Yesu Owusɔreɛ
1Kwasiada anɔpahema, Maria Magdalene sɔre kɔɔ da no so kɔhunuu sɛ obi apire ɛboɔ no afiri ɔboda no ano. 2Ɔhunuu saa no, ɔde ahoɔherɛ kɔɔ Simon Petro ne osuani a Yesu dɔ no no nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Nnipa bi akɔfa Awurade amu no afiri ɛda no mu na mennim faako a wɔde no akɔto!”
3Petro ne saa osuani yi tee asɛm no no, wɔtuu mmirika kɔɔ ɛda no so. 4Nanso, saa osuani yi maa ne mmirika mu yɛɛ den twaa Petro ho kɔduruu hɔ kane. 5Ɔduruu ɔboda no ano no, wanwura mu. Ɔbɔɔ ne mu ase hwɛɛ mu hunuu sɛ nwera a wɔde kyekyeree Yesu amu no gu hɔ. 6Simon Petro deɛ, ɔbɛduruu hɔ no, ɔwuraa ɔboda no mu. Ɔhunuu nwera a wɔde kyekyeree Yesu amu no sɛ ɛgu hɔ, 7a nwera a wɔde bɔɔ ne ti no nso gu baabi. 8Afei, osuani a ɔduruu ɔboda no ho kane no nso wuraa mu hunuu saa nneɛma no maa ɔgye diiɛ. 9Saa ɛberɛ no nyinaa na asuafoɔ baanu yi nnya ntee deɛ Atwerɛsɛm aka afa Yesu wusɔreɛ ho no ase. 10Afei, asuafoɔ no firii hɔ kɔɔ efie.
Yesu Yi Ne Ho Adi Kyerɛ Maria Magdalene
11Maria deɛ na ɔda so gyina ɔboda no ho resu. Ɔgu so resu no, ɔbɔɔ ne mu ase hwɛɛ ɔboda no mu, 12na ɔhunuu ɔsoro abɔfoɔ baanu a wɔhyehyɛ ntadeɛ fitafitaa a ɔbaako te atifi na ɔbaako nso te anafoɔ wɔ faako a na Yesu amu no da no.
13Wɔbisaa no sɛ, “Ɔbaa, adɛn na woresu sɛɛ yi?”
Maria de awerɛhoɔ buaa sɛ, “Nnipa bi abɛfa mʼAwurade na mennim faako a wɔde no akɔto.” 14Afei, ɔtwaa nʼani hwɛɛ nʼakyi na ɔhunuu sɛ na obi gyina hɔ a ɛyɛ Yesu, nanso na ɔnnim sɛ ɛyɛ ɔno.
15Yesu bisaa no sɛ, “Ɔbaa, adɛn enti na woresu sɛɛ yi? Hwan na worehwehwɛ no?”
Na Maria deɛ ɔsusu sɛ ɛyɛ turom hɔ hwɛfoɔ enti, ɔbisaa no sɛ, “Owura, sɛ wo na wofaa no firii ha a, mesrɛ wo, kyerɛ me faako a wode no akɔto na menkɔfa no.”
16Yesu frɛɛ no sɛ, “Maria!”
Maria twaa nʼani hwɛɛ no na ɔgyee so wɔ Hebri kasa mu sɛ, “Rabuni!” (a aseɛ ne “Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ”).
17Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Nsɔ me mu, ɛfiri sɛ, mennya nkɔɔ mʼAgya nkyɛn; kɔka kyerɛ mʼasuafoɔ no sɛ, meresane akɔ mʼAgya a ɔyɛ wɔn agya ne me Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ wɔn nso Onyankopɔn no nkyɛn.”
18Maria Magdalene firii hɔ kɔbɔɔ asuafoɔ no amaneɛ sɛ wahunu Awurade na ɔkaa asɛm a Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no no kyerɛɛ wɔn.
Yesu Yi Ne Ho Adi Kyerɛ Nʼasuafoɔ
19Saa ɛda no ara anwummerɛ a na ɛsiane Yudafoɔ mpanin no ho hu enti, asuafoɔ no ato wɔn ho ɛpono mu no, Yesu baa ɛdan no mu hɔ kyeaa wɔn sɛ, “Asomdwoeɛ nka mo.” 20Ɔkyeaa wɔn wieeɛ no, ɔde ne nsam ne ne mfem kyerɛɛ wɔn. Asuafoɔ no hunuu Awurade no, wɔn ani gyee yie.
