Jeremiah 26
1 Soon after Jehoiakim became the king of Judah, Yahweh gave [me] this message:
Yehoiakim a ɔyɛ Yudahene Yosia babarima adedie ahyɛaseɛ mfeɛ no, saa asɛm yi firi Awurade nkyɛn baeɛ:
2 “This is what [I], Yahweh, am telling you: Stand in the courtyard [in front] of my temple, and speak to all [the people from] the various towns in Judah who come there to worship me. Tell them everything that I tell you; do not omit anything.
“Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Gyina Awurade efie mu abannwa hɔ, na ka kyerɛ nnipa a wɔfiri Yuda nkuro mu bɛsom wɔ Awurade efie mu nyinaa. Ka deɛ mehyɛ wo no nyinaa kyerɛ wɔn; nnyi asɛm biara mfiri mu.
3 [If you do tell them everything], perhaps they will pay attention, and each one of them will turn away from his evil behavior. Then I will change my mind, and not cause them to experience the disaster that I was planning to cause them to experience because of the evil things that they have done.
Ebia wɔbɛtie, na wɔn mu biara asane afiri nʼakwammɔne so. Sɛ ɛba saa a, mɛtwɛn, na meremfa amanehunu a wɔn bɔne enti, mepɛɛ sɛ mede ba wɔn so no mma bio.
4 Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I sent to you the prophets who serve me, to tell you what you should do. I sent them to you many times, but you have not paid attention to what they said. If you will not pay attention to what I say and do not obey the message that I have given to you, and if you do not pay attention to what the prophets say,
Ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: Sɛ moantie me, na moanni me mmara a mahyɛ mo no so,
na sɛ moantie nsɛm a mʼasomfoɔ adiyifoɔ a mesoma wɔn mo nkyɛn ɛberɛ biara no ka kyerɛ mo no a, (mpo monntiee wɔn),
6 I will destroy this temple like I destroyed Shiloh, [the place where the Sacred Tent was put]. And I will cause Jerusalem to be a place whose name [people in] every nation on the earth will say when they curse someone.’”
ɛnneɛ, mɛyɛ efie yi sɛ Silo, na kuropɔn yi ayɛ nnomedeɛ wɔ asase so aman nyinaa mu.’”
7 [When I did what Yahweh told me to do, ] the priests, the [false] prophets, and many [other] people listened to me as I told them that message outside the temple.
Asɔfoɔ, adiyifoɔ ne nnipa no nyinaa tee sɛ Yeremia reka saa nsɛm yi, wɔ Awurade efie hɔ.
8 But as soon as I finished telling them everything that Yahweh had commanded me to say, they all seized me and said, “You must be executed!
Na Yeremia wiee nsɛm a Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ nnipa no nyinaa no ka no, asɔfoɔ no, adiyifoɔ ne nnipa no nyinaa to hyɛɛ no so kaa sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wo wu!
9 Why [RHQ] are you prophesying that this temple will be [destroyed] like Shiloh [was destroyed]? Why are you saying that this city will be destroyed, and that no one will live here [any more]? (OR, You should not be prophesying) [RHQ]” All the people surrounded me [as I stood] in [front of] the temple.
Adɛn na wohyɛ nkɔm wɔ Awurade din mu sɛ, efie yi bɛyɛ sɛ Silo na kuropɔn yi bɛda mpan a obiara ntena so anaa?” Na nnipa no nyinaa bɛtwaa Yeremia ho hyiaeɛ wɔ Awurade efie hɔ.
10 When the officials of Judah heard about all this [that was happening], they rushed from the palace and sat down at the gate of the temple named The New Gate, [to judge my case].
Ɛberɛ a Yuda adwumafoɔ tee saa nsɛm yi no, wɔfirii ahemfie hɔ foro kɔɔ Awurade efie kɔtenaa efie no Ɛpono Foforɔ no ano.
11 The priests and the [false] told the officials and the other people [who were there], “This man should be executed, because he has prophesied that this city [will be destroyed], and you yourselves [MTY] have heard him say that!”
Ɛna asɔfoɔ no ne adiyifoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ adwumayɛfoɔ no ne nnipa no nyinaa sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbu saa ɔbarima yi kumfɔ, ɛfiri sɛ wahyɛ nkɔm atia kuropɔn yi. Moate wɔ mo asom!”
12 Then I replied to the officials and the other people, saying, “Yahweh sent me to prophesy all the things that you heard me say about [what will happen to] this temple and this city.
Na Yeremia kasa yii ne ho ano wɔ adwumayɛfoɔ ne nnipa no nyinaa anim sɛ, “Awurade somaa me sɛ, memmɛnhyɛ nkɔm ntia efie yi ne kuropɔn yi sɛdeɛ moate no nyinaa.
13 But if you change your behavior and stop sinning, and [start to] obey Yahweh our God, he will change his mind, and not cause you to experience the disasters that he said that he would send.
Na afei montenetene mo akwan ne mo nneyɛɛ, na monyɛ ɔsetie mma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn. Na Awurade bɛtwɛn, na ɔremfa amanehunu a ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔde ba mo so no mma bio.
