Jeremiah 19
1 Thus said Jehovah: Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,
Sɛɛ na Awurade se: “Kɔ na kɔtɔ dɔtekuruwa fi ɔnwemfo nkyɛn. Fa nnipa no mpanyimfo no mu bi ne asɔfo no mu bi ka wo ho
2 and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee.
na fi adi kɔ Ben Hinom Bon a ɛbɛn Pɔthɛd Pon ano no. Ɛhɔ na pae mu ka nsɛm a meka kyerɛ wo no,
3 And say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.
se, ‘Muntie Awurade asɛm, mo Yuda ahemfo ne Yerusalemfo. Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade Israel Nyankopɔn se. Muntie, mede amanehunu reba ha, na obiara a ɔbɛte no aso mu bɛyɛ no yonn.
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
Efisɛ wɔagyaw me na wɔde ha ama ananafo anyame; wɔahyew afɔrebɔde wɔ so ama anyame a wɔn anaa wɔn agyanom, anaa Yuda ahemfo nhuu wɔn da, na wɔde mogya a edi bem ahyɛ ha ma.
5 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I commanded not, nor spoke it, neither did it come into my mind.
Wɔasisi Baal sorɔnsorɔmmea sɛ wɔde ogya bɛhyew wɔn mmabarima sɛ afɔrebɔde ama Baal, ade a manhyɛ anaa mammɔ so, anaa amma mʼadwene mu.
6 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.
Ɛno nti, monhwɛ yiye na nna bi reba, Awurade na ose, a nnipa remfrɛ ha se Tofet anaa Ben Hinom Bon bio, na mmom, Okum Bon.
7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. And I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. And I will give their dead bodies to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
“‘Mɛsɛe Yuda ne Yerusalem nhyehyɛe wɔ ha. Mɛma wɔatotɔ wɔ afoa ano wɔ wɔn atamfo a wɔrehwehwɛ wɔn nkwa no anim, na mede wɔn afunu bɛma wim nnomaa ne asase so mmoa sɛ wɔn aduan.
8 And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues of it.
Mɛsɛe saa kuropɔn yi na mayɛ no ahodwiriwde; wɔn a wotwa mu wɔ hɔ no nyinaa ho bedwiriw wɔn, na nʼapirakuru no nti wobedi ne ho fɛw.
9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. And they shall eat each one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.
Mɛma wɔawe wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea nam, na wobefi ahohia a atamfo a wɔrehwehwɛ wɔn nkwa no anotua de bɛba wɔn so no mu awe wɔn ho wɔn ho nam.’
10 Then thou shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with thee,
“Afei bɔ kuruwa no wɔ wɔn a wɔka wo ho no anim ma wɔnhwɛ,
11 and shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Even so I will break this people and this city, as a potter's vessel is broken, that cannot be made whole again. And they shall bury in Topheth till there be no place to bury.
na ka kyerɛ wɔn se, ‘Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade se: Mɛbɔ saa ɔman yi ne kuropɔn yi sɛnea wɔabɔ ɔnwemfo kuruwa yi a wɔrentumi nsiesie bio. Wobesie awufo wɔ Tofet kosi sɛ, ɛhɔ bɛyɛ ma.
12 Thus I will do to this place, says Jehovah, and to the inhabitants of it, even making this city as Topheth.
Sɛɛ ara na mɛyɛ saa beae yi ne wɔn a wɔtete so, Awurade na ose. Mɛyɛ kuropɔn yi sɛ Tofet.
13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
Afi a ɛwɔ Yerusalem ne Yuda ahemfo ahemfi ho begu fi te sɛ Tofet ha. Afi a wɔhyew nnuhuam wɔ adan atifi maa ɔsoro asafo nyinaa na woguu nsa maa anyame foforo no.’”
14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people,
Afei Yeremia san fii Tofet, faako a Awurade somaa no se ɔnkɔhyɛ nkɔm wɔ hɔ no bae, na Obegyinaa Awurade asɔredan abangua mu na ɔka kyerɛɛ nnipa no nyinaa se,
15 Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.
“Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn se, ‘Muntie! Mede amanehunu a meka guu kuropɔn yi ne ho nkuraase no nyinaa so no bɛba wɔn so, efisɛ wɔyɛɛ asoɔden, na wɔantie me nsɛm.’”
