Jeremiah 51
1 Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb — My withstanders, A destroying wind,
Sɛɛ na Awurade se: “Monhwɛ, mɛkanyan ɔsɛefo bi honhom atia Babilonia ne nnipa a wɔwɔ Leb Kamai.
2 And I have sent to Babylon fanners, And they have fanned it, and they empty its land, For they have been against it, Round about — in the day of evil.
Mɛsoma ananafo akɔ Babilonia sɛ wonkohuhuw ne so na wɔnsɛe nʼasase; wobetia no wɔ afanan nyinaa wɔ nʼamanehunu da no.
3 Let not the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have ye pity on her young men, Devote ye to destruction all her host.
Mma agyantowni pema nʼagyan, mma ɔnhyɛ ne nkatabo. Mma ne mmerante mfa wɔn ho nni; sɛe nʼasraafo no pasaa.
4 And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.
Wɔbɛhwehwe ase a wɔatotɔ wɔ Babilonia, a wɔapirapira yiye wɔ ne mmɔnten so.
5 For, not forsaken is Israel and Judah, By its God — by Jehovah of Hosts, For their land hath been full of guilt, Against the Holy One of Israel.
Na Israel Nyankopɔn, Asafo Awurade no, nnyaw Israel ne Yuda hɔ ɛ, ɛwɔ mu, afɔdi ahyɛ wɔn asase no so ma wɔ Israel Ɔkronkronni no anim.
6 Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye each his soul, Be not cut off in its iniquity, For a time of vengeance it [is] to Jehovah, Recompence He is rendering to her.
“Munguan mfi Babilonia! Muntu mmirika mpere mo nkwa! Mommma wɔnnsɛe mo esiane ne bɔne nti. Awurade aweretɔbere aso; ɔde nea ɛfata no betua no ka.
7 A golden cup [is] Babylon in the hand of Jehovah, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.
Na Babilonia yɛ sikakɔkɔɔ kuruwa wɔ Awurade nsam; ɔmaa asase nyinaa bow nsa. Aman no nom ne nsa; ɛno nti, afei wɔabobɔ adam.
8 Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.
Babilonia bɛhwe ase abubu mpofirim. Muntwa ne ho agyaadwo! Mompɛ ne yaw no ano aduru; ebia ne ho bɛtɔ no.
9 We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For come unto the heavens hath its judgment, And it hath been lifted up unto the clouds.
“‘Anka yɛbɛsa Babilonia yare, nanso wontumi nsa no yare; momma yennyaw no hɔ na obiara nkɔ nʼankasa asase so, efisɛ nʼatemmu du sorosoro; ɛforo soro te sɛ omununkum.’
10 Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
“‘Awurade abu yɛn bem. Mommra, momma yɛnka wɔ Sion, nea Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn ayɛ.’
11 Cleanse ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath Jehovah the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device [is] to destroy it, For the vengeance of Jehovah it [is], The vengeance of His temple.
“Monsew agyan no ano! Momfa nkatabo no! Awurade ahwanyan Mede ahemfo no, efisɛ ne botae ne sɛ ɔbɛsɛe Babilonia. Awurade bɛtɔ were, ɔbɛtɔ were ama nʼasɔrefi no.
12 Unto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For Jehovah hath both devised and done that which He spake, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
Mompagyaw frankaa bi ntia Babilonia afasu! Mummia bammɔ mu, momma awɛmfo no nnyinagyina. Munsiesie ahintawee! Awurade bɛma nʼatirimpɔw aba mu, nea wahyɛ atia Babilonia no.
13 O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.
Mo a motete nsuwansuwa bebree ho na nnwetɛbona abu mo so, mo awiei aba, bere a ɛsɛ sɛ wotwa mo kyene no.
14 Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee — shouting.
Asafo Awurade, aka ne ho ntam sɛ: mede nnipa bɛhyɛ wo ma sɛ tɛwtɛw, na wɔabɔ ose wɔ wo so.
15 The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
“Ɔde ne tumi bɔɔ asase; ɔtoo wiase fapem wɔ ne nyansa mu na ɔde ne nhumu trɛw ɔsorosoro mu.
16 At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.
Sɛ ɔbobɔ mu a, ɔsoro nsu woro so; ɔma omununkum ma ne ho so fi nsase ano. Ɔsoma anyinam ka osu ho na ɔma mframa bɔ fi ne koradan mu.
