2 Corinthians 7

1 My friends, whom I love, because [God] has promised [to accept us(inc) as his children], we [(inc)] must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not [think] sinful thoughts. [Because] we greatly revere God, we must strive to [live] a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be.

Me nnamfo pa, wɔahyɛ yɛn saa bɔ yi nyinaa. Enti, momma yɛnte yɛn ho mfiri biribiara a ɛgu honam anaa ɔkra no ho fi ho na yɛntena ase Onyankopɔn mu mfa nte yɛn ho kronn.

2 So, as I just wrote, I want you to love me (OR, us [IDM] [who are true apostles of Christ]). I/we [(exc)] have never done anything wrong to any of you. I/we have not done anything to harm any one of you spiritually or financially. And I/we have not tried to get money from [you] (for myself/for ourselves).

Mommue mo akoma mu mma yɛn. Yɛnyɛɛ obiara bɔne. Yɛnsisii obiara na yɛmmuu obiara kwasea nso.

3 [It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless], I am not trying to make you all feel ashamed because, as I wrote before, I will continue to love you all very much [IDM], whether I live with you or die with you. I am very confident about you.

Merenka saa asɛm yi mfa ngu mo anim ase. Sɛdeɛ madi ɛkan aka no, yɛdɔ mo enti, daa sɛ yɛwu o, yɛte ase o, mowɔ yɛn akoma mu.

4 I am very pleased with you. You have greatly encouraged me, so that I am now very joyful in spite of all the hardships that I have endured.

Megye mo di enti mede mo hoahoa me ho. Yɛn haw nyinaa mu no, mempaa aba. Mede ahosɛpɛ retu mmirika no.

5 Now [I will write more about what I was saying about Titus]. When I [left Troas and] came [here to] Macedonia [province], I still did not get any rest. Everywhere we [(exc)] went, [people were constantly] causing us trouble. [And not only were] people [constantly causing us] trouble, but I was greatly concerned [about you all].

Mpo yɛduruu Makedonia no, yɛanhome. Na ɔhaw wɔ hɔ baabiara. Na akasakasa wɔ wɔn ntam. Afei, na ehu wɔ yɛn akoma mu.

6 But God, who always encourages his people when they are discouraged, encouraged us by [sending] Titus back to us.

Onyankopɔn a ɔhyɛ wɔn a wɔpa aba den no nam Tito ba a ɔbaeɛ no so hyɛɛ yɛn den.

7 I was encouraged by [seeing] Titus, [but when I heard how] you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted [to see me. He told me] that you were very sorry [that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me] that you are very eager for me [to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things], I was very, very happy.

Ɛnyɛ ne ba a ɔbaeɛ no nko, na mmom, ka a ɔbɛkaa sɛ mohyɛɛ no nkuran no. Ɔkaa sɛdeɛ mopɛ sɛ mohunu me no kyerɛɛ me. Ɔkaa sɛdeɛ modii yea ne sɛdeɛ na moasiesie mo ho sɛ mobɛbɔ me ho ban no enti seesei, ama mʼani agye sene kane no.

8 Even though what [I wrote] in my letter (distressed you/made you sad), I am not sorry [that I wrote it]. For a while I was sorry that I had written it, [because I knew that it would distress you]. Now [Titus has also told] me that it did distress you [when you read it], but you were distressed only for a short time.

Sɛ me krataa a metwerɛɛ mo no hyɛɛ mo awerɛhoɔ a, ɛnyɛ me ya sɛ metwerɛeɛ. Ahyɛaseɛ no ɛhaa me nanso seesei deɛ ɛnha me. Menim sɛ krataa no mu nsɛm hoo mo werɛ ɛberɛ tiawa bi.

9 [So now] I am happy [that I wrote it]. I am not happy that you were distressed {that [I] distressed you}, but [I am happy] because, when you became distressed, you felt sorry for what you had done and [you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making] you feel sorry did not harm you at all.

