< Jeremiah 50 >
1 The word which he spoke Yahweh concerning Babylon concerning [the] land of [the] Chaldeans by [the] hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
Asɛm a Awurade nam odiyifoɔ Yeremia so ka faa Babilonia ne Babiloniafoɔ asase ho nie:
2 Declare among the nations and make a proclamation and lift up a standard make a proclamation may not you hide [it] say it will be captured Babylon it will be put to shame Bel it will be shattered Marduk they will be put to shame images its they will be shattered idols its.
“Mommɔ no dawuro na mompae mu nka wɔ amanaman mu. Mompagya frankaa na mompae mu nka; na momma wɔnte sɛ, ‘Wɔbɛfa Babilonia; wɔbɛgu Bel anim ase, na ehu bɛhyɛ Merodak ma. Wɔbɛgu ne nsɛsodeɛ anim ase na ehu bɛhyɛ nʼahoni ma.’
3 For it will go up on it a nation from [the] north it it will make land its into a waste and not he will be an inhabitant in it from humankind and unto animal[s] they will take flight they will go.
Ɔman bi firi atifi fam bɛto ahyɛ ne so na wɔbɛyɛ nʼasase amanfo. Obiara rentena so; nnipa ne mmoa bɛdwane afiri so.
4 In the days those and at the time that [the] utterance of Yahweh they will come [the] people of Israel they and [the] people of Judah together going and weeping they will go and Yahweh God their they will seek.
“Nna no mu ne saa ɛberɛ no,” Awurade na ɔseɛ, “Israelfoɔ ne Yudafoɔ bɛka abom de nisuo akɔhwehwɛ wɔn Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn.
5 Zion they will ask for [will be] [the] direction hither faces their come and they will join themselves to Yahweh a covenant of perpetuity not it will be forgotten.
Wɔbɛbisa ɛkwan a ɛkɔ Sion na wɔde wɔn ani akyerɛ hɔ. Wɔbɛba de wɔn ho abɛbɔ Awurade wɔ daa apam a wɔn werɛ remfiri mu.
6 Sheep lost (they have become *Q(K)*) people my shepherds their they have caused to wander them mountains (they have led away them *Q(K)*) from mountain to hill they have gone they have forgotten resting place their.
“Me nkurɔfoɔ ayɛ nnwan a wɔayera; wɔn nnwanhwɛfoɔ ama wɔafom ɛkwan ma wɔkyinkyinii mmepɔ so. Wɔkyinkyinii bɛpɔ ne kokoɔ so na wɔn werɛ firii wɔn ankasa homebea.
7 All [those who] found them they devoured them and opponents their they said not we are guilty because that they have sinned to Yahweh [the] habitation of righteousness and [the] hope of ancestors their Yahweh.
Obiara a ɔhunuu wɔn no tetee wɔn mu; wɔn atamfoɔ kaa sɛ, ‘Yɛn nni fɔ, ɛfiri sɛ wɔyɛɛ bɔne tiaa Awurade, wɔn nokorɛ didibea no, Awurade wɔn agyanom anidasoɔ no.’
8 Take flight from [the] midst of Babylon and from [the] land of [the] Chaldeans (go forth *Q(K)*) and be like male goats before [the] flock.
“Monnwane mfiri Babilonia; momfiri Babiloniafoɔ asase so, na monyɛ sɛ mpapo a wɔdi nnwankuo anim.
9 For here! I [am] about to rouse and [am] about to bring up on Babylon an assembly of nations great from a land of [the] north and they will line up to it from there it will be captured arrows its [will be] like a warrior skillful [who] not he returns empty.
Mɛkanyane amanaman akɛseɛ nkabom afiri atifi fam asase so de wɔn abɛtia Babilonia. Wɔbɛgyinagyina wɔn afa atia no, wɔbɛfiri atifi fam ako afa no. Wɔn agyan bɛyɛ sɛ nnɔmmarima a wɔakwadare akodie mu, wɔn a wɔmmfa nsapan nsane wɔn akyi.
10 And it will become Chaldea plunder all [those who] plunder it they will be satisfied [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Enti wɔbɛfom Babilonia; wɔn a wɔfom no nyinaa bɛnya afodeɛ bebree,” Awurade na ɔseɛ.
11 That (you are rejoicing *Q(K)*) that (you are gloating *Q(K)*) O plunderers of inheritance my that (you are skipping about *Q(K)*) like a heifer threshing (so you may neigh *Q(K)*) like mighty [horses].
“Esiane sɛ mo ani gye na modi ahurisie, mo a mofom mʼagyapadeɛ, sɛ mohurihuri anigyeɛ so te sɛ nantwiforo a ɔwɔ ɛserɛ frɔmm mu na mosu te sɛ apɔnkɔnini enti,
12 She will be ashamed mother your exceedingly she will be abashed [the one who] gave birth you there! [the] last of nations a wilderness a desert and a desert plain.
