Asomafoɔ 14
1 Paulo ne Barnaba duruu Ikoniom no, wɔkɔɔ Yudafoɔ asɔredan mu. Wɔkasa ma Yudafoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ bebree bɛyɛɛ agyidifoɔ.
The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed in Christ.
2 Nanso, Yudafoɔ a wɔpoo Awurade asɛm no hwanyan amanamanmufoɔ no, sane tuu wɔn aso tiaa anuanom no.
But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the Lord’s followers.
3 Asomafoɔ no tenaa hɔ kyɛreeɛ. Na Awurade nam tumi a ɔde maa wɔn ma wɔyɛɛ anwanwadeɛ ahodoɔ no so kyerɛɛ sɛ nsɛm a wɔka fa nʼadom ho no yɛ nokorɛ.
Therefore Paul and Barnabas spent a long time there, and spoke out fearlessly, relying on the Lord, who confirmed the message of his love by permitting signs and wonders to take place at their hands.
4 Kuro no mu nnipa no mu kyɛɛ mmienu; ɛfa kɔɔ Yudafoɔ no afa na ɛfa nso kɔɔ asomafoɔ no afa.
But the townspeople were divided, some siding with the Jews, some with the apostles;
5 Amanamanmufoɔ ne Yudafoɔ no ne wɔn mpanimfoɔ yɛɛ adwene sɛ wɔbɛyɛ wɔn ayayadeɛ, asane asi wɔn aboɔ.
and, when there was an attempt on the part of both Gentiles and Jews, with their leaders, to resort to violence and to stone them,
6 Asomafoɔ no tee pɔ a wɔbɔ faa wɔn ho no, wɔdwane kɔɔ Listra ne Derbe a ɛwɔ Likaoniaman mu ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia no nyinaa ase.
the apostles heard of it, and took refuge in Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and in the district around,
7 Wɔkaa Asɛmpa no wɔ hɔ.
and there they continued to tell the good news.
8 Ɛberɛ a Paulo ne Barnaba wɔ Listra no, wɔhunuu ɔbarima bi a na ɔyɛ obubuafoɔ firi nʼawoɔ mu.
In the streets of Lystra there used to sit a man who had no power in his feet; he had been lame from his birth, and had never walked.
9 Paulo rekasa no, obubuafoɔ no tiee no maa Paulo hunuu sɛ ɔwɔ gyidie a ɛbɛma watumi agyina so asa no yadeɛ. Enti Paulo hwɛɛ obubuafoɔ no
This man was listening to Paul speaking, when Paul, looking intently at him, and seeing that he had the faith to be healed,
10 teaam sɛ, “Sɔre gyina hɔ!” Amonom, obubuafoɔ yi huri gyinaeɛ, hyɛɛ aseɛ nanteeɛ.
said loudly, “Stand upright on your feet.” The man leaped up, and began walking about,
11 Nnipa no hunuu deɛ Paulo ayɛ no, wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ teateaam wɔ Likaonia kasa mu sɛ, “Anyame ayeyɛ wɔn ho sɛ nnipa aba yɛn nkyɛn.”
and the crowd, seeing what Paul had done, called out in the Lycaonian language, “The Gods have come down to us in human form.”
12 Yei enti wɔfrɛɛ Barnaba Seus ɛnna wɔfrɛɛ Paulo nso Hermes, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno na na ɔka asɛm no.
So they called Barnabas ‘Zeus,’ and Paul ‘Hermes,’ because he took the lead in speaking;
13 Seus a na nʼasɔredan wɔ kurotia no ɔsɔfoɔ de nantwie ne nhwiren baa kuro no ɛpono ano, pɛɛ sɛ wɔbɔ afɔdeɛ ma asomafoɔ no.
and the priest of Zeus-beyond-the-Walls, accompanied by the crowd, brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, with the intention of offering sacrifices.
14 Ɛberɛ a Barnaba ne Paulo tee afɔdeɛ a nnipa no pɛ sɛ wɔbɔ no, wɔde abufuo sunsuanee wɔn ntadeɛ mu, tuu mmirika kɔɔ nnipakuo no mu teateaam sɛ,
But, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd. “Friends, why are you doing this?” they shouted.