14 As for me, I am not able to free myself from your grasp. [So you can] do to me whatever you want to do.
Me deɛ, mewɔ mo nsam; mobɛtumi ayɛ me sɛdeɛ ɛyɛ na ɛtene wɔ mo ani so.
15 [But you need to] know that if you kill me, you will be killing a man [SYN] who (is innocent/has not done anything wrong). And you and everyone else in this city will be guilty, because the truth is that it was Yahweh who sent me to speak every word that you have heard me say.”
Nanso monkae sɛ, sɛ mokum me a, moahwie mogya a ɛdi bem agu, na ɛso afɔdie bɛba mo so, kuropɔn yi so ne wɔn a wɔtete mu so; na nokorɛm Awurade na wasoma me sɛ memmɛka nsɛm yi nyinaa nnwu mo asom.”
16 Then the officials and the other people said to the priests and the [false] prophets, “This man does not deserve to be executed, because he has spoken to us the message [MTY] that Yahweh gave him!”
Na adwumayɛfoɔ no ne nnipa no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ asɔfoɔ no ne adiyifoɔ no sɛ, “Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔbu saa ɔbarima yi kumfɔ! Wakasa akyerɛ yɛn wɔ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn din mu.”
17 Then some of the elders stood up and spoke to all the people who were gathered [there].
Na asase no so mpanimfoɔ no mu bi sɔreeɛ na wɔka kyerɛɛ badwa no nyinaa sɛ,
18 They said, “([Remember/Think about) what] Micah, [the prophet] from Moresheth [town], prophesied during the years that Hezekiah was the King of Judah. He told the people of Judah this: ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: [Some day] Zion [Hill] will be plowed like fields [are plowed]; Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins. There will be a large clump/group of trees on top of the hill where the temple is now.’
“Mika a ɔfiri Moreset hyɛɛ nkɔm Yudahene Hesekia berɛ so. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Yudafoɔ nyinaa sɛ, ‘Yei na Asafo Awurade seɛ: “‘Wɔbɛfuntum Sion te sɛ afuo. Na Yerusalem bɛyɛ mmubuiɛ na asɔredan no kokoɔ bɛyɛ sɛ nkɔfie a nkyɛkyerɛ afu wɔ so.’
19 But did [RHQ] King Hezekiah or anyone else in Judah kill Micah [for saying that]? No! Instead, Hezekiah revered Yahweh, and pleaded that he would (act mercifully toward/not destroy) them. So, Yahweh changed his mind about causing them to experience the terrible disaster that he said he would send. And now [if we kill Jeremiah], we are going to cause ourselves to experience a terrible disaster!”
Na Yudahene Hesekia anaa Yudani bi kumm no anaa? Hesekia ansuro Awurade ansrɛ ne hɔ adom? Na ɛno amma Awurade antwɛn sɛ ɔbɛyi amanehunu a ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔde ba wɔn so no amfiri wɔn so anaa? Yɛreyɛ de amanehunu kɛseɛ aba yɛn ankasa so!”
20 [At that time, ] the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-Jearim [city] was also prophesying/proclaiming messages [MTY] from Yahweh. He was predicting that the city and the rest of the land would experience the same disasters that I was predicting.
(Semaia babarima Uria a ɔfiri Kiriat-Yearim no nso yɛ ɔbarima foforɔ a ɔhyɛɛ nkɔm wɔ Awurade din mu; ɔhyɛɛ nkɔm korɔ yi ara tiaa saa kuropɔn yi ne saa asase yi, sɛdeɛ Yeremia yɛeɛ no.
21 When King Jehoiakim and his army officers and officials heard what Uriah was saying, the king sent someone to kill Uriah. But Uriah heard about it, and became [very] afraid, and he (escaped/ran away) to Egypt.
Ɛberɛ a ɔhene Yehoiakim ne ne mpanimfoɔ ne nʼadwumayɛfoɔ nyinaa tee ne nsɛm no, ɔhene no pɛɛ sɛ ɔkum no, nanso Uria teeɛ no, ɔde ehu dwane kɔɔ Misraim.
22 Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan the son of Acbor along with several other men to Egypt.
Ɔhene Yehoiakim somaa Akbor babarima Elnatan ne mmarima bi kɔɔ Misraim.
23 They captured Uriah and took him [back to Jerusalem] to King Jehoiakim. The king then [had a soldier] kill Uriah with a sword. Then they buried his corpse in a place where poor people are buried.
Wɔde Uria firi Misraim baeɛ, na wɔde no kɔmaa ɔhene Yehoiakim. Ɔma wɔde akofena kumm no na wɔtoo ne funu twenee kwasafo asieeɛ.)
24 However, Ahikam the son of Shaphan defended me, and persuaded the officials not to allow [MTY] the mob to murder me.
Afei nso, na Safan babarima Ahikam gyina Yeremia akyi, enti wɔammfa no amma ɛdɔm no sɛ wɔnkum no.
