Luka 20
1 Da bi a Yesu rekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ asɔredan mu no, asɔfo mpanyin, Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo ne ɔman no mu mpanyin kobisaa no se,
And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and publishing the good tidings, that the priests and the scribes with the elders came upon him,
2 “Tumi bɛn na wowɔ a wode yɛ saa nneɛma yi; na hena nso na ɔmaa wo saa tumi no?”
and spoke to him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is he that gave thee this authority?
3 Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Me nso mewɔ asɛm bi bisa mo. Monka nkyerɛ me.
And he answering said to them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:
4 Tumi bɛn na Yohane de bɔɔ asu; efi Onyankopɔn anaa efi onipa?”
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
5 Wɔfaa ho adwene kae se, “Sɛ yɛka se efi Onyankopɔn a obebisa yɛn se, ‘ɛno de, adɛn nti na moannye no anni?’
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why did ye not believe him?
6 Sɛ nso yɛka se efi onipa a, ɔman mu no nyinaa besiw yɛn abo, efisɛ wonim sɛ Yohane yɛ odiyifo.”
But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 Ewiee ase no, wobuae se, “Yennim.”
And they answered, that they did not know whence it was.
8 Yesu nso ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Ɛno de, me nso meremma mo mo asɛmmisa no ho mmuae.”
And Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9 Yesu buu wɔn bɛ bi se, “Ɔbarima bi yɛɛ bobeturo de hyɛɛ apaafo bi nsa sɛ wɔnhwɛ so mma no. Eyi akyi, otuu kwan kɔɔ akyirikyiri baabi kɔtenaa hɔ kyɛe.
And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time.
10 Bobetew bere dui no, ɔbarima yi somaa ne somfo se onkogye aduaba no bi mmrɛ no. Nanso apaafo no boroo no, ma ɔsan kɔɔ nsapan.
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
11 Ɔsomaa ɔsomfo foforo ma ɔno nso wɔboroo no, bɔɔ no adapaa, ma ɔkɔɔ nsapan.
And he sent still another servant; and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 Ɔsan somaa ɔsomfo foforo na ɔno mpo de, wopirapiraa no pam no.
And he went on to send a third; and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
13 “Eyi maa bobeturo wura no kae se, ‘Dɛn na menyɛ bio? Mɛsoma me ba a medɔ no no akɔ wɔn nkyɛn na ɔno de, ebia wɔbɛfɛre no.’
And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.
14 “Nanso bere a apaafo no huu no no, wɔkae se, ‘Ɔdedifo no ni, momma yenkum no na yɛmfa nʼagyapade no.’
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.
15 Wɔtwee no fii afuw no mu kokum no. “Mugye di sɛ dɛn na afuw wura no bɛyɛ saa apaafo yi?
So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What then will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 Ɔbɛba abekunkum saa apaafo yi na ɔde afuw no ama afoforo.” Nnipa a wɔretie Yesu no kae se, “Ɛmpare yɛn!”
He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard this, they said, God forbid!
17 Yesu hwɛɛ wɔn dinn bisaa wɔn se, “Ɛno de, na nea wɔakyerɛw se, “‘Ɔbo a adansifo apo no, ɛno ara na abɛyɛ tweatibo’ no ase ne dɛn?
But he, looking upon them, said, What then is this which is written, “The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the corner-stone”?
18 Obiara a ɔbɛhwe ɔbo no so no, obebubu na nea ɔbo no bɛhwe ne so no nso bɛpɛtɛw.”
Every one who falleth upon that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falleth, it will grind him to powder.
19 Esiane sɛ Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo ne asɔfo mpanyin no huu se Yesu buu bɛ no tiaa wɔn nti wɔhwehwɛɛ ɔkwan a wɔbɛfa so akyere no saa bere no ara mu, nanso esiane nnipa a na wɔwɔ hɔ no nti na wosuro.
And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour, but they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.
20 Esiane sɛ ɔpɛ ara na na nnipa no pɛ sɛ wɔkyere Yesu nti, wɔtetɛw no maa nnipa bi kɔɔ ne nkyɛn, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobenya nʼanom asɛm bi agyina so akyere no na wɔde no akɔ aban mu.
And they kept watch on him, and sent forth spies feigning themselves to be righteous men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the civil power and to the authority of the governor.
21 Saa nnipa yi bisaa Yesu se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, yenim sɛ woyɛ ɔnokwafo, wonyɛ nyiyimu na wokyerɛ nokware kwan a wɔnam so kɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn.
And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and hast no regard to the person of men, but teachest the way of God truly.
