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Ayiyi ye sen aponto, efisɛ ateasefo de owu to wɔn koma mu. Animka ye sen nnaadaa nkamfo, boasetɔ ye sen ahantan, na ɛboro so wɔ afanu biara sɛe onipa. Ɔsɛnkafo no hwehwɛɛ nyansa na ogye tom sɛ ɛkɔɔ akyiri sen no: Onyankopɔn yɛɛ nnipa tenenee; wɔn na wɔbɔɔ pɔw ahorow.
7 1Din pa ye sen aduhwam pa, na owuda ye sen awoda. 2Eye sɛ obi bɛkɔ ayifi sen sɛ ɔbɛkɔ apontoofi, efisɛ ɛno ne obiara awiei, na ɛsɛ sɛ ateasefo de no hyɛ wɔn koma mu. 3Awerɛhow ye sen serew, efisɛ anim a ayɛ mmɔbɔ ye ma koma. 4Anyansafo koma wɔ ayifi, nanso nkwaseafo koma wɔ anigyede fi. 5Eye sɛ wobɛte animka a efi anyansafo hɔ sen sɛ wobɛte nkwaseafo nnwom. 6Efisɛ sɛnea nsɔe a ɛhyew wɔ kuku ase pae dede no, saa ara na ɔkwasea serew te. Eyi nso yɛ ade a ɛtwam ntɛm. 7Ampa ara, nhyɛso dan onyansafo ma ɔyɛ ɔkwasea, na kɛtɛasehyɛ sɛe koma. 8Asɛm awiei ye sen ne mfiase, na honhom a ɛwɔ abotare ye sen honhom a ɛyɛ ahantan. 9Mma wo honhom mu nyɛ ntɛm sɛ wo bo befuw, efisɛ abufuw tena nkwaseafo kokom. 10Nka se, “Adɛn nti na tete nna no yɛɛ papa sen eyinom?” Efisɛ ɛnyɛ nyansa na ɛma wobisa saa. 11Nyansa ye bere a agyapade ka ho, ɛyɛ mfaso ma wɔn a wohu owia. a a v11 “Wɔn a wohu owia” yɛ Hebrifo kasakoa a wɔde ka ateasefo ho asɛm — wɔn a wɔda so te ase. 12Efisɛ nyansa yɛ guankɔbea, sɛnea sika nso te, nanso nimdeɛ mfaso ne eyi: nyansa kora nea ɔwɔ no nkwa so. 13Dwene Onyankopɔn adwuma ho: hena na obetumi atene nea wama akyea? 14Yiyedi da no, ma wʼani nnye, na amanehunu da no, dwene ho: Onyankopɔn ayɛ ɛno ne eyi nyinaa, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a obiara rentumi nhu biribiara a ɛbɛba wɔn akyi.
15Me nna a ɛtwam ntɛm no mu, mahu ne nyinaa: ɔtreneeni bi rewu wɔ ne trenee mu, na ɔbɔnefo bi tra ase kyɛ wɔ nʼamumɔyɛ mu. 16Nyɛ ɔtreneeni ntra so, na mma wo ho nyɛ onyansafo ntra so; adɛn nti na wobɛsɛe wo ho? 17Nyɛ ɔbɔnefo ntra so, na nyɛ ɔkwasea—adɛn nti na wobewu ansa na wo bere aso? 18Eye sɛ wobɛso eyi mu, na nnyae ɛno nso, efisɛ obiara a osuro Onyankopɔn no fi ne mmienu nyinaa mu yiye. 19Nyansa ma onyansafo yɛ den sen atumfo du a wɔwɔ kurow bi mu. 20Ampa ara, ɔtreneeni biara nni asase so a ɔyɛ papa na ɔnyɛ bɔne da. 21Bio nso, mfa asɛm biara a nnipa ka nhyɛ wo koma mu, anyɛ saa a, wobɛte sɛ wo somfo redome wo, 22efisɛ wo ankasa wo koma nim sɛ mpɛn pii wo ankasa adome afoforo. 23Mede nyansa sɔɔ eyi nyinaa hwɛe. Mekae se, “Mabɔ me tirim sɛ mɛyɛ onyansafo”—nanso ɛboro me so. 24Nea ɛwɔ hɔ biara wɔ akyirikyiri na emu dɔ, emu dɔ yiye—hena na obetumi ahu? 25Mede me koma sii so sɛ mehu, mɛhwehwɛ mu, na mɛpɛ nyansa ne nneɛma nyinaa nkontaabu, na mahu nkwaseasɛm mu bɔne ne nkwaseasɛm a ɛyɛ abodamsɛm. 26Mihu sɛ ɔbaa no yɛ nwono sen owu: ne koma yɛ mfiri ne asau, ne nsa yɛ nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn. Nea ɔyɛ papa wɔ Onyankopɔn anim no dwane fi ne nsam; na ɔbɔnefo no de, ɔbaa no kyere no.
27“Hwɛ, eyi na mahu,” Ɔsɛnkafo no na ose, “mede baako kaa baako ho sɛ mehu ne nyinaa nkontaabu, 28nea me kra kɔɔ so hwehwɛɛ nanso manhu. Mihuu ɔbarima baako wɔ 1,000 mu, nanso manhu ɔbaa baako wɔ eyinom nyinaa mu. 29Hwɛ, eyi nko ara na mahu: Onyankopɔn bɔɔ nnipa sɛ wɔntene, nanso wɔahwehwɛ nhyehyɛe bebree.”