Wo maame ani bɛwu pa ara; deɛ ɔwoo woɔ anim bɛgu ase. Ɔbɛyɛ akumaa wɔ amanaman no mu, ɛserɛ, asase wesee ne anweatam.
13 From [the] wrath of Yahweh not it will remain and it will be a waste all of it every [one who] passes by at Babylon he will be appalled and he may hiss on all wounds its.
Awurade abufuo enti, obiara rentena hɔ na ɛbɛda mpan korakora. Wɔn a wɔtwam wɔ Babilonia nyinaa ho bɛdwiri wɔn na wɔadi ne ho fɛ ɛsiane nʼapirakuro nyinaa enti.
14 Line up on Babylon - all around O all [those who] bend a bow shoot against it may not you spare an arrow for to Yahweh it has sinned.
“Monnyinagyina mo afa ntwa Babilonia ho nhyia, mo a moto agyan nyinaa. Monto no! Monnnya bɛmma biara, ɛfiri sɛ wayɛ bɔne atia Awurade.
15 Shout out on it all around it will give hand its they will fall (towers its *Q(k)*) they will be torn down walls its for [is] [the] vengeance of Yahweh that avenge yourself on it just as it has done do to it.
Monteam ntia no wɔ afanan nyinaa! Ɔma ne nsa so, nʼaban denden bubu, wɔdwiri nʼafasuo gu fam. Esiane sɛ yei yɛ Awurade aweretɔ no enti, montɔ ne so were; monyɛ no sɛdeɛ wayɛ afoforɔ no.
16 Cut off [the] sower from Babylon and [one who] wields a sickle at a time of harvest from before [the] sword of the oppressor everyone to people his they will turn and everyone to own land his they will flee.
Monyi ogufoɔ mfiri Babilonia, ɔne ɔtwafoɔ a ɔkura ne kantankrankyi wɔ ɔtwa berɛ mu no. Esiane ɔhyɛsofoɔ no akofena enti obiara nsane nkɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ mu, obiara nnwane nkɔ nʼankasa asase so.
17 [is] sheep Scattered Israel [which] lions they have driven away the first [lion] he devoured it [the] king of Assyria and this the last [lion] he gnawed bones its Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon.
“Israel yɛ nnwankuo a wɔahwete a agyata apam wɔn. Deɛ ɔdii ɛkan tetee ne mu yɛ Asiriahene; na deɛ ɔdwerɛɛ ne nnompe akyire no yɛ Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar.”
18 Therefore thus he says Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel here I [am] about to visit [judgment] to [the] king of Babylon and to land his just as I visited [judgment] to [the] king of Assyria.
Ɛno enti, yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ: “Mɛtwe Babiloniahene ne nʼasase aso sɛdeɛ metwee Asiriahene aso no.
19 And I will restore Israel to pasture its and it will graze Carmel and Bashan and in [the] hill country of Ephraim and Gilead it will be satisfied appetite its.
Na mede Israel bɛsane aba nʼankasa adidibea. Ɔbɛdidi wɔ Karmel ne Basan; ɔbɛmee wɔ Efraim ne Gilead nkokoɔ so.
20 In the days those and at the time that [the] utterance of Yahweh it will be sought [the] iniquity of Israel and there not [will be] it and [the] sins of Judah and not they will be found for I will forgive [those] whom I will leave as a remnant.
Saa nna no ne saa ɛberɛ no,” Awurade na ɔsɛ, “Wɔbɛhwehwɛ Israel afɔbuo mu, nanso wɔrennya bi, wɔbɛhwehwɛ Yuda nnebɔne mu, nanso wɔrenhunu bi, ɛfiri sɛ, mede nkaeɛfoɔ a megyaa wɔn no bɔne bɛkyɛ wɔn.
21 On the land of Merathaim go up on it and against [the] inhabitants of Pekod kill and totally destroy after them [the] utterance of Yahweh and do according to all that I have commanded you.
“Monto nhyɛ Merataim asase so ne nnipa a wɔte Pekod. Montaa wɔn, monkunkum wɔn na monsɛe wɔn korakora,” Awurade na ɔseɛ. “Monyɛ biribiara a mahyɛ mo no.
22 A sound of battle [will be] in the land and destruction great.
Ɔko mu gyegyeegye wɔ asase no so, ɔsɛeɛ kɛseɛ nnyegyeɛ!
23 How! it has been cut off and it has been broken [the] hammer of all the earth how! it has become a horror Babylon among the nations.
Hwɛ sɛdeɛ wɔabubu na wɔabobɔ asase nyinaa so asaeɛ! Hwɛ sɛdeɛ Babilonia ada mpan wɔ amanaman no mu!
