Hebrifo 12
1 Yɛn de, yɛwɔ nnansefo bebree a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia. Momma yɛntwe yɛn ho mfi akwanside nyinaa ne bɔne a akyekyere yɛn denneennen no nyinaa ho na yɛnyere yɛn ho wɔ mmirikakansi a ɛda yɛn anim no mu.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a large cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and easily entangling sin. Let us patiently run the race that is placed before us.
2 Momma yɛmfa yɛn ani nto Yesu a yɛn gyidi mfiase ne nʼawie gyina ne so no so. Asennua no nti wampa abaw. Esiane anigye a na ɛretwɛn no no nti, animguasewu a owui wɔ asennua so no anhaw no. Enti mprempren ɔte Onyankopɔn ahengua no nifa so.
Let us pay attention to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of the faith. For the joy that was placed before him, he endured the cross, despised its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Dwene ɔhaw a ɔfaa mu no ho sɛ nnipa nnebɔneyɛfo tan a wɔtan no nso, otumi gyinaa ano no. Ɛno nti mommpa abaw.
So think about him, the one who has endured such opposition from sinners against himself, so that you do not become weary in your hearts and give up.
4 Na mo ne bɔne ko mu no, monko nkoduu sɛ mubehwie mogya agu.
You have not yet resisted or struggled against sin to the point of blood;
5 Mo werɛ afi nkuranhyɛsɛm a Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ mo, sɛnea agya kasa kyerɛ ne mma no? Se, “Me ba, sɛ Awurade teɛ wo a, tie no yiye, na sɛ ɔka wʼanim a, mpa abaw.
and you have forgotten the encouragement that instructs you as sons: “My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, nor grow weary when you are corrected by him.”
6 Efisɛ obiara a Awurade pɛ nʼasɛm no, ɔtwe nʼaso sɛnea agya teɛ ɔba a ɔdɔ no no.”
For the Lord disciplines everyone whom he loves, and he punishes every son whom he receives.
7 Amanehunu biara a ɛbɛto mo no, munnhinhim na momfa no sɛ Agya no nteɛso, efisɛ mo amanehunu no kyerɛ nteɛso a Onyankopɔn wɔ ma ne mma. Na dɛn nti na agya ntwe ne mma aso?
Endure suffering as discipline. God deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
8 Sɛ wanteɛ mo sɛ ne mma no bi a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ monnyɛ ne mma kann.
But if you are without discipline, which all people share in, then you are illegitimate and not his sons.
9 Sɛ yɛn agyanom a wɔwɔ asase so twee yɛn aso ma yebuu wɔn a, mpɛn ahe na ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛbrɛ yɛn ho ase ma honhom mu Agya no na yetumi tena ase?
Furthermore, we had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
10 Yɛn agyanom a wɔwɔ asase so ha twee yɛn aso sɛnea wɔpɛ wɔ bere tiaa bi. Nanso yɛn yiyedi nti, Onyankopɔn yɛɛ saa sɛnea yɛn ho bɛtew.
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best. But God disciplines us for our good, so that we can share in his holiness.
11 Sɛ wɔtwe yɛn aso a ɛma yɛn werɛ how wɔ saa bere no mu na yɛn ani nnye. Na akyiri no a wɔn a wɔfa saa asotwe no mu no nya wɔn ho ntease no, wonya asomdwoe na wɔtena ase trenee mu.
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. But later it produces the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who have been trained by it.
12 Monhyehyɛ nsa ne nkotodwe a emu agugow no mu den.
So strengthen your hands that hang down and your weak knees.
13 Munsiesie akwan na momfa so, na mpakye anyɛ mmubuafo, na mmom, wɔasa wɔn yare.
Make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be sprained but rather be healed.
14 Mo ne nnipa nyinaa ntena ase asomdwoe mu, na mommɔ mmɔden ntena ase trenee mu. Anyɛ saa a, morenhu Awurade.
Pursue peace with everyone, and also the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
15 Monhwɛ yiye na mo mu bi annan nʼakyi ankyerɛ Onyankopɔn adom no. Monhwɛ yiye na mo mu bi anyɛ sɛ afifide a ɛyɛ nwen a enyin ma ne bɔnwoma no haw afoforo.
