Acts 1010ActsJudea, Samaria and the first GentilesAkuapem Twi Contemporary Bible

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1. 1AKWƆbarima bi tenaa Kaesarea a ne din de Kornelio. Na ɔyɛ Roma asraafo bi a wɔn din de Italia Asraafodɔm no so panyin.BSBBSB: At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
2. 2AKWNa ɔne ne fifo nyinaa yɛ Nyamesurofo. Ɔyɛ obi a na ɔboa ahiafo na daa ɔbɔ mpae nso.BSBBSB: He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
3. 3AKWDa bi awia bɛyɛ nnɔnabiɛsa na ohuu Onyankopɔn bɔfo wɔ anisoadehu mu se waba ne nkyɛn abɛfrɛ no se, “Kornelio!”BSBBSB: One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
4. 4AKWKornelio de hu hwɛɛ no dinn. Obisae se, “Ɛyɛ dɛn Awurade?” Ɔbɔfo no buae se, “Wo mpae ne wʼadɔe a woyɛ ahiafo no adu Onyankopɔn anim sɛ nkae ade.BSBBSB: Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
5. 5AKWSoma nnipa na wɔnkɔ Yopa nkɔfa ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simon Petro mmra.BSBBSB: Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.
6. 6AKWƆte ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simon a ɔhyɛ mmoa nhoma aduru a ne fi bɛn mpoano no nkyɛn.”BSBBSB: He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
7. 7AKWƆbɔfo no kasa kyerɛɛ no wiee a ɔkɔe no, Kornelio frɛɛ nʼasomfo baanu, san frɛɛ nʼasraafo no mu baako a ɔyɛ Onyamesuroni kaa wɔn ho,BSBBSB: When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
8. 8AKWkaa biribiara a wahu no kyerɛɛ wɔn somaa wɔn Yopa.BSBBSB: He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
9. 9AKWAde kyee a wɔrekɔ no, ɛbɛyɛ owigyinae a wɔrebɛn kurow no na Petro kɔɔ ɔdan a ɔte mu no atifi kɔbɔɔ mpae.BSBBSB: The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
10. 10AKWSaa bere no, na ɔkɔm de no a wogu so reyɛ aduan ama no na ɔkɔɔ tebea bi a ɛte sɛ adaeso mu.BSBBSB: He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
11. 11AKWOhuu sɛ ɔsoro abue na biribi a ɛte sɛ ntama kɛse a wɔakyekyere fi ɔsoro afanan resian ba fam.BSBBSB: He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
12. 12AKWNa ntɔteboa ahorow ne mmoa a wɔwea ne wuram nnomaa ahyɛ saa ntama no ma.BSBBSB: It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
13. 13AKWAfei nne bi ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Petro, sɔre na kum bi we!”BSBBSB: Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
14. 14AKWPetro buae se, “Dabi da, Awurade, minnii biribiara a ɛho ntew da.”BSBBSB: “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
15. 15AKWNne no ka kyerɛɛ no bio se, “Biribiara a Onyankopɔn atew ho no, nka se ɛho ntew.”BSBBSB: The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
16. 16AKWSaa anisoadehu yi baa mprɛnsa. Afei ntama no san kɔɔ ɔsoro.BSBBSB: This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
17. 17AKWSaa bere a na Petro redwinnwen anisoadehu no ho no, nnipa a Kornelio somaa wɔn no koduu Petro abobow ano.BSBBSB: While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
18. 18AKWWɔfrɛ bisae se, “Saa ofi yi mu na Simon Petro te no ana?”BSBBSB: They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
19. 19AKWPetro gu so redwinnwen anisoadehu no ho no, Honhom Kronkron ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Simon, mmarima baasa bi rehwehwɛ wo.BSBBSB: As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
20. 20AKWSian si fam. Ntwentwɛn wo nan ase na wo ne wɔn nkɔ, efisɛ me na masoma wɔn.”BSBBSB: So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
21. 21AKWPetro sian kɔɔ fam kɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mene onipa a morehwehwɛ no no, na mo amanneɛ?”BSBBSB: So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
22. 22AKWNnipa no buaa no se, “Yefi asraafo panyin Kornelio nkyɛn. Ɔyɛ ɔtreneeni ne Onyamesuroni a Yudafo nyinaa bu no. Onyankopɔn bɔfo ka kyerɛɛ no se ɔnsoma mfrɛ wo mmra ne fi na ontie asɛm bi mfi wo nkyɛn.”BSBBSB: “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
23. 23AKWPetro gyee nnipa no, som wɔn hɔho. Ade kyee no, Petro ne nnipa no ne agyidifo bi a wofi Yopa bɔɔ anan kɔe.BSBBSB: So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
24. 24AKWAde kyee a oduu Kaesarea no, na Kornelio afrɛfrɛ nʼabusuafo ne ne nnamfonom ahyia retwɛn no.BSBBSB: The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
25. 25AKWPetro reyɛ awura fie hɔ no, Kornelio hyiaa no, buu no nkotodwe.BSBBSB: As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
