2 Korintofoɔ 5

1 Yɛnim sɛ, sɛ yɛwu na yɛgya saa onipadua yi a, yɛbɛnya onipadua foforɔ a Onyankopɔn ankasa ayɛ a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa wɔ ɔsoro hɔ. (aiōnios g166)

For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (aiōnios g166)

2 Seesei, yɛsi apinie pɛ sɛ wɔde ɔsoro animuonyam foforɔ no kata yɛn ho,

For in this tent I am groaning, earnestly longing to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation; if so be that being so covered,

3 ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ wɔde kata yɛn ho a, yɛn ho renna hɔ bio.

I shall not be found naked.

4 Na sɛ yɛwɔ saa honam yi mu a, yɛsi apinie na adesoa bi da yɛn so; ɛnyɛ sɛ yɛmmpɛ sɛ yɛgya onipadua no, na mmom, yɛpɛ sɛ wɔde ɔsoro atenaeɛ foforɔ no kata yɛn ho sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, nkwa bɛmene deɛ ɛwu no.

For in this tent of mine I am groaning in deep trouble; not that I wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up in life.

5 Onyankopɔn na wasiesie yɛn ama saa nsakraeɛ yi. Na ɔde ne Honhom no maa yɛn sɛ deɛ ɔwɔ ma yɛn no nyinaa akyigyina.

And He who has wrought me out for this very end is God, who has given me his Spirit as pledge.

6 Yei enti, daa yɛwɔ akokoɔduru. Yɛnim sɛ mmerɛ dodoɔ a yɛwɔ saa onipadua yi mu no, ɛma yɛne Awurade fie kwan ware.

Therefore I am always of good courage, because I well know that while I am at home in the body, I am in banishment from the Lord,

7 Ɛfiri sɛ, yɛn nkwa gyina gyidie so na ɛnnyina deɛ yɛhunu so.

for I am walking by faith, not by sight.

8 Yɛwɔ nkuranhyɛ enti, ɛyɛ yɛn pɛ sɛ yɛbɛtu afiri yɛn fie wɔ saa honam yi mu na yɛne Awurade akɔtena ne fie.

So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

9 Sɛ yɛwɔ yɛn fie ha anaa nohoa no, yɛpɛ sɛ yɛsɔ nʼani sene biribiara.

And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.

10 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nyinaa ba Kristo anim ma ɔbu yɛn atɛn. Sɛdeɛ obiara tenaa ase wɔ onipadua no abrabɔ mu no, sɛ ɛyɛ papa anaa bɔne na wɔbɛgyina so abu no atɛn.

For we must all be made manifest, in our true characters, before the Judgment-seat of Christ; so that each one may receive according to that which he has done in his body, whether good or evil.

11 Ɛfiri sɛ yɛnim sɛdeɛ yɛsuro Awurade enti, yɛka ne ho asɛmpa kyerɛ nnipa. Onyankopɔn nim yɛn yie na mewɔ anidasoɔ sɛ monim me nso wɔ mo akoma mu.

So, because I know the fear of God, I "persuade men." What I am is manifest to God, and I hope manifest also to your conscience.

12 Yɛrensane nka yɛn ho asɛmpa nkyerɛ mo, na mmom, yɛrebɔ ho mmɔden sɛdeɛ mode yɛn bɛhoahoa mo ho na moatumi abua wɔn a wɔde onipa anim hoahoa wɔn ho na ɛnyɛ wɔn su no.

I am not "commending myself to you again," but I am giving you an occasion of boasting on my behalf, so that you may have an answer ready for those who boast in externals, and not in the heart.

13 Sɛ yɛabobɔ adam a ɛyɛ yɛne Onyankopɔn ntam asɛm. Nanso sɛ yɛn adwene mu da hɔ a, ɛyɛ ma mo yiedie.

For if I was "beside myself," it was to God; of if I am now "of sound mind," it is for you.

14 Afei a yɛahunu sɛ onipa baako na ɔwu maa nnipa nyinaa wuu bi no enti, Kristo dɔ a ɔde dɔ yɛn no na ɛhyɛ yɛn. Yei kyerɛ sɛ nnipa nyinaa wɔ ne wuo no mu kyɛfa bi.

For the love of Christ overmasters me; because I thus judge that if One has died for all, then all have died;

15 Ɔwu maa yɛn nyinaa, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn a wɔte ase no rentena ase mma wɔn ho bio na mmom, wɔbɛtena ase ama deɛ yɛn enti, ɔwuiɛ a wɔmaa ɔsɔre firii awufoɔ mu no.

and that he died for all in order that the living may live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again for them.

16 Enti, ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛgyina onipa adwene so bu obiara atɛn bio. Na sɛ mpo ɛberɛ bi a atwam no na yɛgyina nnipa adwene so na yɛhunu Kristo a, afei deɛ, yɛrenyɛ saa bio.

Therefore henceforth I know no one simply as a man - even if I have known Christ as a man, yet now I do so no longer.

17 Sɛ obi wɔ Kristo mu a, na ɔyɛ abɔdeɛ foforɔ, na nneɛma dada nyinaa atwam ama nneɛma foforɔ aba.

So there is a new creation when any man is in Christ. The old life has passed away, behold, the new is come.

18 Onyankopɔn ayɛ ne nyinaa. Ɔsomaa Kristo sɛ ɔmmɛpata ɔne yɛn ntam na ɔde ɔne afoforɔ ntam mpata dwumadie no ahyɛ yɛn nsa.

And all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled me to himself, and gave me the ministry of reconciliation;

19 Asɛm a wɔde abrɛ yɛn ne sɛ, Onyankopɔn nam Kristo so afa nnipa nyinaa adamfo. Onyankopɔn ankan wɔn bɔne antia wɔn na ɔde nʼasomdwoeɛ asɛnka ho dwumadie no ahyɛ yɛn nsa.

how that God was in Christ reconciling a world to himself, not reckoning to men their trespasses; and that to me he has entrusted the message of that reconciliation.

20 Enti yɛyɛ asomafoɔ ma Kristo, na ɛte sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn nam yɛn so kasa kyerɛ mo. Yesi Kristo anan mu srɛ mo sɛ, momma wɔmfa mo mmata Onyankopɔn ho.

On Christ’s behalf, then, I come as ambassador. It is as though God was entreating you, through me, on Christ’s behalf I beg you to be reconciled to God.

21 Na Kristo nni bɔne, nanso yɛn enti, Onyankopɔn maa ɔfaa yɛn bɔne sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, yɛnam ɔno Kristo so bɛyɛ teneneefoɔ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.

Him who knew no sin, in our behalf he has made to be sin; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.