Jeremiah 44

1 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, the ones staying in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in Upper Egypt:

Saa asɛm yi baa Yeremia nkyɛn; ɛfa Yudafo a wɔtete Misraim anafo fam wɔ Migdol, Tapanhes, Memfis ne Misraim atifi fam no ho.

2 “Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says, 'You yourselves have seen all the disasters that I brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah. See, they are ruins today. There is no one to live in them.

“Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, se: Muhuu amanehunu kɛse a mede baa Yerusalem ne Yuda nkurow nyinaa so no. Nnɛ wɔayeyɛ amamfo na wɔasɛesɛe

3 This is because of the wicked things they did to offend me by going to burn incense and to worship other gods. These were gods that neither they themselves, nor you, nor your ancestors knew.'

esiane bɔne a wɔayɛ no nti. Wɔhyew nnuhuam, som anyame foforo a, wɔn anaa mo anaa mo agyanom nnim wɔn de hyɛɛ me abufuw.

4 So I repeatedly sent all of my servants the prophets to them. I sent them to say, 'Stop doing these abominable things that I hate.'

Mesomaa mʼasomfo adiyifo mpɛn pii a wɔkae se, ‘Monnyɛ saa atantanne a mikyi no!’

5 But they did not listen. They refused to pay attention or turn from their wickedness in burning incense to other gods.

Nanso wɔantie, wɔamfa anyɛ asɛm, na wɔannan amfi wɔn amumɔyɛsɛm no ho na wɔannyae hyew a wɔhyew nnuhuam ma anyame foforo no.

6 So my fury and my wrath were poured out and kindled a fire in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. So they became ruins and devastations, as at this present day.'

Enti mihwiee mʼabufuw gui, na ɛdɛw kɔɔ Yuda nkurow ne Yerusalem mmɔnten so ma ɛsɛesɛe na ɛdedaa mpan sɛnea ɛtete nnɛ yi.

7 So now Yahweh, the God of hosts and the God of Israel, says this, 'Why are you doing great wickedness against yourselves? Why are you causing yourselves to be cut off from among Judah—men and women, children and babies? No remnant of you will be left.

“Na mprempren, nea Asafo Awurade Nyankopɔn, Israel Nyankopɔn se ni: Adɛn nti na mode amanehunu kɛse aba mo ho so, sɛ muyii mmarima ne mmea, mmofra ne mmotafowa fii Yuda a moannyaw nkae biara amma mo ho.

8 By your wickedness you have offended me with the deeds of your hands, by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to live. You have gone there so that you will be destroyed, so that you will be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth.

Adɛn nti na mode nea mo nsa ayɛ hyɛ me abufuw, na mohyew nnuhuam ma anyame foforo wɔ Misraim, baabi a moabɛtena hɔ no? Mobɛsɛe mo ho, na moayɛ nnome ne nsopa wɔ asase so amanaman nyinaa mu.

9 Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors and the wickedness committed by the kings of Judah and their wives? Have you forgotten the evil committed by yourselves and your wives in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?

Mo werɛ afi amumɔyɛsɛm a mo agyanom, Yuda ahemfo ne ahemmea yɛe, na mo ne mo yerenom nso yɛɛ wɔ Yuda asase ne Yerusalem mmɔnten so no ana?

10 To this day, they still are not humbled. They do not honor my law or decrees that I placed before them and their ancestors, nor do they walk in them.'

Ebesi nnɛ yi, wɔmmrɛɛ wɔn ho ase, wɔnnaa nidi adi na wonnii me mmara ne ahyɛde a mede maa mo ne mo agyanom no so.

11 Therefore Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, I am about to set my face against you to bring disaster to you and to destroy all of Judah.

“Enti nea Asafo Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, se ni: Masi mʼadwene pi sɛ mede amanehunu bɛba mo so na masɛe Yuda nyinaa.

12 For I will take the remnant of Judah that has set out to go to the land of Egypt to live there. I will do this so that they will all perish in the land of Egypt. They will fall by sword and famine. From the least to the greatest they will perish by sword and famine. They will die and will become an object of swearing, cursing, reproaching, and a horrible thing.

Mɛfa Yuda nkae a wosii wɔn adwene pi sɛ wɔbɛkɔ Misraim akɔtena hɔ no. Wɔn nyinaa bewuwu wɔ Misraim; wɔbɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano anaa ɔkɔm bekum wɔn. Efi akumaa so kosi ɔkɛse so, afoa ne ɔkɔm bekunkum wɔn. Wɔbɛyɛ nnome, ahodwiriwde, afɔbude ne ahohora.

13 For I will punish the people inhabiting the land of Egypt just as I punished Jerusalem with the sword, with famine, and with the plague,

Mede afoa, ɔkɔm ne ɔyaredɔm bɛtwe wɔn a wɔtete Misraim no aso, sɛnea metwee Yerusalem aso no.

14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return and live; and none of them will return except a few who escaped from there.'”

Yuda nkae a wɔakɔtena Misraim no mu biara renguan, na wɔremfa wɔn ho nni na wɔasan aba Yuda, asase a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsan bɛtena so no so; wɔn mu biara remma, gye aguanfo kakraa bi.”

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women who were in the great assembly, and all the people who were living in Lower and Upper Egypt, answered Jeremiah.

Afei mmarima a na wonim sɛ wɔn yerenom hyew nnuhuam ma anyame foforo, wɔne mmea a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa, nnipadɔm no, ne nnipa a wɔwɔ Misraim Atifi fam ne Anafo fam ka kyerɛɛ Yeremia se,

16 They said, “About the word that you have told us in Yahweh's name—we will not listen to you.

“Yɛrentie asɛm a waka akyerɛ yɛn wɔ Awurade din mu no!

