Jeremiah 26
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word from Jehovah came, saying,
Yehoiakim a ɔyɛ Yudahene Yosia babarima adedie ahyɛaseɛ mfeɛ no, saa asɛm yi firi Awurade nkyɛn baeɛ:
2 Thus says Jehovah: Stand in the court of Jehovah's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah's house, all the words that I command thee to speak to them, diminish not a word.
“Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Gyina Awurade efie mu abannwa hɔ, na ka kyerɛ nnipa a wɔfiri Yuda nkuro mu bɛsom wɔ Awurade efie mu nyinaa. Ka deɛ mehyɛ wo no nyinaa kyerɛ wɔn; nnyi asɛm biara mfiri mu.
3 It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may relent of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.
Ebia wɔbɛtie, na wɔn mu biara asane afiri nʼakwammɔne so. Sɛ ɛba saa a, mɛtwɛn, na meremfa amanehunu a wɔn bɔne enti, mepɛɛ sɛ mede ba wɔn so no mma bio.
4 And thou shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
Ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: Sɛ moantie me, na moanni me mmara a mahyɛ mo no so,
5 to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened,
na sɛ moantie nsɛm a mʼasomfoɔ adiyifoɔ a mesoma wɔn mo nkyɛn ɛberɛ biara no ka kyerɛ mo no a, (mpo monntiee wɔn),
6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
ɛnneɛ, mɛyɛ efie yi sɛ Silo, na kuropɔn yi ayɛ nnomedeɛ wɔ asase so aman nyinaa mu.’”
7 And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.
Asɔfoɔ, adiyifoɔ ne nnipa no nyinaa tee sɛ Yeremia reka saa nsɛm yi, wɔ Awurade efie hɔ.
8 And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shall surely die.
Na Yeremia wiee nsɛm a Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ nnipa no nyinaa no ka no, asɔfoɔ no, adiyifoɔ ne nnipa no nyinaa to hyɛɛ no so kaa sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wo wu!
9 Why have thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered to Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.
Adɛn na wohyɛ nkɔm wɔ Awurade din mu sɛ, efie yi bɛyɛ sɛ Silo na kuropɔn yi bɛda mpan a obiara ntena so anaa?” Na nnipa no nyinaa bɛtwaa Yeremia ho hyiaeɛ wɔ Awurade efie hɔ.
10 And when the rulers of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of Jehovah, and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah's house.
Ɛberɛ a Yuda adwumafoɔ tee saa nsɛm yi no, wɔfirii ahemfie hɔ foro kɔɔ Awurade efie kɔtenaa efie no Ɛpono Foforɔ no ano.
11 Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the rulers and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
Ɛna asɔfoɔ no ne adiyifoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ adwumayɛfoɔ no ne nnipa no nyinaa sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbu saa ɔbarima yi kumfɔ, ɛfiri sɛ wahyɛ nkɔm atia kuropɔn yi. Moate wɔ mo asom!”
12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the rulers and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
Na Yeremia kasa yii ne ho ano wɔ adwumayɛfoɔ ne nnipa no nyinaa anim sɛ, “Awurade somaa me sɛ, memmɛnhyɛ nkɔm ntia efie yi ne kuropɔn yi sɛdeɛ moate no nyinaa.
13 Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God, and Jehovah will relent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
Na afei montenetene mo akwan ne mo nneyɛɛ, na monyɛ ɔsetie mma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn. Na Awurade bɛtwɛn, na ɔremfa amanehunu a ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔde ba mo so no mma bio.
14 But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Me deɛ, mewɔ mo nsam; mobɛtumi ayɛ me sɛdeɛ ɛyɛ na ɛtene wɔ mo ani so.
15 Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants of it. For of a truth Jehovah has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
Nanso monkae sɛ, sɛ mokum me a, moahwie mogya a ɛdi bem agu, na ɛso afɔdie bɛba mo so, kuropɔn yi so ne wɔn a wɔtete mu so; na nokorɛm Awurade na wasoma me sɛ memmɛka nsɛm yi nyinaa nnwu mo asom.”
16 Then the rulers and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets. This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.
Na adwumayɛfoɔ no ne nnipa no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ asɔfoɔ no ne adiyifoɔ no sɛ, “Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔbu saa ɔbarima yi kumfɔ! Wakasa akyerɛ yɛn wɔ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn din mu.”
17 Then certain of the elders of the land rose up, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
Na asase no so mpanimfoɔ no mu bi sɔreeɛ na wɔka kyerɛɛ badwa no nyinaa sɛ,
18 Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
“Mika a ɔfiri Moreset hyɛɛ nkɔm Yudahene Hesekia berɛ so. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Yudafoɔ nyinaa sɛ, ‘Yei na Asafo Awurade seɛ: “‘Wɔbɛfuntum Sion te sɛ afuo. Na Yerusalem bɛyɛ mmubuiɛ na asɔredan no kokoɔ bɛyɛ sɛ nkɔfie a nkyɛkyerɛ afu wɔ so.’
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah, and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah. And Jehovah relented of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we commit great evil against our own souls.
Na Yudahene Hesekia anaa Yudani bi kumm no anaa? Hesekia ansuro Awurade ansrɛ ne hɔ adom? Na ɛno amma Awurade antwɛn sɛ ɔbɛyi amanehunu a ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔde ba wɔn so no amfiri wɔn so anaa? Yɛreyɛ de amanehunu kɛseɛ aba yɛn ankasa so!”
20 And there was also a man who prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim. And he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
(Semaia babarima Uria a ɔfiri Kiriat-Yearim no nso yɛ ɔbarima foforɔ a ɔhyɛɛ nkɔm wɔ Awurade din mu; ɔhyɛɛ nkɔm korɔ yi ara tiaa saa kuropɔn yi ne saa asase yi, sɛdeɛ Yeremia yɛeɛ no.
21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the rulers, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death, but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.
Ɛberɛ a ɔhene Yehoiakim ne ne mpanimfoɔ ne nʼadwumayɛfoɔ nyinaa tee ne nsɛm no, ɔhene no pɛɛ sɛ ɔkum no, nanso Uria teeɛ no, ɔde ehu dwane kɔɔ Misraim.
22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt,
Ɔhene Yehoiakim somaa Akbor babarima Elnatan ne mmarima bi kɔɔ Misraim.
23 and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
Wɔde Uria firi Misraim baeɛ, na wɔde no kɔmaa ɔhene Yehoiakim. Ɔma wɔde akofena kumm no na wɔtoo ne funu twenee kwasafo asieeɛ.)
24 But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Afei nso, na Safan babarima Ahikam gyina Yeremia akyi, enti wɔammfa no amma ɛdɔm no sɛ wɔnkum no.
