Matthew

1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

1Afei wɔde Yesu nam Honhom no so kɔɔ sare so, sɛ ɔbonsam sɔɔ no hwɛ.

2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

2Na bere a ɔtwee aduan ho nna aduanan ne anadwo aduanan no akyi no, ɔkɔm de no.

3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

3Na ɔsɔhwɛfoɔ no baa ne nkyɛn, na ɔkaa sɛ: Sɛ wo yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba a, ka sɛ abo yi nnane aduane.

4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

4Na ɔbuaa no sɛ: Wɔatwerɛ sɛ, Onipa rennya nkwa nam aduane nko ara so, na mmom nam asɛm biara a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn anom so no so.

5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

5Afei ɔbonsam faa no kɔɔ kuro kronkron no mu, na ɔde no gyinaa asɔredan no atifi,

6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in {their} hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

6na ɔkaa kyerɛ no sɛ: Sɛ wo yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba a, hwe wo ho fam: efisɛ wɔatwerɛ sɛ, Ɔbɛhyɛ ne abɔfoɔ ase wɔ wo ho, na wɔbɛsoa wo wɔ wɔn nsa so, sɛnea wo nan renhwe abo so.

7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. {tempt: or, try, or, put to trial, or, proof}

7Yesu kaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Wɔatwerɛ bio sɛ, Nsɔ Awurade wo Onyankopɔn hwɛ.

8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

8Bio, ɔbonsam faa no kɔɔ bepɔ tenten bi so, na ɔkyerɛɛ no wiase ahennie nyinaa ne wɔn animuonyam,

9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

9na ɔkaa kyerɛ no sɛ: Saa nneɛma yi nyinaa na mede bɛma wo, sɛ wobɛhwe ase asom me.

10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

10Afei Yesu kaa kyerɛ no sɛ: Fi ha kɔ, Satan: efisɛ wɔatwerɛ sɛ, Som Awurade wo Onyankopɔn, na som no nko ara.

11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

11Afei ɔbonsam gyaa no, na hwɛ, abɔfoɔ baa bɛsom no.

12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; {cast...: or, delivered up}

12Na bere a Yesu tee sɛ wɔde Yohane ato afiase no, ɔkɔɔ Galilea.

13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

13Na ɔgyaa Nasaret, na ɔbaa bɛtenaa Kapernaum a ɛwɔ po no ho, Sebulon ne Neftali asase mu:

14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

14sɛdeɛ deɛ wɔkaeɛ nam Yesaia nkɔmhyɛfoɔ no so no bɛba mu sɛ:

15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, {by} the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

15Sebulon asase ne Neftali asase, po kwan so, Yordan akyi, amanaman Galilea,

16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

16nnipa a wɔte sum mu no hunuu hann kɛseɛ; na wɔn a wɔte owu asase ne owu nwunu mu no, hann apue wɔn so.

17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

17Firi saa bere no, Yesu fii aseɛ rekyerɛkyerɛ, na ɔkae sɛ: Monsakra mo adwene: efisɛ ɔsoro ahennie no abɛn.

18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

18Na Yesu rekɔ po Galilea ho no, ɔhunuu anuanom baanu, Simon a wɔfrɛ no Petro, ne ne nua Andrea, sɛ wɔretow asukɔtɔ wɔ po mu: efisɛ na wɔyɛ asukɔtɔfoɔ.

19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

19Na ɔkaa kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: Mommra me akyi, na mɛma mo ayɛ nnipa asukɔtɔfoɔ.

20And they straightway left {their} nets, and followed him.

20Na wɔgyaa wɔn asukɔtɔ no ntɛm ara, na wɔdii no akyi.

21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James {the son} of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

21Na ɔfiri hɔ kɔe no, ɔhunuu anuanom baanu foforɔ, Yakobo, Sebedeo ba, ne ne nua Yohane, wɔ wɔn agya Sebedeo ne wɔn asukɔtɔ wɔ korabɔ mu, sɛ wɔresiesie wɔn asukɔtɔ; na ɔfrɛɛ wɔn.

22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

22Na wɔgyaa korabɔ no ne wɔn agya no ntɛm ara, na wɔdii no akyi.

23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

23Na Yesu kɔɔ Galilea nyinaa mu, rekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ wɔn asynagɔg mu, na ɔka ɔsoro ahennie asɛmpa no, na ɔsa yareɛ nyinaa ne mmerɛ nyinaa wɔ nnipa mu.

24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

24Na ne din kɔduruu Siria nyinaa: na wɔde wɔn a wɔwɔ yareɛ ahodoɔ ne amanehunu ahodoɔ, wɔn a wɔn mu wɔ ahonhommɔne, ne wɔn a wɔyɛ abɔdam, ne wɔn a wɔyɛ mmɔtɔm, baa ne nkyɛn; na ɔsaa wɔn.

25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and {from} Decapolis, and {from} Jerusalem, and {from} Judaea, and {from} beyond Jordan.

25Na nnipakuo kɛseɛ firi Galilea ne Dekapolis ne Yerusalem ne Yudea ne Yordan akyi nyinaa dii no akyi.