Jeremiah 21

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

Asɛm firi Awurade hɔ baa Yeremia nkyɛn ɛberɛ a, ɔhene Sedekia somaa Malkia babarima Pashur ne Maaseia babarima ɔsɔfoɔ Sefania kɔɔ ne nkyɛn. Wɔkaa sɛ,

2 Inquire, I pray you, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

“Bisa Awurade, ma yɛn ɛfiri sɛ Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ne yɛn rebɛdi ako. Ebia Awurade bɛyɛ anwanwadeɛ ama yɛn, sɛdeɛ ɔyɛɛ mmerɛ bi a atwam no na wafiri yɛn so akɔ.”

3 Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:

Na Yeremia buaa wɔn sɛ, “Monka nkyerɛ Sedekia sɛ,

4 Thus says the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the middle of this city.

‘Sɛdeɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, seɛ nie: Merebɛdane mo nsam akodeɛ atia mo, deɛ mode reko atia Babiloniahene ne Babiloniafoɔ a wɔwɔ ɔfasuo no akyi na wɔatua mo kuropɔn no. Mɛboa wɔn ano wɔ kuropɔn yi mu.

5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

Me ara mede nsa a matene ne abasa a ɛyɛ den bɛko atia mo wɔ abufuo, anibereɛ ne abufuhyeɛ mu.

6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

Mɛbobɔ wɔn a wɔtete kuropɔn yi mu ahwehwe fam; nnipa ne mmoa nyinaa, na ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu bɛkunkum wɔn.

7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

Ɛno akyi, Awurade asɛm nie, mede Yudahene Sedekia, nʼadwumayɛfoɔ ne nnipa a wɔwɔ kuropɔn yi mu a ɔyaredɔm, akofena ne ɛkɔm ankunkum wɔn no bɛma Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ne wɔn atamfoɔ wɔrepɛ wɔn nkwa no. Ɔde akofena bɛkunkum wɔn; ɔrenhunu wɔn mmɔbɔ na ɔrennya ayamhyehyeɛ mma wɔn.’

8 And to this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

“Ɛbio, ka kyerɛ nnipa no sɛ, ‘Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Hwɛ mede nkwa ɛkwan ne owuo ɛkwan resi mo anim.

9 He that stays in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.

Obiara a ɔte saa kuropɔn yi mu bɛwu wɔ akofena anaa ɛkɔm anaa ɔyaredɔm ano. Nanso obiara ɔbɛpue na ɔde ne ho akɔma Babiloniafoɔ a wɔabɛtua mo kuropɔn yi no, bɛfa ne ho adi.

10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, says the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Mawe ahinam sɛ, mɛyɛ kuropɔn yi bɔne na ɛnyɛ papa, Awurade na ɔseɛ. Wɔde bɛhyɛ Babiloniahene nsa, na ɔde ogya bɛhye no.’

11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear you the word of the LORD;

“Deɛ ɛka ho ne sɛ, ka kyerɛ Yuda adehyefie sɛ, ‘Montie Awurade asɛm;

12 O house of David, thus says the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Ao Dawid efie, sei na Awurade seɛ: “‘Mommu atɛntenenee anɔpa biara; monnye deɛ wɔabɔ no korɔno no mfiri ne nhyɛsofoɔ nsam, anyɛ saa a mʼabufuhyeɛ bɛsɔre na ahye sɛ ogya ɛsiane bɔne a moayɛ enti, ɛbɛhye a obiara rennum no.

13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, says the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

Me ne mo anya, Yerusalem Mo a mote bɔnhwa yi atifi abotan asaseta soɔ, Awurade na ɔseɛ, mo a moka sɛ, “Hwan na ɔbɛtumi ako atia yɛn? Hwan na ɔbɛtumi ahyɛne yɛn hintabea?”

14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

Mɛtwe mo aso sɛdeɛ ɛfata mo nneyɛɛ, Awurade na ɔseɛ. Mɛto mo kwaeɛ mu ogya, a ɛbɛhye biribiara a atwa mo ho ahyia.’”