Yohane 8
1 Yesu sane kɔɔ Ngo Bepɔ no so.
except Jesus, who went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Adeɛ kyee anɔpa no, ɔsane baa asɔrefie. Nnipa bebree baa ne nkyɛn ma ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ kyerɛkyerɛɛ wɔn.
But he went again into the Temple Courts early in the morning, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.
3 Ɔgu so rekasa no, Yudafoɔ mpanin ne Farisifoɔ de ɔbaa bi a wɔkyeree no sɛ ɔrebɔ adwaman baa nʼanim.
Presently, however, the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placed her in the middle of the Court,
4 Wɔka kyerɛɛ Yesu sɛ, “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, yɛkyeree ɔbaa yi sɛ ɔrebɔ adwaman,
and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was found in the act of adultery.
5 nanso Mose mmara hyɛ yɛn sɛ, ɔbaa biara a wɔbɛkyere no saa ɛkwan no so no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsi no aboɔ. Ɛdeɛn na woka wɔ ho?”
Now Moses, in the Law, commanded us to stone such women to death; what do you say?”
6 Wɔbisaa no yei de sum no afidie sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛnya asɛm bi agyina so atoto nʼano. Nanso, Yesu bɔɔ ne mu ase de ne nsateaa twerɛtwerɛɛ fam.
They said this to test him, in order to have a charge to bring against him. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7 Wɔgu so rebisabisa no nsɛm no, ɔmaa ne mu so ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mo mu biara a ɔnyɛɛ bɔne da no, nni ɛkan nto boɔ mmɔ no.”
However, as they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said, “Let the person among you who has never done wrong throw the first stone at her.”
8 Ɔsane bɔɔ ne mu ase twerɛtwerɛɛ fam.
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 Nnipa no tee asɛm a Yesu kaeɛ no, wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ firii hɔ mmaako mmaako firi mpanin no so. Ɛkaa Yesu ne ɔbaa no nko ara.
When they heard that, they went out one by one, beginning with the eldest; and Jesus was left alone with the woman in the middle of the Court.
10 Yesu maa ne mu so no, ɔbisaa ɔbaa no sɛ, “Nnipa a wɔde wo baeɛ no wɔ he? Wɔn mu baako mpo nni ha a ɔbɛka asɛm bi atia wo?”
Raising himself, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”
11 Ɔbaa no buaa Yesu sɛ, “Dabi, Owura.” Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Sɛ saa na ɛte deɛ a, ɛnneɛ me nso menni asɛm biara a mɛka de atia wo. Kɔ, na nkɔyɛ bɔne bio.”
“No one, Sir,” she answered. “Neither do I condemn you,” said Jesus “go, and do not sin again.”
12 Yesu sane toaa ne kasa no so ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Mene ewiase hann no. Obiara a ɔdi mʼakyi no rennante sum mu da, na ɔbɛnya hann a ɛkyerɛ nnipa ɛkwan ma wɔkɔ nkwa mu.”
Jesus again addressed the people. “I am the light of the world,” he said. “The person who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
13 Farisifoɔ no tee asɛm a Yesu kaeɛ no, wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Asɛm a woreka yi, yɛrennye nto mu, ɛfiri sɛ, wo ara na woredi wo ho adanseɛ.”
“You are bearing testimony to yourself!” exclaimed the Pharisees, “your testimony is not trustworthy.”
14 Yesu nso buaa wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ me ara meredi me ho adanseɛ mpo a, asɛm a meka no yɛ nokorɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, menim faako a mefiri baeɛ ne faako a merekɔ. Na mo deɛ, monnim faako a mefiri baeɛ ne faako nso a merekɔ.
“Even if I bear testimony to myself,” answered Jesus, “my testimony is trustworthy; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from, nor where I am going.
15 Mo ankasa mode mo adwene na ɛbu atɛn na me deɛ, memmu obiara atɛn.
You judge by appearances; I judge no one.
16 Nanso, sɛ ɛba sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ mebu atɛn a, mʼatemmuo bɛyɛ atɛntenenee, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛnyɛ me nko na mɛbu atɛn; Agya a ɔsomaa me no ka me ho.
Yet, even if I were to judge, my judgment would be trustworthy; because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.
17 Wɔatwerɛ wɔ mo mmara mu sɛ, sɛ adansefoɔ baanu adanseɛ hyia a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔn adanseɛ no yɛ nokorɛ.
Why, in your own Law it is said that the testimony of two persons is trustworthy.
18 Medi me ho adanseɛ na mʼAgya a ɔsomaa me no nso di me ho adanseɛ.”
I, who bear testimony to myself, am one, and the Father who sent me also bears testimony to me.”
19 Nnipa no bisaa no sɛ, “Ɛhe na wʼAgya no wɔ?” Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Monnim me, na monnim mʼAgya no nso. Sɛ monim me a, anka mobɛhunu mʼAgya no nso.”
“Where is your father, then?” they asked. “You know neither me nor my Father,” replied Jesus. “If you had known me, you would have also known my Father.”
20 Yesu kaa yeinom nyinaa ɛberɛ a na ɔrekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ asɔredan no mu sikakorabea hɔ no. Obiara antumi amfa ne nsa anka no, ɛfiri sɛ, na ne berɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkyere no no nnuruiɛ.