15 “Ɛdeɛn na mopɛ sɛ moyɛ yi? Yɛyɛ nnipa te sɛ mo! Yɛaba sɛ yɛrebɛka asɛmpa no akyerɛ mo, ama moagyae saa nneɛma hunu yi yɛ, na mode mo ho ama Onyankopɔn a ɔbɔɔ ɔsoro, asase, ɛpo ne biribiara a ɛwɔ mu.
“We are only people like yourselves, and we have come with the good news that you should turn away from these follies to a living God, who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
16 Ɛberɛ bi a atwa mu no, ɔmaa nnipa nyinaa kwan maa wɔyɛɛ deɛ wɔpɛ.
In bygone times he permitted all the nations to go their own ways.
17 Nanso, Onyankopɔn nam nneɛma pa a ɔyɛ so di nʼankasa ho adanseɛ. Mmerɛ a ɛsɛ mu no, ɔma osuo tɔ, ma nnɔbaeɛ ba; ɔma mo aduane di, ma monya ahotɔ.”
Yet he has not failed to give you, in the good he does, some revelation of himself – sending you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, and gladdening your hearts with plenty and good cheer.”
18 Nanso, saa kasa yi nyinaa akyi no, pɛ ara na nnipa no pɛɛ sɛ wɔbɔ afɔdeɛ ma wɔn.
Even with this appeal they could hardly restrain the people from offering sacrifice to them.
19 Yudafoɔ bi firi Antiokia a ɛwɔ Pisidia ne Ikoniom tuu nnipa no aso maa wɔsii Paulo aboɔ, twee no firii kuro no mu; na wɔsusu sɛ wawu.
Presently, however, there came some Jews from Antioch, and Iconium who, after they had won over the people, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the town, thinking him to be dead.
20 Nanso, ɛberɛ a agyidifoɔ no bɛtwaa ne ho hyiaeɛ no, ɔsɔre sane kɔɔ kuro no mu. Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, ɔne Barnaba firii hɔ kɔɔ Derbe.
But, when the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town; the next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 Paulo ne Barnaba kaa asɛmpa no wɔ Derbe maa nnipa pii gye diiɛ. Wɔfiri hɔ no, wɔsane kɔɔ Listra, Ikoniom ne Antiokia a ɛwɔ Pisidia.
After telling the good news throughout that town, and making a number of converts, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
22 Wɔhyɛɛ agyidifoɔ no nkuran sɛ wɔntena ase gyidie mu. Wɔka kyerɛɛ agyidifoɔ yi sɛ, “Ansa na yɛbɛtumi akɔ Onyankopɔn Ahennie mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfa ɔhaw ahodoɔ pii mu.”
reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the kingdom of God.
23 Asafo biara a wɔkɔɔ mu no, wɔsisii mpanimfoɔ maa wɔn; na wɔnam mpaeɛbɔ ne mmuadadie so de mpanimfoɔ no hyɛɛ Awurade a wɔde wɔn ho ato no so no nsa.
They also appointed elders for them in every church, and, after prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had learned to believe.
24 Wɔfiri Pisidia no, wɔbaa Pamfilia.
Paul and Barnabas then went through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia,
25 Wɔkaa asɛmpa no wɔ Perge, na wɔfiri hɔ baa Atalia.
and, after telling the message at Perga, went down to Attaleia.
26 Wɔfiri Atalia no, wɔsane baa Antiokia a ɛhɔ na ɛberɛ a na wɔrebɛfiri saa adwuma a wɔawie yi ase no, wɔde wɔn hyɛɛ Awurade adom nsa no.
From there they sailed to Antioch – the place where they had been committed to the gracious care of God for the work which they had now finished.
27 Ɛberɛ a wɔduruu Antiokia no, wɔhyiaa asafo no mu nnipa nyinaa. Wɔkaa nneɛma a Onyankopɔn nam wɔn so ayɛ, ne sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn abue ɛkwan ama amanamanmufoɔ agye asɛm no adi no nyinaa kyerɛɛ wɔn.
After their arrival, they gathered the church together, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do, and especially how he had opened to the Gentiles the door of faith;
28 Paulo ne Barnaba tenaa agyidifoɔ no nkyɛn kyɛreeɛ.
and at Antioch they stayed with the disciples for a considerable time.
