< Jeremiah 10 >
1 Hear the word which he has spoken Yahweh to you O house of Israel.
Montie deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛ mo, Ao Israel fiefoɔ.
2 Thus - he says Yahweh [the] way of the nations may not you learn and from [the] signs of the heavens may not you be dismayed for they are dismayed the nations from them.
Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: “Monnsua amanaman no akwan na momma ewiem nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ mmɔ mo hu. Ɛwom sɛ yeinom bɔ amanaman no hu
3 For [the] customs of the peoples [is] futility it for a tree from a forest someone has cut down it [the] work of [the] hands of a craftsman with tool.
nanso nkurɔfoɔ no amanneɛ nka hwee; wɔtwa dua firi kwaeɛm, na odwumfoɔ de ne fitiiɛ asene.
4 With silver and with gold he beautifies it with nails and with hammers they make strong them and not it will wobble.
Wɔde dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ hyehyɛ no; wɔde nnadewa ne asaeɛ bobɔ si hɔ sɛdeɛ ɛrenhwe fam.
5 [are] like A scarecrow of a cucumber field they and not they speak certainly they are carried for not they walk may not you be afraid from them for not they do harm and also [is] doing good there not with them.
Ɛte sɛ kaakaammotobi a ɛsi ɛferɛ mfikyifuo mu, wɔn ahoni no ntumi nkasa; ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsoa wɔn ɛfiri sɛ wɔntumi nnante. Monnsuro wɔn; wɔrentumi nha mo na wɔrentumi nyɛ adepa biara nso.”
6 From there not [is] like you O Yahweh [are] great you and [is] great name your in strength.
Obiara nte sɛ wo, Ao Awurade; woyɛ kɛseɛ na wo din wɔ tumi.
7 Who? not will he fear you O king of the nations for for you it is befitting that among all [the] wise [people] of the nations and among all kingdom their from there not [is] like you.
Hwan na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔdi wo ni, Ao, amansanhene? Yei na ɛfata woɔ. Amanaman no so anyansafoɔ nyinaa mu ne wɔn ahennie nyinaa mu, obiara ne wo nsɛ.
8 And in one they are stupid and they may be foolish [the] correction of futilities [is] wood it.
Wɔn nyinaa yɛ adwenemherɛfoɔ ne nkwaseafoɔ; dua ahoni a ɛho nni mfasoɔ na ɛma wɔn nkyerɛkyerɛ.
9 Silver beaten from Tarshish it is brought and gold from Uphaz [the] work of a craftsman and [the] hands of a metalsmith [is] violet stuff and purple clothing their [are the] work of skillful [people] all of them.
Wɔde dwetɛ a wɔaboro firi Tarsis ba ne sikakɔkɔɔ nso firi Ufas ba. Ɛyɛ deɛ odwumfoɔ ne sikadwumfoɔ ayɛ a wɔde ntoma bibire ne beredum afira no. Ne nyinaa yɛ adwumfoɔ anyansafoɔ nsa ano adwuma.
10 And Yahweh [is] God truth he [is] God living and king of perpetuity from wrath his it shakes the earth and not they will endure nations indignation his.
Nanso, Awurade ne nokorɛ Onyankopɔn no; ɔno ne Onyankopɔn teasefoɔ, daapem Ɔhene no. Sɛ ne bo fu a, asase woso; na amanaman no ntumi nnyina nʼabufuhyeɛ ano.
11 Like this you will say to them gods the who heavens the and earth the not they made may they perish from earth the and from under heavens the these.
“Ka yei kyerɛ wɔn: ‘Saa anyame a ɛnyɛ wɔn na wɔyɛɛ ɔsoro ne asase no bɛyera afiri asase so ne ɔsorosoro ase.’”
12 [he] made [the] earth By power his [he] established [the] world by wisdom his and by understanding his he stretched out [the] heavens.
Nanso, Onyankopɔn de ne tumi bɔɔ asase; ɔtoo ewiase fapem wɔ ne nyansa mu na ɔde ne nhunumu trɛɛ ɔsorosoro mu.
13 To [the] sound of giving forth he a tumult of waters in the heavens and he made come up clouds from [the] end of (the earth *Q(K)*) lightning for the rain he makes and he brought out [the] wind from storehouses his.
