Jeremiah 17
1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven on the table of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;
“Wɔde dadeɛ twerɛdua akrukyire Yuda bɔne, dadeɛ twerɛdua a ano te sɛ twerɛboɔ, wɔ wɔn akoma apono so ne wɔn afɔrebukyia mmɛn so.
2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees 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 O my mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures to the spoil, and your high places for sin, throughout all your borders.
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 And you, even yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you know not: for you have kindled a fire in my anger, which shall burn for ever.
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 Thus says the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from 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 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
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 is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
“Nhyira nka onipa a ɔde ne ho to Awurade so, na nʼanidasoɔ wɔ ne mu.
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding 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 heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Akoma yɛ nnaadaa sen adeɛ nyinaa na ano nni aduro. Hwan na ɔbɛte nʼase?
10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
“Me Awurade, mepɛɛpɛɛ akoma mu na mehwehwɛ adwene mu, gyina so de tua onipa ka sɛdeɛ nʼabrabɔ teɛ.”
11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and at his end shall be 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 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
Animuonyam ahennwa a ɛsi kronkronbea hɔ no firi ahyɛaseɛ no, ɛhɔ na yɛsom.
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
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 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
Sa me yadeɛ Ao, Awurade, na me ho bɛtɔ me; gye me na mɛnya nkwa, na wo ne ɔbaako a mekamfo wo.
15 Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
Wɔbisa me daa sɛ, “Ɛhe na Awurade asɛm no wɔ? Ma ɛmmra mu seesei!”
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you.
Mennwane mfirii mʼadwuma sɛ wo dwanhwɛfoɔ; wonim sɛ mempɛɛ abasamutuo da. Deɛ ɛfiri mʼanom yɛ pefee wɔ wʼanim.
17 Be not a terror to me: you are my hope in the day of evil.
Nhunahuna me; wo ne me dwanekɔbea wɔ amanehunu da.
18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
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 Thus said the LORD to me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the 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 And say to them, Hear you the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by 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 Thus says the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Monhwɛ yie na moansoa nnesoa Homeda anaa moamfa amfa Yerusalem apono mu.
22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do you any work, but hallow you the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Monnsoa adesoa mfiri mo afie mu na monnyɛ adwuma biara Homeda, na mmom monyɛ Homeda no kronkron, sɛdeɛ mehyɛɛ mo agyanom no.
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Nanso wɔantie na wɔammu; wɔyɛɛ asoɔden, wɔantie na wɔampɛ ntenesoɔ.
24 And it shall come to pass, if you diligently listen to me, says the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
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 shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
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 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, to the house of the LORD.
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 will not listen to me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
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.”
