Luka 11
1 Ɛda bi, na Yesu rebɔ mpaeɛ wɔ baabi. Ɔwieeɛ no, nʼasuafoɔ no mu baako ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Awurade, kyerɛ yɛn mpaeɛbɔ, sɛdeɛ Yohane kyerɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ mpaeɛbɔ no.”
And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
2 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ morebɔ mpaeɛ a, monka sɛ, “‘Agya, wo din ho nte, wʼahennie mmra.
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
3 Ma yɛn yɛn daa aduane ɛnnɛ.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 Fa yɛn bɔne kyɛ yɛn sɛdeɛ yɛde wɔn a wɔfom yɛn no bɔne kyɛ wɔn no. Na mma yɛnkɔ sɔhwɛ mu.’”
And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.
5 Yesu bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Mo mu hwan na ɔbɛkɔ ne yɔnko hɔ dasuo mu akɔka akyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Me nua, fɛm me aduane kakra,
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 ɛfiri sɛ, ɔhɔhoɔ bi abɛfu me mu, na menni aduane biara a mede bɛma no,’
for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;
7 na ɔbɛma no mmuaeɛ afiri ne dan mu sɛ, ‘Nha me! Mato me ɛpono mu ne me mma ada. Merentumi nsɔre mma wo biribiara.’
and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?
8 Mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, na ade asa no enti, ɔyɛ ne yɔnko koraa mpo a, ɔrensɔre. Nanso, ɛsiane sɛ ɔkɔɔ so srɛɛ no no enti, ɛbɛma wasɔre ama no deɛ ɛhia no no nyinaa.
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.
9 “Ɛno enti mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ; Mommisa, na wɔbɛma mo; monhwehwɛ na mobɛhunu; mompem na wɔbɛbue mo.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 Na obiara a ɔbisa no, wɔma no; na obiara a ɔhwehwɛ no, ɔhunu; na deɛ ɔpem no, wɔbue no.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 “Agya bɛn na ɔwɔ mo mu na ne ba bisa no burodo a ɔbɛma no ɛboɔ,
And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 anaasɛ ɔbisa no apataa a, ɔbɛma no ɔwɔ, anaasɛ ɔbisa nkosua a ɔbɛma no nyanyankyerɛ?
Or [if] he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
13 Na sɛ mo a moyɛ nnebɔneyɛfoɔ mpo nim sɛdeɛ moma mo mma nnepa a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na mo Agya a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no remfa Honhom Kronkron no mma wɔn a wɔbisa no no!”
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
14 Ɛberɛ bi Yesu tuu honhommɔne bi a ɛyɛ mumu firii onipa bi mu. Honhommɔne no tu firii ne mu no, ɔkasaeɛ ma ɛyɛɛ nnipa a na wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa ahodwirie.
And he was casting out a demon [that was] dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.
15 Nanso, ebinom kaa sɛ, “Ɔnam ahonhommɔne panin Beelsebul tumi so na ɛtu ahonhommɔne.”
But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.
16 Afoforɔ nso pɛɛ sɛ wɔsɔ no hwɛ enti, wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ɔnyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi a ɛfiri ɔsoro nkyerɛ wɔn.
And others, trying [him], sought of him a sign from heaven.
17 Nanso, ɔhunuu wɔn adwene maa wɔn mmuaeɛ sɛ, “Kuro biara a emu akyekyɛ no dane amamfo. Saa ara nso na efie biara a emu kyekyɛ no guo.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house [divided] against a house falleth.
18 Na sɛ ɔbonsam nso ko tia ne ho a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na nʼahennie agyina? Deɛ enti a mereka saa asɛm yi ne sɛ, mose menam Beelsebul tumi so na metu ahonhommɔne.
And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
19 Na sɛ menam Beelsebul tumi so na metu ahonhommɔne a, hwan so na mo nkurɔfoɔ nam tu ahonhommɔne? Saa na ɛteɛ de a, mo nkurɔfoɔ no ara na wɔbɛbu mo atɛn.
And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 Nanso, sɛ menam Onyankopɔn tumi so na ɛtu honhommɔne de a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no aba mo so.
But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
21 “Sɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ de akodeɛ wɛn ne fie a, obiara rentumi nkɔwia nʼagyapadeɛ;
When the strong [man] fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:
22 nanso, sɛ deɛ ne ho yɛ den na ɔwɔ akodeɛ pa sene no kɔ ne so a, ɔdi ne so nkonim, gye nʼakodeɛ a ɔde ne ho too so no, sesa nʼagyapadeɛ no nyinaa kɔ.
but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 “Obiara a ɔnni mʼafa no tia me, na deɛ ɔne me mmoaboa ano no, hwete mu.
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
24 “Sɛ wɔtu honhommɔne firi onipa bi mu a, ɛkyinkyini hwehwɛ homebea, nanso, ɛnnya bi. Na sɛ wannya homebea a, ɔka sɛ, ‘Mɛsane akɔ onipa a mifirii ne mu baeɛ no mu bio.’
The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.
25 Na sɛ ɔsane kɔ onipa no mu a, ɔbɛhunu sɛ ɛhɔ te a ɛfi biara nni mu na biribiara yɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.
And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Afei, ɔsane nʼakyi kɔfa ahonhommɔne afoforɔ nson a wɔyɛ den kyɛn no ba ma wɔn nyinaa bɛtena hɔ. Yei ma onipa no sɛe koraa sene sɛdeɛ anka na ɔte kane no.”
Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.
