Asomafoɔ 13

1 Adiyifoɔ ne akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ a na wɔwɔ Antiokia asafo no mu bi ne Barnaba ne Simeon, a na wɔfrɛ no “Onipa Tuntum,” Lukio a ɔyɛ Kireneni, Manaen, a ɔne Ɔhene Herode yɛ atipɛnfoɔ, ne Saulo.

There were also in the Church that was at Antiochia, certaine Prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen (which had bin brought vp with Herod the Tetrarche) and Saul.

2 Ɛberɛ a wɔresom Awurade na wɔredi mmuada no, Honhom Kronkron no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monyi Barnaba ne Saulo na wɔnkɔdi dwuma a ɛno enti mafrɛ wɔn no mma me.”

Nowe as they ministred to the Lord, and fasted, the holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the worke whereunto I haue called them.

3 Wɔdii mmuada, bɔɔ mpaeɛ, de wɔn nsa guu wɔn so, somaa wɔn.

Then fasted they and prayed, and layde their hands on them, and let them goe.

4 Honhom Kronkron somaa wɔn no, wɔkɔɔ Seleukia. Wɔfiri hɔ no, wɔtoaa wɔn akwantuo no so kɔduruu Kipro.

And they, after they were sent foorth of the holy Ghost, came downe vnto Seleucia, and from thence they sayled to Cyprus.

5 Wɔduruu Salami no, wɔkaa Onyankopɔn asɛm wɔ Yudafoɔ hyiadan mu. Saa ɛberɛ no, na Yohane Marko ka wɔn ho sɛ ɔsomfoɔ.

And when they were at Salamis, they preached the worde of God in the Synagogues of the Iewes: and they had also Iohn to their minister.

6 Wɔtwaam wɔ supɔ no so kɔduruu Pafo, na ɛhɔ na wɔhyiaa Yudani nkonyaayifoɔ bi a ɔfrɛ ne ho sɛ odiyifoɔ a na ne din de Bar-Yesu.

So when they had gone throughout the yle vnto Paphus, they found a certaine sorcerer, a false prophet, being a Iewe, named Bariesus,

7 Na nʼadamfo ne amrado a ɔwɔ supɔ no so a ne din de Sergio Paulo no. Saa amrado a na ɔnim nyansa yie no soma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Barnaba ne Saulo, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔrepɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm atie.

Which was with the Deputie Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called vnto him Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the woorde of God.

8 Nanso, nkonyaayifoɔ Bar-Yesu a, Hela kasa mu wɔfrɛ no Elima no ampene so, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔmpɛ sɛ amrado yi bɛtie Onyankopɔn asɛm.

But Elymas, ye sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstoode them, and sought to turne away the Deputie from the faith.

9 Afei, Honhom Kronkron bɛhyɛɛ Saulo a ne din de Paulo no ma maa ɔhwɛɛ nkonyaayifoɔ Elima dinn kaa sɛ,

Then Saul (which also is called Paul) being full of the holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,

10 “Ɔbonsam ba a ɔte sɛ wo! Wommpɛ ade pa biara yie. Nnaadaa ahodoɔ ahyɛ wo ma. Ɛberɛ biara, wopɛ sɛ wodane Awurade nokwasɛm ani ma ɛyɛ nkontomposɛm!

And sayde, O full of all subtiltie and all mischiefe, the childe of the deuill, and enemie of all righteousnesse, wilt thou not cease to peruert the straight waies of the Lord?

11 Awurade bɛtwe wʼaso ama wʼani afira a worenhunu adeɛ firi saa ɛberɛ yi de kɔsi berɛ bi.” Ɛhɔ ara Elima ani firaeɛ a na ɔde ne nsa rekeka sɛ ɔbɛnya obi asɔ ne mu anaa.

Nowe therefore behold, the hand of the Lord is vpon thee, and thou shalt be blinde, and not see the sunne for a season. And immediately there fel on him a mist and a darknes; and he went about, seeking some to leade him by the hand.

12 Amrado no hunuu asɛm a asi no, ɔgyee Awurade asɛm no diiɛ. Awurade ho asɛm a ɔteeɛ no maa ne ho dwirii no.

Then the Deputie when he sawe what was done, beleeued, and was astonied at the doctrine of the Lord.

