2 Corinthians 2

1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

Enti meyɛɛ mʼadwene sɛ meremma mo nkyɛn bio mmɛhyɛ mo awerɛhow.

2 For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?

Sɛ mebɛhyɛ mo awerɛhow a hena na ɔbɛkyekyere me werɛ? Me ara a mahyɛ mo awerɛhow no ana?

3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.

Ɛno nti na mekyerɛw saa krataa no brɛɛ mo. Na mempɛ sɛ meba mo nnipa koro no ara a mubegye mʼani no nkyɛn abɛhyɛ mo awerɛhow. Minim yiye sɛ, sɛ me ho tɔ me a, mo nso mo ho bɛtɔ mo.

4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

Mede amanehunu, awerɛhow ne nusu na ɛrekyerɛw mo saa krataa yi. Mankyerɛw mammɛhyɛ mo awerɛhow, na mmom, mekyerɛw de bɛkyerɛɛ ɔdɔ a medɔ mo nyinaa.

5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

Sɛ obi ahyɛ afoforo awerɛhow a, ɛnyɛ me na wahyɛ me saa awerɛhow no, na mo anaasɛ mo mu bi na wahyɛ no saa awerɛhow no. Mempɛ sɛ me nsa yɛ den wɔ saa onipa no so.

6 This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;

Aso a dodow no ara atwe no no dɔɔso ma no.

7 so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

Ɛsɛ sɛ mode kyɛ no na mokyekye ne werɛ sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a awerɛhow renhyɛ ne so.

8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

Mesrɛ mo, momma onhu sɛ mopɛ nʼasɛm pa ara.

9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

Nea enti a mekyerɛw mo krataa no ne sɛ: Mepɛ sɛ mihu sɛ moatumi agyina sɔhwɛ no ano pintinn na nsɛm a meka kyerɛ mo no nso, mudi so ana.

10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

Sɛ obi yɛ bɔne bi na mode kyɛ no a, me nso mede kyɛ no. Sɛ ɛho hia sɛ mede bɛkyɛ na mede kyɛ a, ɛsɛ sɛ mede biribiara kyɛ. Na mo nti na meyɛ saa wɔ Kristo anim

11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbonsam rennya yɛn ho kwan, efisɛ yenim ne nsusuwii.

12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,

Bere a miduu Troa kɔkaa Kristo ho Asɛmpa no, mihuu sɛ Awurade ama adwuma no yɛ ho kwan wɔ hɔ.

13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

Nanso me werɛ howee, efisɛ na minhu yɛn nua Tito. Enti mekraa nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no na misii mu kɔɔ Makedonia.

14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

Yɛda Onyankopɔn ase sɛ daa odi yɛn kan wɔ yɛn anigye ne nkonimdi santen wɔ Kristo mu ma ɔde yɛn trɛw ne ho nimdeɛ huamhuam no mu.

15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are saved and in those who perish:

Yɛyɛ Kristo aduhuam wɔ wɔn a wɔregye wɔn nkwa ne wɔn a wɔreyera no mu ma Onyankopɔn.

16 to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

Na wɔn a wɔreyera no de, ɛyɛ wɔn hua bɔne a etumi kum. Nanso wɔn a wɔregye wɔn nkwa no de, ɛyɛ hua a ɛma wɔn nkwa. Hena na obetumi agyina adwuma a ɛyɛ den sɛɛ anim?

17 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

Yɛnte sɛ nnipa afoforo bi a wɔfa Onyankopɔn asɛm sɛ adetɔnnne bi, na esiane sɛ Onyankopɔn asoma yɛn no nti, yɛka nokware wɔ nʼanim sɛ Kristo asomfo.