Mateo 10
1 Yesu frɛɛ nʼasuafo dumien no baa ne nkyɛn, na ɔmaa wɔn tumi sɛ wontu ahonhommɔne na wɔnsa nyarewa ne ahoɔmmerɛw nyinaa.
And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.
2 Yesu asuafo dumien no din ni: Simon a ne din baako ne Petro ne ne nua Andrea; Yakobo ne ne nua Yohane a wɔyɛ Sebedeo mma no,
And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
3 Filipo ne Bartolomeo, Toma ne towgyefo Mateo, Yakobo, Alfeo ba ne Tadeo,
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
4 Simon a ofi Kana ne Yuda Iskariot a akyiri no, oyii Yesu mae no.
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 Yesu somaa asuafo dumien no hyɛɛ wɔn se, “Monnkɔ nea amanamanmufo wɔ anaa Samariafo kurow biara mu,
These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.
6 na mmom monkɔ Onyankopɔn nguan a wɔwɔ Israel a wɔayera no nkyɛn.
But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 Monkɔka nkyerɛ wɔn se, ‘Onyankopɔn Ahenni no abɛn!’
And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Monsa ayarefo yare, munnyan awufo, momma akwatafo ho mfi, na muntu ahonhommɔne. Sɛnea munyaa no kwa no, saa ara na mo nso na momfa mma kwa.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.
9 “Mommmfa sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ anaa kɔbere biara mmɔ mo ho.
Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:
10 Mommmfa akwantukotoku anaa ntade anaa mpaboa anaa pema. Ɛsɛ sɛ odwumayɛni didi.
Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11 Kurow biara a mobɛkɔ mu anaa akuraa biara a mobɛkɔ ase no, monhwehwɛ onipa a onyamesuro wɔ ne mu akyi kwan na montena ne nkyɛn kosi da a mubefi hɔ akɔ baabi foforo.
And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence.
12 Sɛ mokɔ ofi bi mu a, munkyia wɔn se, ‘Asomdwoe nka mo!’
And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.
13 Sɛ saa ofi no mufo gye mo fɛw so a, munhyira wɔn, na sɛ wɔannye mo de a, momfa mo asomdwoe.
And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.
14 Sɛ morefi ofi anaa kurow biara a wɔannye mo wɔ mu no mu akɔ a, momporoporow ofi no anaa kurow no mu mfutuma a ɛwɔ mo nan ase no ngu hɔ.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.
15 Nokware ni, atemmuda no, Sodom ne Gomora mpo benya baabi agyina wɔ Onyankopɔn anim sen saa kurow no.
Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16 “Monkae sɛ meresoma mo sɛ nguan akɔ mpataku mu. Monyɛ anifere sɛ awɔ na munnwo sɛ mmorɔnoma.
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
17 Nanso monhwɛ yiye wɔ nnipa ho! Wɔbɛkyere mo adi mo asɛm, abɔ mo mmaa wɔ wɔn asɔredan mu.
But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18 Me nti, wɔde mo bɛkɔ atumfo ne ahene anim. Eyi bɛma moanya kwan aka asɛmpa no akyerɛ wɔn ne amanamanmufo no.
And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:
19 Sɛ wɔkyere mo a, munnnwinwen asɛm a mobɛka de ayi mo ho ano ho. Wɔde asɛm a mobɛka no bɛma mo bere a ɛsɛ mu.
But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.
20 Asɛm a mobɛka no remfi mo, na mmom, mo ɔsoro Agya no honhom na ɔnam mo so bɛkasa.
For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
21 “Onua beyi onua ama na wɔakum no. Saa ara na agyanom nso beyi wɔn mma ama. Mma bɛsɔre atia wɔn awofo ama wɔakum wɔn.
The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.
22 Me nti, nnipa nyinaa bɛtan mo. Nanso nea obetumi agyina pintinn akosi awiei no na wobegye no nkwa.
And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
23 Sɛ wɔtaa mo kurow baako mu a, munguan nkɔ kurow foforo mu. Mereka nokware akyerɛ mo se morenwie Israel nkurow nyinaa mu adwumayɛ ansa na Onipa Ba no aba.
And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.
24 “Osuani nsen ne kyerɛkyerɛfo, na akoa nso nsen ne wura.
The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 Osuani sua ne kyerɛkyerɛfo, na akoa nso sua ne wura. Enti sɛ me a meyɛ ofi no ti no wɔfrɛ me ‘Ɔbonsam’ a, dɛn din na wɔremfa mfrɛ mo!
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
26 “Munnsuro wɔn. Mmere bi bɛba a nokware no bɛda adi. Nea wɔyɛ no kokoa mu no nyinaa bɛda adi.
Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.
27 Nea mereka akyerɛ mo wɔ sum mu yi, monka wɔ hann mu. Nea mereka agu mo asom yi, mompae mu nka wɔ adan atifi.
That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.
28 Munnsuro wɔn a wobetumi akum mo nipadua nanso wɔrentumi nkum mo kra no. Onyankopɔn a obetumi akum onipadua no ne ɔkra wɔ amanehunu kurom no nko ara na munsuro no. (Geenna g1067)
And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
29 Wɔtɔn akasanoma gye ahe? Nkasanoma abien bo nyɛ sika kakraa bi pɛ? Nanso akasanoma biara nni hɔ a obewu a mo Agya no nnim ho biribi.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.
30 Mo tinwi mpo, wɔakan ne nyinaa.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Enti munnsuro! Mosom bo ma Onyankopɔn sen nkasanoma.
Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
32 “Obiara a ɔbɛka se onim me wɔ nnipa anim no, me nso mɛka se minim no mʼagya a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no anim.
Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33 Na obiara a ɔbɛka se onnim me wɔ nnipa anim no, me nso mɛka se minnim no wɔ mʼagya a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no anim.
But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
34 “Munnsusuw sɛ mede asomdwoe na ɛbaa asase yi so! Ɛnyɛ asomdwoe na mmom afoa na mede bae.
Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.
35 Maba sɛ mɛma, “‘ɔbabarima asɔre atia nʼagya, na ɔbabea asɔre atia ne na, na ɔbea warefo nso asɔre atia nʼasebea.
For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 Obiara tamfo a ne ho yɛ hu no befi nʼankasa ne fi.’
And as a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household.
37 “Nea ɔdɔ nʼagya anaa ne na kyɛn me no rentumi nyɛ me de. Saa ara na nea ɔdɔ ne babarima anaa ne babea kyɛn me no rentumi nyɛ me de ara ne no.
He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
38 Sɛ obi amfa nʼasennua na wammedi mʼakyi a, ɔrentumi nyɛ me de.
And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
39 Sɛ woma wo kra som wo bo a, wobɛhwere wo kra no, nanso sɛ me nti wohwere wo kra a, wo nsa bɛka.
He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.
40 “Obiara a ogye mo no gye me, na nea ogye me no nso gye Onyankopɔn a ɔsomaa me no.
He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
41 Sɛ wugye odiyifo bi sɛ ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa nti a, wobetua wo so ka sɛ odiyifo no ara pɛ. Na sɛ wugye nnipa trenee a, wubenya akatua sɛ onipa trenee.
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.
42 Na obiara a ɔbɛma mʼakyidifo yi mu akumaa bi nsu anom no, onii no akatua remmɔ no da.”
And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
