Luke 12
1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Nnipa mpempem kyeree so a wonnya baabi ntu wɔn anan nsi mpo no, Yesu dii kan kasa kyerɛɛ nʼasuafo no se, “Monhwɛ mo ho so yiye wɔ Farisifo nyaatwom a ɛte sɛ mmɔkaw no ho.
2 But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
Biribiara a wɔyɛ no kokoa mu no bɛda adi na nea ahintaw no nso bepue.
3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Enti nea moaka wɔ sum mu no, wɔbɛte wɔ hann mu. Na nea moaka no asomsɛm wɔ adan mu no, wɔbɛbɔ no dawuru.
4 “I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
“Me nnamfonom, mereka akyerɛ mo se, munnsuro wɔn a wokum nipadua na ɛno akyi wontumi nyɛ hwee bio no.
5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him. (Geenna g1067)
Na mɛkyerɛ mo nea ɛsɛ sɛ musuro no. Munsuro nea wakum onipadua no awie no, ɔwɔ tumi sɛ ɔtow kyene amanehunu kurom. Mereti mu akyerɛ mo se, oyi na munsuro no. (Geenna g1067)
6 “Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
Wɔntɔn nkasanoma anum nnye sika kakraa bi? Nanso Onyankopɔn werɛ remfi wɔn mu baako po da.
7 But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Mo tinwi mpo wɔakan ne nyinaa. Enti munnsuro, efisɛ mosom bo sen nkasanoma pii.
8 “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
“Na mereka akyerɛ mo se, obiara a ɔbɛbɔ me din wɔ nnipa anim no, Onipa Ba no nso bɛbɔ ne din wɔ Onyankopɔn abɔfo no anim.
9 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
Na nea ɔbɛpa me nnipa anim no, me nso mɛpa no, Onyankopɔn abɔfo anim.
10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Obiara a ɔbɛkasa atia Kristo no, wɔde bɛkyɛ no. Nanso nea ɔbɛkasa atia Honhom Kronkron no de, wɔremfa nkyɛ no da.
11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will say;
“Sɛ wɔde mo ba mpanyin anim wɔ hyiadan mu a, munnnwinnwen nsɛm a mobɛka anaasɛ nea mode beyi mo ho ano no ho,
12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
efisɛ saa bere no ara mu na Honhom Kronkron no bɛkyerɛ mo nea ɛsɛ sɛ moka.”
13 One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Obi fi nnipa no mu ka kyerɛɛ Yesu se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, ka kyerɛ me nua na ɔne me nkyɛ agyapade a yɛn agya de agyaw yɛn no.”
14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
Yesu buaa no se, “Damfo, hena na ɔyɛɛ me mo so otemmufo ne ɔsɛnnifo?”
15 He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
Ɔtoaa so se, “Monhwɛ mo ho yiye wɔ adifudepɛ ho efisɛ onipa nkwa nnyina nʼahonya dodow a ɔwɔ so.”
16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
Afei obuu wɔn bɛ yi se, “Ɔdefo bi wɔ hɔ a na ɔwɔ asase pa a ɛmaa no nnɔbae pii.
17 He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
Esiane sɛ na ne nnɔbae no nkɔ pata a wabɔ no so nti ɛyɛɛ no dadwen ma obisaa ne ho se, ‘Minnya baabi a mede me nnɔbae bebrebe yi begu menyɛ no dɛn?’
18 He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
“Afei ɔkae se, ‘Minim nea mɛyɛ. Mebubu me pata yi nyinaa na mabɔ no akɛse de nea mewɔ nyinaa asie hɔ.
19 I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
Na maka akyerɛ me kra se, “Ɔkra, ma wʼani nnye na didi, na nom, efisɛ wowɔ nneɛma pa pii a ɛbɛso wo mfe bebree!”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
“Nanso Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Ɔkwasea! Anadwo yi ara wobegye wo kra afi wo nsam, na hena na nneɛma bebree a woapɛ agu hɔ yi, wode begyaw no?’
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
“Ɛno nti saa ara na obiara a ɔbɛboaboa agyapade ano de ne ho ato so no nyɛ ɔdefo Onyankopɔn anim ne no.”
22 He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nʼasuafo no se, “Munnnwinnwen nea mubedi anaa nea mubefura ho.
23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
Mowɔ ɔkra ne nipadua a ɛsom bo sen nea mubedi ne nea mubefura.
24 Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
Monhwɛ kwaakwaadabi, wonnua aba na wontwa. Saa ara nso na wonni pata a wɔde wɔn nnɔbae sie so, nanso Onyankopɔn ma wɔn aduan di. Monsom bo nsen wɔn ana?
25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
Mo mu hena na ɔdwene a adwennwene no betumi ato ne nkwa nna so simmasin?
26 If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
Na sɛ muntumi nyɛ ade ketewaa a ɛte sɛɛ mpo a, adɛn na mudwinnwen nneɛma akɛse ho?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
“Monhwɛ sɛnea sukooko nyin. Wɔnyɛ adwuma, na wɔnnwen ntama mfura. Nanso Salomo ahonya ne nʼanuonyam nyinaa akyi no, na nʼahoɔfɛ nnu wuram nhwiren yi.
28 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
Mo a mo gyidi hinhim, sɛ Onyankopɔn siesie wuram nhwiren a efifi nnɛ na ɔkyena awu no ho ma ɛyɛ fɛ a, adɛn nti na ɔrensiesie mo nso mo ho mma ɛnyɛ fɛ.
29 “Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Saa ara nso na munnnwinnwen nea mubedi anaa nea mobɛnom ho.