21Yesu sane kyeaa wɔn bio sɛ, “Asomdwoeɛ nka mo.” Afei, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ Agya no somaa me no, saa ara na me nso meresoma mo.” 22Yei akyi, ɔhome guu wɔn so kaa sɛ, “Honhom Kronkron no mmra mo so. 23Sɛ mode obi bɔne kyɛ no a, wɔde bɛkyɛ no; na sɛ moamfa obi bɔne ankyɛ no a, wɔremfa nkyɛ no.”
Yesu Yi Ne Ho Adi Kyerɛ Toma
24Ɛberɛ a Yesu yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ asuafoɔ no, na Toma a wɔfrɛ no Ata a ɔyɛ asuafoɔ dumienu no mu baako no nni hɔ bi. 25Ɛberɛ a asuafoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Wɔahunu Awurade no!”
Wannye anni kaa sɛ, “Sɛ manhunu ne nsam ne ne mfem twa no na mamfa me nsa anka a, merennye nni da.”
26Nnawɔtwe akyi, asuafoɔ no sane hyiaeɛ bio a na Toma ka wɔn ho. Ɛwom sɛ na wɔatoto apono no mu deɛ, nanso Yesu sane baa hɔ kyeaa wɔn bio sɛ, “Asomdwoeɛ nka mo!” 27Afei, Yesu frɛɛ Toma ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Fa wo nsa bɛka me nsam ne me mfem. Nnye akyinnyeɛ bio. Gye di!”
28Toma de ahonuo kaa sɛ, “Wo ne mʼAwurade ne me Onyankopɔn!”
29Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Woahunu me no enti, na woagye adi; nhyira nka wɔn a wɔnhunuu me nanso wɔgye me di.”
30Yesu yɛɛ anwanwadeɛ ahodoɔ bebree kyerɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ no a wɔantwerɛ wɔ saa nwoma yi mu. 31Nanso, biribiara a wɔatwerɛ wɔ saa nwoma yi mu no, wɔatwerɛ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mobɛgye adi sɛ, Yesu ne Agyenkwa, ne Onyankopɔn Ba no; na sɛ mogye no di a, mobɛnya nkwa.
The Tomb Is Empty
1Early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. It was still dark. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance. 2So she ran to Simon Peter and another disciple, the one Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb! We don’t know where they have put him!”
3So Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. 4Both of them were running. The other disciple ran faster than Peter. He reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there. But he did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter came along behind him. He went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there. 7He also saw the funeral cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place. It was separate from the linen. 8The disciple who had reached the tomb first also went inside. He saw and believed. 9They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead. 10Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
11But Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she cried, she bent over to look into the tomb. 12She saw two angels dressed in white. They were seated where Jesus’ body had been. One of them was where Jesus’ head had been laid. The other sat where his feet had been placed.
13They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said. “I don’t know where they have put him.” 14Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn’t realize that it was Jesus.
15He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”
She thought he was the gardener. So she said, “Sir, did you carry him away? Tell me where you put him. Then I will go and get him.”
16Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him. Then she cried out in the Aramaic language, “Rabboni!” Rabboni means Teacher.
17Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me. I have not yet ascended to the Father. Instead, go to those who believe in me. Tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
18Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news. She said, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
19On the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were together. They had locked the doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came in and stood among them. He said, “May peace be with you!” 20Then he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were very happy when they saw the Lord.
21Again Jesus said, “May peace be with you! The Father has sent me. So now I am sending you.” 22He then breathed on them. He said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Jesus Appears to Thomas
24Thomas was one of the 12 disciples. He was also called Didymus. He was not with the other disciples when Jesus came. 25So they told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “First I must see the nail marks in his hands. I must put my finger where the nails were. I must put my hand into his side. Only then will I believe.”
26A week later, Jesus’ disciples were in the house again. Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came in and stood among them. He said, “May peace be with you!” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. See my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen me but still have believed.”
The Purpose of John’s Gospel
30Jesus performed many other signs in front of his disciples. They are not written down in this book. 31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. If you believe this, you will have life because you belong to him.