13 Paulo ne nʼahokafoɔ no tenaa ɛhyɛn mu firii Pafo kɔɔ Perge a ɛwɔ Pamfilia no; ɛhɔ na Yohane a ne din baako nso ne Marko no gyaa wɔn hɔ sane kɔɔ Yerusalem.

Nowe when Paul and they that were with him were departed by shippe from Paphus, they came to Perga a citie of Pamphylia: then Iohn departed from them, and returned to Hierusalem.

14 Wɔfiri Perge no, wɔkɔɔ Antiokia a ɛwɔ Pisidia. Ɛduruu Homeda no, wɔkɔɔ hyiadan mu kɔsomeeɛ.

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antiochia a citie of Pisidia, and went into the Synagogue on ye Sabbath day, and sate downe.

15 Wɔkenkan Mose Mmara no ne Adiyifoɔ no nsɛm wieeɛ no, hyiadan no mu mpanimfoɔ no soma kɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Anuanom, sɛ mowɔ asɛm bi a mobɛka de ahyɛ nnipa no nkuran a, mowɔ ho kwan sɛ moka.”

And after the lecture of the Law and Prophets, the rulers of ye Synagogue sent vnto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye haue any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

16 Afei, Paulo sɔre gyinaeɛ, nyamaa ne nsa hyɛɛ aseɛ kasaa sɛ, “Me nuanom Israelfoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ a mowɔ ha a mosom Onyankopɔn no, montie me!

Then Paul stoode vp and beckened with the hand, and sayde, Men of Israel, and yee that feare God, hearken.

17 Israel Onyankopɔn yii yɛn nananom ma wɔyɛɛ ɔman kɛseɛ ɛberɛ a na wɔte Misraim asase so no. Onyankopɔn nam ne tumi kɛseɛ so yii wɔn firii Misraim,

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt in the land of Egypt, and with an high arme brought them out thereof.

18 na ɔhwɛɛ wɔn so wɔ ɛserɛ so mfeɛ aduanan.

And about the time of fourtie yeeres, suffered he their maners in the wildernesse.

19 Ɔsɛee amanaman nson wɔ Kanaan asase so na ɔde asase no maa ne nkurɔfoɔ,

And he destroied seuen nations in the land of Chanaan, and deuided their lad to them by lot.

20 maa wɔtenaa so mfeɛ ahanan ne aduonum. Yei akyi no, ɔmaa atemmufoɔ dii wɔn so kɔsii sɛ Odiyifoɔ Samuel baeɛ.

Then afterward he gaue vnto them Iudges about foure hundreth and fiftie yeeres, vnto the time of Samuel the Prophet.

21 Ɛberɛ a wɔpɛɛ sɛ wɔnya ɔhene ma ɔdi wɔn so no, Onyankopɔn de Kis ba Saulo a ɔfiri Benyamin abusua mu no maa wɔn maa ɔdii wɔn so mfeɛ aduanan.

So after that, they desired a King, and God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of ye tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourty yeres.

22 Onyankopɔn tuu Saulo adeɛ so na ɔde Dawid sii nʼanan mu. Asɛm a Onyankopɔn ka faa Dawid ho ne sɛ, ‘Mahunu sɛ Yisai ba Dawid ne onipa a mepɛ no; ɔyɛ onipa a ɔbɛyɛ deɛ mepɛ nyinaa.’

And after he had taken him away, he raised vp Dauid to be their King, of whom he witnessed, saying, I haue found Dauid the sonne of Iesse, a man after mine owne heart, which will doe all things that I will.

23 “Sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ ho bɔ no, Yesu a ɔyɛ Dawid aseni no na ɔyɛɛ no Israelfoɔ Agyenkwa.

Of this mans seede hath God according to his promise raised vp to Israel, ye Sauiour Iesus:

24 Ansa na Yesu rebɛfiri nʼadwuma ase no, Yohane kaa adwensakyera ho asɛm kyerɛɛ Israelfoɔ sɛ, wɔnsakyera mfiri wɔn bɔne ho na wɔmma wɔmmɔ wɔn asu.

When Iohn had first preached before his coming the baptisme of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 Ansa na Yohane rebɛwie nʼasɛnka no, ɔbisaa nnipa no sɛ, ‘Mosusu sɛ meyɛ hwan? Ɛnyɛ me ne onipa a moretwɛn no no. Ɛrenkyɛre biara, deɛ moretwɛn no no bɛba, na mensɛ sɛ mɛworɔ ne mpaboa afiri ne nan.’

