Luka 2
1 Saa ɛberɛ no mu no, Kaesare Augusto a na ɔyɛ Roma ɔhempɔn hyɛɛ mmara bi sɛ wɔnkan ne ɔman no mu nnipa nyinaa.
And it came to passe in those dayes, that there came a decree from Augustus Cesar, that all the world should be taxed.
2 Saa nnipakan yi ne deɛ ɛdi ɛkan a wɔkanee wɔ Kirenio a ɔyɛ amrado wɔ Siria no berɛ so.
(This first taxing was made when Cyrenius was gouernour of Syria.)
3 Obiara kɔɔ ne kurom na wɔtwerɛɛ ne din.
Therefore went all to be taxed, euery man to his owne Citie.
4 Esiane sɛ na Yosef yɛ Ɔhene Dawid busuani no enti, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔfiri Galilea kuro a wɔfrɛ no Nasaret mu kɔ Betlehem a ɛwɔ Yudea.
And Ioseph also went vp from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth, into Iudea, vnto the citie of Dauid, which is called Beth-leem (because he was of the house and linage of Dauid, )
5 Ɔne ne yere Maria a saa ɛberɛ no na ɔnyem no na wɔkɔeɛ.
To bee taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.
6 Wɔwɔ Betlehem no, awoɔ kaa Maria,
And so it was, that while they were there, the daies were accomplished that shee shoulde be deliuered,
7 na ɔwoo ɔbarima. Wɔde kuntu kyekyeree abɔfra no ho de no too mmoa adididaka mu, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔannya baabi ansoɛ wɔ ahɔhobea hɔ.
And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes, and laide him in a cratch, because there was no roome for them in the ynne.
8 Anadwo no ara, na nnwanhwɛfoɔ bi nso wɔ ɛserɛ no so baabi rewɛn wɔn nnwan.
And there were in the same countrey shepheards, abiding in the fielde, and keeping watch by night ouer their flocke.
9 Mpofirim, ɔsoro ɔbɔfoɔ baa wɔn nkyɛn, na Onyankopɔn animuonyam hyerɛn twaa wɔn ho hyiaeɛ, na ɛmaa wɔn ho dwirii wɔn.
And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glorie of the Lord shone about them, and they were sore afraide.
10 Ɔsoro ɔbɔfoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monnsuro, mede anigyesɛm rebrɛ mo ne amansan nyinaa.
Then the Angel saide vnto them, Be not afraid: for behold, I bring you glad tidings of great ioy, that shalbe to all the people,
11 Ɛnnɛ wɔawo Agyenkwa a ɔne Kristo Awurade no ama mo wɔ Dawid kurom.
That is, that vnto you is borne this day in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 Yei ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a mobɛhunu. Mobɛhunu akɔkoaa a wɔde kuntu akyekyere ne ho a ɔda mmoa adididaka mu.”
And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.
13 Amonom hɔ ara, abɔfokuo bɛkaa ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔwɔ hɔ no ho na wɔtoo ayɛyie dwom sɛ,
And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praising God, and saying,
14 “Animuonyam nka Ɔsorosoro Onyankopɔn, na asomdwoeɛ mmra wɔn a wɔsɔ nʼani wɔ asase so no so.”
Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will.
15 Ɛberɛ a abɔfokuo yi sane kɔɔ ɔsoro no, nnwanhwɛfoɔ no keka kyerɛkyerɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Momma yɛnkɔ Betlehem hɔ na yɛnkɔhwɛ saa anwanwasɛm a asi wɔ hɔ a Awurade ada no adi akyerɛ yɛn yi.”
And it came to passe whe the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepheards sayde one to another, Let vs goe then vnto Beth-leem, and see this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs.
16 Wɔde ahoɔherɛ kɔɔ Betlehem kɔhunuu Maria ne Yosef. Na wɔhunuu abɔfra no nso sɛ ɔda mmoa adididaka mu.
So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, and the babe laid in the cratch.
17 Nnwanhwɛfoɔ no hunuu abɔfra no no, wɔkaa ne ho asɛm a ɔsoro abɔfoɔ no bɛka kyerɛɛ wɔn no nyinaa kyerɛɛ nnipa a wɔahyia hɔ no.
And when they had seene it, they published abroade the thing, that was tolde them of that childe.
18 Wɔn a wɔtee nnwanhwɛfoɔ yi asɛm no nyinaa ho dwirii wɔn.
And all that heard it, wondred at ye things which were tolde them of the shepheards.
19 Nanso Maria deɛ, ɔde saa nsɛm a ɔteeɛ no nyinaa siee ne tirim dwenee ho.
But Mary kept all those sayings, and pondred them in her heart.
