Mateo 7
1 “Mommmu ntɛn, na afoforɔ ammu mo ntɛn.
Don't judge others, so that you won't be judged.
2 Deɛ mode yɛ afoforɔ no, ɛno ara na wɔde bɛyɛ mo.
For whatever standard you use to judge others will be used to judge you, and whatever measurement you use to measure others will be used to measure you.
3 “Adɛn na woma aboseaa a ɛda wo nua ani so no ha wo, ɛberɛ a ɛboɔ kɛseɛ da wo deɛ so?
Why do you see the speck that's in your brother's eye? Don't you notice the plank that's in your own 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.
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take out that speck from your eye’ when you have a plank in your own 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.
You're being hypocritical! First get rid of the plank that's in your own eye. Then you'll be able to see clearly to take out the speck from your brother's eye.
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.
Don't give dogs what's holy. Don't throw your pearls to pigs. That way the pigs won't trample them underfoot, and the dogs won't turn and attack you.
7 “Mommisa, na wɔbɛma mo; monhwehwɛ, na mobɛhunu; mompem, na wɔbɛbue mo.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
8 Na obiara a ɔbisa no, ɔnya. Obiara a ɔhwehwɛ no, ɔhunu; na deɛ ɔpem no, wɔbue no.
Everyone who asks, receives; everyone who seeks, finds; and everyone who knocks has the door opened for them.
9 “Na hwan na ne ba bisa no burodo a ɔbɛma no ɛboɔ?
Would any of you give your son a stone if he asked for bread?
10 Anaasɛ ɔbisa no nsuomnam a ɔbɛma no ɔwɔ? Ɛremma saa da!
Or if he asked for fish, would you give him a snake?
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.
So if even you who are evil know to give good things to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask 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.
Treat others the way you want them to treat you. This sums up 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 by the narrow entrance. For the entrance is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many travel that way.
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.
But the entrance is narrow, and the way is difficult that leads to life, and only a few 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.
Watch out for false prophets who come wearing sheep's clothing, but who on the inside are vicious 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.
You can recognize them by their fruits. Do people harvest grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
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 fruit, while a bad tree produces bad fruit.
18 Dua pa ntumi nso aba bɔne saa ara nso na dua bɔne ntumi nso aba pa.
A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit.
19 Dua biara a ɛnso aba pa no, wɔtwa de gu ogya mu hye no.
Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
20 Onipa nneyɛeɛ na ɛma yɛhunu ne suban.
So you'll recognize them by their fruits.
21 “Ɛnyɛ obiara a ɔbɔ me din ‘Awurade, Awurade’ no na ɔbɛkɔ ɔsoro ahennie mu.
Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven—only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.
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 will say to me at the Day of Judgment, ‘Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name and drive out demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?’
23 Na mabua wɔn sɛ, ‘mennim mo da. Momfiri me so nkɔ, nnebɔneyɛfoɔ!’
Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Leave me, you people who practice wickedness!’
24 “Wɔn a wɔtie deɛ meka, na wɔdi so no te sɛ onyansafoɔ a ɔsi ne dan si ɔbotan so.
Everyone that hears the words I say, and follows them, is like a wise man who built his house on solid 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.
The rain poured down, and the floods rose, and the winds blew hard against the house, but it didn't fall down, because its foundations were on solid rock.
26 Nanso, wɔn a wɔtie deɛ meka na wɔnni soɔ no te sɛ ɔkwasea bi a ɔsii ne dan sii anwea so.
Everyone that hears the words I say, and doesn't follow them, is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 Sɛ osuo tɔ, na osuframa bɔ, na nsuo yiri, na emu biara ka ɛdan no a, ɛbɛdwiri agu fam, abubu pasaa.”
The rain poured down, and the floods rose, and the winds blew hard against the house, and it fell down—it totally collapsed.”
28 Yesu asɛnka no maa nnipadɔm a wɔtiee no no nyinaa ho dwirii wɔn,
When Jesus finished explaining these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
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 like someone with authority, and not like their religious teachers.
