Ɔsɛnkafoɔ

7 Din pa* yɛ sene ngo pa,+ na owuda yɛ sene awoda. 2 Ɛyɛ sɛ wobɛkɔ awerɛhoɔ fie sene sɛ wobɛkɔ apontoɔ fie,+ ɛfiri sɛ ɛno ne onipa biara awieeɛ, na ɛsɛ sɛ ateasefoɔ de hyɛ wɔn akomam. 3 Awerɛhoɔ yɛ sene sereɛ,+ ɛfiri sɛ sɛ onipa anim yɛ mmɔbɔmmɔbɔ a, ɛyɛ n’akoma yie.+ 4 Anyansafoɔ akoma wɔ awerɛhoɔ fie, na nkwaseafoɔ akoma deɛ, ɛwɔ anigyeɛ fie.+

5 Ɛyɛ sɛ wobɛtie onyansafoɔ animka+ sene sɛ wobɛtie nkwaseafoɔ dwom. 6 Sɛdeɛ nkasɛɛ a ɛredɛre wɔ kukuo ase dede teɛ no, saa ara na kwasea sereɛ teɛ;+ wei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ. 7 Nhyɛsoɔ bɛtumi ama onyansafoɔ ayɛ n’adeɛ sɛ bɔdamfoɔ, na adanmudeɛ* sɛe akoma.+

8 Asɛm awieeɛ yɛ sene ne mfitiaseɛ. Ɛyɛ sɛ wobɛto wo bo ase sene sɛ wobɛma wo ho so.*+ 9 Nyɛ ntɛm mfa abufuo,*+ ɛfiri sɛ nkwaseafoɔ kokom na abufuo teɛ.*+

10 Nka sɛ, “Adɛn nti na kane nna no yɛ sene nnɛ?” na nyansa nnim sɛ wobɛbisa saa.+

11 Nyansa a agyapadeɛ ka ho yɛ adepa, na mfasoɔ wɔ so ma wɔn a wɔhunu adekyeeɛ hann.* 12 Nyansa bɔ onipa ho ban+ sɛdeɛ sika nso bɔ onipa ho ban no.+ Nanso nimdeɛ so mfasoɔ nie: Nyansa kora ne wura nkwa so.+

13 Susu nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no adwuma ho hwɛ. Sɛ ɔkyea biribi a, hwan na ɔbɛtumi atene no?+ 14 Ɛda pa ba a, gye w’ani,+ na amanehunu da* ba a, hunu sɛ Onyankopɔn na ayɛ wei nso aka ho,+ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a nnipa rentumi nhunu biribiara a ɛbɛto wɔn daakye.+

15 Me nkwa nna a mfasoɔ biara nni so mu no,+ mahunu adeɛ nyinaa. Ebi ne sɛ, ɔteneneeni bi wɔ hɔ a, ɔwu wɔ ne tenenee mu,+ na ɔbɔnefoɔ bi wɔ hɔ a, ne bɔne nyinaa akyi no, ɔtena ase kyɛ.+

16 Nyɛ wo ho ɔteneneeni dodo,+ na nyɛ wo ho onyansafoɔ nso ntra so.+ Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ wosɛe wo ho?+ 17 Nyɛ bɔne mmoro so, na nyɛ kwasea nso.+ Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ wowu ansa na wo berɛ aso?+ 18 Ɛyɛ paa sɛ wobɛsɔ kɔkɔbɔ a ɛdi kan no mu, na worennyae deɛ ɛdi akyire no nso mu;+ ɛfiri sɛ deɛ ɔsuro Onyankopɔn no, ɔbɛtie mmienu no nyinaa.

19 Nyansa ma onyansafoɔ yɛ den sene kuro mu mmarima ahoɔdenfoɔ du.+ 20 Na ɔteneneeni biara nni asaase so a adepa nko ara na ɔyɛ a ɔnyɛ bɔne da.+

21 Afei nso, mfa w’akoma nni nsɛm a nnipa ka nyinaa akyi;+ anyɛ saa a, wobɛte sɛ w’akoa redome wo. 22 Ɛfiri sɛ wonim wɔ w’akomam paa sɛ, wo nso, woadome nkurɔfoɔ mprɛ pii.+

23 Weinom nyinaa mede nyansa sɔ hwɛe, na mekaa sɛ: “Mɛyɛ onyansafoɔ.” Nanso mantumi. 24 Deɛ aba nyinaa, yɛrentumi nhunu mu; emu dɔ yie. Hwan na ɔbɛtumi ate aseɛ?+ 25 Mede sii m’ani so sɛ mɛhunu na mapɛɛpɛɛ mu, na mahwehwɛ nyansa ne deɛ enti a nneɛma bi sisi, na mahunu sɛdeɛ nkwaseasɛm yɛ bɔne na adammɔ nso yɛ agyimisɛm.+ 26 Deɛ mehunuiɛ nie: Adeɛ a ɛyɛ nwono sene owuo ne ɔbaa a ɔte sɛ afirisumfoɔ atena, a n’akoma te sɛ asau, na ne nsa te sɛ afiase nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn. Deɛ ɔsuro nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no, ɔbaa no rentumi nkye no.+ Ɔbɔnefoɔ mmom na ɔbaa no bɛtumi akye no.+

27 Ɔsɛnkafoɔ no+ kaa sɛ: “Hwɛ, deɛ mahunu nie. Mehwehwɛɛ nneɛma no mu mmaako mmaako sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mɛhunu deɛ ɛwom. 28 Nanso deɛ mekɔɔ so hwehwɛeɛ no,* manhunu. Deɛ mehunuiɛ ne sɛ, wofa nnipa apem a, wobɛnya ɔbarima* baako wom, nanso worennya ɔbaa baako mpo wom. 29 Deɛ mahunu ara ne sɛ: Nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no bɔɔ nnipa yie,+ nanso wɔn ara na wɔafa akwan foforɔ bebree so.”+