24 I set a trap for you and also you were caught O Babylon and you not you knew you were found and also you were caught for with Yahweh you engaged in strife.
Mesum wo afidie Ao Babilonia, na ɛyii wo ansa na worehunu; wɔhunu wo kyeree wo ɛfiri sɛ woko tiaa Awurade.
25 He has opened Yahweh armory his and he has brought out [the] weapons of indignation his for a work it [belongs] to [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts in [the] land of [the] Chaldeans.
Awurade abue nʼakodeɛ akoradan na wayi nʼabufuhyeɛ akodeɛ de apue, ɛfiri sɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade wɔ adwuma yɛ wɔ Babiloniafoɔ asase so.
26 Come to it from [the] end open granaries its pile up it like heaps and totally destroy it may not it belong to it a remnant.
Momfiri akyirikyiri mmra ne so. Mommubu nʼasan no ani; monhɔre no sie sɛ ayuo akuakuo. Monsɛe no korakora na monnnya no nkaeɛfoɔ biara.
27 Kill all young bulls its let them go down to the slaughter woe! on them for it has come day their [the] time of punishment their.
Monkunkum nʼanantwinini nyinaa; momfa wɔn nkɔ ma wɔnkum wɔn! Musuo nka wɔn! Ɛfiri sɛ wɔn da no aduru, ɛberɛ a wɔde bɛtwe wɔn aso no.
28 [the] sound of Fugitives and escapees from [the] land of Babylon to declare in Zion [the] vengeance of Yahweh God our [the] vengeance of temple his.
Montie akobɔfoɔ ne adwanefoɔ a wɔfiri Babilonia no sɛ wɔreka wɔ Sion sɛdeɛ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn atɔ were nʼasɔrefie ho aweretɔ.
29 Summon against Babylon - archers all [those who] bend a bow encamp on it all around may not (it be to it *Q(K)*) escape repay to it according to deed[s] its according to all that it has done do to it for Yahweh it has defied proudly [the] holy [one] of Israel.
“Momfrɛ agyantofoɔ nkɔtoa Babilonia, wɔn a wɔto agyan nyinaa. Montwa ne ho nhyia; momma obiara nnwane. Montua ne nneyɛɛ so ka; monyɛ no sɛdeɛ wayɛ. Ɛfiri sɛ, wabu Awurade animtia, Israel kronkronni no.
30 Therefore they will fall young men its in open places its and all [the] men of war its they will be silenced on the day that [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Enti ne mmeranteɛ bɛtotɔ wɔ mmɔntene so; wɔbɛtɔre nʼasraafoɔ nyinaa ase saa ɛda no,” Awurade na ɔseɛ.
31 Here I [am] against you O arrogance [the] utterance of [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts that it has come day your [the] time [when] I will visit you.
“Hwɛ, mekyiri wo, Ao ɔhantanni.” Awurade, Asafo Awurade na ɔseɛ, “ɛfiri sɛ wo da no aduru ɛberɛ a wɔde bɛtwe wʼaso no.
32 And it will stumble arrogance and it will fall and not [will belong] to it [one who] raises up and I will kindle fire in cities its and it will devour all around it.
Ɔhantanni no bɛsunti na wahwe ase obiara rempagya no; mɛto ne nkuro mu ogya na ahye wɔn a atwa ne ho ahyia nyinaa.”
33 Thus he says Yahweh of hosts [are] oppressed [the] people of Israel and [the] people of Judah together and all captors their they have kept hold on them they have refused to let go them.
Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ: “Wɔhyɛ Israelfoɔ so, na Yudafoɔ nso saa ara. Wɔn nnommumfafoɔ no kura wɔn denden a wɔmpɛ sɛ wɔgyaa wɔn ma wɔkɔ.
34 Redeemer their - [is] strong [is] Yahweh of hosts name his certainly he will conduct case their so as to give rest to the earth and to cause disquiet to [the] inhabitants of Babylon.
Nanso, wɔn Gyefoɔ yɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ; ne din ne Asafo Awurade. Ɔbɛdi wɔn asɛm ama wɔn anibereɛ so sɛdeɛ ɔde ahotɔ bɛba wɔn asase no so, na wɔn a wɔte Babilonia no deɛ, wahyɛ wɔn ahometeɛ.
35 A sword on [the] Chaldeans [the] utterance of Yahweh and against [the] inhabitants of Babylon and against officials its and against wise [people] its.
“Akofena bi bɛsɔre atia Babiloniafoɔ!” Awurade na ɔseɛ. “Ɛbɛtia wɔn a wɔte Babilonia na atia nʼadwumayɛfoɔ ne nʼanyansafoɔ!