30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
Saa nneɛma yi na wiase amanaman pere hwehwɛ, nanso mo de, mo Agya nim sɛ eyinom nyinaa ho hia mo.
31 But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
Enti monhwehwɛ Onyankopɔn ahenni kan na ɔde eyinom nyinaa bɛma mo.
32 “Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
“Kuw ketewa, munnsuro efisɛ ɛyɛ mo Agya no pɛ sɛ ɔde ahenni no bɛma mo.
33 Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Montontɔn mo ahode na monkyɛ ahiafo ade. Eyi bɛma mo agyapade a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no ayɛ pii. Monhyehyɛ mo agyapade wɔ ɔsoro, nea owifo ntumi nkowia na mfɔte ntumi nkɔwe.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Na nea wʼagyapade wɔ no, ɛhɔ na wo koma nso wɔ.”
35 “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
“Munnyina pintinn na momma mo akanea nhyerɛn,
36 Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
na monyɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔretwɛn wɔn wura a ɔkɔ ayeforohyia ase na sɛ ɔba na ɔbɔ pon mu pɛ a, wobebue no ntɛm no.
37 Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
Wɔn a wɔn wura no ba a ɔbɛba abɛto wɔn sɛ wɔretwɛn no no ani begye. Ɔbɛto wɔn pon na ɔno ankasa asom wɔn.
38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
Sɛ ɔba ɔdasu mu anaa ahemadakye mpo a asomfo a ɔbɛba abɛto wɔn sɛ wɔrewɛn no no ani begye.
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
Ɛsɛ sɛ muhu sɛ, sɛ ofiwura nim bere a owifo bɛba a, anka ɔbɛwɛn na owifo no annya ne ho kwan ammɛbɔ no korɔn.
40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
Enti munsiesie mo ho, efisɛ Onipa Ba no bɛba bere a mo ani nna so sɛ ɔbɛba.”
41 Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”
Petro bisaa Yesu se, “Awurade, worebu bɛ yi akyerɛ yɛn nko ara anaasɛ obiara?”
42 The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
Yesu buaa no se, “Merekasa akyerɛ ɔsomfo nokwafo nyansafo biara a ne wura de ne fi sohwɛ bɛhyɛ ne nsa na wahwɛ ama obiara aduan wɔ ne bere mu.
43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
Nhyira ne ɔsomfo a ne wura no bɛba abɛto no sɛ wayɛ nʼadwuma pɛpɛɛpɛ.
44 Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
Meka mo nokware se ɔde nea ɔwɔ nyinaa bɛhyɛ ne nsa na wahwɛ so!
45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
Na sɛ ɛba sɛ saa ɔsomfo yi nso ka se, ‘Me wura nnya mmae’ na ɛno nti, ɔhwe asomfo a wɔaka no, na odidi, nom nsa bow a,
46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
ne wura no bɛba da a nʼani nna so sɛ ɔbɛba. Na sɛ ne wura no ba a, ɔbɛtwe nʼaso dennen na wabu no sɛ obi a onnye Onyankopɔn nni.
47 That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
“Ɔsomfo a onim nea ne wura pɛ, na wanyɛ ne wura no apɛde no wɔbɛbɔ no mmaa pii.
48 but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
Na ɔsomfo a onnim nea ne wura pɛ na enti ɔyɛɛ nea ne wura mpɛ no, wɔbɛbɔ no mmaa kakraa bi. Na obiara a wɔama no pii no, wobebisa pii afi ne nkyɛn; na nea wɔde bebree ahyɛ ne nsa no, obebu bebree ho akontaa.”
49 “I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
“Maba sɛ merebɛsɔ ogya wɔ asase so na sɛ asɔ dedaw a, na nea merehwehwɛ ara ne no.
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Asubɔ bi wɔ hɔ a wɔde bɛbɔ me a, ɛde me bɛkɔ amanehunu mu, na merennya ahotɔ, gye sɛ wɔabɔ me saa asu no ansa.
51 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
Mususuw sɛ mebae sɛ mede asomdwoe reba asase yi so? Dabi! Ɛnyɛ asomdwoe na mede bae na mmom mpaapaemu.
52 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Efi nnɛ, mpaapaemu bɛba afi mu, baasa bɛba mʼafa na baanu atia me anaasɛ baanu bɛba mʼafa na baasa atia me.
53 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
Agya ne ne babarima renyɛ adwene, ɔbabea ne ne na renyɛ adwene, ase ne asebea adwene renhyia.”
54 He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
Na ɔka kyerɛɛ nnipakuw no nso se, “Sɛ muhu sɛ osu amuna wɔ atɔe a, ntɛm ara, moka se, ‘Osu bɛtɔ’! Na osu tɔ ampa.
55 When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
Saa ara nso na sɛ muhu sɛ mframa bɔ fi anafo reba a, moka se, ‘Ahuhuru bɛba!’ Na ɛba mu ampa.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
Mo nyaatwomfo! Mutumi kyerɛ wim nsakrae ase, nanso nneɛma a nnɛ yi atwa mo ho ahyia, ne nea ɛbɔ mo kɔkɔ no de, munhu.
57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
“Adɛn nti na munim nea eye na monyɛ?
58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
Sɛ wode obi ka a, bɔ mmɔden kohu no na wone no nka ho asɛm na wamfa wo ankɔ asennii amma otemmufo amfa wo anto afiase.
59 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.”
Sɛ woanyɛ no saa a, ɔbɛma woatua ka a wode no no nyinaa ansa na wagyaa wo.”
