Gyidie Ne Bɔneka
1Anuanom, deɛ mʼakoma pere hwehwɛ yɛ me mpaeɛ a mebɔ srɛ Onyankopɔn ma Israelfoɔ sɛ wɔbɛnya nkwagyeɛ. 2Mɛtumi madi wɔn ho adanseɛ sɛ wɔyɛ nnipa a wɔde mmɔdemmɔ som Onyankopɔn sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ. Nanso, wɔn som no mfiri nimdeɛ mu. 3Wɔammu tenenee a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn no, na mmom wɔpɛɛ sɛ wɔfa wɔn ankasa nimdeɛ so. Yei amma wɔamfa wɔn ho anhyɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ a ɔnam so ma onipa wie pɛyɛ no ase. 4Kristo ne mmara no awieeɛ, enti obiara a ɔgye die no bɛyɛ ɔteneneeni.
5Mose kyerɛɛ sɛ, sɛ onipa di mmara no so a, ɔbɛtumi asɔ Onyankopɔn ani, ɛberɛ a ɔtwerɛeɛ sɛ, “Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔnya nkwa a, ɔnyɛ deɛ mmara no ka no nyinaa.” 6Nanso wɔn a wɔn gyidie enti Onyankopɔn agye wɔn no, mma wɔmmisa wɔ wɔn akoma mu sɛ, “Hwan na ɔbɛkɔ ɔsoro akɔfa Kristo aba?” 7Ɛnna wɔremmisa nso sɛ, “Hwan na ɔbɛkɔ awufoɔ asase so akɔnyane no aba nkwa mu”? 8Deɛ Atwerɛsɛm no ka nie, “Onyankopɔn asɛm no abɛn wo, ɛda wʼano na ɛwɔ wʼakoma mu.” Yei ne asɛm a ɛfa gyidie ho a yɛka no. 9Sɛ wopae mu ka sɛ, “Yesu ne Awurade”, na wogye di sɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔnyanee no firii awufoɔ mu a, wɔbɛgye wo nkwa. 10Na yɛfiri akoma mu gye di na wɔabu yɛn bem, na yɛde yɛn ano pae mu ka na yɛanya nkwagyeɛ. 11Na Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Obiara a ɔde ne ho to no soɔ no, nʼanim rengu ase.” 12Nsonsonoeɛ biara nni Yudani ne Aman amanmuni ntam. Awurade baako no yɛ Awurade ma wɔn nyinaa na, ɔhyira wɔn a wɔsufrɛ no. 13Sɛdeɛ Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Obiara a ɔbɛbɔ Awurade din no bɛnya nkwa.”
14Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na nnipa bɛnya gyidie wɔ Awurade mu na wɔabisa no nkwagyeɛ? Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wɔate, gye sɛ obi ka kyerɛ wɔn. 15Na sɛ wɔansoma wɔn nso a, wɔbɛyɛ dɛn na wɔaka Asɛmpa no? Sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ sɛ, “Wɔn a wɔde Asɛmpa no reba no nan yɛ fɛ.”
16Nanso ɛnyɛ wɔn nyinaa na wɔagye Asɛmpa no adi, sɛdeɛ Yesaia kaa sɛ, “Awurade, hwan na wagye yɛn asɛnka adi?” 17Ɛnneɛ na gyidie no firi asɛm no tie mu, deɛ yɛte firi Asɛmpa a ɛfa Kristo ho no mu. 18Nanso, mebisa sɛ, Wɔante anaa? Wɔteeɛ:
“Wɔn nne akɔduru asase so mmaa nyinaa,
na wɔn nsɛm nso akɔduru asase ano.”
19Mebisa bio sɛ, Israelfoɔ te aseɛ anaa wɔante aseɛ? Deɛ ɛdi ɛkan, Mose ka sɛ,
“Mɛma moatwe aman a wɔnyɛ me ɔman mpo ho ninkunu.
Mede ɔman a wɔnni nteaseɛ bɛhyɛ mo abufuo.”
20Na Yesaia de akokoɔduru ka sɛ,
“Wɔn a wɔnhwehwɛ me no hunuu me;
medaa me ho adi kyerɛɛ wɔn a wɔmmisaa mʼase no.”
21Na deɛ ɔka faa Israelfoɔ ho ne sɛ,
“Ɛda mu nyinaa matrɛ me nsa mu
ama nnipa a wɔyɛ asoɔden ne nyiyiano.”
1Brothers and sisters, with all my heart I long for the people of Israel to be saved. I pray to God for them. 2I can tell you for certain that they really want to serve God. But how they are trying to do it is not based on knowledge. 3They didn’t know that God’s power makes people right with himself. They tried to get right with God in their own way. They didn’t do it in God’s way. 4Christ has fulfilled everything the law was meant to do. So now everyone who believes can be right with God.
5Moses writes about how the law could help a person do what God requires. He writes, “The person who does these things will live by them.” (Leviticus 18:5) 6But the way to do what God requires must begin by having faith in him. Scripture says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up into heaven?’ ” (Deuteronomy 30:12) That means to go up into heaven and bring Christ down. 7“And do not say, ‘Who will go down into the grave?’ ” (Deuteronomy 30:13) That means to bring Christ up from the dead. 8But what does it say? “The message is near you. It’s in your mouth and in your heart.” (Deuteronomy 30:14) This means the message about faith that we are preaching. 9Say with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord.” Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead. Then you will be saved. 10With your heart you believe and are made right with God. With your mouth you say what you believe. And so you are saved. 11Scripture says, “The one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” (Isaiah 28:16) 12There is no difference between those who are Jews and those who are not. The same Lord is Lord of all. He richly blesses everyone who calls on him. 13Scripture says, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Joel 2:32)
14How can they call on him unless they believe in him? How can they believe in him unless they hear about him? How can they hear about him unless someone preaches to them? 15And how can anyone preach without being sent? It is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” (Isaiah 52:7)
16But not all the people of Israel accepted the good news. Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” (Isaiah 53:1) 17So faith comes from hearing the message. And the message that is heard is the message about Christ. 18But I ask, “Didn’t the people of Israel hear?” Of course they did. It is written,
“Their voice has gone out into the whole earth.
Their words have gone out from one end of the world to the other.” (Psalm 19:4)
19Again I ask, “Didn’t Israel understand?” First, Moses says,
“I will use people who are not a nation to make you jealous.
I will use a nation that has no understanding to make you angry.” (Deuteronomy 32:21)
20Then Isaiah boldly speaks about what God says. God said,
“I was found by those who were not trying to find me.
I made myself known to those who were not asking for me.” (Isaiah 65:1)
21But Isaiah also speaks about what God says concerning Israel. God said,
“All day long I have held out my hands.
I have held them out to a stubborn people who do not obey me.” (Isaiah 65:2)
