Asomafoɔ 28
1 Yɛduruu mpoano hɔ no, ankyɛre na yɛhunuu sɛ yɛwɔ supɔ Malta so.
And when they were come safe, then they knewe that the Yle was called Melita.
2 Supɔ no sofoɔ no gyee yɛn fɛ so. Esiane sɛ na osuo atɔ ama awɔ aba enti, wɔsɔɔ ogya ma yɛtoeɛ.
And the Barbarians shewed vs no litle kindnesse: for they kindled a fire, and receiued vs euery one, because of the present showre, and because of the colde.
3 Paulo bubuu mmabaa sɛ ɔde regu ogya no mu. Ɔde regu mu no, ɔwɔ bi a ogya no hyeɛ aka no no, bebaree ne nsa ho.
And when Paul had gathered a nomber of stickes, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heate, and leapt on his hand.
4 Supɔ no sofoɔ no hunuu ɔwɔ no sɛ ɔbebare ne nsa ho no, wɔkaa sɛ, “Saa onipa yi yɛ owudifoɔ a wanya ne ti adidi mu wɔ ɛpo akwanhyia mu, nanso ɛnam ne bɔne enti, owuo ara na ɛtwa sɛ ɔwu.”
Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not suffered to liue.
5 Paulo petee ɔwɔ no too ogya no mu a hwee anyɛ no.
But he shooke off the worme into the fire, and felt no harme.
6 Na nkurɔfoɔ no nyinaa susuu sɛ Paulo bɛhonhono anaasɛ ɔbɛtwa ahwe awu. Nanso, wɔtwɛnee ara a biribiara anyɛ no no, wɔsakyeraa wɔn adwene kaa sɛ, “Ɔyɛ onyame bi.”
Howbeit they wayted whe he should haue swolne, or fallen downe dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and sawe no inconuenience come to him, they changed their mindes, and said, That he was a God.
7 Na ɔpanin a ɔhwɛ supɔ no so a wɔfrɛ no Publio no fie bɛn mpoano hɔ; ɔgyee yɛn fɛw so, somm yɛn hɔhoɔ nnansa.
In the same quarters, the chiefe man of the Yle (whose name was Publius) had possessions: the same receiued vs, and lodged vs three dayes courteously.
8 Saa ɛberɛ no ara na Publio agya yaree huraeɛ ne konkurowa a aka no ato hɔ. Paulo kɔɔ ɛdan a na ɔda mu no mu de ne nsa guu ne so, bɔɔ mpaeɛ maa ne ho yɛɛ no den.
And so it was, that the father of Publius lay sicke of the feauer, and of a bloodie flixe: to whom Paul entred in, and when he prayed, he laide his hands on him, and healed him.
9 Deɛ Paulo yɛeɛ no maa ayarefoɔ a wɔwɔ supɔ no so no nyinaa baa ne nkyɛn maa ɔsaa wɔn yadeɛ.
When this then was done, other also in the Yle, which had diseases, came to him, and were healed,
10 Wɔmaa yɛn akyɛdeɛ bebree. Yɛrebɛfiri hɔ akɔ no nso, wɔde biribiara a ɛho hia yɛn no bɛguu ɛhyɛn no mu maa yɛn.
Which also did vs great honour: and when we departed, they laded vs with things necessarie.
11 Yɛdii abosome mmiɛnsa wɔ supɔ no so ansa na yɛnyaa ɛhyɛn bi a ɛfiri Aleksandria a ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ yɛ etire mmienu a ɛgyina hɔ ma anyame baanu bi. Na saa ɛhyɛn no abɛdi awɔberɛ no wɔ supɔ no so.
Nowe after three moneths we departed in a shippe of Alexandria, which had wintred in the Yle, whose badge was Castor and Pollux.
12 Yɛduruu Sidarakusa no, yɛdii nnansa wɔ hɔ.
And when we arriued at Syracuse, we taried there three dayes.
13 Yɛfiri hɔ no, yɛtoaa so kɔduruu Regio. Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, mframa bi bɔ firi anafoɔ fam maa nnanu akyi no, yɛkɔduruu Puteoli.
And from thence we set a compasse, and came to Rhegium: and after one day, the South wind blewe, and we came the seconde day to Putioli:
14 Ɛha na yɛhyiaa agyidifoɔ bi a wɔsrɛɛ yɛn sɛ, yɛntena wɔn nkyɛn nnawɔtwe. Ɛno akyi no, yɛtoaa so kɔduruu Roma.
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes, and so we went toward Rome.
15 Anuanom a wɔwɔ Roma no tee yɛn nka sɛ yɛreba no, ebinom bɛhyiaa yɛn ɛkwan wɔ adwabɔeɛ a ɛwɔ Apia ɛkwan no so na afoforɔ nso hyiaa yɛn wɔ ahɔhobea bi a wɔfrɛ no Ahɔhodan Mmiɛnsa no. Ɛberɛ a Paulo hunuu wɔn no, ne ho sanee no na ɔdaa Onyankopɔn ase.
And from thence, when the brethren heard of vs, they came to meete vs at the Market of Appius, and at the Three tauernes, whom when Paul sawe, he thanked God, and waxed bolde.
16 Yɛduruu Roma no, wɔmaa Paulo ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔnkɔtena baabiara a ɔpɛ na ɔsraani bi nnwɛn no.