17 Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image, And there is no breath in them.
“Onipa biara nnim nyansa, na onni nimdeɛ; sikadwumfo biara anim gu ase, esiane nʼahoni nti. Ne nsɛsode yɛ atoro; wonni ɔhome biara wɔ wɔn mu.
18 Vanity [are] they — work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.
Wɔn so nni mfaso, wɔn ho yɛ serew; sɛ wɔn atemmu du so a, wɔbɛyera.
19 Not like these [is] the portion of Jacob, For He [is] former of all things, And [Israel is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
Nea ɔyɛ Yakob Kyɛfa no nte sɛ eyinom, efisɛ ɔno ne ade nyinaa Yɛfo a Israel, abusua a ɛyɛ nʼagyapade nso ka ho. Asafo Awurade ne ne din.
20 An axe [art] thou to me — weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,
“Woyɛ me ko abaa, mʼakode a mede kɔ sa mede wo dwerɛw amanaman, mede wo sɛe ahenni bebree,
21 And I have broken in pieces by thee horse and its rider, And I have broken in pieces by thee chariot and its charioteer,
mede wo bobɔ ɔpɔnkɔ ne ne sotefo, teaseɛnam ne ne kafo,
22 And I have broken in pieces by thee man and woman, And I have broken in pieces by thee old and young, And I have broken in pieces by thee young man and virgin,
mede wo dwerɛw ɔbarima ne ɔbea, mede wo dwerɛw akwakoraa ne ɔbabun, mede wo dwerɛw aberante ne ababaa,
23 And I have broken in pieces by thee shepherd and his drove, And I have broken in pieces by thee husbandman and his team, And I have broken in pieces by thee governors and prefects.
mede wo dwerɛw oguanhwɛfo ne nguankuw, mede wo dwerɛw okuafo ne anantwi, mede wo dwerɛw amradofo ne adwumayɛfo.
24 And I have recompensed to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes — an affirmation of Jehovah.
“Metua Babilonia ne wɔn a wɔtete Babilonia ka wɔ mfomso a, wɔayɛ wɔ Sion nyinaa, wɔ wʼanim,” Awurade na ose.
25 Lo, I [am] against thee, O destroying mount, An affirmation of Jehovah, That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I have rolled thee from the rocks, And given thee for a burnt mountain.
“Bepɔw sɛefo, me ne wo anya, wo a wosɛe asase nyinaa no,” Awurade na ose. “Mɛteɛ me nsa wɔ wo so mepia wo afi abotan no so, na mayɛ wo sɛ bepɔw a ɛnka hwee.
26 And they take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Wɔremfa ɔbo biara mfi wo so nyɛ tweatibo anaasɛ fapem mpo, efisɛ wobɛda mpan afebɔɔ,” Awurade na ose.
27 Lift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.
“Momma frankaa so wɔ asase no so! Monhyɛn torobɛnto no wɔ amanaman no mu! Munsiesie amanaman no mma wontu no so sa; Momfrɛfrɛ saa ahenni ahorow yi mma wɔnko ntia no: Ararat, Mini ne Askenas. Munnyi ɔsahene ntia no; momfa apɔnkɔ manyamanya te sɛ tɛwtɛw mmra.
28 Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.
Munsiesie amanaman no mma wontu no so sa, mo Mede ahemfo, wɔn amradofo ne wɔn adwumayɛfo nyinaa, ne aman a wodi so nyinaa.
29 And shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
Asase no wosow, na onukunuku ne mu, efisɛ Awurade atirimpɔw a etia Babilonia sɛ ɔbɛsɛe Babilonia asase a obiara rentumi ntena so no nsakraa ɛ.
30 Ceased have the mighty of Babylon to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Failed hath their might, they have become woman, They have burnt her tabernacles, Broken have been her bars.
Babilonia dɔmmarima agyae ko wɔhyehyɛ wɔn aban mu. Wɔn ahoɔden asa; wɔayɛ sɛ mmea. Wɔatoto nʼatenae ahorow no mu gya, na wɔabubu nʼapon akyi adaban.
31 Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city — at the extremity.
Abɔfo didi so na asomafo didi so a wɔrekɔbɔ Babiloniahene amanneɛ se, wɔafa ne kuropɔn no,
32 And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
wɔagye asutwabea ahorow a ɛdeda asubɔnten no ano no afa, na wɔde ogya ato ɔwora no mu, na asraafo no abɔ huboa.”
33 For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon [is] as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing — yet a little, And come hath the time of her harvest.
Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, se: “Babilonia Babea ayɛ sɛ, awiporowbea wɔ bere a wɔretiatia hɔ. Aka kakraa bi, na bere a ɛsɛ sɛ wotwa no sɛ nnɔbae no adu.”
34 Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us [as] an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.
“Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar adwerɛw yɛn, ɔde yɛn ato ɔhaw mu, wayɛ yɛn sɛ ahina a hwee nni mu. Wamene yɛn sɛ ɔwɔ no na ɔde yɛn nneɛma a ɛyɛ dɛ ahyɛ ne yafunu ma, na wapuw yɛn afi nʼanom agu.
35 My wrong, and [that of] my flesh [is] on Babylon, Say doth the inhabitant of Zion, And my blood [is] on the inhabitants of Chaldea, Say doth Jerusalem.
Ma ayakayakade a wɔde dii yɛn honam no mmra Babilonia so,” nnipa a wɔtete Sion na wɔka. “Ma yɛn mogya ngu wɔn a wɔtete Babilonia so,” Yerusalem na ɔka.
36 Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.
Enti sɛɛ na Awurade se: “Hwɛ, medi mo asɛm ama mo na matɔ were ama mo; Mɛma po a ɛyɛ ne de no ayow na mama ne nsubɔnten ayoyow.
37 And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Babilonia bɛyɛ mmubui siw, sakraman atu ahodwiriwde ne fɛwdi, baabi a obiara nte.
38 Together as young lions they roar, They have shaken themselves as lions' whelps.
Ne nkurɔfo nyinaa bobɔ mu sɛ gyata, wɔbobɔ mu te sɛ gyatamma.
39 In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not — an affirmation of Jehovah.
Nanso bere a wɔahwanyan wɔn ho no, mɛto pon ama wɔn na mama wɔabobow nsa, sɛnea wɔde nteɛteɛmu bedi ahurusi, na wɔadeda a wɔrennyan bio,” Awurade na ose.
40 I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.
“Mede wɔn bɛba te sɛ nguantenmma a wɔrekokum wɔn, te sɛ adwennini ne mpapo.
41 How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.
“Sɛnea wɔbɛfa Sesak, wɔbɛfa asase nyinaa so ahohoahoa! Babilonia bɛyɛ ahodwiriwde wɔ amanaman no mu!
42 Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
Po bebunkam afa Babilonia so; na nʼasorɔkye bɛkata ne so.
43 Its cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land — none doth dwell in them, Nor pass over into them doth a son of man.
Ne nkurow bɛda mpan, nweatam a so awo, asase a obiara nte so, na obiara ntu kwan mfa so.
44 And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed — from his mouth, And flow no more unto him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.
Mɛtwe Bel aso wɔ Babilonia na mama wapuw nea wamene agu. Amanaman no rento santen nkɔ ne nkyɛn bio. Na Babilonia fasu bebubu.
45 Go forth from its midst, O My people, And deliver ye, each his soul, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah,
“Me nkurɔfo, mumfi ne mu! Muntu mmirika mpere mo nkwa! Munguan mfi Awurade abufuwhyew ano.
46 And lest your heart be tender, And ye be afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And come in a year hath the report, And after it in a year the report, And violence [is] in the land, ruler against ruler;
Mommma mo koma ntu na munnsuro sɛ mote huhuhuhu wɔ asase no so a; huhuhuhu ba afe yi na foforo ba afe a ɛbɛba, basabasayɛ ho huhuhuhu wɔ asase no so ɛfa ɔhene a ɔsɔre tia ɔfoforo ho.
47 Therefore, lo, days are coming, And I have seen after the graven images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones do fall in its midst.
Na ampa ara bere no bɛba a mɛtwe Babilonia ahoni aso; nʼasase no nyinaa anim begu ase na nʼatɔfo nyinaa bɛtotɔ ase wɔ ne so.
48 And cried aloud against Babylon Have heavens and earth, and all that [is] in them, For, from the north come to it do the spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Ɔsoro ne asase ne nea ɛwɔ mu nyinaa de ahosɛpɛw bɛteɛ mu agu Babilonia so, efisɛ ɔsɛefo befi atifi fam abɛtow ahyɛ ne so,” Awurade na ose.