And when Iohn had fulfilled his course, he saide, Whom ye thinke that I am, I am not he: but beholde, there commeth one after me, whose shooe of his feete I am not worthy to loose.

26 “Me nuanom Abraham asefoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ a mosom Onyankopɔn a mowɔ ha, yɛn enti na Onyankopɔn soma maa wɔde saa nkwagyesɛm yi abrɛ yɛn.

Yee men and brethren, children of the generation of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is the woorde of this saluation sent.

27 Esiane sɛ na nnipa a na wɔte Yerusalem ne wɔn mpanimfoɔ nnim sɛ ɔno ne Agyenkwa no, na wɔnte adiyifoɔ no nsɛm a wɔkenkan no Homeda no ase no enti, wɔbuu Yesu kumfɔ, maa adiyifoɔ no nsɛm no baa mu.

For the inhabitants of Hierusalem, and their rulers, because they knewe him not, nor yet the woordes of the Prophets, which are read euery Sabbath day, they haue fulfilled them in condemning him.

28 Ɛwom sɛ wɔannya afɔbusɛm bi annyina so ammu no kumfɔ de, nanso wɔsrɛɛ Pilato sɛ ɔnkum no.

And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate to kill him.

29 Wɔyɛɛ biribiara a Atwerɛsɛm no ka fa ne ho wieeɛ no, wɔyii no firii asɛnnua no so kɔsiee no.

And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they tooke him downe from the tree, and put him in a sepulchre.

30 Nanso, Onyankopɔn maa ɔsɔre firii awufoɔ mu,

But God raised him vp from the dead.

31 ne wusɔreɛ akyi no, na ɔtaa yi ne ho adi kyerɛ wɔn a na wɔne no tu kwan firi Galilea kɔ Yerusalem no. Wɔn ne nnipa a wɔdi ne ho adanseɛ kyerɛ Israelfoɔ no.

And hee was seene many dayes of them, which came vp with him from Galile to Hierusalem, which are his witnesses vnto the people.

32 “Afei, yɛwɔ ha sɛ yɛrebɛka asɛmpa no akyerɛ mo sɛ, Onyankopɔn nam sɔre a ɔmaa Yesu Kristo sɔre firii awufoɔ mu no so ama bɔ a ɔhyɛɛ yɛn nananom no aba mu.

And we declare vnto you, that touching the promise made vnto the fathers,

33 Yei ne deɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Nnwom a ɛtɔ so mmienu mu no sɛ, “‘Woyɛ me ba; ɛnnɛ, mayɛ wʼAgya.’

God hath fulfilled it vnto vs their children, in that he raised vp Iesus, euen as it is written in the seconde Psalme, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee.

34 Asɛm a Onyankopɔn ka faa sɔre a ɔmaa no sɔre firii awufoɔ mu na ɔrensane nkɔ porɔeɛ mu no ne sɛ, “‘Mede nhyira kronkron a mehyɛɛ Dawid ho bɔ no bɛhyira wo.’

Nowe as concerning that he raised him vp from the dead, no more to returne to corruption, he hath said thus, I wil giue you the holy things of Dauid, which are faithfull.

35 Wɔaka no baabi nso sɛ, “‘Woremma wo Kronkronni no mporɔ.’

Wherefore hee sayeth also in another place, Thou wilt not suffer thine Holy one to see corruption.

36 “Dawid ɛberɛ so, ɔsomm Onyankopɔn kɔsii sɛ ɔwuiɛ ma wɔsiee no ne nananom nkyɛn pɛɛ, na ɔporɔeɛ.

Howbeit, Dauid after hee had serued his time by the counsell of God, hee slept, and was laid with his fathers, and sawe corruption.

37 Nanso, deɛ Onyankopɔn nyanee no firii awufoɔ mu no amporɔ.

But he whom God raised vp, sawe no corruption.

38 “Anuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ mo nyinaa te aseɛ sɛ, ɛnam Yesu so na wɔka bɔne fakyɛ ho asɛm kyerɛ mo.

Be it knowen vnto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgiuenesse of sinnes.

39 Ɛsɛ sɛ mote aseɛ sɛ, obiara a ɔgye no di no, wɔabu no bem a anka Mose mmara ntumi mmu no no.

And from al things, from which ye could not be iustified by the Law of Moses, by him euery one that beleeueth, is iustified.

