Luke 18
1 Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and never despair.
Ɛda bi Yesu nam abɛbuo so kyerɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ no hia a ɛhia sɛ wɔbɔ mpaeɛ daa a wɔmpa aba.
2 “There was,” he said, “in a certain town a judge, who had no fear of God nor regard for people.
Yesu kaa sɛ, “Ɔtemmufoɔ bi tenaa kuro bi mu a na ɔnsuro Onyankopɔn, mfɛre onipa biara.
3 In the same town there was a widow who went to him again and again, and said ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’
Na ɔbaa kunafoɔ bi te saa kuro yi mu, a ɔne obi wɔ asɛm. Daa na saa okunafoɔ yi kɔ ɔtemmufoɔ no nkyɛn kɔsrɛ no sɛ ɔnni nʼasɛm no mma no.
4 For a time the judge refused, but afterward he said to himself ‘Although I am without fear of God or regard for people,
“Mfitiaseɛ no, ɔtemmufoɔ no ammua no. Nanso, akyire no ɔkaa sɛ, ‘Ɛwom sɛ mensuro Onyankopɔn, mfɛre onipa biara deɛ,
5 yet, as this widow is so troublesome, I will grant her justice, to stop her from plaguing me with her endless visits.’”
nanso ɛsiane sɛ daa ɔbaa yi ha me enti, mɛhwɛ adi asɛm no yie ama no sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔremmɛha me bio!’”
6 Then the Master added, “Listen to what this iniquitous judge says!
Awurade toaa so sɛ, “Moate asɛm a ɔtemmufoɔ yi a ɔntene no kaeɛ.
7 And God – won’t he see that his own people, who cry to him night and day, have justice done them – though he holds his hand?
Monnnye nni sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛdi ama ne mma a daa wɔsu frɛ no awia ne anadwo no no anaa ɔbɛtwentwɛn ne nan ase?
8 He will, I tell you, give them justice soon enough! Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Merema moate aseɛ sɛ, ɔbɛyɛ wɔn apɛdeɛ ama wɔn ntɛm. Sɛ Onipa Ba no sane ba a, nnipa dodoɔ ahe na ɔbɛhunu sɛ wɔwɔ ne mu gyidie?”
9 Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded everyone else with scorn, Jesus told this parable –
Yesu sane buu ɛbɛ bi faa nnipa a wɔbu wɔn ho sɛ ateneneefoɔ na ɛno enti wɔbu afoforɔ animtia no ho sɛ,
10 “Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.
“Ɛda bi nnipa baanu bi kɔɔ asɔredan mu kɔbɔɔ mpaeɛ. Na wɔn mu baako yɛ Farisini a ɔbu ne ho, na ɔbaako no nso yɛ ɔtogyeni.
11 The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way – ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men – thieves, rogues, adulterers – or even like this tax-gatherer.
Farisini yi kɔgyinaa baabi a obiara bɛhunu no bɔɔ mpaeɛ sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn, meda wo ase sɛ mente sɛ nnipa a aka no te sɛ apoobɔfoɔ nkontompofoɔ, adwamanfoɔ ne saa ɔtogyeni a ɔgyina hɔ yi.
12 I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.’
Nnawɔtwe biara mu, medi mmuada mprenu na deɛ menya biara nso, meyi mu nkyɛmu edu mu baako de ma.’
13 Meanwhile the tax-gatherer stood at a distance, not venturing even to raise his eyes to heaven, but he kept striking his breast and saying ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
“Saa ɛberɛ no na ɔtogyeni no gyina akyiri baabi a ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔma nʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro. Ɔde ne nsa guu ne bo bɔɔ mpaeɛ sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn, hunu me ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ mmɔbɔ!’
14 This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, while everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.”
“Mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, deɛ ɔtogyeni no yɛeɛ no sɔɔ Onyankopɔn ani sene deɛ Farisini no yɛeɛ no. Obiara a ɔma ne ho so no, wɔbɛbrɛ no ase, na deɛ ɔbrɛ ne ho ase no, wɔbɛma no so.”
15 Some of the people were bringing even their babies to Jesus, for him to touch them; but, when the disciples saw it, they began to find fault with those who had brought them.
Ɛda bi, awofoɔ bi de wɔn mma nketewa brɛɛ Yesu sɛ ɔmfa ne nsa nka wɔn, nhyira wɔn. Asuafoɔ no hunuu awofoɔ no, wɔkaa wɔn anim.
16 Jesus, however, called the little children to him. “Let the little children come to me,” he said, “and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of God belongs.
Yesu frɛɛ mmɔfra no awofoɔ no baa ne nkyɛn na ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ no sɛ, “Momma mmɔfra nketewa no mmra me nkyɛn na monnsi wɔn ɛkwan, na yeinom sei na Onyankopɔn Ahennie no yɛ wɔn dea.
17 I tell you, unless a man receives the kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter it at all.”
Mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, obiara a ɔrennye Onyankopɔn Ahennie no sɛ abɔfra no, ɔrentumi nhyɛne mu.”
18 And one of the leaders asked Jesus this question – “Good teacher, what must I do if I am to gain eternal life?” (aiōnios g166)
Ɛda bi Yudani sikani bi bisaa Yesu sɛ, “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ pa, ɛdeɛn na menyɛ na manya nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ?” (aiōnios g166)
19 “Why do you call me good?” answered Jesus. “No one is good but God.
