Romafoɔ 10
1 Anuanom, deɛ mʼakoma pere hwehwɛ yɛ me mpaeɛ a mebɔ srɛ Onyankopɔn ma Israelfoɔ sɛ wɔbɛnya nkwagyeɛ.
Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
2 Mɛtumi madi wɔn ho adanseɛ sɛ wɔyɛ nnipa a wɔde mmɔdemmɔ som Onyankopɔn sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ. Nanso, wɔn som no mfiri nimdeɛ mu.
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
3 Wɔammu tenenee a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn no, na mmom wɔpɛɛ sɛ wɔfa wɔn ankasa nimdeɛ so. Yei amma wɔamfa wɔn ho anhyɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ a ɔnam so ma onipa wie pɛyɛ no ase.
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
4 Kristo ne mmara no awieeɛ, enti obiara a ɔgye die no bɛyɛ ɔteneneeni.
For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 Mose kyerɛɛ sɛ, sɛ onipa di mmara no so a, ɔbɛtumi asɔ Onyankopɔn ani, ɛberɛ a ɔtwerɛeɛ sɛ, “Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔnya nkwa a, ɔnyɛ deɛ mmara no ka no nyinaa.”
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
6 Nanso wɔn a wɔn gyidie enti Onyankopɔn agye wɔn no, mma wɔmmisa wɔ wɔn akoma mu sɛ, “Hwan na ɔbɛkɔ ɔsoro akɔfa Kristo aba?”
But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” (Abyssos g12)
8 Deɛ Atwerɛsɛm no ka nie, “Onyankopɔn asɛm no abɛn wo, ɛda wʼano na ɛwɔ wʼakoma mu.” Yei ne asɛm a ɛfa gyidie ho a yɛka no.
But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
9 Sɛ wopae mu ka sɛ, “Yesu ne Awurade”, na wogye di sɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔnyanee no firii awufoɔ mu a, wɔbɛgye wo nkwa.
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 Na yɛfiri akoma mu gye di na wɔabu yɛn bem, na yɛde yɛn ano pae mu ka na yɛanya nkwagyeɛ.
For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
11 Na Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Obiara a ɔde ne ho to no soɔ no, nʼanim rengu ase.”
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
12 Nsonsonoeɛ biara nni Yudani ne Aman amanmuni ntam. Awurade baako no yɛ Awurade ma wɔn nyinaa na, ɔhyira wɔn a wɔsufrɛ no.
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
13 Sɛdeɛ Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Obiara a ɔbɛbɔ Awurade din no bɛnya nkwa.”
for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na nnipa bɛnya gyidie wɔ Awurade mu na wɔabisa no nkwagyeɛ? Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wɔate, gye sɛ obi ka kyerɛ wɔn.
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
15 Na sɛ wɔansoma wɔn nso a, wɔbɛyɛ dɛn na wɔaka Asɛmpa no? Sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ sɛ, “Wɔn a wɔde Asɛmpa no reba no nan yɛ fɛ.”
And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
16 Nanso ɛnyɛ wɔn nyinaa na wɔagye Asɛmpa no adi, sɛdeɛ Yesaia kaa sɛ, “Awurade, hwan na wagye yɛn asɛnka adi?”
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
17 Ɛnneɛ na gyidie no firi asɛm no tie mu, deɛ yɛte firi Asɛmpa a ɛfa Kristo ho no mu.
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
18 Nanso, mebisa sɛ, Wɔante anaa? Wɔteeɛ: “Wɔn nne akɔduru asase so mmaa nyinaa, na wɔn nsɛm nso akɔduru asase ano.”
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
19 Mebisa bio sɛ, Israelfoɔ te aseɛ anaa wɔante aseɛ? Deɛ ɛdi ɛkan, Mose ka sɛ, “Mɛma moatwe aman a wɔnyɛ me ɔman mpo ho ninkunu. Mede ɔman a wɔnni nteaseɛ bɛhyɛ mo abufuo.”
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
20 Na Yesaia de akokoɔduru ka sɛ, “Wɔn a wɔnhwehwɛ me no hunuu me; medaa me ho adi kyerɛɛ wɔn a wɔmmisaa mʼase no.”
And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
21 Na deɛ ɔka faa Israelfoɔ ho ne sɛ, “Ɛda mu nyinaa matrɛ me nsa mu ama nnipa a wɔyɛ asoɔden ne nyiyiano.”
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
