1 Korintofoɔ 10
1 Anuanom, mepɛ sɛ metwe mo adwene ba nsɛm a ɛtoo yɛn nananom a wɔdii Mose akyi no so. Omununkum bɔɔ wɔn nyinaa ho ban maa wɔn nyinaa faa Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no mu asomdwoeɛ mu.
For I would not have you ignorant, brothers, how our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 Omununkum no ne Ɛpo no mu, wɔbɔɔ wɔn nyinaa asu sɛ Mose akyidifoɔ.
and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
3 Wɔn nyinaa dii honhom fam aduane
They all ate of the same spiritual bread,
4 na wɔnom honhom fam anonneɛ. Wɔnom honhom botan a na ɔne wɔn nam no mu nsuo; na saa ɔbotan no yɛ Kristo no ankasa.
and all drank from the same spiritual stream, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
5 Yeinom nyinaa akyi no, na Onyankopɔn ani nsɔ wɔn mu pii, enti na wɔn amu guguu basaa wɔ ɛserɛ no so hɔ no.
But in most of them God was not well pleased, for they were laid low in the desert.
6 Seesei, yeinom nyinaa yɛ nhwɛsoɔ ma yɛn na ɛbɔ yɛn kɔkɔ nso sɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛpɛ bɔne sɛdeɛ wɔyɛeɛ no,
Now this happened as a warning for us, that we might not long for evil things as they longed.
7 ɛnna ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛsom ahoni sɛdeɛ wɔn mu bi yɛeɛ no. Sɛdeɛ Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Nnipa no tenaa ase, didi nomee, na wɔgoroo abosomgorɔ.”
And you must not be idolaters like some of them. as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, And they rose up for idol dances.
8 Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛbɔ adwaman, sɛdeɛ wɔn mu bi yɛeɛ no na da koro wɔn mu ɔpeduonumiɛnsa wuwuiɛ no.
Nor must we act licentiously, as some of them did, and fell in a single day, twenty-three thousand of them.
9 Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛsɔ Awurade hwɛ sɛdeɛ wɔn mu bi yɛeɛ no maa awɔ kekaa wɔn kunkumm wɔn no.
Neither must we presume upon the patience of our Lord, as some of them presumed, and were destroyed by the serpents;
10 Ɛnsɛ sɛ monwiinwii sɛdeɛ wɔn mu bi yɛeɛ maa ɔsɛe ɔbɔfoɔ sɛee wɔn no.
nor murmur, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the Destroying Angel.
11 Yeinom nyinaa baa wɔn so de yɛɛ nhwɛsoɔ maa afoforɔ. Na wɔtwerɛ guu hɔ sɛ kɔkɔbɔ maa yɛn. Ɛfiri sɛ, yɛte hɔ sɛ ɛrenkyɛre na ɛberɛ no aba awieeɛ. (aiōn g165)
Now these things were happening to them typically, but were written down for our admonition who stand at the meeting of the ages. (aiōn g165)
12 Obiara a ɔdwene sɛ ɔgyina hɔ no, ɔnhwɛ yie na wanhwe ase.
So then let him who imagines that he is standing so securely beware lest he fall.
13 Sɔhwɛ biara a aba wʼakwan mu no yɛ deɛ ɛba nnipa akwan mu. Esiane sɛ Onyankopɔn di ne bɔhyɛ so enti, ɔremma ho ɛkwan mma sɔhwɛ a ɛboro wʼahoɔden so nto wo. Sɛ sɔhwɛ ba wo so a, ɔbɛma wo ahoɔden ama woatumi agyina ano, na woanya ho nyansa nso.
No temptation has overtaken you that is beyond man’s power; but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but will, with every temptation, provide the way of escape also, so that you may be able to withstand.
14 Enti me nnamfo pa, montwe mo ho mfiri ahonisom ho.
So then, my beloved, continually flee from idolatry.
15 Mekasa kyerɛ mo sɛ anyansafoɔ. Asɛm a meka no mommua mfa.
I am speaking to men of sense; do you yourselves judge what I say.
16 Sɛ yɛnom kuruwa a wɔahyira so no ano a, na ɛnyɛ Kristo mogya ayɔnkofa no anaa? Burodo a yɛbubu mu no nso, sɛ yɛdi a, na ɛnyɛ Kristo onipadua ayɔnkoyɛ anaa?
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a common participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a common participation in the body of Christ?
17 Esiane sɛ burodo no yɛ baako na yɛdi no wɔ ɔhonam korɔ mu enti, ɛwom sɛ yɛ dɔɔso deɛ, nanso yɛn nyinaa yɛ nnipa baako.
