Jeremiah 7

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Eyi ne asɛm a efi Awurade hɔ baa Yeremia nkyɛn:

2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all [ye of] Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

“Gyina Awurade asɔredan no pon ano, na ka saa asɛm yi: “‘Muntie Awurade asɛm, mo nnipa a mowɔ Yuda nyinaa a mofa apon yi ano kɔsom Awurade.

3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn no se: Monsakra mo akwan ne mo nneyɛe, na mɛma mo atena ha.

4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.

Mommfa mo ho nto nnaadaasɛm so na monnka se, “Eyi ne Awurade asɔredan, Awurade asɔredan, Awurade asɔredan!”

5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

Sɛ mosakra mo akwan ne mo nneyɛe nokware mu, na mo ne mo ho mo ho di no trenee mu,

6 [If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

sɛ moanhyɛ ɔhɔho, ayisaa anaa okunafo so, na moanhwie mogya a edi bem angu wɔ ha, na moanni anyame foforo akyi ankɔ mo ara ɔsɛe mu a,

7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

ɛno de, mɛma mo atena ha, asase a mede maa mo agyanom afebɔɔ no so.

8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Nanso monhwɛ, mode mo ho ato nnaadaa nsɛm a so nni mfaso so.

9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

“‘Mobɛbɔ korɔn na moadi awu, mobɛbɔ aguaman na moadi adansekurum, mobɛhyew nnuhuam ama Baal na moadi anyame afoforo a munnim wɔn akyi,

10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

na afei, moaba abegyina mʼanim wɔ ofi a me din da so na moaka se, “Yenni ɔhaw,” sɛ moyɛ akyiwade yi nyinaa a na munni ɔhaw ana?

11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen [it], saith the LORD.

Na ofi a me din da so yi, abɛyɛ adwowtwafo tu ama mo ana? Nanso migu so rehwɛ! Awurade na ose.

12 But go ye now unto my place which [was] in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

“‘Na afei monkɔ Silo, faako a midii kan bɔɔ atenae de me Din too so, na monhwɛ nea meyɛɛ no esiane me nkurɔfo Israelfo amumɔyɛ nti.

13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

Bere a moreyɛ eyinom nyinaa, Awurade na ose, mekasa kyerɛɛ mo mpɛn bebree, nanso moantie; mefrɛɛ mo, nanso moannye so.

14 Therefore will I do unto [this] house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

Ɛno nti, sɛnea meyɛɛ Silo no, mede bɛyɛ ofi a me Din da so no, asɔredan a mode mo ho to so, baabi a mede maa mo ne mo agyanom no.

15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, [even] the whole seed of Ephraim.

Mɛpam mo afi mʼanim sɛnea meyɛɛ mo nuanom Efraimfo no.’

16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

“Enti mommmɔ mpae mma saa nnipa yi, monnsrɛ na munni mma wɔn nso; monnsrɛ me, efisɛ merentie mo.

17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Munnhu nea wɔreyɛ wɔ Yuda nkurow no mu ne Yerusalem mmɔnten so no ana?

18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead [their] dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

Mmofra boaboa nnyina ano, na agyanom sɔ ogya no ano, mmea fɔtɔw asikresiam de to brodo ma Ɔsoro Hemmea. Na wogu nsa ma anyame afoforo de hyɛ me abufuw.

19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

Na ɛyɛ me na wɔrehyɛ me abufuw ana? Awurade na ose. Na ɛnyɛ wɔn mmom na wɔrehaw wɔn ho, hyɛ wɔn ho aniwu ana?

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

“‘Ɛno nti, nea Otumfo Awurade se ni: Wobehwie mʼabufuw ne mʼabufuwhyew agu beae yi so, agu nnipa ne mmoa, mfuw so nnua ne asase no so aba so, na ɛbɛdɛw a ɛrennum.’

21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

“‘Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, se: Monkɔ so, momfa mo ɔhyew afɔrebɔ nka mo afɔrebɔ a aka no ho, na mo ankasa monwe nam no!

22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

Na bere a miyii mo agyanom fii Misraim na mekasa kyerɛɛ wɔn no, manhyɛ wɔn mmara a ɛfa ɔhyew afɔrebɔ ne afɔrebɔ ho nko ara,

23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

mmom mede saa mmara yi kaa ho: Monyɛ osetie mma me, na mɛyɛ mo Nyankopɔn, na moayɛ me nkurɔfo. Monnantew akwan nyinaa a mɛhyɛ mo no so, na asi mo yiye.

24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels [and] in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Nanso wɔantie na wɔanyɛ aso; mmom, wofi wɔn koma bɔne mu yɛɛ asoɔden. Wɔsan wɔn akyi na wɔankɔ wɔn anim.

25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending [them: ]

Efi bere a mo agyanom fii Misraim de besi nnɛ yi, da biara ne bere biara mesomaa me nkoa adiyifo baa mo nkyɛn.

26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

Nanso wɔantie me na wɔanyɛ aso. Wɔde asoɔden yɛɛ bɔne boroo wɔn agyanom de so.’

27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

“Sɛ moka eyinom nyinaa kyerɛ wɔn a, wɔrentie mo; sɛ mofrɛ wɔn a wɔrennye so.

28 But thou shalt say unto them, This [is] a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Ɛno nti monka nkyerɛ wɔn se, ‘Eyi ne ɔman a ɔnyɛɛ osetie mmaa Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn, na ɔmfaa nteɛso no. Nokware asa, na afi wɔn ano.

29 Cut off thine hair, [O Jerusalem], and cast [it] away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Munyi mo tinwi na montow ngu, muntwa agyaadwo wɔ nkoko no so, efisɛ Awurade apo, na wagyaa saa awo ntoatoaso yi a wɔwɔ nʼabufuwhyew no ase akyidi.’”

30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

“‘Yudafo ayɛ bɔne wɔ mʼani so, sɛnea Awurade se ni. Wɔde ahoni a, ɛyɛ akyiwade asisi ofi a me Din da so mu de agu ho fi.

31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded [them] not, neither came it into my heart.

Wɔasisi Tofet sorɔnsorɔmmea wɔ Ben Hinom bon mu; ɛhɔ na wɔhyew wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea. Ade a manhyɛ wɔn na amma mʼadwene mu nso.

32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.

Ɛno nti, monhwɛ yiye na nna no reba, Awurade na ose, a wɔremfrɛ hɔ Tofet anaa Hinom Bon bio, na mmom, wɔbɛfrɛ no Okum Bon, efisɛ wobesie awufo wɔ Tofet kosi sɛ hɔ bɛyɛ ma.

33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray [them] away.

Na afei saa nnipa yi afunu bɛyɛ aduan ama wim nnomaa ne asase so mmoa, na ɛrenka obiara wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛpam wɔn.

34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

Mede ahosɛpɛw ne anigye nnyigyei, ayeforo ne ayeforokunu nne a ɛwɔ Yuda nkurow ne Yerusalem mmɔnten so no bɛba awiei, efisɛ asase no bɛda mpan.’”