20 Nnwanhwɛfoɔ no kɔhunuu deɛ abɔfoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn no, wɔde anigyeɛ sane wɔn akyi kɔɔ deɛ wɔn nnwan no wɔ hɔ. Wɔrekɔ no nyinaa, na wɔreyi Onyankopɔn ayɛ.
And the shepheardes returned glorifiyng and praising God, for all that they had heard and seene as it was spoken vnto them.
21 Abɔfra no dii nnawɔtwe no, wɔtoo ne din Yesu sɛdeɛ ɔsoro ɔbɔfoɔ no kyerɛeɛ ansa na wɔrenyinsɛn no no. Ɛda no ara na wɔtwaa no twetia.
And when the eight daies were accomplished, that they shoulde circumcise the childe, his name was then called Iesus, which was named of the Angell, before he was conceiued in the wombe.
22 Ɛberɛ duruu sɛ Yosef ne Maria kɔdwira wɔn ho sɛdeɛ Mose mmara kyerɛ no, wɔde abɔfra no kɔɔ Yerusalem sɛ wɔde no rekɔhyɛ Onyankopɔn nsa.
And when the daies of her purification after the Lawe of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Hierusalem, to present him to the Lord,
23 Sɛdeɛ Mose mmara no kyerɛ no, “Sɛ ɔbaa wo nʼabakan na ɔyɛ ɔbarima a, wɔde no ma Awurade.”
(As it is written in the Lawe of the Lord, Euery man childe that first openeth ye wombe, shalbe called holy to the Lord)
24 Wɔkɔɔ asɔredan no mu hɔ nso kɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ, sɛdeɛ mmara no kyerɛ no: wɔde nturukuku mmienu anaa mmorɔnoma mma mmienu na wɔde bɔ afɔdeɛ no.
And to giue an oblation, as it is commanded in the Lawe of the Lord, a paire of turtle doues, or two yong pigeons.
25 Ɛda no na ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simeon a ɔte Yerusalem no nso wɔ asɔredan mu hɔ bi. Na Simeon yɛ onipa tenenee, ɔhotefoɔ a Honhom Kronkron ahyɛ no ma a na daa ɔhwɛ Agyenkwa no kwan.
And behold, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon: this man was iust, and feared God, and waited for the consolation of Israel, and the holy Ghost was vpon him.
26 Ɔno na na Honhom Kronkron ayi akyerɛ no sɛ ɔrenwu kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛhunu Agyenkwa a Awurade asra no no.
And it was declared to him from God by the holy Ghost, that he shoulde not see death, before he had seene that Anointed of the Lord.
27 Enti ɛberɛ a Maria ne Yosef duruu asɔredan no mu sɛ wɔde abɔfra no rekɔma Awurade sɛdeɛ mmara no te no,
And he came by the motion of the spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the babe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Lawe,
28 wɔkɔtoo Simeon nso wɔ hɔ, na Simeon gyee abɔfra no hyɛɛ Awurade animuonyam sɛ,
Then hee tooke him in his armes, and praised God, and sayd,
29 “Awurade, afei ma wʼakoa nwu asomdwoeɛ mu
Lord, nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy woorde,
30 ɛfiri sɛ, mʼani ahunu Agyenkwa
For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation,
31 a wohyɛɛ me ne ho bɔ no.
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people,
32 Ɔno ne hann a ɛbɛhyerɛn ewiase nyinaa na wahyɛ wo ɔman Israel animuonyam!”
A light to be reueiled to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
33 Nsɛm a wɔka faa Yesu ho no yɛɛ nʼagya Yosef ne ne maame Maria nwanwa.
And Ioseph and his mother marueiled at those things, which were spoken touching him.
34 Afei, Simeon hyiraa wɔn na ɔka kyerɛɛ ne maame Maria sɛ, “Saa abɔfra yi so na Israelfoɔ mu dodoɔ no ara nkwagyeɛ ne wɔn asehweɛ bɛgyina.
And Simeon blessed them, and saide vnto Mary his mother, Beholde, this childe is appointed for the fall and rising againe of many in Israel, and for a signe which shalbe spoken against,
35 Na ɔbɛma dodoɔ no ara tirim ahintasɛm ada adi; na wo Maria deɛ, wobɛsi apinie wɔ wo mu.”
(Yea and a sworde shall pearce through thy soule) that the thoughts of many heartes may be opened.
36 Saa ɛberɛ no, na Fanuel babaa odiyifoɔ Ana a ɔfiri Aser abusua mu no nso wɔ hɔ bi. Na Ana yɛ obi a wanyini. Ɔwaree ne mmabaawaberɛ mu ne ne kunu tenaeɛ mfeɛ nson pɛ na ne kunu no wuiɛ.