Nanso, seesei deɛ, mʼani agye, ɛnyɛ sɛ memaa mo werɛ hoeɛ no enti, na mmom, sɛ mo awerɛhoɔ no ama moasesa mo akwan. Onyankopɔn na ɔmaa mo werɛ hoeɛ enti yɛn deɛ, yɛanha mo.

10 [The fact is that] when God causes [us to feel] truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us [and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done]. And no one is ever sorry about that. [However], the people who do not trust [in God] [MTY] may be sorry [for the sinful things that they have done]. But [if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them], they will remain separated from him forever.

Awerɛhoɔ a Onyankopɔn de baa mo so no enti, moanya ahonuo bi a ɛnam so de mo bɛkɔ nkwagyeɛ mu; enti ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ mo ya. Nanso, awerɛhoɔ a ewiase de brɛ yɛn no deɛ, ɛde owuo na ɛba.

11 But [think about what happened when you read my letter]: God caused you to be truly sorry [for what you had done]. You eagerly [wanted to do what was right], and you wanted to show [God] (OR, [me]) that you had done the right thing. You were angry [about what had happened], and you were worried [that God would punish you if the situation continued]. You also wanted me [to visit you to encourage and help you]. You wanted me to know [that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing] all of those things, you have shown [me] that you have done what is right in this matter.

Monhwɛ deɛ Onyankopɔn nam ho a ɔmaa mo werɛ hooɛ so ayɛ. Mopɛ sɛ mofiri mo akoma mu kyerɛ sɛ monni fɔ. Mo bo afu. Mo ho adwiri mo. Mo ho pere mo, pɛ sɛ mohunu sɛ atɛntenenee ayɛ adwuma. Moakyerɛ sɛ modi bem wɔ asɛm yi ho.

12 So, even though I wrote that [severe] letter to you, I did not [write it just] so that [you would punish] the man who had done what was wrong. Also, I [did not write it] for the benefit of the person whom [he] had wronged. Instead, [I wrote it] so that, when you [read the letter], God would enable you to realize how much you really do respect [my authority].

Ɛwom sɛ metwerɛɛ saa krataa no deɛ, nanso ɛnyɛ obi a ɔyɛ bɔne anaa obi a wɔyɛ no bɔne enti na metwerɛeɛ. Metwerɛ bɛkyerɛɛ mo mu sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn anim, mode mo ho nyinaa ama yɛn no.

13 So, [because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do], (I was/we [(exc)] were all) encouraged. Not only (was I/were we) encouraged, but (I was/we [(exc)] were) [also] very happy to see how happy Titus was [when he arrived here. He told me/us that] he did not need to worry any more, because [he saw] that you all [had a good attitude toward me].

Ɛno na ɛhyɛ yɛn nkuran no. Ɛnyɛ nkuranhyɛ a ɛhyɛɛ yɛn no nko. Tito nso nam gye a mogyee no maa nʼani gyeeɛ no so maa yɛn nso ani gyeeɛ.

14 I had told Titus that I was pleased about you. And I did not need to be ashamed [for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do]. Just like everything that I have taught you [and written to you] has been the truth, the good things that I told Titus about you were also true.

Mede mo ahoahoa me ho akyerɛ no na moanni me hwammɔ. Daa yɛka nokorɛ kyerɛ mo na hoa a mede mo hoahoa me ho kyerɛ Tito no nso aba mu.

15 Now he happily remembers how you all [were willing to] do [what I asked you to do]. He is [also happy about the way you] treated him with great respect. [When he thinks about those things], [it makes] him love you even more [than he did when he was with you].

Enti, sɛ ɔkae sɛdeɛ mo nyinaa pɛɛ sɛ moyɛ ɔsetie ma no na mode obuo ne anidie gyee no fɛ so no a, ɛma ɔdɔ a ɔdɔ mo no mu den ara na ɛreyɛ.

16 [As for me], I am very happy [because now] I am certain that I can depend on you [to do what you know God wants you to do].

Ɛyɛ me anigye sɛ mɛtumi de me ho nyinaa ato mo so.