyin no, wampɛ sɛ wɔbɛfrɛ no Farao babea ba no.
Through faith Moses, when he grew to manhood, refused to be known as Pharaoh's daughter's son,
25 Na ɔpɛ sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn mma behu amane sen sɛ obegye nʼani wɔ bɔne mu mmere tiaa bi.
having determined to endure ill-treatment along with the people of God rather than enjoy the short-lived pleasures of sin;
26 Osusuw sɛ, sɛ ohu amane ma Kristo a, eye sen agyapade a ɛwɔ Misraim nyinaa, efisɛ na nʼani da ade pa bi so daakye.
because he deemed the reproaches which he might meet with in the service of the Christ to be greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt; for he fixed his gaze on the coming reward.
27 Gyidi nti na ɛmaa Mose tu fii Misraim a na onsuro ɔhene no abufuw. Omiaa nʼani sɛ ɔrensan nʼakyi, efisɛ na wahu Onyankopɔn a obi nhu no no.
Through faith he left Egypt, not being frightened by the king's anger; for he held on his course as seeing the unseen One.
28 Gyidi nti na ɔhyɛɛ Twam Afahyɛ no ma wɔde mogya petee apon ho, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔsɛebɔfo no renkum Israelfo mmakan a wɔyɛ mmarima no.
Through faith he instituted the Passover, and the sprinkling with blood so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.
29 Gyidi nti na ɛmaa Israelfo no twaa Po Kɔkɔɔ sɛnea wɔnam asase kesee so no. Misraimfo no pɛɛ sɛ wotwa bi no, asu no bu faa wɔn so.
Through faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing over dry land, but the Egyptians, when they tried to do the same, were swallowed up.
30 Gyidi nti na Israelfo de nnanson twaa Yeriko afasu ho hyia dwiriw gui no.
Through faith the walls of Jericho fell to the ground after being surrounded for seven days.
31 Gyidi nti na wɔankum aguaman Rahab amfra wɔn a wonnye Onyankopɔn nni no, efisɛ ogyee akwansrafo no fɛw so.
Through faith the notorious sinner Rahab did not perish along with the disobedient, for she had welcomed the spies and had sheltered them.
32 Afei dɛn na menka? Bere bebree nni hɔ sɛ mɛka Gideon, Barak, Samson, Yefta, Dawid ne Samuel ne adiyifo no ho asɛm.
And why need I say more? For time will fail me if I tell the story of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, and of David and Samuel and the Prophets;
33 Wɔnam gyidi so koo amanko, dii nkonim ma wɔn nsa kaa nea Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn ho bɔ no. Wɔkataa gyata ano,
men who, as the result of faith, conquered whole kingdoms, brought about true justice, obtained promises from God, stopped lions' mouths,
34 dum ogyatannaa, tetew wɔn ho fii afoawu ano. Na wɔyɛ mmerɛw, nanso wɔyɛɛ den. Na wɔyɛ den wɔ akono, enti wodii wɔn atamfo so.
deprived fire of its power, escaped being killed by the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put to flight foreign armies.
35 Ɛnam gyidi so ma wonyan mmea bi awufo maa wɔn. Wɔyɛɛ afoforo bi nso ayayade sɛ anka wɔmpa Onyankopɔn na wonnyaa wɔn. Nanso wɔampo Onyankopɔn, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn nsa bɛka daakye wusɔre a ɛkyɛn so no.
Women received back their dear ones alive from the dead; and others were put to death with torture, refusing the deliverance offered to them--that they might secure a better resurrection.
36 Woguu afoforo anim ase, bɔɔ wɔn mmaa, na wɔkyekyeree ebinom de wɔn guu afiase.
Others again were tested by cruel mockery and by scourging; yes, and by chains and imprisonment.
37 Wosiw ebinom abo. Wɔde sradaa paee ebinom mu abien, de afoa kum bi. Wokyinkyin sɛ nnipa a nguan ne mmirekyi nwoma kata wɔn ho. Wɔyɛɛ mmɔbɔ. Wɔn ho hiaa wɔn na wohuu amane.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried by temptation, they were killed with the sword. They went from place to place in sheepskins or goatskins, enduring want, oppression and cruelty.
38 Wiase yi annye amma wɔn. Wokyinkyin sɛ atutenafo wɔ sare ne mmepɔw so, abodan ne asase so abon mu.
(They were men of whom the world was not worthy.) They wandered across deserts and mountains, or hid themselves in caves and in holes in the ground.
39 Wodii eyinom nyinaa ho adanse pa wɔ wɔn gyidi ho, nanso wɔn nsa anka bɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn no,
And although by their faith all these people won God's approval, none of them received the fulfilment of His great promise;
40 efisɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ tirimupɔw papa bi ma yɛn, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛne wɔn nyinaa bɛbɔ mu anya bɔhyɛ no.
for God had provided for them and us something better, so that apart from us they were not to attain to full blessedness.
