Jeremiah 17
1 The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron stylus, engraved with an adamant point, on their minds and on corners of their altars where they worship.
“Wɔde dadeɛ twerɛdua akrukyire Yuda bɔne, dadeɛ twerɛdua a ano te sɛ twerɛboɔ, wɔ wɔn akoma apono so ne wɔn afɔrebukyia mmɛn so.
2 Even their children remember to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, set up by the green trees and on the high hills,
Mpo, wɔn mma kae wɔn afɔrebukyia ne Asera afɔrebukyia a ɛwɔ nnua a adendan no nkyɛn ne nkokoɔ atentene no so.
3 on my mountain in the fields. I will hand over your wealth and all your valuable possessions as plunder, because of the sin committed on your pagan high places inside your country.
Me mmepɔ a ɛwɔ asase no so ne mo ahonyadeɛ ne mo akoradeɛ nyinaa, mede bɛma sɛ afodeɛ, ɛne mo sorɔnsorɔmmea nso, ɛsiane mo ɔman no so bɔne enti.
4 You will have to give up the land I gave you. I will have your enemies make you their slaves in an unfamiliar country for you made my anger blaze, and it will burn forever.
Mo ankasa mfomsoɔ enti, mobɛhwere agyapadeɛ a mede maa mo no. Mede mo bɛyɛ nkoa ama mo atamfoɔ wɔ asase a monnim soɔ so, ɛfiri sɛ moahwanyane mʼabufuo, na ɛbɛtena hɔ daa.”
5 This is what the Lord says: Cursed are those who put their confidence in human beings, who trust in human strength and give up relying on the Lord.
Sei na Awurade seɛ, “Nnome nka deɛ ɔde ne ho to onipa so, deɛ ɔde ne ho to ɔhonam so pɛ nʼahoɔden na nʼakoma dane firi Awurade ho.
6 They will be like a shrub alone in the desert that isn't even aware when good things happen. It just goes on living in the dry desert, in a salt flat that's uninhabited.
Ɔbɛyɛ sɛ wira a ɛwɔ nsase tamaa so; sɛ yiedie ba a, ɔrenhunu, ɔbɛtena anweatam a awoɔ so, ne nkyene asase a obi nte soɔ so.
7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, who put their confidence in him.
“Nhyira nka onipa a ɔde ne ho to Awurade so, na nʼanidasoɔ wɔ ne mu.
8 They are like trees planted by water, sending out roots toward the stream. They don't panic when it gets hot; their leaves are always green. They don't worry during a time of drought—they go on producing fruit.
Ɔbɛyɛ sɛ dua a wɔadua no nsuo ho na ne nhini tene kɔ nsuo no mu. Sɛ ahuhuro ba a, ɔnsuro; ne nhahan yɛ frɔmm mmerɛ nyinaa. Ɔnni ɔhaw biara wɔ afe a osuo ntɔ mu na ɛkɔ so so aba daa.”
9 The mind is more deceptive than anything else—it's incurably sick! Who can possibly understand it?
Akoma yɛ nnaadaa sen adeɛ nyinaa na ano nni aduro. Hwan na ɔbɛte nʼase?
10 But I, the Lord, see what people are thinking. I examine their minds, so I can reward them depending on their attitudes and the way they behave.
“Me Awurade, mepɛɛpɛɛ akoma mu na mehwehwɛ adwene mu, gyina so de tua onipa ka sɛdeɛ nʼabrabɔ teɛ.”
11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay is someone who makes a fortune by cheating others. Their riches will fly away at midday, and in the end they'll look like a fool.
Sɛdeɛ akokɔhwedeɛ a ɔhwane nkosua a ɛnyɛ ɔno na ɔtoeɛ no, saa ara na onipa a ɔnya sika a ɔmfa ɛkwan pa so teɛ. Sɛ wɔbu ne nkwa nna mu mmienu a wɔbɛgya no mu, na awieeɛ no, ne kwasea bɛda adi.
12 Our Temple is a throne of glory, raised up high from the beginning.
Animuonyam ahennwa a ɛsi kronkronbea hɔ no firi ahyɛaseɛ no, ɛhɔ na yɛsom.
13 Lord, you are Israel's hope, anyone who deserts you will be disgraced. Anyone who turns their back on you will vanish like names written in the dust, for they have abandoned the Lord, the source of living water.
Ao, Awurade, Israel anidasoɔ, wɔn a wɔpa wʼakyi nyinaa ani bɛwu. Wɔn a wɔtwe wɔn ho firi wo ho no, wɔbɛsie wɔn ɛfiri sɛ wɔagya Awurade a ɔyɛ nkwa asutire.
