Mateo Asɛmpa
16 Na Farisifo ne Sadukifo no kɔɔ ne nkyɛn, na esiane sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsɔ no hwɛ nti, wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ sɛnkyerɛnne bi a efi soro nkyerɛ wɔn.+ 2 Ɛnna ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Sɛ edu anwummere a, moka sɛ ‘ewim bɛtew, efisɛ ewim ayɛ kɔɔ.’ 3 Anɔpa nso moka sɛ, ‘Ewim bɛyɛ nwini ama osu atɔ nnɛ, efisɛ ewim ayɛ kɔɔ, na ayɛ kusuu.’ Mutumi kyerɛ ewim tebea ase, nanso mmere no ho nsɛnkyerɛnne de, muntumi nkyerɛ ase. 4 Awo ntoatoaso abɔnefo ne awaresɛefo* kɔ so hwehwɛ sɛnkyerɛnne, nanso wɔremma wɔn sɛnkyerɛnne biara,+ gye Yona sɛnkyerɛnne no.”+ Ɛnna ogyaw wɔn hɔ kɔe.
5 Na asuafo no twa kɔɔ asuogya, na wɔn werɛ fii sɛ wɔbɛfa paanoo.+ 6 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Momma mo ani nna hɔ, na monhwɛ yiye wɔ Farisifo ne Sadukifo mmɔkaw* ho.”+ 7 Enti wofii ase dwinnwen ho kae sɛ: “Yɛamfa paanoo biara.” 8 Yesu huu saa no, ɔkae sɛ: “Adɛn nti na morekeka sɛ moamfa paanoo, mo a mo gyidi sua? 9 Enti munnya ntee ase? Mo werɛ afi paanoo anum a yɛde maa nnipa 5,000 ne nkɛntɛn dodow a mosesawee no?+ 10 Anaa paanoo ason a yɛde maa nnipa 4,000 ne nkɛntɛn akɛse dodow a mosesawee no, monkae?+ 11 Adɛn nti na munhu sɛ ɛnyɛ paanoo ho asɛm na meka kyerɛɛ mo? Mmom no, monhwɛ yiye wɔ Farisifo ne Sadukifo mmɔkaw ho.”+ 12 Ɛnna wohui sɛ ɛnyɛ paanoo mmɔkaw na ɔkae sɛ wɔnhwɛ yiye wɔ ho, na mmom Farisifo ne Sadukifo nkyerɛkyerɛ.
13 Bere a Yesu baa Kaesarea Filipi mpɔtam no, obisaa n’asuafo no sɛ: “Nkurɔfo se onipa Ba no ne hena?”+ 14 Wɔkae sɛ: “Ebinom se Yohane Suboni,+ ebinom nso ka sɛ Elia,+ ɛnna ebinom nso se Yeremia anaasɛ adiyifo no mu baako.” 15 Obisaa wɔn sɛ: “Na mo nso ɛ, muse meyɛ hena?” 16 Simon Petro buae sɛ: “Wone Kristo no,+ Onyankopɔn teasefo no Ba.”+ 17 Ɛnna Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Yona ba Simon, anigye ne wo, efisɛ ɛnyɛ honam ne mogya* na eyii no adi kyerɛɛ wo, na mmom m’Agya a ɔwɔ soro no na oyi kyerɛɛ wo.+ 18 Afei mereka akyerɛ wo sɛ: Wone Petro,+ na ɔbotan yi+ so na mesi m’asafo, na Ɔdamoa* apon renni so nkonim. 19 Mede ɔsoro Ahenni nsafe bɛma wo, na biribiara a wobɛkyekyere wɔ asaase so no, ɛbɛyɛ nea wɔakyekyere wɔ soro dedaw, na biribiara a wobɛsan wɔ asaase so no, ɛbɛyɛ nea wɔasan wɔ soro dedaw.” 20 Ɛnna ɔka kyerɛɛ asuafo no sɛ wɔnhwɛ yiye na wɔanka ankyerɛ obiara sɛ ɔno ne Kristo no.+
21 Efi saa bere no rekɔ no, Yesu fii ase kyerɛkyerɛɛ mu kyerɛɛ n’asuafo no sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkɔ Yerusalem kohu amane pii wɔ mpanyimfo ne asɔfo mpanyin ne akyerɛwfo no nsam na wokum no, na da a ɛto so abiɛsa no wɔanyan no.+ 22 Ɛnna Petro de no kɔɔ nkyɛn, na ofii ase kaa n’anim sɛ: “Awurade, ka asɛmpa ma wo ho; eyi remma wo so da.”+ 23 Na ɔdan ne ho ka kyerɛɛ Petro sɛ: “Fi me so, Satan! Woyɛ hintidua ma me, efisɛ wunnwen Onyankopɔn adwene, na mmom nnipa adwene.”+
24 Ɛnna Yesu ka kyerɛɛ n’asuafo no sɛ: “Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ odi m’akyi a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ nea ɔno ara pɛ bio. Mmom ɔmfa n’asɛndua* na onni m’akyi daa.+ 25 Na obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔkora ne nkwa* so no, ebefi ne nsa, na obiara a me nti ɔbɛhwere ne nkwa* no, ne nsa bɛka.+ 26 Na sɛ onipa nya wiase nyinaa na ɔhwere ne nkwa* a,+ mfaso bɛn paa na obenya? Anaa dɛn na onipa de bɛsesa ne nkwa?*+ 27 Onipa Ba no bɛba n’Agya anuonyam mu a n’abɔfo ka ne ho, na obetua obiara ka sɛnea ne nneyɛe te.+ 28 Nokwarem mereka akyerɛ mo sɛ, wɔn a wogyina ha yi mu bi wɔ hɔ a, wɔrenka owu nhwɛ kosi sɛ wobehu sɛ onipa Ba no reba n’Ahenni mu.”+