36 A sword against the empty talkers and they will become fools a sword against warriors its and they will be shattered.
Akofena bi bɛsɔre atia nʼadiyifoɔ atorofoɔ! Wɔbɛdane nkwaseafoɔ. Akofena bi bɛsɔre atia nʼakofoɔ! Ehu bɛhyɛ wɔn ma.
37 A sword against horses its and against chariotry its and against every foreigner who [is] in [the] midst of it and they will become women a sword against treasuries its and they will be plundered.
Akofena bi bɛsɔre atia nʼapɔnkɔ ne ne nteaseɛnam ne amanfrafoɔ a wɔwɔ wɔn mu nyinaa! Wɔbɛdane mmaa. Akofena bi bɛsɔre atia nʼademudeɛ! Wɔbɛfom.
38 A drought against waters its and they will dry up for [is] a land of idols it and in terrors they will act like mad people.
Ɔweɛ wɔ ne nsuo ahodoɔ so! Ɛbɛwewe. Ɛfiri sɛ ɛyɛ ahoni asase, ahoni a ehu bɛma wɔabobɔ adam.
39 Therefore they will dwell desert-dwellers with hyenas and they will dwell in it daughters of an ostrich and not it will remain again to perpetuity and not it will settle until a generation and a generation.
“Enti ɛserɛ so mmoa ne mpataku bɛtena hɔ, na ɛhɔ na ɔpatuo bɛtena. Obiara rentena so bio ɛfiri awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ kɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ.
40 Like [the] overthrow of God Sodom and Gomorrah and neighbors its [the] utterance of Yahweh not he will dwell there anyone and not he will sojourn in it a child of humankind.
Sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn tuu Sodom ne Gomora ne wɔn nkurotoɔ guiɛ no,” Awurade na ɔseɛ, “saa ara na obiara rentena hɔ; onipa biara rentena mu.
41 There! a people [is] about to come from [the] north and a nation great and kings many they will be roused from [the] remotest parts of [the] earth.
“Monhwɛ! Akodɔm bi firi atifi fam reba; ɔman kɛseɛ ne ahemfo bebree, wɔrehwanyane wɔn afiri nsase ano.
42 Bow and javelin they will take hold of [will be] cruel they and not they will have mercy sound their [will be] like the sea [which] it roars and on horses they will ride arranged like a man for battle on you O daughter of Babylon.
Wɔkurakura bɛmma ne pea; wɔn tirim yɛ den, na wɔnni ahummɔborɔ. Wɔn nnyegyeeɛ te sɛ ɛpo a ɛrehuru soɔ. Sɛ wɔtete wɔn apɔnkɔ so a, wɔba sɛ mmarima a wɔrekɔ sa abɛto ahyɛ wo so, Ao Ɔbabaa Babilonia.
43 He heard [the] king of Babylon report their and they hung limp hands his distress it took hold of him anguish like [woman] giving birth.
Babiloniahene ate wɔn ho nsɛm, ne nsa sesa ne ho kwa. Ahohiahia akyekyere no; ɔyea a ɛte sɛ ɔbaa a ɔrekyem awoɔ so.
44 There! like a lion [which] it goes up from [the] thicket[s] of the Jordan to pastureland of an ever-flowing [stream] for I will act in a moment (I will cause to run them *Q(K)*) from on it and whoever [is] chosen to it I will appoint for who? [is] like me and who? will he summon me and who? this [is] a shepherd who he will stand before me.
Sɛdeɛ gyata a ɔfiri Yordan nkyɛkyerɛ mu rekɔ adidibea frɔmfrɔm no, saa ara na mɛtaa Babilonia so afiri nʼasase so wɔ ɛberɛ tiawa bi mu. Hwan ne deɛ mayi no sɛ ɔnyɛ yei? Hwan na ɔte sɛ me, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi ne me adi asie? Na odwanhwɛfoɔ bɛn na ɔbɛtumi asɔre atia me?”
45 Therefore hear [the] plan of Yahweh which he has planned against Babylon and purposes his which he has purposed against [the] land of [the] Chaldeans if not people will drag away them [the] young [ones] of the flock if not he will devastate on them [the] pastureland.
Enti tie deɛ Awurade ahyehyɛ atia Babilonia, deɛ wabɔ ne tirim sɛ ɔbɛyɛ de atia Babiloniafoɔ asase nie: Nnwankuo no mu nkumaa no mpo, wɔbɛtwe wɔn akɔ; wɔn enti ɔbɛsɛe adidibea no koraa.
46 From [the] sound it has been captured Babylon it will quake the earth and a cry of distress among the nations it will be heard.
Babilonia nnommumfa nnyegyeeɛ bɛma asase awoso; ne nteateam bɛgyegye wɔ amanaman no mu.