These statements Jesus made in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple Courts. Yet no one arrested him, for his time had not then come.
21 Yesu sane ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mɛfiri mo nkyɛn makɔ; mobɛhwehwɛ me, na morenhunu me. Na mo deɛ, mobɛwu wɔ mo mu. Faako a merekɔ no morentumi mma hɔ bi.”
Jesus again spoke to the people. “I am going away,” he said, “and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going.”
22 Yudafoɔ no bisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Ɛhe na ɔrekɔ a ɔse ‘obi rentumi nkɔ hɔ bi no?’ Gyama ɔrekɔkum ne ho?”
“Is he going to kill himself,” the people exclaimed, “that he says – ‘You cannot go where I am going’?”
23 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Mo deɛ, mofiri asase so ha, nanso me deɛ, mefiri ɔsoro na mebaeɛ. Mo deɛ, mofiri ewiase, nanso me deɛ, memfiri ewiase,
“You,” added Jesus, “are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;
24 Ɛno enti na meka kyerɛ mo sɛ mobɛwu wɔ mo bɔne mu no. Na sɛ moannye anni sɛ, mene deɛ mene a, mobɛwu wɔ mo bɔne mu.”
and so I told you that you would die in your sins, for, unless you believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins.”
25 Wɔbisaa no sɛ, “Wo koraa, wone hwan?” Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Mene deɛ daa meka kyerɛ mo sɛ meyɛ.
“Who are you?” they asked. “Why ask exactly what I have been telling you?” said Jesus.
26 Mewɔ mo ho nsɛm pii a anka mɛka atia mo. Nanso, deɛ ɔsomaa me no yɛ ɔnokwafoɔ na asɛm a meka no yɛ deɛ mate afiri ne nkyɛn.”
“I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him.”
27 Nnipa no ante no aseɛ sɛ nʼagya ho asɛm na ɔreka akyerɛ wɔn no.
They did not understand that he meant the Father.
28 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ monya ma Onipa Ba no so wɔ asɛnnua no so a, na mobɛhunu sɛ, mene deɛ mene no, na afei mobɛhunu bio sɛ memfiri me ara me pɛ mu nyɛ biribiara, na mmom, deɛ Agya no somaa me sɛ menka no nko ara na meka.
So Jesus added, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.
29 Deɛ ɔsomaa me no ka me ho daa. Ɔnnyaa me da, ɛfiri sɛ, meyɛ deɛ ɛsɔ nʼani.”
Moreover, he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him.”
30 Nnipa a wɔtee deɛ Yesu kaeɛ no mu dodoɔ no ara gyee no diiɛ.
While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.
31 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ Yudafoɔ a wɔgyee no diiɛ no sɛ, “Sɛ modi me nsɛm so a, moyɛ mʼasuafoɔ.
So Jesus went on to say to those who had believed him, “If you remain constant to my message, you are truly my disciples;
32 Ɛno ansa na mobɛhunu nokorɛ no na nokorɛ no bɛma mo ade mo ho.”
and you will find out the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 Nnipa no buaa no sɛ, “Yɛn deɛ yɛyɛ Abraham asefoɔ. Yɛnkɔɔ nkoasom mu da, na ɛyɛ dɛn na woka sɛ wobɛma yɛade yɛn ho?”
“We are descendants of Abraham,” was their answer, “and have never yet been in slavery to anyone. What do you mean by saying ‘you will be set free’?”
34 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Mereka nokorɛ akyerɛ mo sɛ obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne no yɛ bɔne akoa.
“In truth I tell you,” replied Jesus, “everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
And a slave does not remain in the home always; but a son remains always. (aiōn g165)
36 Ɛno enti, sɛ ɔba no ma mode mo ho a, mobɛde mo ho ampa.
If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!
37 Megye tom sɛ moyɛ Abraham asefoɔ nanso morehwehwɛ me akum me, ɛfiri sɛ, monni ne nkyerɛkyerɛ so.
I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my message finds no place in your hearts.
38 Deɛ mʼAgya ayi akyerɛ me no na meka ho asɛm, na mo deɛ, deɛ mo agya aka akyerɛ mo no na modi so.”
I tell you what I have myself seen in the presence of my Father; and you, in the same way, do what you have learned from your father.”
39 Nnipa no kaa sɛ, “Yɛn agya ne Abraham.” Yesu nso ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Moyɛ Abraham asefoɔ ampa a, anka ne nnwuma a ɔyɛeɛ no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ na mobɛyɛ.
“Our father is Abraham,” was their answer. “If you are Abraham’s children,” replied Jesus, “do what Abraham did.
40 Deɛ mayɛ ne sɛ maka nokorɛ a mote firii Agya no nkyɛn akyerɛ mo, nanso mohwehwɛ me akum me. Abraham anyɛ biribi a ɛte sɛ yei.
But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death – a man who has told you the truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.
