Mateo 22
1 Yesu de mmɛbuo ahodoɔ kyerɛɛ sɛdeɛ Ɔsoro Ahennie no teɛ.
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
2 Ɔse, “Ɔsoro Ahennie no te sɛ ɔhene bi a ne babarima hyiaa ayeforɔ na ɔtoo pon maa no.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
3 Ɔtoo nsa frɛɛ nnipa pii. Ɛberɛ no duruiɛ no, ɔsomaa nʼasomfoɔ sɛ wɔnkɔfrɛfrɛ nnipa no na wɔmmra. Nanso, nnipa no amma.
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
4 “Ɔsane somaa nʼasomfoɔ foforɔ sɛ, ‘Monkɔka nkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, wɔawie biribiara. Wɔakum mʼanantwie ne me nyɛmmoa de anoa aduane awie. Mommra ayeforɔ no ase mmɛdidi!’
Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “Nanso, ne ho yɛɛ wɔn a ɔtoo nsa frɛɛ wɔn no sere. Obiara kɔdii ne dwuma. Obi kɔɔ nʼafuom. Ɔfoforɔ nso kɔdii ne dwa.
But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
6 Afoforɔ nso kyeree nʼasomfoɔ no hwee wɔn, pirapiraa wɔn, kunkumm ebinom nso.
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
7 Ɔhene no tee deɛ nnipa no ayɛ nʼasomfoɔ no, ne bo fuiɛ. Ɔsomaa nʼasraafoɔ ma wɔkɔkunkum awudifoɔ no, hyee wɔn kuro no pasaa.
The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
8 “Ɔsane frɛɛ nʼasomfoɔ ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Wɔawie ayeforɔ aduane no. Nanso, wɔn a mefrɛɛ wɔn no mfata sɛ wɔba apontoɔ no ase.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
9 Enti, monkɔ mmɔntene so na obiara a mobɛhunu no no, momfrɛ no mmra apontoɔ no ase.’
Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
10 Asomfoɔ no firii adi kɔɔ mmɔntene so kɔfrɛɛ nnipa dodoɔ a wɔhunuu wɔn no nyinaa. Wɔfrɛɛ nnipa pa ne nnipa bɔne, maa ɛdan a wɔtoo ɛpono wɔ mu no yɛɛ ma.
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “Ɔhene no baa hɔ sɛ ɔrebɛhwɛ nnipa a wɔaba no, ɔhunuu obi a ɔnhyɛ ayeforɔhyia atadeɛ wɔ hɔ.
But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
12 Ɔbisaa no sɛ, ‘Damfo, ɛyɛɛ dɛn na wonhyɛ ayeforɔhyia atadeɛ, na wotumi baa ha?’ Nanso, damfo no antumi ammua.
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
13 “Afei, ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ nʼasomfoɔ no sɛ, ‘Monkyekyere ne nan ne ne nsa na monkɔto no ntwene akyirikyiri esum mu, deɛ esu ne agyaadwoɔ wɔ no.’
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “Wɔafrɛ bebree, nanso kakra bi na wɔayi wɔn.”
For many are called, but few are chosen.”
15 Farisifoɔ no tuu Yesu ho agyina, pɛɛ ɛkwan bi a wɔnam nʼanom asɛm so bɛnya no akyere no.
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
16 Wɔsii no gyinaeɛ sɛ, wɔbɛsoma wɔn nnipa bi ne Herodefoɔ aba Yesu nkyɛn abɛbisa no sɛ, “Owura, yɛnim sɛ woyɛ ɔnokwafoɔ, na wonam nokorɛ kwan so kyerɛ nnipa ɛkwan a ɛkɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn a wonsuro akyire asɛm, ɛfiri sɛ, wonhwɛ nnipa anim.
They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
17 Ka ma yɛntie. Ɛyɛ sɛ wɔyi toɔ ma Roma Hempɔn Kaesare anaa ɛnyɛ?”
So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
18 Yesu hunuu wɔn adwemmɔne no ma ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mo nyaatwomfoɔ! Adɛn enti na mopɛ sɛ mode nnaadaa sɔ me hwɛ?
But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
19 Momfa sika a wɔde yi toɔ no bi nkyerɛ me.” Wɔde bi kyerɛɛ no.
Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
20 Ɔbisaa wɔn sɛ, “Hwan mfoni na ɛda so, na hwan din nso na ɛwɔ so?”
“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
21 Wɔbuaa sɛ, “Kaesare.” Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Ɛnneɛ, momfa Kaesare deɛ mma Kaesare, na momfa Onyankopɔn deɛ mma Onyankopɔn.”