And there was a Prophetesse, one Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser, which was of a great age, after she had liued with an husband seuen yeeres from her virginitie:
37 Ne kunu no wuo akyi no, ɔyɛɛ kuna kɔsii sɛ ɔdii mfeɛ aduɔwɔtwe ɛnan, na ɛberɛ biara nso na ɔwɔ asɔredan mu de mmuadadie ne mpaeɛbɔ som Onyankopɔn.
And she was widowe about foure score and foure yeeres, and went not out of the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers, night and day.
38 Saa ɛberɛ no ara mu, ɔno nso bɛgyinaa hɔ bi yii Onyankopɔn ayɛ saa ara. Ɔkaa abɔfra no ho asɛm kyerɛɛ wɔn a wɔretwɛn ɔgye a ɔbɛgye Yerusalem no nyinaa.
She then coming at the same instant vpon them, confessed likewise the Lord, and spake of him to all that looked for redemption in Hierusalem.
39 Wɔwiee amanneɛ sɛdeɛ Awurade mmara kyerɛ no, wɔsane kɔɔ wɔn kurom Nasaret a ɛwɔ Galilea,
And when they had performed all thinges according to the lawe of the Lord, they returned into Galile to their owne citie Nazareth.
40 Abɔfra no nyinii, na nyansa hyɛɛ no ma, na na Onyankopɔn adom nso wɔ ne so.
And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in Spirit, and was filled with wisedome, and the grace of God was with him.
41 Afe biara na Yesu awofoɔ kɔ Yerusalem kɔdi Twam Afahyɛ no.
Nowe his parents went to Hierusalem euery yeere, at the feast of the Passeouer.
42 Sɛdeɛ na wɔn amanneɛ te no, Yesu dii mfeɛ dumienu no, nʼawofoɔ de no kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔdii Twam Afahyɛ no.
And when hee was twelue yeere olde, and they were come vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast,
43 Wɔwiee afahyɛ no di a wɔresane akɔ wɔn kurom no, Yesu kaa Yerusalem a nʼawofoɔ no nnim.
And had finished the dayes thereof, as they returned, the childe Iesus remained in Hierusalem, and Ioseph knew not, nor his mother,
44 Wɔtwaa da koro ɛkwan a wɔn ani baa wɔn ho so sɛ Yesu nka wɔn ho no, wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ bisabisaa nʼase firii wɔn abusuafoɔ ne amannifoɔ nkyɛn.
But they supposing, that he had bene in the company, went a dayes iourney, and sought him among their kinsfolke, and acquaintance.
45 Na wɔanhunu no no, wɔsane baa Yerusalem bɛhwehwɛɛ no.
And when they found him not, they turned backe to Hierusalem, and sought him.
46 Ne nnansa akyi no, wɔkɔhunuu no Yerusalem asɔredan mu sɛ ɔte akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ bi a wɔahyia mu ntam na ɔretie wɔn na ɔrebisabisa wɔn nsɛm.
And it came to passe three dayes after, that they found him in the Temple, sitting in the mids of the doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
47 Yesu nyansa ne ne nimdeɛ a ɛdaa adi wɔ ne mmuaeɛ nyinaa mu no, yɛɛ nnipa a na wɔretie no no nyinaa nwanwa.
And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres.
48 Wɔkɔtoo no sɛ ɔte akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no mfimfini retie wɔn no, ɛyɛɛ wɔn nwanwa. Ne maame frɛɛ no bisaa no sɛ, “Me ba, adɛn na woyɛ yɛn saa? Woama me ne wʼagya ahwehwɛ wo abrɛ.”
So when they sawe him, they were amased, and his mother said vnto him, Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? beholde, thy father and I haue sought thee with very heauie hearts.
49 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Adɛn enti na mohwehwɛ me? Monnim sɛ ɛyɛ mʼasɛdeɛ sɛ metena mʼagya efie som no anaa?”
Then said he vnto them, Howe is it that ye sought me? knewe ye not that I must goe about my Fathers busines?
50 Nanso, nʼawofoɔ no ante deɛ ɔkaeɛ no ase.
But they vnderstoode not the word that he spake to them.
51 Yesu ne nʼawofoɔ kɔɔ Nasaret no, ɔyɛɛ ɔsetie maa wɔn. Ne maame de nsɛm a ɛsisiiɛ no nyinaa siee ne tirim.
Then hee went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subiect to them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 Yesu nyinii nyansa mu ne honam fam, na ɔnyaa Onyankopɔn ne nnipa anim adom.
And Iesus increased in wisedome, and stature, and in fauour with God and men.
