Jeremiah 24
1 The Lord showed me in vision two baskets of figs placed in front of the Lord's Temple. This happened after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken to Babylon Jehoiachin, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, as well as the leaders of Judah, and the craftsmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem.
Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar faa Yudahene Yehoiakyin a ɔyɛ Yehoiakim babarima, nʼadwumayɛfo, nʼadwumfo ne nʼatomfo a wɔwɔ Yuda fii Yerusalem kɔɔ nnommum mu wɔ Babilonia no akyi no, Awurade kyerɛɛ me borɔdɔma nkɛntɛn abien a wɔde asisi Awurade asɔredan no anim.
2 One basket was full of very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket only had very bad figs, so bad they couldn't be eaten.
Kɛntɛn baako mu borɔdɔma no yɛ papa te sɛ nea ɛbere ntɛm; borɔdɔma a ɛwɔ kɛntɛn a ɛka ho no mu no nye sɛ wodi mpo.
3 “Jeremiah,” the Lord asked, “what can you see?” “I see figs!” I replied. “The good figs look very good, but the bad figs look very bad, so bad they can't be eaten.”
Na Awurade bisaa me se, “Dɛn na wuhu, Yeremia?” Mibuae se, “Borɔdɔma, nea eye pa ara, ne nea enye mma sɛ wodi mpo.”
4 Then a message from the Lord came to me, saying,
Na Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se,
5 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: The good figs represent to me the exiles from Judah, those I have sent away from here to the country of Babylonia.
“Sɛɛ na Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn se: ‘Borɔdɔma papa no gyina hɔ ma atukɔfo a wofi Yuda, wɔn a mitwaa wɔn asu kɔɔ Babilonia asase so no.
6 I will watch over them and I will bring them back to this country. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
Mɛma mʼani aku wɔn ho, ama wɔn yiyedi, na mɛsan de wɔn aba ha bio. Mesiesie wɔn na merensɛe wɔn. Medua wɔn, na merentu wɔn ase.
7 I will give them the desire to know me, to know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will come back completely committed to me.
Mɛma wɔn koma a wɔde behu me sɛ, me ne Awurade. Wɔbɛyɛ me nkurɔfo, na mɛyɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn, efisɛ wɔde wɔn koma nyinaa bɛsan aba me nkyɛn.
8 But the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten, says the Lord, represent the way I will deal with Zedekiah, king of Judah, his officials, and those who are left of Jerusalem, as well as those remaining in this country and those living in Egypt.
“‘Nanso te sɛ borɔdɔma a enye no, nea enye sɛnea wodi mpo no,’ nea Awurade se ni, ‘saa ara na mɛyɛ Yudahene Sedekia, nʼadwumayɛfo ne Yerusalem nkae no, sɛ wɔte asase yi so anaa wɔte Misraim.
9 I'm going to make an example of them that will horrify and offend everyone on earth. They will be disgraced, mocked, ridiculed, and cursed everywhere I've exiled them.
Mɛma wɔn ayɛ akyide ne mfomsode ama ahenni a ɛwɔ asase so nyinaa, wɔbɛyɛ ahohora na wɔabɔ wɔn din bɔne, wɔbɛyɛ akyiwade ne mmusu baabiara a mɛpam wɔn akɔ.
10 I'm going to attack them with war and famine and plague, until they're completely wiped out from the country that I gave to them and their forefathers.
Mɛsoma afoa, ɔkɔm ne ɔyaredɔm akɔ wɔn so kosi sɛ wɔbɛsɛe wɔn koraa afi asase a mede maa wɔn ne wɔn agyanom no so.’”