Yesu buaa no sɛ, “Adɛn enti na wofrɛ me onipa pa? Obiara nyɛ papa, gye ɔbaako; ɔne Onyankopɔn.
20 You know the commandments – Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not say what is false about others, Honor your father and your mother.”
Wonim Mose mmara no: ‘Mmɔ adwaman! Nni awu! Mmɔ korɔno! Nni adansekurumu! Di wʼagya ne wo maame ni!’”
21 “I have observed all these,” he replied, “from childhood.”
Osikani yi ka kyerɛɛ Yesu sɛ, “Madi saa mmara yi nyinaa so firi me mmɔfraase.”
22 Hearing this, Jesus said to him, “There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.”
Yesu tee deɛ osikani no kaeɛ no, ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Adeɛ baako pɛ na aka wo a ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ. Kɔ na kɔtɔn wʼahodeɛ nyinaa na kyɛ sika no ma ahiafoɔ na wobɛnya agyapadeɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no mu, na afei, bra bɛdi mʼakyi.”
23 But the man became greatly distressed on hearing this, for he was extremely rich.
Osikani yi tee saa asɛm yi no, anyɛ no dɛ koraa ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔwɔ ahodeɛ pii.
24 Seeing this, Jesus said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
Yesu hunuu sɛ ne werɛ ahoɔ no, ɔkaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ den ma ahonyafoɔ sɛ wɔbɛkɔ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no mu!
25 It is easier, indeed, for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God!”
Mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, ɛyɛ mmerɛ sɛ yoma bɛwura paneɛ aniwa mu sene sɛ ɔhonyafoɔ bɛkɔ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no mu.”
26 “Then who can be saved?” asked those who heard this.
Na wɔn a wɔtee deɛ Yesu kaeɛ no bisaa sɛ, “Ɛnneɛ na hwan na wɔbɛgye no nkwa?”
27 But Jesus said, “What is impossible with people is possible with God.”
Yesu buaa sɛ, “Biribiara nni hɔ a Onyankopɔn ntumi nyɛ.”
28 “But we,” said Peter, “we left what belonged to us and followed you.”
Petro ka kyerɛɛ Yesu sɛ, “Yɛagya deɛ yɛwɔ nyinaa hɔ abɛdi wʼakyi.”
29 “I tell you,” he answered, “that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
Yesu buaa Petro sɛ, “Merema mo ate aseɛ sɛ, obiara nni hɔ a, ɛsiane Onyankopɔn Ahennie no enti, wagya ne fie anaa ne nuanom anaa nʼawofoɔ anaa ne mma
31 Gathering the Twelve around him, Jesus said to them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the prophets will be done to the Son of Man.
Yesu frɛɛ asuafoɔ dumienu no gyinaa nkyɛn baabi ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Yɛrekɔ Yerusalem, na biribiara a nkɔmhyɛfoɔ no aka afa Onipa Ba no ho no bɛba mu.
32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted and spat on;
Wɔbɛyi no ama amanamanmufoɔ ama wɔadi ne ho fɛw, na wɔabɔ no adapaa, ate ntasuo agu ne so,
33 they will scourge him, and then put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again.”
aka no mpire, akum no na ne nnansa so no, wasɔre.”
34 The apostles did not comprehend any of this. His meaning was unintelligible to them and they did not understand what he was saying.
Asuafoɔ no ante deɛ Yesu kaaeɛ no biara ase, ɛfiri sɛ, na asɛm no boro wɔn adwene so.
35 As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside, begging.
Yesu ne nʼasuafoɔ no rebɛn Yeriko no, wɔhunuu onifirani bi a ɔte kwankyɛn resrɛsrɛ adeɛ.
36 Hearing a crowd going by, the man asked what was the matter;
Onifirani no tee sɛ nkurɔfokuo bi retwam no, ɔbisaa asɛm a asi.
37 and, when people told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing,
Wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Yesu Nasareni no na ɔretwam!”
38 he shouted out, “Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!”
Ɔtee saa no, ɔteateam sɛ, “Yesu, Dawid Ba, hunu me mmɔbɔ!”
39 Those who were in front kept telling him to be quiet, but he continued to call out the louder, “Son of David, take pity on me!”
Wɔn a wɔdi anim no trantram no sɛ ɔmmua nʼano, nanso wantie, na ɔkɔɔ so teateaam dendeenden sɛ, “Yesu Dawid Ba, hunu me mmɔbɔ!”
40 Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. And, when he had come close up to him, Jesus asked him,
Yesu duruu baabi a onifirani no te no, ɔmaa wɔde no brɛɛ no. Wɔde no duruu Yesu nkyɛn no, ɔbisaa no sɛ,
41 “What do you want me to do for you?” “Master,” he said, “I want to recover my sight.”
“Ɛdeɛn na wopɛ sɛ meyɛ ma wo?” Onifirani no buaa sɛ, “Awurade, ma menhunu adeɛ.”
42 And Jesus said, “Recover your sight, your faith has delivered you.”
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Hunu adeɛ, wo gyidie ama wo ho ayɛ wo den.”
43 Instantly he recovered his sight, and began to follow Jesus, praising God. And all the people, on seeing it, gave glory to God.
Amonom hɔ ara, onifirani yi hunuu adeɛ, na ɔdii Yesu akyi, yii Onyankopɔn ayɛ. Na wɔn a wɔhunuu ayaresa no nyinaa nso yii Onyankopɔn ayɛ.
