8 Adɔfonom, deɛ otwa toɔ koraa ne sɛ, deɛ ɔyɛ nɔkorɛ, deɛ anidie ya mu, deɛ ɔtene, deɛ ho te, deɛ ɔsɔ ani, deɛ ɔwɔ dini pa, sɛ bra pa bi ya hɔ a, sɛ bibi fata ayeyie a, honnwene yeinom ho.
Nti bɛsomaa bɛ asuafoɔ ne Herodefoɔ kɔɔ ne nkyɛne, kaa sɛ, “Kyerɛkyerɛfoɔ, yenim sɛ woyɛ nɔkwafoɔ, wonam nɔkorɛ so kyerɛkyerɛ Nyankopɔn kwane, na wonsuro nipa biaa, saa nso ne wonhwɛ nnipa anim.
efiri sɛ, na Herode suro Yohane, esiane sɛ onim sɛ ɔyɛ teneneeni ne kronkronni, nti ɔbɔɔ ne ho bane. Sɛ otie no a, na waayɛ basaa nso na ɔpɛ sɛ otie no.
Nti ɔka kyerɛɛ bɛ sɛ, “Ho ne hobu ho ho bem nnipa anim, nso Nyankopɔn nim ho akomam; efiri sɛ nea ɔsombo nnipa ani so he yɛ akyiwadeɛ Nyankopɔn ani so.
Na afei na beema bi ya Yerusalem a bɛfrɛ no Simeon a na ɔyɛ nipa tenennee a nyamesuro ya ne mu a ɔɔtwɛne Israel awerɛkyekyerɛ, na Honhom Kronkron ya no so.
Bɛkaa sɛ, “Bɔfoɔ kronkron bi de Nyankopɔn akwankyerɛ maa Konelio, asraafoɔ ha so hwɛfoɔ, teneneeni a osuro Nyankopɔn, a Yudafoɔ nyinaa bɔ no dini pa he sɛ ɔnsoma ma bɛmmɛfa wo mmra ne fie na ontie nea wowɔ ka.”
Nti anuanom, ho ankasa honhwehwɛ ho mu mmeema nson a hobetumi adi bɛ ho adanse-pa, na Honhom ne nyansa ahyɛ bɛ ma, na yɛmfa saa dwumadie yi nhyɛ bɛ nsa,
Efiri sɛ bɛ a bedi mpanyinnie he ho nyɛ hu mma bɛ a bɛbɔ bra pa, na mmom bɛho ohu ma bɛ a bɛyɔ bɔne. Sɛ wompɛ sɛ wosuro tumfoɔ he a, hedeɛ yɔ nea ɔyɛ papa, na wobenya n’anim adom;
na mmom, sɛ bi yɛ Yudani mapa a, ɔyɛ no ne mu, na twetiatwa ankasa yɛ akoma mu asɛm; ɔyɛ honhom mu adeɛ, na mmom ɔnyɛ honam mu adeɛ. Nea ɔyɛ Yudani mapa he, n’ayeyie firi Nyankopɔn hɔ, na mmom ommfiri nnipa hɔ.
Nti mpɛ ntɛm mmu atɛne ansa na berɛ he aso, ansa na Awurade aba, ɔno ne de nnoɔma a ahinta sum mu bɛba hann mu na wayi akoma mu botaeɛ adi, ansa na ɔde biaa abasobɔ ama no.
ɔsɛ sɛ bedi ne ho adanse-pa, sɛ ɔyɛ bi a watete mmɔfra, ayɔ ahɔhoyɛ, asom agyidifoɔ he ahobrɛaseɛ mu (ahohoro ahoteefoɔ he nane ase), aboa bɛ a bɛwɔ amaneɛ mu, na ɔde ne ho ama papayɔ adeɛ nyinaa mu.
Nyamesom a ho te na nkekaeɛ nni mu a Agya Nyankopɔn ani sɔ di: Sɛ bi bɛdwene nyanka ne akunafoɔ ho, bɛ ahohiahia mmerɛ mu, na ɔbɛte ne ho afiri wiase nkekaeɛ ho.
Na nyansa a ofiri soro he deɛ, deɛ odi kane ne sɛ, ho te, na afei ɔpɛ asomdwie, ɔdwo, ɔwɔ asoɔmmerɛ, ɔwɔ nteaseɛ; ahummɔborɔ ne aba pa ahyɛ no ma, a ɔnyɛ nyiyimu anaa nyaatwom kwane biaa so.
Hommɔ bra pa ya amanamane mufoɔ a hofra bɛ mu he mu, na sɛ bɛka ho ho nsɛm sɛ hoyɛ nnebɔnyɛfoɔ a, bɛahu ho papa a hoayɔ he nso nam so ahyɛ Nyankopɔn animuonyam, “nsrada” he.