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
22 Ne mmuaeɛ a ɔmaa wɔn no maa wɔn ho dwirii wɔn ma wɔgyaa no hɔ kɔeɛ.
And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
23 Ɛda no ara, Sadukifoɔ a wɔnnye owusɔreɛ nni no baa Yesu nkyɛn bɛbisaa no sɛ,
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
24 “Owura, Mose kaa sɛ, ‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi anwo na ɔwu a, ne nuabarima mfa ne yere no kunabaa na ɔne no nwo mma owufoɔ no.
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
25 Anuanom baason bi ne yɛn tenaa ha. Ɔpanin no wareeɛ a wanwo ba na ɔwuiɛ. Enti, ne nua a ɔtɔ so mmienu no faa ne yere no kunabaa.
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
26 Deɛ ɔtɔ so mmienu no nso wuiɛ, maa deɛ ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa no faa ɔbaa no kunabaa. Ɔno nso wuiɛ a wanwo ba, maa ɔfoforɔ nso faa ɔbaa no kunabaa. Yei toaa so ara kɔsii sɛ anuanom baason no nyinaa waree ɔbaa no.
The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
27 Deɛ ɛdi akyire ne sɛ, ɔbaa no nso wuiɛ.
And last of all, the woman died.
28 Ɛno enti, owusɔreberɛ no, nnipa baason yi mu hwan na ɔbaa no bɛyɛ ne yere? Ɛfiri sɛ wɔn nyinaa waree no!’”
In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
29 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Mo mfomsoɔ a moayɛ no firi nim a monnim Atwerɛsɛm no ne Onyankopɔn tumi a ɔwɔ no!
Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
30 Na owusɔreberɛ no, awadeɛ nni hɔ; obiara bɛyɛ sɛ abɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ ɔsoro no.
In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
31 Afei, ɛfa owusɔreɛ no ho no nso, monnkanee deɛ Onyankopɔn aka afa ho no pɛn? Monhunu sɛ Onyankopɔn kasa kyerɛɛ mo ɛberɛ a ɔkaa sɛ,
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
32 ‘Mene Abraham Onyankopɔn, Isak Onyankopɔn ne Yakob Onyankopɔn no?’ Yei kyerɛ sɛ. Onyankopɔn nyɛ awufoɔ Onyankopɔn na mmom, ateasefoɔ Onyankopɔn.”
‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
33 Nnipadɔm no tee ne nkyerɛkyerɛ no, ɛyɛɛ wɔn nwanwa.
When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
34 Farisifoɔ no tee sɛ Yesu abu afa Sadukifoɔ no so no, wɔkɔhyiaa Yesu.
And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
35 Wɔn mu baako a ɔyɛ mmaranimfoɔ bisaa Yesu sɛ,
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
36 “Owura, Mose mmaransɛm no mu deɛ ɛwɔ he koraa na ɛkyɛn ne nyinaa?”
“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
37 Yesu buaa no sɛ, “‘Dɔ Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn, wʼakoma nyinaa mu ne wo ɔkra nyinaa mu ne wʼadwene nyinaa mu.’
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
38 Yei ne mmaransɛm no mu deɛ ɛdi ɛkan na ɛkyɛn ne nyinaa.
This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 Deɛ ɛtɔ so mmienu no te sɛ ɛno ara: ‘Dɔ wo yɔnko sɛ wo ho.’
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 Mose mmaransɛm ne adiyifoɔ no nkyerɛkyerɛ no nyinaa gyina saa mmaransɛm mmienu yi so.”
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
41 Farisifoɔ no twaa Yesu ho hyiaeɛ no, ɔbisaa wɔn sɛ,
While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
42 “Ɛdeɛn na mowɔ ka wɔ Agyenkwa no ho? Hwan ba ne no?” Wɔbuaa no sɛ, “Dawid Ba.”
“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.
43 Yesu bisaa wɔn sɛ “Ɛnneɛ, adɛn na Dawid nam Honhom Kronkron so frɛ no ‘Awurade’? Ɛfiri sɛ, Dawid kaa sɛ,
Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
44 “‘Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me wura sɛ, “Tena me nifa kɔsi sɛ mɛma woadi wʼatamfoɔ nyinaa so.”’
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
45 Sɛ Dawid frɛ no ‘Awurade’ a, ɛnneɛ ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na watumi ayɛ ne ba?”
So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
46 Obiara antumi ammua. Yei akyi nso, obiara antumi ammisa no nsɛm bio.
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