Be careful so that no one lacks God's grace, and that no root of bitterness grows up to cause trouble, so that many do not become polluted by it.
16 Monhwɛ yiye na mo mu bi anyɛ oguamanfo ne obi a ɔmfɛre Onyankopɔn sɛ Esau a obuu nʼani guu nʼagyapade so tɔn nʼabakan a ɔyɛ de gyee aduan no.
Be careful that there be no sexually immoral or ungodly person such as Esau, who for one meal sold his own birthright.
17 Na afei eduu bere bi a ɔpɛɛ sɛ ne nsa ka nʼagya hɔ nhyira no, ɔde kamee no. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ɔde nusu peree sɛ wanya adwensakra de, nanso anyɛ yiye.
For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he found no opportunity for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.
18 Munhyiaa nneɛma a ɛyɛ hu, ogyatannaa, awerɛhow, sum ne ahum sɛnea Israelfo no hyiaa wɔ Sinai Bepɔw no so bere a Onyankopɔn de ne mmara no mae no.
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, a mountain of burning fire, darkness, gloom, and storm.
19 Efisɛ na wɔrebɔ torobɛnto denneennen a nne bi a ɛreka kasa a ɛyɛ hu nenam mu, nti nnipa no srɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ onnyae kasa,
You have not come to a trumpet blast, nor to a voice that speaks words whose hearers begged that not another word be spoken to them.
20 efisɛ na wontumi nni mmara a na ɛka se, “Sɛ mpo aboa koraa de ne ho ka bepɔw no a, ɛsɛ sɛ wosiw no abo kum no” no so.
For they could not endure what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
21 Na beae hɔ yɛ hu ara kosii sɛ Mose kae se. “Misuro, na me ho popo.”
So fearful was this sight that Moses said, “I am terrified and am trembling.”
22 Na mo de, moaba Sion Bepɔw so ne Onyankopɔn a ɔte ase no kurow, ɔsorosoro Yerusalem a ɔsoro abɔfo mpempem wɔ mu no mu.
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels in celebration.
23 Moaba Onyankopɔn asafomma dedaw a wɔn ani gye wɔn ho a wɔakyerɛw wɔn din wɔ ɔsoro no mu. Moaba Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ nnipa nyinaa temmufo ne atreneefo a wɔayɛ wɔn pɛ no mu.
You have come to the congregation of the firstborn, who have been registered in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous ones who have been made perfect.
24 Moaba Yesu a ɔhyehyɛɛ apam foforo ne mogya a wɔapete a ɛka nneɛma pa ho asɛm sen Habel mogya no ho.
You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than Abel's blood.
25 Monhwɛ mo ho so yiye na moammu mo ani angu asɛm a ɔka so. Wɔn a wɔantie nea ɔkasa fii asase so no amfa wɔn ho anni. Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛatumi aguan afi nea ɔkasa fi ɔsoro no ho na yɛafa yɛn ho adi?
See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is warning from heaven.
26 Ne nne wosow asase saa bere no, nanso mprempren wahyɛ bɔ se, “Ɛnyɛ asase nko na mɛsan awosow no, na mɛwosow ɔsoro nso bio saa ara.”
At one time, his voice shook the earth. But now he has promised and said, “One more time I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
27 Nsɛm “Nso bio saa ara” no da no adi pefee sɛ ɔbɛwosow nneɛma a wɔbɔɔ no na atutu afi wɔn anan mu na nneɛma a wontumi nwosow no aka.
These words, “One more time,” mean the removal of those things that can be shaken, that is, of the things that have been created, so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain.
28 Momma yɛnna so ase, efisɛ yɛanya ahenni a wɔwosow no a ɛnyɛ yiye. Momma yɛn ani nsɔ na yɛmfa ɔkwan a ɛbɛsɔ Onyankopɔn ani a ɛyɛ nidi ne osuro so nsom no,
Therefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be grateful and in this manner worship God with reverence and awe.
29 efisɛ nokware ni, yɛn Nyankopɔn yɛ ogya a ɛhyew na ɛsɛe ade.
For our God is a consuming fire.
