2 Korintofo 10

1 Me, Paulo a sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn a meyɛ mmerɛw, na sɛ minni mo nkyɛn nso a mewɔ akokoduru ma mo no, me na mitu saa fo yi. Mesrɛ wɔ me Kristo a ɔyɛ ɔyamyefo no din mu sɛ:

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

2 Sɛ meba hɔ a monnhyɛ me mma menkasakasa mo anim. Minim yiye sɛ metumi anya akokoduru wɔ nnipa a wɔka se wiase adwene na yɛde di dwuma no no ho.

But I implore you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence with which I intend on showing against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

3 Ɛyɛ nokware sɛ yɛte wiase, nanso yennyina wiase tumi so wɔ yɛn ko mu.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;

4 Akode a yɛde ko no mfi wiase. Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn akode a ano yɛ den a yebetumi de asɛe atamfo pampim a wɔabobɔ no. Yɛsɛe akyinnyehunu.

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds,

5 Yɛsɛe akwanside biara a etia Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ no. Yɛto adwene biara nnareka ma wɔyɛ osetie ma Kristo.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

6 Sɛ mo setie wie pɛyɛ na obi san yɛ asoɔden wɔ ɔkwan biara so a, yɛbɛtwe nʼaso.

and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

7 Sɛnea nneɛma te no ara na muhu. Obi wɔ hɔ a ɔkari ne ho ka se, ɔyɛ Kristo de ana? Onii no nkari ne ho bio nhwɛ, efisɛ yɛn nso yɛyɛ Kristo de sɛnea ɔno nso yɛ ne de no.

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.

8 Ɛnyɛ me aniwu sɛ aba sɛ mede tumi a Awurade de ama me sɛ memfa nhwɛ mo na munyin na memmfa nsɛe mo no bɛhoahoa me ho.

For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

9 Mempɛ sɛ modwene sɛ mede me nkrataa a makyerɛw mo no rehunahuna mo.

that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

10 Obi bɛka se, “Paulo nkrataa mu nsɛm no yɛ yaw nanso sɛ ɔba yɛn nkyɛn a, ɔyɛ bɔkɔɔ na ne nsɛm nso nka hwee!”

For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."

11 Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no te ne ho ase sɛ, nsonoe biara nna nsɛm a ɛwɔ yɛn nkrataa a yɛkyerɛw no bere a yenni mo nkyɛn no, ne nea sɛ yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn a yɛyɛ no mu.

Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

12 Ɛyɛ nokware, yɛrentumi mfa yɛn ho ntoto wɔn a wɔfa wɔn ho sɛ wɔn asetena korɔn no ho. Saa nnipa no yɛ nkwaseafo! Wɔnam wɔn ho a wɔde toto wɔn ho wɔn ho so no bu wɔn ho atɛn.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

13 Yɛn de, yɛn ahohoahoa no ntra so bi. Yɛn ahohoahoa no ntra dwuma a Onyankopɔn atu yɛn sɛ yenni a mo mu adwumayɛ ka ho bi no so.

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

14 Esiane sɛ mowɔ saa tebea no mu nti, yɛbaa mo nkyɛn bɛkaa Asɛmpa a ɛfa Kristo ho no a yɛantra.

For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

15 Eyi nti yɛmmfa adwuma a nkurɔfo ayɛ no nhoahoa yɛn ho te sɛ yɛn ara na yɛyɛe. Nea yɛrepɛ ne sɛ mo gyidi ase betim na anam so ama yɛatumi ayɛ mo mu adwuma a yɛntra baabi a Onyankopɔn ahyɛ no.

not boasting excessively in the work done by others, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

16 Na yɛnam so atumi aka Asɛmpa wɔ aman afoforo so a yɛremfa adwuma a ɔfoforo ayɛ no nhoahoa yɛn ho.

so as to preach the Good News even to the regions beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

17 Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhoahoa ne ho no nhoahoa no wɔ ade a Awurade ayɛ mu.”

But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

18 Efisɛ ɛnyɛ ka a onipa bɛka ne ho asɛm pa no na ɛma Onyankopɔn gye no to mu, na mmom onipa a Onyankopɔn no ara bɛka ne ho asɛm pa no na ogye no to mu.

For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.