Yohane 10
1 “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.
“Truly, truly, 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;
2 Onipa a ɔfa ɔkwan ano kɔ mu no ne oguanhwɛfo no.
and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;
3 Ɔpon no anohwɛfo no bue ɔpon no ma no, na sɛ ɔfrɛ nguan no nso a wɔte ne nne ma ɔde wɔn fi adi.
the doorkeeper opens to this one, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he calls by name, and leads them forth;
4 Sɛ ɔde wɔn fi adi a, odi nguan no anim na nguan no nso di nʼakyi, efisɛ wɔte ne nne.
and when he may put forth his own sheep, he goes on before them, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;
5 Wɔrenni onipa foforo biara akyi. Na sɛ ɔfrɛ wɔn a wɔremma, efisɛ wɔnte ne nne.”
and they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.”
6 Yesu buu wɔn saa bɛ yi nanso nnipa no ante no ase.
Jesus spoke this allegory to them, and they did not know what the things were that He was speaking to them;
7 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn bio se, “Mereka nokware akyerɛ mo se mene nguannan no ano pon no.
Jesus therefore said again to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I AM the door of the sheep;
8 Wɔn a wodii mʼanim kan no yɛ awifo ne adwowtwafo; ɛno nti nguan no ante wɔn nne anni wɔn akyi.
all, as many as came before Me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
9 Mene ɔpon no. Obiara a ɔnam me so bewura mu no benya nkwa; wobewura mu asan afi adi na wobenya adidibea.
I AM the door, if anyone may come in through Me, he will be saved, and he will come in, and go out, and find pasture.
10 Owifo ba a, obewia anaasɛ obedi awu anaasɛ ɔbɛsɛe ade. Me de, maba sɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mubenya nkwa a edi mu.
The thief does not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
11 “Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Oguanhwɛfo pa no ne obi a otumi de ne nkwa to hɔ ma ne nguan.
I AM the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays His life down for the sheep;
12 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.
and the hired worker, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholds the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf snatches them, and scatters the sheep;
13 Ɔpaani no guan, efisɛ wɔabɔ no paa na nguan no yiyedi mfa ne ho.
and the hired worker flees because he is a hired worker, and is not caring for the sheep.
14 “Mene oguanhwɛfo pa no. Minim me nguan na me nguan nso nim me,
I AM the good shepherd, and I know My [sheep], and am known by Mine,
15 sɛnea Agya no nim me na me nso minim Agya no. Masiesie me ho nso sɛ mewu ama nguan no.
according as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father, and My life I lay down for the sheep,
16 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.
and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it is necessary for Me to bring, and My voice they will hear, and there will become one flock—one shepherd.
17 Agya no dɔ me efisɛ masiesie me ho sɛ mede me nkwa bɛto hɔ sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a daakye me nsa bɛka bio.
Because of this the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that again I may take it;
18 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.”
no one takes 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.”
19 Asɛm a Yesu kae no nti, ɛmaa mpaapaemu baa Yudafo no mu.
Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,
20 Wɔn mu pii kae se, “Ɔwɔ honhommɔne! Nʼadwene mu ka no! Adɛn nti na mutie no?”
and many of them said, “He has a demon, and is mad, why do you hear Him?”
21 Afoforo nso kae se, “Onipa a ɔwɔ honhommɔne rentumi nkasa sɛɛ! Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obi a ɔwɔ honhommɔne betumi ama onifuraefo ahu ade?”
Others said, “These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able to open blind men’s eyes?”
22 Awɔw bere bi mu a Asɔredandwira duu wɔ Yerusalem no,
And the Dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,
23 Yesu kɔpasee wɔ asɔredan no mu baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ se Salomo Abrannaa so.
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,
24 Yudafo no betwaa ne ho hyia kae se, “Wobɛma yɛatwɛn akosi da bɛn? Sɛ wone Kristo no a, pae mu ka kyerɛ yɛn.”
the Jews, therefore, came around Him and said to Him, “Until when do You hold our soul in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us freely.”
25 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,
Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in the Name of My Father, these testify concerning Me;
26 nanso munnnye nni, efisɛ monyɛ me nguan.
but you do not believe, for you are not of My sheep,
27 Me nguan te me nne, me nso minim wɔn na wodi mʼakyi.
according as I said to you: My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me,
29 MʼAgya a ɔde wɔn maa me no wɔ tumi sen obiara, na obiara rentumi nhuam wɔn mfi me nsam.
My Father, who has given to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch out of the hand of My Father;
30 Me ne Agya no yɛ baako.”
I and the Father are one.”
31 Yudafo no san tasee abo sɛ anka wɔde rebesiw no.
Therefore, again, the Jews took up stones that they may stone Him;
32 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?”
Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from My Father; because of which work of them do you stone Me?”
33 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!”
The Jews answered Him, saying, “We do not stone You for a good work, but for slander, and because You, being a man, make Yourself God.”
34 Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Wɔakyerɛw wɔ mo ara ankasa mo mmara mu se, Onyankopɔn kae se, ‘Moyɛ anyame.’
Jesus answered them, “Is it not having been written in your law: I said, you are gods?
35 Ɛno nti sɛ Onyankopɔn nam anyamesɛm a ɛyɛ nokware so frɛ wɔn a Onyankopɔn asɛm baa wɔn nkyɛn no se ‘anyame’ a,
If He called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the Writing is not able to be broken),
36 adɛn na sɛ nea Agya no somaa no baa wiase no ka se, ‘mene Onyankopɔn Ba no’ a muse waka abususɛm?
of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, do you say—You slander, because I said, I am [the] Son of God?
37 Sɛ menyɛ nnwuma a mʼAgya pɛ sɛ meyɛ no de a ɛno de, munnnye me nni.
If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
38 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.”
and if I do, even if you may not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and may believe that the Father [is] in Me, and I in Him.”
39 Nkurɔfo no pɛɛ sɛ wɔkyere no bio, nanso wɔantumi.
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He went forth out of their hand,
40 Yesu san twa kɔɔ Yordan agya wɔ faako a Yohane bɔ asu no kɔtenaa hɔ.
and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first immersing, and remained there,
41 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.”
and many came to Him and said, “John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this One were true”;
42 Nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no mu bebree gyee no dii.
and many believed in Him there.
