2 Korintofoɔ 10

1 Me, Paulo a sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn a meyɛ mmerɛ na sɛ menni mo nkyɛn nso a me koko yɛ duru ma mo no, me na metu saa fo yi. Mesrɛ me Kristo a ɔyɛ ɔyamyɛfoɔ no din mu sɛ:

Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I, who present indeed am lowly among you, but am bold toward you when absent;

2 Sɛ meba hɔ a, monnhyɛ me mma menkasakasa mo anim. Menim yie sɛ me bo bɛtumi ayɛ duru wɔ nnipa a wɔka sɛ ewiase adwene na yɛde di dwuma no no so.

but I entreat you, that I may not when I am present be bold with that confidence wherewith I think of being bold towards some, who think of us as walking according to the flesh.

3 Ɛyɛ nokorɛ sɛ, yɛte ewiase, nanso yɛnnyina wiasesɛm so wɔ yɛn ko mu.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,

4 Akodeɛ a yɛde ko no mfiri ewiase. Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn akodeɛ a ano yɛ den a yɛbɛtumi de asɛe atamfoɔ mpampim a wɔabobɔ. Yɛsɛe akyinnyehunu.

(for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, )

5 Yɛsɛe akwansideɛ biara a ɛtia Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ no. Yɛto adwene biara nnareka ma wɔtie Kristo.

casting down reasonings, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing every purpose into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

6 Sɛ mo setie wie pɛyɛ na obi sane yɛ asoɔden ɛkwan biara so a, yɛbɛtwe nʼaso.

and being in readiness to punish every disobedience, when the measure of your obedience shall be full.

7 Sɛdeɛ nneɛma te no ara na mohunu. Obi wɔ hɔ a ɔkari ne ho ka sɛ, ɔyɛ Kristo dea? Onii no nkari ne ho bio nhwɛ ɛfiri sɛ, yɛn nso yɛyɛ Kristo dea sɛdeɛ ɔno nso yɛ ne dea no.

Ye look at the outward appearance. If any one trusteth to himself that he belongeth to Christ, let him of himself consider this again, that as he belongeth to Christ, so also do we.

8 Ɛnyɛ me aniwu sɛ aba sɛ mede tumi a Awurade de ama me sɛ memfa nhwɛ mo na monnyini no bɛhoahoa me ho.

For even if I should boast still more highly of our authority, which the Lord gave us for building you up, and not pulling you down, I should not be put to shame;

9 Mempɛ sɛ modwene sɛ mede me nkrataa a matwerɛ mo no rehunahuna mo.

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

10 Obi bɛka sɛ, “Paulo nkrataa mu nsɛm no yɛ ya nanso sɛ ɔba yɛn nkyɛn nso a, ɔyɛ bɔkɔɔ na ne nsɛm nso nka hwee!”

For his letters, saith one, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

11 Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no te ne ho ase sɛ, nsonsonoeɛ biara nna nsɛm a ɛwɔ yɛn nkrataa a yɛtwerɛɛ ɛberɛ a yɛnni mo nkyɛn no, ne deɛ sɛ yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn a, yɛyɛ no mu.

Let such a one count upon this, that such as we are in word by letters when absent, such will we be also in deed when present.

12 Ɛyɛ nokorɛ, yɛrentumi mfa yɛn ho ntoto wɔn a wɔfa wɔn ho sɛ wɔn asetena korɔn no ho. Saa nnipa no yɛ nkwaseafoɔ! Wɔnam wɔn ho a wɔde wɔn ho toto wɔn ho wɔn ho no so bu wɔn ho atɛn.

For we do not venture to reckon ourselves among, or compare ourselves with, some of those who commend themselves; but they, measuring themselves among themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise.

13 Yɛn deɛ, yɛn ahohoahoa no nntra beaeɛ bi. Yɛn ahohoahoa no nntra dwuma a Onyankopɔn atu yɛn sɛ yɛnyɛ a mo mu adwumayɛ ka ho no.

But we will not boast of things that are without our measure, but according to the measure of the line which God allotted us, —a measure to reach even to you.

14 Esiane sɛ mowɔ saa tebea no mu enti, yɛbaa mo nkyɛn bɛkaa Asɛmpa a ɛfa Kristo ho no a yɛantra.

For we do not stretch ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not to you; (for as far as even to you did we come, in the gospel of Christ; )

15 Yei enti yɛmmfa adwuma a nkurɔfoɔ ayɛ nhoahoa yɛn ho te sɛ yɛn ara na yɛyɛeɛ. Deɛ yɛrepɛ ne sɛ mo gyidie ase bɛtim na ɛnam so ama yɛatumi ayɛ mo mu adwuma a yɛntra beaeɛ a Onyankopɔn ahyɛ no.

not boasting of things that are without measure, in other men's labors, but having hope, when your faith is increased, that our line will through you be still further extended,

16 Na yɛnam so atumi aka Asɛmpa wɔ aman foforɔ so a yɛremfa adwuma a ɔfoforɔ ayɛ no nhoahoa yɛn ho.

so that we may preach the gospel in the regions beyond you; not boasting, in another's line, of things made ready to our hand.

17 Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhoahoa ne ho no nhoahoa no wɔ adeɛ a Awurade ayɛ mu.”

But “he that boasteth, let him boast in the Lord.”

18 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛnyɛ ka a onipa bɛka ne ho asɛm pa no na ɛma Onyankopɔn gye no to mu, na mmom onipa a Onyankopɔn no ara bɛka ne ho asɛm pa no na ɔgye no to mu.

For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.