14 Please heal me, Lord, and I'll be healed; save me, and I'll be saved, for you are the one I praise.
Sa me yadeɛ Ao, Awurade, na me ho bɛtɔ me; gye me na mɛnya nkwa, na wo ne ɔbaako a mekamfo wo.
15 See how they keep on saying to me, “Where is the disaster that the Lord's predicted? Is it ever going to happen?”
Wɔbisa me daa sɛ, “Ɛhe na Awurade asɛm no wɔ? Ma ɛmmra mu seesei!”
16 But I haven't been in a hurry to give up being your shepherd. I haven't wanted the time of trouble to come. You know that whatever I said was said in front of you.
Mennwane mfirii mʼadwuma sɛ wo dwanhwɛfoɔ; wonim sɛ mempɛɛ abasamutuo da. Deɛ ɛfiri mʼanom yɛ pefee wɔ wʼanim.
17 Please don't be the one who terrifies me! You are my protection in the time of trouble.
Nhunahuna me; wo ne me dwanekɔbea wɔ amanehunu da.
18 Bring shame on my persecutors, but not on me. Terrify them, but not me, Let them experience the time of trouble, and smash them to pieces.
Ma wɔn a wɔtaa me anim nguase, na yi me firi ahohora mu. Ma wɔn mmɔ hu, nanso mma me bo ntu. Ma amanehunu da no mmra wɔn so; fa ɔhawprenu sɛe wɔn.
19 This is what the Lord told me: Go and stand at the main gate of the city, the one used by kings of Judah, and do the same at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me, “Kɔ na kɔgyina nnipa no ɛpono a Yuda ahemfo di hɔ ahyɛnfirie no; kɔgyina Yerusalem apono a aka no nso ano.
20 Tell them, Listen to the Lord's message, kings of Judah, and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem who come in through these gates.
Ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Montie Awurade asɛm, Ao Yuda ahemfo ne Yudafoɔ nyinaa ne wɔn a wɔtete Yerusalem a wɔfa saa apono yi mu.
21 This is what the Lord says: Pay attention, if you value your lives! Don't carry a load on the Sabbath day, and don't bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.
Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Monhwɛ yie na moansoa nnesoa Homeda anaa moamfa amfa Yerusalem apono mu.
22 Don't carry a load out of your houses, and don't do any work on the Sabbath day. Keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I ordered your forefathers.
Monnsoa adesoa mfiri mo afie mu na monnyɛ adwuma biara Homeda, na mmom monyɛ Homeda no kronkron, sɛdeɛ mehyɛɛ mo agyanom no.
23 However, they refused to listen or pay attention. Instead they were stubborn and refused to obey or accept instruction.
Nanso wɔantie na wɔammu; wɔyɛɛ asoɔden, wɔantie na wɔampɛ ntenesoɔ.
24 Listen carefully to me, says the Lord, and don't bring any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and don't do any work on it.
Nanso sɛ mohwɛ yie na moyɛ ɔsetie ma me a, na moamfa nnesoa amfa saa kuropɔn yi apono mu Homeda, na sɛ moyɛ Homeda no kronkron a monnyɛ adwuma biara a,
25 Then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David. They will ride in chariots and on horses with their officials, accompanied by the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
ɛnneɛ ahemfo a wɔte Dawid ahennwa so ne wɔn adwumayɛfoɔ bɛfa saa apono yi mu. Wɔn nyinaa bɛba a wɔtete nteaseɛnam mu ne apɔnkɔ so, a Yuda mmarima ne wɔn a wɔtete Yerusalem ka ho, na nnipa bɛtena kuropɔn yi mu daa nyinaa.
26 People will come from the towns of Judah and everywhere around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands the hill country, and the Negev. They will bring burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the Lord's Temple.
Nnipa bɛfiri Yuda nkuro ne nkuraase a atwa Yerusalem ho ahyia no aba. Wɔbɛfiri Benyamin asase ne atɔeɛ fam nkokoɔ so. Wɔbɛfiri mmepɔ mantam ne Negeb aba a wɔde ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ ne afɔrebɔ, aduane afɔrebɔdeɛ, nnuhwam ne aseda afɔrebɔdeɛ reba Awurade efie.
27 But if you refuse to listen to me and keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will set its gates alight with a fire that can't be put out, and it will burn down Jerusalem's fortresses.
Nanso, sɛ moanyɛ ɔsetie amma me, anyɛ Homeda no kronkron, na sɛ mosoa adesoa biara fa Yerusalem apono mu Homeda a, ɛnneɛ mɛsɔ ogya a ɛrennum da wɔ Yerusalem apono mu na abɛhye nʼaban hodoɔ’, sei na Awurade seɛ.”