22 Enti eye sɛ yetua tow ma Kaesare aban anaasɛ enye?”
Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
23 Yesu huu wɔn adwemmɔne no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se,
But perceiving their craftiness, he said to them,
24 “Momma me sika. Hena mfoni ne din na ɛwɔ so yi?” Wobuaa no se, “Ɛyɛ Kaesare dea.”
Show me a denary. Whose image and inscription hath it? And they answered and said, Caesar's.
25 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Ɛno de, momfa Kaesare de mma Kaesare na momfa Onyankopɔn de mma Onyankopɔn.”
And he said to them, Render then to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
26 Yesu mmuae a ɔmaa wɔn no yɛɛ wɔn nwonwa na wɔn adwemmɔne no nso kaa wɔn tirim.
And they could not take hold of his words before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.
27 Sadukifo bi a wonnye owusɔre nni baa Yesu nkyɛn bebisaa no se,
Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to him, and asked him,
28 “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, Mose mmara no kyerɛ yɛn se, sɛ ɔbarima bi wɔ ɔyere na ɔne no anwo na owu a, ne nua tumi ware no ne no wo mma ma owufo no.
saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, “If a man's brother die, having a wife, and the same die without children, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.”
29 Anuanom baason bi tenaa ase. Ɔpanyin a ɔwɔ mu no waree ɔbea a ɔne no anwo na owui.
Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless.
30 Ne nua a odi nʼakyi no waree no nanso ɔne no anwo na owui.
And the second
31 Anuanom a wɔaka no nyinaa nso waree no a obiara ne no anwo, na wowuwui.
and the third took her; and in like manner also the seven left no children, and died.
32 Akyiri no ɔbea no nso wui.
At last the woman also died.
33 Yɛn asɛmmisa ne sɛ, esiane sɛ ɔbea yi waree anuanom yi nyinaa nti, owusɔre da no, wɔn mu hena na ɔbea yi bɛyɛ ne yere?”
In the resurrection then, of which of them is the woman the wife? for the seven had her for a wife.
And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage; (aiōn g165)
35 Na wɔn a owusɔre da no wobenya kwan akɔ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu de, aware ho renhia wɔn. (aiōn g165)
but they who have been accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; (aiōn g165)
36 Na owu nso nni hɔ mma wɔn bio, efisɛ wɔbɛyɛ sɛ ɔsoro abɔfo. Esiane sɛ wɔasɔre afi awufo mu no nti, wɔyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
for they cannot die any more; for they are like the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
37 Afei mo asɛmmisa a ɛfa owusɔre ho no nso, Mose maa yehuu no pefee sɛ, owusɔre wɔ hɔ. Efisɛ nʼasɛm a ɔkyerɛw faa wura a na ɛredɛw no ho no, ɔbɔɔ Abraham Nyankopɔn, Isak Nyankopɔn ne Yakob Nyankopɔn din.
But that the dead are raised, even Moses hath shown at the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38 Eyi kyerɛ sɛ, Onyankopɔn yɛ ateasefo Nyankopɔn na ɔnyɛ awufo Nyankopɔn, efisɛ obiara a ɔde ne ho to Onyankopɔn so no, sɛ owu mpo a, obenya nkwa a enni awiei.”
Now he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.
39 Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo no mu bi kae se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, woabua no yiye.”
Then some of the scribes answering, said, Teacher, thou hast well said.
40 Na obiara antumi ammisa no asɛm biara bio.
For they dared no longer to ask him any question.
41 Yesu bisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti na wɔka se Kristo no yɛ Dawid ba?”
And he said to them, How is it that men say that the Christ is David's son?
42 Efisɛ Dawid ka wɔ ne Nnwom no mu se, “Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me wura se: ‘Tena me nifa so
For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, “The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
43 kosi sɛ mɛma woadi wʼatamfo so nkonim.’
till I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
44 Sɛ Dawid frɛ no ‘Awurade’ a, ɛyɛɛ dɛn na Kristo no yɛ ne ba?”
David then calleth him lord; and how is he his son?
45 Bere a nnipa no retie no no, Yesu dan nʼani ka kyerɛɛ nʼasuafo no se,
And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,
46 “Monhwɛ mo ho so yiye wɔ Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo no ho. Bere biara wɔpɛ sɛ wɔhyɛ ntade pa, hwehwɛ sɛ nnipa hu wɔn bagua mu a wɔde obu kyia wɔn, na sɛ wɔkɔ asɔredan mu nso a, wɔtena mpanyin tenabea. Saa ara nso na sɛ wɔkɔ aponto ase a, wɔtena mpanyin tenabea.
Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;
47 Wɔbɔ mpae atenten ma nnipa hu sɛ wɔresom Onyankopɔn, nanso wosisi akunafo. Eyi nti wobenya asotwe a mu yɛ duru.”
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive a far greater condemnation.