Sɛ ɔdwidwa aprannaa a, ɔsorosoro nsuo bobom; ɔma omununkum ma ne ho so firi nsase ano. Ɔde ayerɛmo ka osutɔ ho ba na ɔgyaa mframa mu firi nʼakoradan mu.
14 He is stupid every person from knowledge he has been put to shame every metalsmith from [the] idol for [is] deception molten image his and not breath [is] in them.
Onipa biara nnim nyansa, na ɔnni nimdeɛ; sikadwumfoɔ biara anim gu ase, ɛsiane nʼahoni enti. Ne nsɛsodeɛ yɛ atorɔ; wɔnni ahomeɛ biara wɔ wɔn mu.
15 [are] futility They a work of mockery at [the] time of punishment their they will perish.
Wɔn ho nni mfasoɔ, na wɔyɛ aseredeɛ nneɛma. Sɛ wɔn atemmuo duru so a, wɔbɛyera.
16 Not [is] like these [the] portion of Jacob for [is [the] one who] formed everything he and Israel [is] [the] tribe of inheritance his [is] Yahweh of hosts name his.
Deɛ ɔyɛ Yakob Kyɛfa no nte sɛ yeinom, ɛfiri sɛ ɔno ne adeɛ nyinaa Yɛfoɔ, a Israel, abusua a ɛyɛ nʼagyapadeɛ nso ka ho, Asafo Awurade ne ne din.
17 Gather up from [the] ground bundle your (O [you who] dwell *Q(K)*) in the siege.
Mommoaboa mo ahodeɛ ano mfiri asase no so, mo a motete nkuro a wɔatua mu.
18 For thus he says Yahweh here I [am] about to hurl forth [the] inhabitants of the land at the time this and I will cause distress to them so that they may find.
Na yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: “Saa ɛberɛ yi mɛto wɔn a wɔtete asase yi so atwene; mede amanehunu bɛba wɔn so sɛdeɛ wɔbɛfa wɔn nnommum.”
19 Woe! to me on fracture my [is] severe wound my and I I said surely this [is] a sickness and I will endure it.
Me pira yi enti mennue; mʼapirakuro yɛ koankorɔ! Nanso mehyɛɛ me ho den sɛ, “Yei ne me yadeɛ, na ɛsɛ sɛ memia mʼani.”
20 Tent my it has been devastated and all tent cords my they have been snapped children my they have gone out from me and there not [are] they there not [is one who] pitches again tent my and [one who] raises tent curtains my.
Wɔasɛe me ntomadan; wɔatwitwa ne nhoma nyinaa mu. Wɔafa me mma nyinaa kɔ a merenhunu wɔn bio; anka obiara a ɔbɛsi me ntomadan anaa ɔbɛsiesie me suhyɛ.
21 For they have behaved stupidly the shepherds and Yahweh not they have sought there-fore not they have prospered and all flock their it has been scattered.
Nnwanhwɛfoɔ no yɛ adwenemherɛfoɔ. Wɔmmisa Awurade akyiri ɛkwan; ɛno enti ɛnsi wɔn yie na wɔn nnwankuo no abɔ ahwete.
22 [the] sound of A report there! [it is] coming and a din great from a land of [the] north to make [the] cities of Judah a desolation a habitation of jackals.
Montie! Amaneɛ no reba, basabasayɛ kɛseɛ a ɛfiri atifi fam asase bi so! Ɛbɛma Yuda nkuro ada mpan, na ayɛ sakraman atuo.
23 I know O Yahweh that not [belongs] to person way his not [belongs] to a person [who] walks to direct step[s] his.
Ao Awurade, menim sɛ, onipa nkwa nyɛ ne dea; na ɛnyɛ onipa na ɔkyerɛkyerɛ nʼanammɔntuo.
24 Correct me O Yahweh only in justice may not [it be] in anger your lest you should diminish me.
Tene me so, Awurade, wɔ tenenee mu, mfiri wʼabofuo mu ntwe mʼaso anyɛ saa a, mɛwu.
25 Pour out rage your on the nations which not they have known you and on clans which on name your not they have called for they have consumed Jacob and they have consumed him and they have made an end of him and habitation his they have devastated.
Hwie wʼabufuhyeɛ no gu amanaman a wɔnnye wo ntom no so, nnipa a wɔmmɔ wo din no so. Ɛfiri sɛ, wɔasɛe Yakob wɔasɛe no koraa na wɔasɛe nʼasase a wɔwoo no too so.