Because we who are many are one bread, one body, for we all do share in the one loaf.
18 Monhwɛ Israelman. Wɔn a wɔdi afɔdeɛ aduane no ne afɔrebukyia no wɔ ayɔnkoyɛ.
Look at Israel according to the flesh; are not those who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar?
19 Mebisa sɛ, afɔrebɔdeɛ a wɔde ama ohoni no yɛ biribi anaa ohoni no na ɔyɛ biribi?
What then shall we say? that an offering to an idol is anything? or that an idol is really anything?
20 Dabi, asɛm a mereka ne sɛ, deɛ wɔde abɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ ɔbosonsomni afɔrebukyia so no, wɔde ama ahonhommɔne na ɛnyɛ Onyankopɔn. Mempɛ sɛ mode mo ho bɛhyɛnehyɛne ahonhommɔne.
On the contrary, what the heathen sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have communion with demons.
21 Morentumi nnom Awurade kuruwa ano na monsane nnom ahonhommɔne kuruwa ano. Saa ara na morentumi nnidi wɔ Awurade ɛpono so na monsane nnidi wɔ ahonhommɔne ɛpono nso so.
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons; you cannot be partakers in the Lord’s table and in the table of demons.
22 Anaa mopɛ sɛ yɛma Awurade twe ninkunu? Yɛgye di sɛ yɛyɛ den sene no anaa?
What! would we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
23 Wɔka sɛ, “Woama yɛn ho ɛkwan sɛ yɛnyɛ biribiara a yɛyɛ.” Nanso, ɛnyɛ biribiara na ɛyɛ. “Wɔama yɛn ho ɛkwan sɛ yɛnyɛ biribiara.” Nanso, ɛnyɛ biribiara na ɛtumi boa yɛn.
"All things are lawful," you say? But not all things are expedient; "all things are lawful"; but not all build up.
24 Ɛnsɛ sɛ obiara pɛ ne nko ne yiedie na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhwehwɛ afoforɔ nso yiedie.
Let not each one be always seeking his own, but rather his neighbor’s good.
25 Adwenemdahɔ enti motumi tɔ biribiara a wɔtɔn wɔ dwa so di a mommisa ho asɛm biara.
Eat anything that is for sale in the markets, asking no questions for conscience sake;
26 Ɛfiri sɛ, Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Asase ne deɛ ɛwɔ so nyinaa yɛ Awurade dea.”
for the earth and its fulness are the Lord’s.
27 Obi a ɔnyɛ ogyidini frɛ wo adidi na woyɛ wʼadwene sɛ wobɛkɔ a, adwenemdahɔ enti, aduane a ɔde bɛma wo biara, di a wommisa ho asɛm biara.
If one who is not a believer invites you to his house, and you wish to go, eat everything that is set before you, without asking questions for conscience sake.
28 Nanso, sɛ obi ka kyerɛ wo sɛ, “Wɔde saa aduane yi maa ahoni” a, ɛsiane deɛ ɔbɔɔ wo saa amaneɛ no adwenemdahɔ enti, nni saa aduane no.
But if any one tells you, "This food has been offered in sacrifice," do not eat it, for the sake of him who told you,
29 Ɛno nyɛ wʼadwene, na ɛyɛ onipa a ɔbɔɔ wo saa amaneɛ no adwene. Obi bɛbisa sɛ, “Adɛn enti na obi adwene si mʼahofadie ho ɛkwan?
and for your conscience sake - his conscience, not your own. "But," you may object, "why should my freedom be decided upon another’s scruples of conscience?
30 Sɛ meda Awurade ase wɔ mʼaduane ho a, adɛn enti na aduane a mada ho ase no obi ka ho asɛm?”
If I eat after giving thanks, why am I denounced for eating that for which I have given thanks?"
31 Biribiara a mobɛyɛ no, sɛ moredidi o, sɛ morenom o, monyɛ mfa nhyɛ Onyankopɔn animuonyam.
Because whether you are eating or whether you are drinking, you are to do it all for the glory of God.
32 Monnyɛ biribiara mfa nha Yudafoɔ anaa amanamanmufoɔ anaa Onyankopɔn asafo.
Do not be a cause of stumbling either to Jews of to Gentiles, or to the church of God.
33 Monyɛ sɛdeɛ meyɛ no. Mema obiara ani gye deɛ meyɛ ho a mennwene mʼankasa me yiedie ho, na mmom, medwene yɛn nyinaa yiedie ho sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛgye wɔn nkwa.
For so I also try to please all men in every way, not by seeking my own good, but the good of the many, that they may be saved.
