Kɔkɔbɔ A Ɛtwa Toɔ
1Nsra a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa a merebɛsra mo ni. Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Adanseɛ a nnipa baanu anaa baasa bɛdi no na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔfa.” 2Ɛberɛ a mebaa mo nkyɛn deɛ ɛtɔ so mmienu no, mebɔɔ mo kɔkɔ bi. Mereti mu bio seesei a menni mo nkyɛn yi. Sɛ mesane ba bio a, mo anaa nnipa afoforɔ bi a wɔayɛ bɔne no, meremfa wɔn ho nkyɛ wɔn, 3ɛfiri sɛ, mopɛ sɛ mohunu nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi sɛ Kristo nam me so kasa. Ɔnnyɛ mmerɛ sɛ ɔbɛyɛ mo mu adwuma, na mmom, ɔwɔ tumi wɔ mo mu. 4Ɛwom sɛ mmerɛyɛ mu na wɔbɔɔ no asɛnnua mu, nanso Onyankopɔn tumi mu na ɔte ase yi. Yɛyɛ mmerɛ deɛ, nanso yɛn ayɔnkofa a yɛne no wɔ enti, yɛne no bɛtena wɔ Onyankopɔn tumi mu.
5Monsɔ mo ho nhwɛ na mommu mo ho atɛn nhwɛ sɛ mote ase wɔ gyidie mu anaa. Monim yie sɛ Kristo Yesu te mo mu anaa? Sɛ ɔnte mo mu a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ moantumi sɔhwɛ no. 6Menim yie sɛ mobɛhunu sɛ yɛanni nkoguo. 7Afei, yɛbɔ mpaeɛ srɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ morennyɛ biribiara a ɛnnyɛ. Yɛmmpɛ sɛ nnipa bɛhunu sɛ yɛwɔ tumi bi wɔ mo so. Sɛ mpo sɛ wɔhunu yɛn sɛ yɛsɛ nnipa a yɛadi nkoguo wɔ yɛn adwuma mu a, yɛpɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛpɛ sɛ mobɛyɛ deɛ ɛyɛ de adi nkonim. 8Yɛrentumi nsɔre ntia nokorɛ, na mmom, nokorɛ nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛgyina ma no. 9Sɛ yɛhunu sɛ yɛyɛ mmerɛ na moyɛ den a, na yɛn ani agye. Enti, yɛn nso yɛrebɔ mpaeɛ sɛ mobɛyɛ pɛ. 10Ɛno enti na meretwerɛ saa krataa yi abrɛ mo sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, sɛ meba a, merennyina tumi a Awurade de ama me sɛ memfa mmoa mo na monnyini na mo mu antete no so, na me ne mo anni no anibereɛ so.
11Enti, anuanom, makra mo! Mompere nhwehwɛ ade pa; montie mʼafotuo; mo ne mo ho mo ho nka na montena ase asomdwoeɛ mu. Na ɔdɔ ne asomdwoeɛ Onyankopɔn no ne mo bɛtena.
12Momfa onuadɔ nkyeakyea mo ho mo ho.
13Onyankopɔn nkurɔfoɔ nyinaa kyeakyea mo.
14Yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo adom 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 realize 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.