So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with a souldier that kept him.
17 Nnansa akyi no, Paulo frɛɛ Yudafoɔ mpanin ne wɔn hyiaeɛ. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Anuanom, ɛwom sɛ manyɛ bɔne biara mantia yɛn ɔman ne yɛn amanneɛ a yɛn agyanom de gyaa yɛn no de, nanso wɔkyeree me dedua wɔ Yerusalem de me hyɛɛ Romafoɔ nsa.
And the third day after, Paul called the chiefe of the Iewes together: and when they were come, he said vnto them, Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothing against the people, or Lawes of the fathers, yet was I deliuered prisoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes.
18 Wɔbisaa me nsɛm pɛɛ sɛ wɔgyaa me, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔannya afɔbudeɛ bi wɔ me ho a ɛno enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔgyina so kum me.
Who when they had examined me, would haue let me goe, because there was no cause of death in me.
19 Nanso, ɛberɛ a Yudafoɔ kasatia gyaeɛ a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔgyaa me no, mehunuu sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ medwane metoa Kaesare. Ɛnyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ ho adwemmɔne a mewɔ enti na meyɛɛ saa.
But when the Iewes spake contrary, I was constrained to appeale vnto Cesar, not because I had ought to accuse my nation of.
20 Yei enti na mepɛɛ sɛ mehunu mo na me ne mo kasa no, na onipa a Israelfoɔ ani da ne so no enti na nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn gu me yi.”
For this cause therefore haue I called for you, to see you, and to speake with you: for that hope of Israels sake, I am bound with this chaine.
21 Wɔbuaa Paulo sɛ, “Yɛnnyaa nwoma biara a ɛfiri Yudea a ɛfa wo ho na yɛntee wo ho asɛmmɔne biara nso mfirii anuanom a wɔfiri hɔ ba ha no nso nkyɛn.
Then they saide vnto him, We neither receiued letters out of Iudea concerning thee, neither came any of the brethren that shewed or spake any euill of thee.
22 Nanso, yɛpɛ sɛ yɛhunu wʼadwene, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛnim sɛ baabiara nnipa kasa tia Akristofoɔ a wɔn nso woka wɔn ho no.”
But we will heare of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we knowe that euery where it is spoken against.
23 Wɔhyɛɛ da bi sɛ wɔbɛhyia Paulo. Saa ɛda no duruiɛ no, nnipa bebree kɔɔ ne nkyɛn wɔ faako a ɔte hɔ no. Ɔkaa Onyankopɔn Ahennie no ho asɛm kyerɛɛ wɔn. Ɔnam Mose mmara ne nsɛm a adiyifoɔ no kaeɛ no so kaa Yesu ho asɛm firi anɔpa kɔsii anadwo kyerɛɛ wɔn, pɛɛ sɛ ɔdane wɔn adwene.
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many vnto him into his lodging, to whom he expounded testifying the kingdome of God, and persuading them those things that concerne Iesus, both out of the Lawe of Moses, and out of the Prophets, from morning to night.
24 Nnipa no bi gyee Paulo asɛm a ɔkaeɛ no diiɛ na ebi nso annye anni.
And some were persuaded with ye things which were spoken, and some beleeued not.
25 Ɛberɛ a wɔregyegye wɔn ho wɔn ho akyinnyeɛ no, wɔfirii hɔ kɔeɛ. Na asɛm a ɛtwa toɔ a Paulo kaeɛ ne sɛ. “Nokwasɛm na Honhom Kronkron nam Odiyifoɔ Yesaia so ka kyerɛɛ mo agyanom sɛ,
Therefore when they agreed not among themselues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, to wit, Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet vnto our fathers,
26 “Monkɔka asɛm yi nkyerɛ Yudafoɔ sɛ, ‘Ɔte deɛ mobɛte, nanso morente aseɛ. Ɔhwɛ deɛ mobɛhwɛ, nanso morenhunu,’
Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.
27 ɛfiri sɛ mo, moapirim mo akoma; moasi mo aso, akatakata mo ani. Ɛnyɛ saa a anka mo ani bɛhunu adeɛ, na mo akoma ate asɛm ase, na moanu mo ho asane aba me nkyɛn, na masa mo yadeɛ.”
For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, least they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heartes, and should returne that I might heale them.
28 Paulo kaa sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ mohunu sɛ Onyankopɔn nkwagyesɛm no aduru amanamanmufoɔ no nkyɛn. Wɔbɛtie!”
Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall heare it.
29 Paulo kaa saa asɛm yi wieeɛ no, Yudafoɔ no firii hɔ kɔeɛ a na wɔregyegye wɔn ho wɔn ho akyinnyeɛ dendeenden.
And when he had saide these things, the Iewes departed, and had great reasoning among themselues.
30 Paulo tenaa hɔ mfeɛ mmienu, a na ɔte efie a ɔno ankasa tua ho ka no mu, na nnipa bebree kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
And Paul remained two yeeres full in an house hired for himselfe, and receiued all that came in vnto him,
31 Na ɔde akokoɔduru kaa Onyankopɔn Ahennie no ne Awurade Yesu Kristo ho asɛm.
Preaching the kingdome of God, and teaching those things which concerne the Lord Iesus Christ, with all boldnesse of speache, without let.
