1 Korintofoɔ 1

1 Krataa yi firi me, Paulo a ɛnam Onyankopɔn pɛ so enti, wɔafrɛ me sɛ menyɛ Kristo Yesu somafoɔ no ne onua Sostene nkyɛn,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

2 Yɛde rekɔma Onyankopɔn asafo a ɛwɔ Korinto no ne wɔn a wɔafrɛ wɔn sɛ wɔmmɛyɛ Onyankopɔn akyidifoɔ kronkron no, ne wɔn a wɔwɔ baabiara a wɔbɔ yɛn Awurade Yesu din sɛ ɔyɛ wɔn ne yɛn Awurade no:

to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

3 Adom ne asomdwoeɛ a ɛfiri yɛn Agya Onyankopɔn ne yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo nka mo.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 Esiane adom a Onyankopɔn nam Kristo Yesu so dom mo no enti, daa meda Onyankopɔn ase ma mo.

I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

5 Ɛnam ne so ama moayɛ ma biribiara mu, ɔkasa ne adwene mu.

that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

6 Kristo ho asɛm atim wɔ mo mu,

even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

7 ɛno enti, ɛsiane sɛ moretwɛn ama wɔada yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo adi no enti, nhyira biara, monya bi.

so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed;

8 Ɔbɛhyɛ mo den akɔsi awieeɛ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, da a Awurade bɛba no, wɔrennya mo ho mfomsoɔ biara.

who will also strengthen you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 Onyankopɔn a wafrɛ mo aba ne Ba Yesu Kristo ayɔnkofa mu no yɛ ɔnokwafoɔ.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

10 Anuanom, menam Awurade Yesu Kristo tumi so metu mo fo sɛ, asɛm biara a mobɛka no, monyɛ adwene na mo mu ampaapae. Monsɔ adwene ne botaeɛ baako mu na ama moayɛ baako.

Now I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement, so that there may be no divisions among you, and to be united by the same mind and conviction.

11 Anuanom, nnipa bi a wɔfiri Kloe efie apae mu aka akyerɛ me sɛ, akasakasa wɔ mo asafo yi mu.

For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.

12 Asɛm a mepɛ sɛ meka ne sɛ, wɔn mu biara ka asɛm a ɔpɛ. Yei ka sɛ, “Mewɔ Paulo afa” a, ɔfoforɔ sɛ, “Mewɔ Apolo afa.” Obi sɔre na ɔse, “Mewɔ Petro afa” a, ɔbaako nso se, “Mewɔ Kristo afa.”

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."

13 Wɔakyekyɛ Kristo mu akuakuo? Paulo na ɔwuu wɔ asɛnnua no so maa mo anaa? Wɔbɔɔ mo asu sɛ Paulo asuafoɔ anaa?

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

14 Meda Onyankopɔn ase sɛ mammɔ mo mu biara asu ka Krispo ne Gaio ho.

I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

15 Obiara rentumi nka sɛ wɔbɔɔ mo asu sɛ mʼasuafoɔ.

so that no one should say that you had been baptized into my own name.

16 Mekae sɛ mebɔɔ Stefana ne ne fiefoɔ asu. Na menkae sɛ mebɔɔ obi foforɔ asu bio.

(Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.)

17 Kristo ansoma me sɛ memmɛbɔ asu, na mmom ɔsomaa me sɛ memmɛka asɛmpa a ɛmfiri nnipa nyansa mu, na obi annyina so amma Kristo wu a ɔwuu asɛnnua no so no mu tumi anyɛ kwa.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of the Christ would not be made void.

18 Asɛnka a ɛkyerɛ Kristo asɛnnuambɔ no yɛ nsɛm a aba nni mu ma wɔn a wɔreyera. Nanso, yɛn a wɔregye yɛn nkwa no deɛ, ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn tumi.

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

19 Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Mɛsɛe anyansafoɔ nyansa, na mɛma nimdefoɔ adenim ayɛ ɔkwa.”

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will nullify."

20 Enti, onyansafoɔ wɔ he? Onimdefoɔ nso wɔ he? Ewiase yi mu akyinnyegyefoɔ wɔ he? Onyankopɔn akyerɛ sɛ ewiase yi mu nyansa yɛ ohunu. (aiōn g165)

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)

21 Enti, Onyankopɔn nam ɔno ara ne nyansa so yɛɛ sɛ, nnipa a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔfa wɔn ara wɔn nyansa so hunu no no renhunu no da. Na mmom, Onyankopɔn yɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ wɔn a wɔgye asɛm a “aba nni mu” a yɛka no di no, ɔbɛgye wɔn nkwa.

For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

22 Yudafoɔ hwehwɛ sɛ wɔhunu nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ, ɛnna Helafoɔ nso hwehwɛ nyansa.

For Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom,

23 Nanso, yɛn deɛ, yɛka Kristo wu a ɔwuu wɔ asɛnnua no so no ho asɛm. Saa asɛm no yɛ Yudafoɔ abufuo ɛnna ɛyɛ asɛm a aba nni mu ma amanamanmufoɔ;

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to the non-Jews,

24 nanso Yudafoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ a Onyankopɔn afrɛ wɔn no, Kristo yɛ Onyankopɔn tumi ne Onyankopɔn nyansa.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

25 Onyankopɔn asɛm a ɛyɛ sɛ aba nni mu no, aba wɔ mu sene nnipa nyansa, na saa ara nso na deɛ ɛyɛ sɛ ɛyɛ mmerɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn fam no yɛ den sene nnipa ahoɔden.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than man's, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's.

26 Afei, anuanom, monkae ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn frɛɛ mo no tebea a na mowɔ mu. Nnipa fam deɛ na mo mu bebree nyɛ anyansafoɔ, na mo mu bebree nni tumi, na mo mu bebree nyɛ adehyeɛ nso.

For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise from a human perspective, not many mighty, not many of noble birth.

27 Nanso, Onyankopɔn faa ewiase yi mu nsɛm a aba nni mu no, nam so guu anyansafoɔ anim ase. Onyankopɔn faa nneɛma a ɛyɛ mmerɛ wɔ ewiase, nam so de guu ahoɔden anim ase.

But God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise. And God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong.

28 Ɔfaa deɛ ewiase mmu na wɔmfa nyɛ hwee no de sɛee deɛ ewiase susu sɛ ɛho hia no.

And God chose the lowly of the world, and the despised, what is considered to be nothing, to bring to nothing what is considered to be something,

29 Yei kyerɛ sɛ obi ntumi nhoahoa ne ho Onyankopɔn anim.

that no flesh might boast before God.

30 Nanso, Onyankopɔn aka mo abata Kristo Yesu ho na Onyankopɔn nam Kristo so ama yɛn nyansa; ɛnam ne so ma yɛatene wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. Yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn ahotefoɔ a wama yɛade yɛn ho.

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

31 Enti sɛdeɛ Atwerɛsɛm no ka no, “Obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhoahoa ne ho no, ɔnhoahoa ne ho wɔ deɛ Awurade ayɛ mu.”

so that, as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord."