Kɔkɔbɔ A Etwa To
1Nsra a ɛto so abiɛsa a merebɛsra mo ni. Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Adanse a nnipa baanu anaa baasa bedi no na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔfa.” 2Bere a mebaa mo nkyɛn nea ɛto so abien no, mebɔɔ mo kɔkɔ bi. Mereti mu mprempren a minni mo nkyɛn yi. Sɛ mesan ba bio a, meremfa mo anaa nnipa afoforo bi a wɔayɛ bɔne no ho nkyɛ wɔn, 3efisɛ mopɛ sɛ muhu nsɛnkyerɛnne bi sɛ Kristo nam me so kasa. Ɔnyɛ mmerɛw sɛ ɔbɛyɛ mo mu adwuma, na mmom ɔwɔ tumi wɔ mo mu. 4Ɛwɔ mu sɛ mmerɛwyɛ mu na wɔbɔɔ no asennua mu, nanso Onyankopɔn tumi mu na ɔte ase yi. Yɛyɛ mmerɛw de, nanso ayɔnkofa a yɛne no wɔ nti, yɛne no bɛtena wɔ Onyankopɔn tumi mu.
5Monsɔ mo ho nhwɛ, na mummu mo ho atɛn nhwɛ sɛ mote ase wɔ gyidi mu ana. Munim yiye sɛ Kristo Yesu te mo mu ana? Sɛ ɔnte mo mu a na ɛkyerɛ sɛ moantumi sɔhwɛ no. 6Minim yiye sɛ mubehu sɛ yɛanni nkogu. 7Afei yɛbɔ mpae srɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ morenyɛ biribiara a enye. Yɛmpɛ sɛ nnipa behu sɛ yɛwɔ tumi bi wɔ mo so. Mpo sɛ wohu yɛn sɛ yɛsɛ nnipa a yɛadi nkogu wɔ yɛn adwuma mu a, yɛpɛ, efisɛ yɛpɛ sɛ mobɛyɛ nea eye de adi nkonim. 8Yɛrentumi nsɔre ntia nokware, na mmom nokware nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ yegyina ma no. 9Sɛ yehu sɛ yɛyɛ mmerɛw na moyɛ den a, na yɛn ani agye. Enti yɛn nso yɛrebɔ mpae sɛ mobɛyɛ pɛ. 10Ɛno nti na merekyerɛw saa krataa yi abrɛ mo, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ na, sɛ meba a merennyina tumi a Awurade de ama me sɛ memfa mmoa mo na munyin na mo mu antetew no so ne mo nni no anibere so.
11Enti anuanom, makra mo! Mompere nhwehwɛ ade pa; muntie mʼafotu; mo ne mo ho mo ho nka na montena ase asomdwoe mu. Na ɔdɔ ne asomdwoe Nyankopɔn no ne mo bɛtena.
12Momfa onuadɔ nkyiakyia mo ho mo ho.
13Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo nyinaa kyiakyia mo.
14Yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo dom ne Onyankopɔn dɔ ne Honhom Kronkron no ayɔnkofa nka mo nyinaa.
Final warnings
1This will be my third visit to you. ‘Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’13:1 Deut. 19:15 2I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent: on my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others, 3since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. 4For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you.
5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realise that Christ Jesus is in you – unless, of course, you fail the test? 6And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. 7Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong – not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. 8For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. 9We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored. 10This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority – the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
Final greetings
11Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
12Greet one another with a holy kiss.
13All God’s people here send their greetings.
14May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