17 For we will certainly do all the things that we said we would do—burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Then we will be filled with food and will prosper, without experiencing any disaster.

Ampa ara yɛbɛyɛ biribiara a yɛkae se yɛbɛyɛ: Yɛbɛhyew nnuhuam ama Ɔsoro Hemmea na yɛahwie ahwiesa ama no, sɛnea yɛne yɛn agyanom, ahemfo ne adwumayɛfo yɛɛ wɔ Yuda nkurow ne Yerusalem mmɔnten so no pɛpɛɛpɛ. Saa bere no na yɛwɔ aduan, na yedi yiye a yenni ɔhaw biara nso.

18 When we refrained from doing these things, not offering incense to the queen of heaven and not pouring out drink offerings to her, we were all suffering poverty and were dying by sword and famine.”

Nanso efi bere a yegyaee nnuhuam a yɛhyew ma Ɔsoro Hemmea, na yegyaee ahwiesa a yɛde ma no no, biribiara abɔ yɛn na yɛrewuwu wɔ afoa ne ɔkɔm ano.”

19 The women said, “When we were making incense offerings before the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, was it against our husbands that we did these things, making cakes in her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?”

Na mmea no ka kaa ho se, “Bere a yɛhyew nnuhuam maa Ɔsoro Hemmea, na yehwiee ahwiesa maa no no, na yɛn kununom nnim sɛ yɛto ɔfam a ɛyɛ ne sɛso, hwie ahwiesa ma no ana?”

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and women, and all the people who answered him—he proclaimed and said,

Na Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no nyinaa; mmarima ne mmea a wɔrebua no no se,

21 “Did not Yahweh remember the incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem—you and your ancestors, your kings and leaders, and the people of the land? For Yahweh calls this to mind; it comes to his thoughts.

“Mususuw sɛ, Awurade nnim sɛ, na mo ne mo agyanom, mo ahemfo, adwumayɛfo ne ɔmanfo no hyew nnuhuam ma ahoni wɔ Yuda nkurow so ne Yerusalem mmɔnten so ana?

22 Then he was no longer able to bear it because of your wicked practices, because of the abominations that you did. Then your land became a desolation, a horror, and a curse so there was no longer an inhabitant as at this present day.

Bere a mo amumɔyɛ ne akyiwade a moyɛɛ no fonoo Awurade no, mo asase dannan nnomede ne amamfo a obiara nte so, sɛnea ɛte nnɛ yi.

23 Because you burned incense and sinned against Yahweh, and because you would not listen to his voice, his law, his statutes, or his covenant decrees, this disaster against you has happened as at this present day.”

Esiane sɛ moahyew nnuhuam, ayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, na moanyɛ osetie amma no, na moanni ne mmara, nʼahyɛde ne nʼadansesɛm so nti, amanehunu aba mo so sɛnea muhu yi.”

24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, “Hear the word of Yahweh, all of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.

Afei Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no nyinaa a mmea no ka ho se, “Mo Yudafo a mowɔ Misraim nyinaa muntie Awurade asɛm.

25 Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'You and your wives both have said with your mouths and carried out with your hands what you said, “We will certainly carry out the vows that we made to worship the queen of heaven, to pour out drink offerings to her.” Now fulfill your vows; carry them out.'

Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, se: Mo ne mo yerenom de mo nneyɛe akyerɛ mo bɔ a mohyɛe se, ‘Ampa ara yebedi bɔ a yɛhyɛe sɛ, yɛbɛhyew nnuhuam ahwie ahwiesa ama Ɔsoro Hemmea no,’ no so.” Monkɔ so, munni mo bɔhyɛ ne mo ntam so!

26 So then, hear the word of Yahweh, all of Judah who are staying in the land of Egypt, 'See, I have sworn by my great name—says Yahweh. My name will no longer be called upon by the mouths of any of the men of Judah in all the land of Egypt, you who now say, “As the Lord Yahweh lives.”

Nanso muntie Awurade asɛm, mo Yudafo a mowɔ Misraim nyinaa. Mede me din kɛse no ka ntam se, nea Awurade se ni, obiara a ofi Yuda a ɔte Misraim asase so baabiara remmɔ me din nka ntam bio da se, “Sɛ Otumfo Awurade te ase yi.”

27 See, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. Every person of Judah in the land of Egypt will perish by sword and famine until they are all finished.

Na mɛhwɛ ama wɔahu amane na ɛnyɛ yiyedi; Yudafo a wɔwɔ Misraim bewuwu wɔ afoa ne ɔkɔm ano kosi sɛ wɔbɛsɛe wɔn nyinaa.

28 Then the survivors of the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, only a small number of them. So all the remnant of Judah who went to the land of Egypt to live there will know whose word will stand—mine or theirs.

Wɔn a wobeguan afi afoa ano na wɔasan afi Misraim akɔ Yuda asase so no bɛyɛ kakraa bi. Afei Yuda nkae a wɔbɛtenaa Misraim no nyinaa behu nea nʼasɛm yɛ nokware; me de anaa wɔn de.

29 This will be the sign for you—this is Yahweh's declaration—that I am setting against you in this place, so that you will know that my words will certainly attack you with disaster.'

“‘Eyi na ɛbɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ama mo sɛ mɛtwe mo aso wɔ ha, na moahu sɛ ampa ara mʼahunahuna a ɛfa ɔhaw ho no bɛba mu,’ Awurade na ose.

30 Yahweh says this, 'Look, I am about to give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek to kill him. It will the same as when I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.'”

‘Mede Misraimhene Farao Hofra rebɛhyɛ nʼatamfo a wɔpɛ sɛ wokum no no nsa, sɛnea mede Yudahene Sedekia hyɛɛ Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar, ne tamfo a na ɔrehwehwɛ no akum no no nsa. Sɛɛ na Awurade se.’”