Hebrifoɔ 11
1 Gyidie yɛ ahotosoɔ a yɛwɔ wɔ nneɛma a yɛn ani da so ne awerɛhyɛmu a yɛwɔ wɔ nneɛma a yɛn ani nnhunu mu.
And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
2 Gyidie a na tetefoɔ no wɔ enti na wɔnyaa adanseɛ pa.
for in this were the elders testified of;
3 Gyidie na ɛma yɛte aseɛ sɛ ɛnam Onyankopɔn asɛm so na wɔbɔɔ ewiase. Ɛma yɛhunu sɛ wɔbɔɔ deɛ wɔhunu firii deɛ wɔnnhunu mu. (aiōn g165)
by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing; (aiōn g165)
4 Ɛnam gyidie so na Habel bɔɔ afɔdeɛ a ɛsɔ ani kyɛn deɛ Kain de maa Onyankopɔn no. Ne gyidie enti, Onyankopɔn buu no sɛ onipa tenenee, na nʼakyɛdeɛ no sɔɔ Onyankopɔn ani. Na ɛno so na ɔnam wuiɛ a ɛnnɛ mpo ɔda so kasa.
by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.
5 Gyidie enti, wɔfaa Henok kɔɔ ɔsoro a wanhunu owuo. Obiara anhunu no, ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn na ɔfaa no kɔeɛ. Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ ansa na wɔrebɛfa Henok akɔ no, na wasɔ Onyankopɔn ani.
By faith Enoch was translated — not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to — that he had pleased God well,
6 Obiara a ɔnni gyidie rentumi nsɔ Onyankopɔn ani. Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a ɔba Onyankopɔn nkyɛn no nya gyidie sɛ Onyankopɔn te ase na ɔdom wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ no.
and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
7 Gyidie enti na ɛmaa Noa tee Onyankopɔn kɔkɔ a ɔbɔ faa daakye nneɛma a ebi nsii da no, ɔtiee Onyankopɔn yɛɛ adaka a emu na wɔgyee ɔno ne ne fiefoɔ nkwa. Ɛnam so maa Onyankopɔn buu ewiase fɔ, na Noa deɛ, ne nsa kaa tenenee a wɔnya firi gyidie mu.
By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.
8 Gyidie enti na ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Abraham sɛ ɔnkɔ asase a wahyɛ ho bɔ sɛ ɔde bɛma no so no, ɔtieeɛ na ɔkɔeɛ. Ɔgyaa ne ɔman hɔ kɔeɛ a na ɔnnim baabi a ɔrekɔ.
By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;
9 Gyidie enti ɔtenaa asase a na Onyankopɔn ahyɛ no ho bɔ no so sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ. Ɔne Isak ne Yakob a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn bɔ korɔ no ara bi tenaa ntomadan mu.
by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,
10 Nanso, na Abraham retwɛn kuro kɛseɛ bi a Onyankopɔn akyekyere a ne fapem rensɛe da mu akɔtena.
for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor [is] God.
11 Gyidie enti na Sara nso de nyaa tumi nyinsɛnee, ɛberɛ a na wanyini na ɔntumi nwo no. Ɔde ne ho too Onyankopɔn so sɛ ɔbɛdi ne bɔhyɛ so.
By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;
12 Ɛno enti, ɛwom sɛ na Abraham regye nna awu, nanso nʼasefoɔ adɔɔso sɛ ewiem nsoromma ne mpoano anwea.
wherefore, also from one were begotten — and that of one who had become dead — as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that [is] by the sea-shore — the innumerable.
13 Gyidie mu na saa nnipa yi nyinaa wuwuiɛ. Ɛwom sɛ wɔn nsa anka bɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn no deɛ, nanso wɔhunuu no akyirikyiri yɛɛ no atuu, gye dii sɛ wɔyɛ ahɔhoɔ ne amamfrafoɔ wɔ asase so.
In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted [them], and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
14 Wɔn a wɔka saa no da no adi pefee sɛ wɔrehwehwɛ wɔn ankasa wɔn ɔman.
for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;
15 Wɔannwene ɔman a wɔgyaa wɔ wɔn akyire no ho. Sɛ wɔyɛɛ no saa a, anka wɔbɛtumi anya ɛkwan asane wɔn akyi akɔ hɔ.
and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
16 Na mmom, ɔman pa a ɛyɛ ɔsoro ɔman no na na wɔpere kɔ mu. Enti, ɛnyɛ Onyankopɔn aniwu sɛ ɔma wɔfrɛ no wɔn Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, wasiesie ɔman bi ama wɔn.
but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.
17 Gyidie enti, Abraham de ne ba Isak kɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn sɔɔ no hwɛeɛ. Abraham nko ara ne onipa a na Onyankopɔn ahyɛ no bɔ no, nanso na wasiesie ne ho sɛ, ɔde ne ba korɔ no bɛbɔ afɔdeɛ.
