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1 Krataa yi firi Paulo a Onyankopɔn ayi no sɛ Kristo Yesu ɔsomafoɔ no ne Timoteo a ɔyɛ yɛn nuanom no mu baako nkyɛn, Mede saa krataa yi rekɔma Onyankopɔn asafo a ɛwɔ Korinto ne ahotefoɔ a wɔwɔ Akaiaman mu no nyinaa:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
2 Adom ne asomdwoeɛ a ɛfiri yɛn Agya Onyankopɔn ne Awurade Yesu Kristo nka mo.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Momma yɛnna Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo Agya no a ɔyɛ mmɔborɔhunu Agya na ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn a awerɛkyekyerɛ nyinaa firi no no ase.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
4 Ɔkyekyere yɛn werɛ wɔ yɛn amaneɛ nyinaa mu na yɛnam awerɛkyekyerɛ a yɛn ankasa anya afiri Onyankopɔn nkyɛn no so atumi akyekyere afoforɔ a wɔwɔ amaneɛ ahodoɔ mu no werɛ.
who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
5 Sɛdeɛ yɛahunu amane wɔ Kristo mu no, saa ara nso na yɛnya Kristo awerɛkyekyerɛ a ɛdɔɔso no.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
6 Mo awerɛkyekyerɛ ne mo nkwagyeɛ enti yɛhunu amane. Ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ Kristo kyekye yɛn werɛ a, yɛn nso yɛnam so bɛtumi akyekye mo werɛ. Ɛno bɛma mo anya ntoboaseɛ ahunu amane sɛ yɛn nso.
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
7 Enti, gyidie a yɛwɔ wɔ mo mu no nhinhim. Yɛnim sɛ, sɛdeɛ mo ne yɛn hunu amane no, saa ara nso na awerɛkyekyerɛ a yɛnya no, monya bi.
Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.
8 Anuanom, yɛpɛ sɛ yɛtwe mo adwene ba ɔhaw a ɛtoo yɛn wɔ Asia mantam mu no so. Amane a yɛfaa mu no so, na na emu yɛ duru enti yɛn asetena mu anidasoɔ nyinaa yeraeɛ.
For we do not desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
9 Nokorɛm yɛgye too mu sɛ yɛrebɛwu. Saa asɛm yi siiɛ, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a yɛremfa yɛn ho nto yɛn ankasa so, na mmom, yɛde yɛn ho bɛto Onyankopɔn a ɔma awufoɔ sɔre no so.
Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
10 Wayi yɛn afiri saa owuo amanehunu yi mu na ɔbɛkɔ so agye yɛn. Ɔno na yɛde yɛn ani ato no so sɛ, sɛ mokɔ so bɔ mpaeɛ ma yɛn a,
who delivered us out of so great a death, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will also deliver us again;
11 ɔbɛgye yɛn bio. Yei kyerɛ sɛ, ɔbɛbua mpaeɛ dodoɔ biara a mobɔ ma yɛn no, na Onyankopɔn bɛhyira yɛn, na dodoɔ no ara ama wɔn nne so de ada no ase ama yɛn.
you also helping together on our behalf by your petition; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.
12 Yɛhoahoa yɛn ho sɛ yɛn ahonim mmu yɛn fɔ, yɛatena ase nokorɛdie mu, ne titire ne ɛberɛ a yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn no. Ɛnyɛ ewiase nyansa na ɛkyerɛ yɛn kwan. Mmom, yɛn akwankyerɛ firi Onyankopɔn adom no mu.
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
13 Nsɛm a mobɛtumi akenkan, ate aseɛ nko na yɛtwerɛ de brɛ mo. Mewɔ anidasoɔ sɛ, mobɛte biribiara a
For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will fully acknowledge;
14 monnte aseɛ yie no ase daakye sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, da a Awurade Yesu bɛba no, mode yɛn bɛhoahoa mo ho na yɛn nso yɛde mo ahoahoa yɛn ho.
as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
15 Na menim sɛ saa asɛm yi bɛba mu. Ɛno enti na mehyehyɛɛ sɛ mɛba abɛsra mo na moanya nhyira mprenu.
In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;
16 Meyɛɛ mʼadwene sɛ, sɛ merekɔ Makedonia a, mɛba mo nkyɛn, na meresane nso a, mafa mo nkyɛn ansa na makɔ Yudea.
and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
17 Modwene sɛ mantumi ansi mʼadwene pi wɔ deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ meyɛ anaa? Anaasɛ mete sɛ obi a ɔka sɛ “Aane” anaa “Dabi” sɛdeɛ ɛbɛsɔ afoforɔ ani?
When I therefore was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
18 Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔnokwafoɔ. Enti sɛ meka sɛ yɛn mmuaeɛ yɛ “Aane” ɛberɛ biara a, ɛyɛ “Aane”, ɛnnyɛ “Dabi” da a.
But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not "Yes and no."
19 Ɛfiri sɛ, Yesu Kristo, Onyankopɔn Ba no a me Paulo, Silas ne Timoteo kaa ne ho asɛm kyerɛɛ mo no nsesa. Ɔnnka “Aane” ne “Dabi” da. Ɛberɛ biara ɔdi nʼasɛm so.
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."
20 Ɔno mu na Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ nyinaa awie pɛyɛ. Yei enti, yɛnam Yesu Kristo so ka “Amen” de hyɛ Onyankopɔn animuonyam.
For however many are the promises of God, in him they are "Yes." Therefore also through him they are "Amen," to the glory of God through us.
21 Afei, Onyankopɔn no ankasa na ɔma yɛne mo tumi gyina pintinn wɔ Kristo mu. Ɔno na ɔsraa yɛn
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
22 faa yɛn sɛ ne deɛ, ɛnna ɔde ne Honhom Kronkron no hyɛɛ yɛn akoma mu de sii deɛ ɔwɔ ma yɛn nyinaa so dua.
who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 Mefrɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ mʼadanseɛ. Ɔnim mʼakoma mu. Sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mobɛnya kwan agye mo ahome enti na mankɔ Korinto no.
But I call God as a witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
24 Ɛnyɛ yɛn adwene ne sɛ yɛbɛhyɛ mo ama mo agye biribi adi, na mmom, mo ahotɔ enti na yɛne mo yɛ adwuma. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛnam mo ankasa gyidie so na mobɛgyina pintinn.
Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.