27 Yesu gu so rekasa no, ɔbaa bi firi nnipakuo no mu kaa sɛ, “Nhyira nka yafunu a ɛwoo wo ne nufoɔ a wonumuu ano!”
And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.
28 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛwom deɛ, nanso nhyira ne wɔn a wɔte Onyankopɔn asɛm na wɔdi so.”
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 Nnipa no kyeree Yesu so no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Nnɛmma yi yɛ nnebɔneyɛfoɔ. Wɔhwehwɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi ahunu nanso wɔrenhunu nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ biara sɛ Yona nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ no.
And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
30 Na sɛdeɛ Yona yɛeɛ no yɛɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ maa Ninewefoɔ a, saa ara na Kristo nso bɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ama nnɛmma yi.
For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
31 Atemmuo da no, Seba Ɔhemmaa bɛsɔre atia ɔman yi, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔfiri asase ano nohoa bɛtiee Salomo nyansa nsɛm. Nanso, deɛ ɔsene Salomo no wɔ ha.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 Atemmuo da no, Ninewe mmarima bɛsɔre atia nnɛmma yi na wɔabu mo fɔ ɛfiri sɛ, ɛberɛ a Yona kaa asɛmpa no, wɔnuu wɔn ho. Nanso, deɛ ɔsene Yona wɔ ha.
The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
33 “Obiara nsɔ kanea mfa nsie, na mmom, ɔde si petee mu na ahyerɛn ama wɔn a wɔba mu no nyinaa.
No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.
34 Wʼani yɛ wo onipadua kanea. Ɛno enti, sɛ wʼani yɛ a, na wo onipadua nso yɛ hann. Nanso, sɛ ɛnyɛ a, ɛma wo onipadua no dane sum tumm.
The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Enti hwɛ yie na hann a ɛwɔ wo mu no annane sum.
Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
36 Sɛ wo onipadua yɛ hann a esum nni fa baabiara a, onipadua no bɛhyerɛn sɛdeɛ kanea hyerɛn gu wo so.”
If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.
37 Yesu kasa wieeɛ no, Farisini bi hyiaa no adidie enti ɔkɔeɛ sɛ ɔne no rekɔdidi.
Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
38 Farisini no hunuu sɛ Yesu anhohoro ne nsa ansa sɛdeɛ wɔn amanneɛ kyerɛ ansa na ɔredidi no, ɛyɛɛ no nwanwa.
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.
39 Yesu hunuu Farisini no adwene ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Mo Farisifoɔ deɛ, mohohoro nkukuo ne nwowaa ho, nanso efi, anibereɛ ne nnebɔne ahyɛ mo ma tɔ!
And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Adwenemherɛfoɔ! Ɛnyɛ deɛ ɔyɛɛ akyire no ara na ɔyɛɛ emu nso?
Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
41 Monyɛ ahiafoɔ adɔeɛ na biribiara ho bɛte ama mo.
But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 “Mo Farisifoɔ, monnue! Moma mo nnɔbaeɛ so ntotosoɔ dudu, nanso mototo adeteneneeyɛ ne ɔdɔ a mode dɔ Onyankopɔn no ase. Sɛ mokɔ hyiadan mu a, mpanin tenaberɛ na mopɛ. Saa ara nso na sɛ mokɔ badwa mu a, mopɛ sɛ nnipa hunu mo kyea mo.
But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43 “Mo Farisifoɔ, monnue! Sɛ mokɔ hyiadan mu a, mpanin tenaberɛ na mopɛ.
Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.
44 “Monnue! Ɛfiri sɛ, mote sɛ adamena a ɛso asram na nnipa nante so a wɔnnim sɛ wɔnam adamena so.”
Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.
45 Mmaranimfoɔ no mu baako ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, sɛ woka saa a na woakasa atia yɛn nso.”
And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.
46 Yesu buaa no sɛ, “Mo mmaranimfoɔ nso, monnue! Mohyɛ mmara a ɛyɛ den ma nnipa, nanso mo deɛ, monni so sɛ sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ.
And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 “Monnue! Ɛfiri sɛ, moatoto adiyifoɔ a mo ankasa anaa mo agyanom kumm wɔn no nna so.
Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48 Mo nneyɛeɛ yi di adanseɛ sɛ mopene deɛ mo agyanom yɛeɛ no so. Nʼasekyerɛ ne sɛ, mo agyanom kunkumm adiyifoɔ no na mo nso mototoo wɔn nna so maa wɔn.
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].
49 Yei ne deɛ Onyankopɔn aka afa mo ho: ‘Mɛsoma adiyifoɔ ne asomafoɔ aba mo nkyɛn na mobɛkunkum bi na moataa wɔn a aka no.’
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute;
50 Mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, adiyifoɔ no mogya a wɔka gu firi ewiase ahyɛaseɛ no,
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
51 ɛfiri Habel kum so kɔsi Sakaria, a wɔkumm no wɔ afɔrebukyia ne kronkronbea ntam hɔ no so, wɔbɛbisa ɛho asɛm afiri mo nkyɛn.
from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.
52 “Mo, mmaranimfoɔ, monnue! Mode nokorɛ hinta mo nkurɔfoɔ. Mo ankasa monni so, na mommma wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔdi so no kwan mma wɔnni so.”
Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
53 Ɔfiri Farisini no efie hɔ a ɔrekɔ no, mmaranimfoɔ ne Farisifoɔ no dii nʼakyi de nsɛmmisa dwanee ne ho,
And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;
54 pɛɛ sɛ ɔka biribi a wɔbɛgyina so anya no akyere no.
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