40 Monhwɛ yie na adiyifoɔ no nkɔm a wɔhyɛɛ yi amma no so:

Beware therefore lest that come vpon you, which is spoken of in the Prophets,

41 “‘Mo fɛdifoɔ! Momma ɛnyɛ mo nwanwa na mo ho nnwiri mo! Ɛfiri sɛ, merebɛyɛ biribi wɔ mo berɛ so, na sɛ obi ka kyerɛ mo a, morennye nni!’”

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanish away: for I woorke a woorke in your daies, a woorke which yee shall not beleeue, if a man would declare it you.

42 Paulo ne Barnaba refiri asɔredan no mu no, nnipa no srɛɛ wɔn sɛ Homeda a ɛreba no, wɔmmra mmɛkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn bio.

And when they were come out of the Synagogue of the Iewes, the Gentiles besought, that they woulde preach these woordes to them the next Sabbath day.

43 Nnipa no wiee nhyiamu no, Yudafoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ bebree a wɔasakyera aba Yudasom mu no tu dii Paulo ne Barnaba akyi. Asomafoɔ no tuu wɔn fo, hyɛɛ wɔn nkuran sɛ wɔntena ase Onyankopɔn adom mu.

Nowe when the congregation was dissolued, many of the Iewes and Proselytes that feared God, followed Paul and Barnabas, which spake to them, and exhorted them to continue in the grace of God.

44 Homeda a ɛdi so no duruiɛ no, ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔte kuro no mu no nyinaa bɛtiee Awurade asɛm.

And ye next Sabbath day came almost the whole citie together, to heare the worde of God.

45 Yudafoɔ no hunuu nnipakuo no, wɔn ani bereeɛ, ma wɔsɔre gyee nsɛm a Paulo reka no ho akyinnyeɛ, kasa tiaa no.

But when the Iewes saw the people, they were full of enuie, and spake against those things, which were spoken of Paul, contrarying them, and railing on them.

46 Nanso, Paulo ne Barnaba de akokoɔduru kɔɔ so kaa sɛ, “Mone nnipa a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔka Onyankopɔn asɛm no kyerɛ mo kane. Na sɛ moapo, na mommu mo ho sɛ nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ ho hia mo enti a, yɛbɛgya mo hɔ akɔ amanamanmufoɔ no nkyɛn. (aiōnios g166)

Then Paul and Barnabas spake boldly, and sayde, It was necessarie that the woorde of God shoulde first haue beene spoken vnto you: but seeing yee put it from you, and iudge your selues vnworthie of euerlasting life, loe, we turne to the Gentiles. (aiōnios g166)

47 Ahyɛdeɛ a Awurade de ama yɛn ne sɛ, “‘Mɛma mo ayɛ amanamanmufoɔ nyinaa kanea; ɛnam mo so na wɔbɛgye ewiasefoɔ nyinaa nkwa.’”

For so hath the Lord commanded vs, saying, I haue made thee a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be the saluation vnto the end of the world.

48 Amanamanmufoɔ no tee saa asɛm yi no, wɔn ani gyeeɛ na wɔkamfoo Awurade asɛm no, na wɔn a wɔayi wɔn ama nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ no bɛyɛɛ agyidifoɔ. (aiōnios g166)

And when the Gentiles heard it, they were glad, and glorified the woorde of the Lord: and as many as were ordeined vnto eternall life, beleeued. (aiōnios g166)

49 Na Awurade asɛm no trɛɛ ɔmantam no mu nyinaa.

Thus the worde of the Lord was published throughout the whole countrey.

50 Nanso, Yudafoɔ no tuu nnipa atitire a wɔwɔ kuro no mu no ne mmaa Nyamesurofoɔ a na wɔwɔ hɔ bi a wɔdi mu no aso maa wɔtaa Paulo ne Barnaba, pamoo wɔn firii ɔman no mu.

But the Iewes stirred certaine deuoute and honourable women, and the chiefe men of the citie, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coastes.

51 Nanso, asomafoɔ no poroporoo wɔn nan ase mfuturo guu wɔn so firii hɔ kɔɔ Ikoniom.

But they shooke off the dust of their feete against them, and came vnto Iconium.

52 Anigyeɛ ne Honhom Kronkron hyɛɛ asuafoɔ a na wɔwɔ Antiokia no ma.

And the disciples were filled with ioy, and with the holy Ghost.