By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,
18 Na Onyankopɔn aka akyerɛ no sɛ, “Ɛnam Isak so na wʼase bɛtrɛ.”
of whom it was said — 'In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'
19 Na Abraham nim sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛtumi anyane awufoɔ afiri owuo mu, na ɛkwan bi so no, yɛbɛtumi aka sɛ Onyankopɔn nyanee Isak firii owuo mu.
reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive [him].
20 Gyidie enti na ɛmaa Isak hyiraa Yakob ne Esau maa wɔn daakye asetena.
By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;
21 Gyidie enti na ɛmaa Yakob hyiraa Yosef mma no nyinaa ansa na ɔrewuo. Ɔkuraa ne poma mu sɔree Onyankopɔn.
by faith Jacob dying — each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
22 Gyidie enti na Yosef rebɛwuo no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Israelfoɔ sɛ, wɔbɛtu afiri Misraim, na ɔhyɛɛ deɛ sɛ ɔwu a, wɔnyɛ nʼamu no.
by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.
23 Gyidie enti na ɛmaa Mose awoɔ akyi no, nʼawofoɔ de no siee abosome mmiɛnsa no. Wɔhunuu sɛ na ɔyɛ sononko, enti na wɔansuro sɛ wɔbɛbu ɔhene no mmara so.
By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;
24 Gyidie enti na Mose nyiniiɛ no, wampɛ sɛ wɔbɛfrɛ no Farao babaa ba no.
by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,
25 Na ɔpɛ sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn mma bɛhunu amane sene sɛ ɔbɛgye nʼani wɔ bɔne mu mmerɛ tiawa bi.
having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,
26 Ɔsusuu sɛ, sɛ ɔhunu amane ma Kristo a, ɛyɛ sene agyapadeɛ a ɛwɔ Misraim nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, na nʼani da ade pa bi so daakye.
greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;
27 Gyidie enti na ɛmaa Mose tu firii Misraim a na ɔnsuro ɔhene no abufuo. Ɔmiaa nʼani sɛ ɔrensane nʼakyi ɛfiri sɛ na wahunu Onyankopɔn a obi nhunu no no.
by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One — he endured;
28 Gyidie enti na ɔhyɛɛ Twam Afahyɛ no ma wɔde mogya petee apono ho, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔsɛebɔfoɔ no renkum Israelfoɔ mmakan a wɔyɛ mmarima no.
by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.
29 Gyidie enti na ɛmaa Israelfoɔ no twaa Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no, sɛdeɛ wɔnam asase kesee so no. Misraimfoɔ no pɛɛ sɛ wɔtwa bi no, nsuo no bu faa wɔn so.
By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;
30 Gyidie enti na Israelfoɔ de nnanson twaa Yeriko afasuo ho hyiaeɛ no, ɛdwiri guiɛ.
by faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days;
31 Gyidie enti na wɔankum adwaman Rahab amfra wɔn a wɔnnye Onyankopɔn nni no, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔgyee akwansrafoɔ no fɛ so.
by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.
32 Afei ɛdeɛn na menka? Ɛberɛ bebree nni hɔ sɛ mɛka Gideon, Barak, Samson, Yefta, Dawid ne Samuel ne adiyifoɔ no ho asɛm.
And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,
33 Wɔnam gyidie so koo aman dii nkonim ma wɔn nsa kaa deɛ Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn ho bɔ no. Wɔkataa gyata ano,
who through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,
34 dumm ogyaframa, tetee wɔn ho firii akofenawuo ano. Na wɔyɛ mmerɛ, nanso wɔyɛɛ den. Na wɔyɛ den akono, enti wɔdii wɔn atamfoɔ so.
quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.
35 Ɛnam gyidie so ma wɔnyanee mmaa bi awufoɔ maa wɔn. Afoforɔ bi nso, wɔyɛɛ wɔn aniɛyadeɛ sɛ anka wɔmpo Onyankopɔn na wɔagyaa wɔn. Nanso, wɔammpo Onyankopɔn, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn nsa bɛka daakye owusɔreɛ a ɛkyɛn so.
Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,
36 Wɔguu afoforɔ anim ase, bɔɔ wɔn mmaa, na wɔkyekyeree ebinom de wɔn guu afiase.
and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;
37 Wɔsii ebi aboɔ. Wɔde sradaa paee ebinom mu mmienu, de sekan kumm bi. Wɔkyinkyinii sɛ nnipa a nnwan ne mmirekyie nhoma kata wɔn ho. Wɔyɛɛ mmɔbɔ. Wɔn ho dwanee wɔn na wɔhunuu amane.
they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins — being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
38 Ewiase yi annyɛ amma wɔn. Wɔkyinkyinii sɛ atutenafoɔ wɔ ɛserɛ so ne mmepɔ so, abodan ne asase so abɔn mu.
of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and [in] mountains, and [in] caves, and [in] the holes of the earth;
39 Wɔdii yeinom nyinaa ho adanseɛ pa wɔ wɔn gyidie ho, nanso wɔn nsa anka bɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn no,
and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,
40 ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn wɔ tirimupɔ papa bi ma yɛn, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a yɛne wɔn nyinaa bɛbom anya bɔhyɛ no.
God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