41 Moreyɛ deɛ mo agya yɛeɛ.” Nnipa no sane kaa sɛ, “Onyankopɔn nko ara ne Agya a yɛwɔ na yɛyɛ ne mma ankasa.”
You are doing what your own father does.” “We are not bastards,” they said, “we have one Father – God himself.”
42 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ mo Agya ampa ara a anka mobɛdɔ me, ɛfiri sɛ, ne nkyɛn na mefiri baeɛ na mewɔ ha. Mamfiri me pɛ mu na mebaeɛ; ɔno na ɔsomaa me.
“If God were your Father,” Jesus replied, “you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his messenger.
43 Adɛn enti na monte nsɛm a mereka yi ase? Ɛfiri sɛ, mompɛ sɛ mote aseɛ.
How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message.
44 Mo deɛ, ɔbonsam ne mo agya, na mopɛ sɛ moyɛ nneɛma a ɔyɛ no nso bi. Ɔyɛ owudifoɔ firi ahyɛaseɛ. Ɔnni nokorɛ da, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔnyɛ ɔnokwafoɔ. Sɛ ɔdi atorɔ a, ɛnyɛ nwanwa ɛfiri sɛ, ɔyɛ ɔtorofoɔ ne atorɔ agya.
As for you, you are children of your father the devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.
45 Nanso me deɛ, ɛsiane sɛ meka nokorɛ enti na monnye me nni no.
But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.
46 Mo mu hwan na ɔbɛtumi aka sɛ medi bɔne bi ho fɔ? Sɛ meka nokorɛ a, adɛn enti na monnye me nni?
Which of you can convict me of sin? Why then don’t you believe me, if I am speaking truth?
47 Obiara a ɔfiri Onyankopɔn mu no tie Onyankopɔn asɛm. Na mo deɛ, ɛsiane sɛ momfiri Onyankopɔn mu no enti na montie nʼasɛm no.”
The person who comes from God listens to God’s teaching; the reason why you do not listen is because you do not come from God.”
48 Yudafoɔ no bisaa Yesu sɛ, “Sɛ yɛka sɛ woyɛ Samariani a honhommɔne ahyɛ wo ma a, na yɛboa anaa?”
“Aren’t we right, after all,” replied the people, “in saying that you are a Samaritan, and are possessed by a demon?”
49 Yesu buaa sɛ, “Menni honhommɔne. Medi mʼAgya ni na mo deɛ monni no ni.
“I am not possessed by a demon,” Jesus answered, “but I am honoring my Father; and yet you dishonor me.
50 Memmpere nhwehwɛ animuonyam mma mʼankasa me ho. Obi wɔ hɔ a ɔhwehwɛ ma me na ɔno nso na ɔdi ma me.
Not that I am seeking honor for myself; there is one who is seeking my honor, and he decides.
In truth I tell you, if anyone lays my message to heart, he will never really die.” (aiōn g165)
52 Yudafoɔ no nso ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Afei na yɛahunu ampa ara sɛ wowɔ honhommɔne! Abraham wuiɛ. Adiyifoɔ no nso wuwuiɛ. Nanso, wo deɛ woka sɛ, ‘Obiara a ɔdi mʼasɛm so no renwu da.’ (aiōn g165)
“Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon,” the people replied. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets; and yet you say ‘If anyone lays my message to heart, they will never know death.’ (aiōn g165)
53 Woyɛ kɛse sene yɛn agya Abraham anaa? Ɔwuiɛ; saa ara nso na adiyifoɔ no wuwuiɛ. Wosusu sɛ woyɛ hwan?”
Are you greater than our ancestor Abraham, who died? And the prophets died too. Whom do you make yourself out to be?”
54 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ mʼankasa mehyɛ me ho animuonyam a, mʼanimuonyam no nka hwee. MʼAgya a mo nso moka sɛ ɔyɛ mo Onyankopɔn no, ɔno na ɔhyɛ me animuonyam.
“If I do honor to myself,” answered Jesus, “such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who does me honor – and you say that he is your God;
55 Mo deɛ, monnim no, nanso me deɛ, menim no. Sɛ meka sɛ mennim no a na meyɛ ɔtorofoɔ sɛ mo ara. Menim no na madi nʼasɛm nso so.
and yet you have not learned to know him; but I know him; and, if I were to say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him, and I lay his message to heart.
56 Mo agya Abraham ani gyee sɛ ɔbɛhunu me ba a mɛba no. Ɔhunuiɛ na nʼani gyeeɛ.”
Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; and he did see it, and was glad.”
57 Yudafoɔ no nso bisaa no sɛ, “Wonnii mfeɛ aduonum koraa na ɛyɛɛ dɛn na wohunuu Abraham?”
“You are not fifty years old yet,” the people exclaimed, “and have you seen Abraham?”
58 Yesu buaa sɛ, “Mereka nokorɛ pefee akyerɛ mo sɛ, ansa na wɔrebɛwo Abraham no, na mete ase.”
“In truth I tell you,” replied Jesus, “before Abraham existed I was.”
59 Yudafoɔ no tasee aboɔ sɛ anka wɔde rebɛsi no, nanso Yesu kɔhintaeɛ. Yei akyi no, ɔfirii asɔredan no mu hɔ kɔeɛ.
At this they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and left the Temple Courts.
