Mateo 7
1 “Mommmu ntɛn, na afoforɔ ammu mo ntɛn.
Judge not, that ye may not be judged;
2 Deɛ mode yɛ afoforɔ no, ɛno ara na wɔde bɛyɛ mo.
for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.
3 “Adɛn na woma aboseaa a ɛda wo nua ani so no ha wo, ɛberɛ a ɛboɔ kɛseɛ da wo deɛ so?
But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?
4 Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woatumi aka akyerɛ wo nua sɛ, ‘Ma menyi aboseaa a ɛda wʼani so no mma wo,’ wɔ ɛberɛ a ɛboɔ da wʼani so.
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow [me], I will cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine eye?
5 Nyaatwomni! Di ɛkan yi ɛboɔ a ɛda wʼani so no ansa na woatumi ahunu aboseaa a ɛda wo nua ani so ayi ama no.
Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother.
6 “Mommfa deɛ ɛho te mma nkraman. Saa ara nso na monnto mo nhwene pa ngu mprako anim! Wɔbɛtiatia so, na woadane wɔn ho ato ahyɛ mo so.
Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.
7 “Mommisa, na wɔbɛma mo; monhwehwɛ, na mobɛhunu; mompem, na wɔbɛbue mo.
Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
8 Na obiara a ɔbisa no, ɔnya. Obiara a ɔhwehwɛ no, ɔhunu; na deɛ ɔpem no, wɔbue no.
For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
9 “Na hwan na ne ba bisa no burodo a ɔbɛma no ɛboɔ?
Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
10 Anaasɛ ɔbisa no nsuomnam a ɔbɛma no ɔwɔ? Ɛremma saa da!
and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?
11 Na sɛ mo a moyɛ nnebɔneyɛfoɔ mpo nim sɛdeɛ moma mo mma nnepa a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na mo Agya a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no mfa nnepa mma ne mma a wɔbisa no no.
If therefore ye, being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?
12 Enti, sɛdeɛ mmara no ne adiyifoɔ no ka no, adeɛ biara a mopɛ sɛ nnipa nyɛ mma mo no, mo nso monyɛ mma wɔn saa ara.
Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do ye also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
13 “Ɛkwan teateaa no nko ara so na wobɛtumi afa akɔ ɔsoro! Ɛkwan a ɛkɔ ɔbonsam kurom no trɛ, na nʼapono nso mu baeɛ ma nnipadɔm a wɔfa so kɔ ɔsɛeɛ mu.
Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
14 Ɛpono a wɔwura mu de kɔ nkwa mu no yɛ ketewa na ɛkwan a wɔfa so no nso yɛ teateaa, na nnipa kakra bi na wɔhunu fa so.
For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.
15 “Monhwɛ mo ho yie wɔ atorɔ akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ a wɔba mo nkyɛn ahobrɛaseɛ mu sɛ nnwan nanso wɔyɛ mpataku a wɔnya mo a, wɔbɛtete mo pasaa no ho.
But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.
16 Wɔn nneyɛeɛ na mode bɛhunu wɔn, sɛdeɛ motumi de dua bi aba hunu dua ko a ɛyɛ no. Worentumi nte bobe wɔ nkasɛɛ so; saa ara nso na worentumi nte borɔdɔma wɔ nnɛnkyɛmse so.
By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
17 Dua a ɛwɔ nnyinasoɔ pa no tumi so aba pa; na dua a ɛnni nnyinasoɔ pa no nso so aba bɔne.
So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.
18 Dua pa ntumi nso aba bɔne saa ara nso na dua bɔne ntumi nso aba pa.
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.
19 Dua biara a ɛnso aba pa no, wɔtwa de gu ogya mu hye no.
Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
20 Onipa nneyɛeɛ na ɛma yɛhunu ne suban.
By their fruits then surely ye shall know them.
21 “Ɛnyɛ obiara a ɔbɔ me din ‘Awurade, Awurade’ no na ɔbɛkɔ ɔsoro ahennie mu.
Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
22 Atemmuo da no, nnipa pii bɛka akyerɛ me sɛ, ‘Awurade, yɛkaa wo ho asɛm kyerɛɛ afoforɔ. Yɛnam wo din nso so tuu ahonhommɔne, sane yɛɛ anwanwadeɛ, ahodoɔ’.
Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through thy name, and through thy name cast out demons, and through thy name done many works of power?
23 Na mabua wɔn sɛ, ‘mennim mo da. Momfiri me so nkɔ, nnebɔneyɛfoɔ!’
and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.
24 “Wɔn a wɔtie deɛ meka, na wɔdi so no te sɛ onyansafoɔ a ɔsi ne dan si ɔbotan so.
Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;
25 Sɛ osuo tɔ, na osuframa bɔ, na nsuo yiri, na emu biara ka ɛdan no a, ɛremmu da ɛfiri sɛ, wɔsi sii ɔbotan so.
and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
26 Nanso, wɔn a wɔtie deɛ meka na wɔnni soɔ no te sɛ ɔkwasea bi a ɔsii ne dan sii anwea so.
And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
27 Sɛ osuo tɔ, na osuframa bɔ, na nsuo yiri, na emu biara ka ɛdan no a, ɛbɛdwiri agu fam, abubu pasaa.”
and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.
28 Yesu asɛnka no maa nnipadɔm a wɔtiee no no nyinaa ho dwirii wɔn,
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his doctrine,
29 ɛfiri sɛ, ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ sɛ obi a ɔkura tumi na ne nkyerɛkyerɛ no nte sɛ deɛ Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no kyerɛ no.
for he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.