26. 26AKWNanso Petro ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Sɔre, efisɛ me nso meyɛ onipa sɛ wo ara.”BSBBSB: But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
27. 27AKWPetro ne Kornelio gu so rekasa no, wowuraa ofi no mu kɔtoo nnipa bebree.BSBBSB: As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
28. 28AKWPetro ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mo ara munim pefee sɛ Yudafo mmara mma Yudani kwan sɛ ɔkɔsra amanamanmuni anaasɛ ɔde ne ho bɔ no. Nanso Onyankopɔn akyerɛ me sɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ meka sɛ onipa bi ho ntew.BSBBSB: He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
29. 29AKWEyi nti na mosoma bɛfrɛɛ me no mantwentwɛn me nan ase no. Afei kyerɛ me nea enti a wosoma bɛfrɛɛ me no.”BSBBSB: So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
30. 30AKWKornelio kae se, “Nnɛ ne nnaanan awia nnɔnabiɛsa a merebɔ mpae wɔ me fi no, mihuu sɛ ɔbarima bi a ɔhyɛ atade a ɛhyerɛn gyina mʼanim.BSBBSB: Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
31. 31AKWƆkae se, ‘Kornelio, wo mpaebɔ ne wʼadɔe a woyɛ ahiafo no adu Onyankopɔn anim sɛ nkae ade.BSBBSB: and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
32. 32AKWSoma nnipa na wɔnkɔ Yopa nkɔfa ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simon Petro no mmra. Ɔte ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simon a ɔhyɛ mmoa nhoma aduru a ne fi bɛn mpoano no nkyɛn.’BSBBSB: Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
33. 33AKWMesoma ma wɔbɛfrɛɛ wo, na wo nso woayɛ ade sɛ woaba. Mprempren, yɛn nyinaa ahyia wɔ Onyankopɔn din mu rebetie asɛm biara a Awurade ahyɛ wo sɛ ka kyerɛ yɛn no.”BSBBSB: So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
34. 34AKWPetro fii ase kasae se, “Afei mahu sɛ ɛyɛ nokware sɛ Onyankopɔn nyɛ nyiyimu,BSBBSB: Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
35. 35AKWna mmom ɔman biara mu, nea ɔyɛ ade trenee no ogye no.BSBBSB: but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
36. 36AKWMunim asɛmpa a ɛfa asomdwoe ho a ɛnam yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo a ɔyɛ nnipa nyinaa Awurade no so de brɛɛ Israelfo no.BSBBSB: He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
37. 37AKWMunim nsɛm a esisii wɔ Yudea, a efii ase wɔ Galilea, Yohane asubɔ ho asɛnka no akyi.BSBBSB: You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
38. 38AKWMunim sɛnea Onyankopɔn de Honhom Kronkron ne tumi maa Yesu Nasareni no. Esiane sɛ Onyankopɔn ka ne ho no nti ɔkɔɔ mmeaemmeae, yɛɛ papa, saa wɔn a ɔbonsam afa wɔn no yare.BSBBSB: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
39. 39AKW“Yɛyɛ dwuma a odii wɔ Yudaman mu ne Yerusalem no ho nnansefo. Wɔbɔɔ no asennua mu kum no.BSBBSB: We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
40. 40AKWNanso ne nnansa so no, Onyankopɔn ma ɔsɔre fii awufo mu ma okoyii ne ho adi.BSBBSB: God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
41. 41AKWWanyi ne ho adi ankyerɛ nnipa nyinaa sɛ yɛn a yɛyɛ nnansefo a Onyankopɔn ayi yɛn dedaw no. Ɔsɔre fii awufo mu no, yɛne no didi nomee.BSBBSB: not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
42. 42AKWNa ɔhyɛɛ yɛn sɛ, yɛnka asɛmpa no nkyerɛ nnipa nyinaa, na yenni ne ho adanse sɛ, ɔno ne nea Onyankopɔn ayi no asi hɔ sɛ ommu ateasefo ne awufo atɛn no.BSBBSB: And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
43. 43AKWAdiyifo nyinaa kaa ne ho asɛm se, wɔnam ne din so de obiara a ogye no di no bɔne bɛkyɛ no.”BSBBSB: All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
44. 44AKWPetro gu so rekasa no, Honhom Kronkron baa wɔn a wɔretie asɛm no nyinaa so.BSBBSB: While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
45. 45AKWYudafo agyidifo a wɔne Petro fi Yopa bae no ho dwiriw wɔn sɛ Onyankopɔn ahwie nʼakyɛde a ɛyɛ Honhom Kronkron no agu amanamanmufo no nso so.BSBBSB: All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
46. 46AKWEfisɛ wɔtee sɛ wɔreka kasa foforo reyi Onyankopɔn ayɛ wɔ ne kɛseyɛ ho. Petro kae se,BSBBSB: For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,
47. 47AKW“Saa nnipa yi anya Honhom Kronkron sɛnea yɛn nso yenyaa bi no. Obi betumi asiw wɔn asubɔ ho kwan ana?”BSBBSB: “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
48. 48AKWPetro hyɛɛ sɛ wɔmmɔ wɔn asu wɔ Yesu Kristo din mu. Afei wɔsrɛɛ no sɛ onni nna kakra wɔ wɔn nkyɛn.BSBBSB: So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.