49 Even Babylon [is] to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.
“Ɛsɛ sɛ Babilonia hwe ase, esiane Israel atɔfo nti sɛnea atɔfo a wɔwɔ wiase nyinaa ahwehwe ase esiane Babilonia nti no.
50 Ye escaped of the sword, go on, stand not, Remember ye from afar Jehovah, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart.
Mo a mo aguan afi afoa ano, monkɔ, na monntwentwɛn mo nan ase! Monkae Awurade wɔ akyirikyiri asase so, na munnwen Yerusalem ho.”
51 We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Covered hath shame our faces, For come in have strangers, against the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah.
“Wɔagu yɛn anim ase, efisɛ wayeyaw yɛn na fɛre akata yɛn anim, efisɛ ananafo ahyɛn Awurade fi kronkronbea ahorow hɔ.”
52 Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have seen after its graven images, And in all its land groan doth the wounded.
“Nanso nna bi reba,” Awurade na ose, “a mɛtwe nʼahoni aso, na nʼasase so nyinaa apirafo besi apini.
53 Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Sɛ Babilonia kɔka soro mpo, na omiamia nʼaban tenten bammɔ mu a, mɛsoma ɔsɛefo ne no abedi asi,” Awurade na ose.
54 A voice of a cry [is] from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
“Osu nnyigyei bi fi Babilonia, ɔsɛe kɛse bi nnyigyei fi Babiloniafo asase so.
55 For Jehovah is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.
Awurade bɛsɛe Babilonia; ɔbɛma nʼasotuatua nnyigyei no agyae. Atamfo a wɔte sɛ ahum betu sɛ nsu akɛse; wɔn mmubomu bɛyɛ gyegyeegye.
56 For come in against it — against Babylon — hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences — Jehovah — doth certainly repay.
Ɔsɛefo bi bɛsɔre atia Babilonia; wɔbɛfa ne dɔmmarima nnommum na wobebubu wɔn tadua mu. Efisɛ Awurade yɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔhyɛ anan mu; obetua so ka pɛpɛɛpɛ.
57 And I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not — an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
Mɛma nʼadwumayɛfo ne nʼanyansafo abow nsa nʼamradonom, ne mpanyimfo ne dɔmmarima nso saa ara; wɔbɛdeda afebɔɔ a wɔrennyan,” sɛɛ na ɔhempɔn a ne din ne Asafo Awurade, no se.
58 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon — The broad one — is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!
Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, se: “Wobedwiriw Babilonia afasu a ɛtrɛw no agu fam na wɔbɛto nʼapon atenten no mu gya; nnipa no haw wɔn ho kwa, ɔman no adwumayɛ ma ogya no dɛw mmom.”
59 The word that Jeremiah the prophet hath commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his going with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign — and Seraiah [is] a quiet prince;
Eyi ne asɛm a Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ Neria babarima Seraia a ɔyɛ adwumayɛfo panyin na ɔyɛ Maseia nena no, bere a ɔne Yudahene Sedekia kɔɔ Babilonia wɔ nʼadedi afe a ɛto so anan no mu.
60 and Jeremiah writeth all the evil that cometh unto Babylon on one book — all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
Na Yeremia akyerɛw amanehunu a ɛbɛba Babilonia so no nyinaa agu nhoma mmobɔwee so, nea wakyerɛw a ɛfa Babilonia ho nyinaa.
61 And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, 'When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,
Ɔka kyerɛɛ Seraia se, “Sɛ wudu Babilonia a, hwɛ sɛ wobɛkenkan saa nsɛm yi nyinaa sɛnea obiara bɛte.
62 and hast said: Jehovah, Thou, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even unto cattle, for it is a desolation age-during.
Afei ka se, ‘Awurade, woaka se wobɛsɛe beae yi sɛnea onipa anaa aboa biara rentumi ntena so; na ɛbɛda mpan afebɔɔ.’
63 And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat,
Sɛ wokenkan nhoma mmobɔwee yi wie a, kyekyere fam ɔbo ho, na tow kyene Asubɔnten Eufrate mu.
64 and said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.' Hitherto [are] words of Jeremiah.
Afei ka se, ‘Sɛɛ na Babilonia ne ne nkurɔfo bɛmem a wɔrensɔre bio, esiane amanehunu a mede bɛba ne so no nti.’” Yeremia nsɛm no awiei ni.
