Yeremia 11
1 Asɛm a efi Awurade hɔ baa Yeremia nkyɛn ni:
The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2 “Tie apam yi mu nhyehyɛe na ka kyerɛ Yudafo ne wɔn a wɔtete Yerusalem.
“Listen to the words of this covenant, and declare them to each man in Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
3 Ka kyerɛ wɔn se, sɛɛ na Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn se: ‘Nnome nka onipa a onni apam yi mu nhyehyɛe so,
Say to them, 'Yahweh, God of Israel says this: Cursed is anyone who does not listen to the words of this covenant.
4 nea mehyɛ maa mo agyanom bere a miyii wɔn fii Misraim, fononoo a wɔnan dade wɔ mu no.’ Mekae se, ‘Monyɛ osetie mma me na monyɛ biribiara a mehyɛ mo, na mobɛyɛ me nkurɔfo na mayɛ mo Nyankopɔn.
This is the covenant that I commanded your ancestors to keep the day I brought them out from the land of Egypt, from the furnace for smelting iron. I said, “Listen to my voice and do all of these things just as I have commanded you, for you will be my people and I will be your God.”
5 Na afei mɛma ntam a mekaa mo agyanom se, mɛma wɔn asase a nufusu ne ɛwo sen wɔ so no aba mu,’ asase a mote so nnɛ yi.” Mibuae se, “Amen, Awurade.”
Obey me so that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your ancestors, the oath that I would give them the land flowing with milk and honey, where you live today.'” Then I, Jeremiah, answered and said, “Yes, Yahweh!”
6 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Bɔ saa asɛm yi ho dawuru wɔ Yuda nkurow ne Yerusalem mmɔnten so se: ‘Muntie apam yi ho nhyehyɛe na munni so.
Yahweh said to me, “Proclaim all these things in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Say, 'Listen to the words of this covenant and carry them out.
7 Efi bere a miyii mo agyanom fii Misraim besi nnɛ yi, mebɔɔ wɔn kɔkɔ bere biara se, “Monyɛ osetie mma me.”
For I have been giving solemn commands to your ancestors from the day I brought them up from the land of Egypt until this present time, persistently warning them and saying, “Listen to my voice.”'
8 Nanso wɔantie na wɔamfa no asɛm; na mmom, wodii asoɔden a efi wɔn koma bɔne mu no akyi. Ɛno nti memaa nnome a efi apam a mahyɛ wɔn sɛ wonni so na wɔanni so no mu no baa wɔn so.’”
But they did not listen or pay attention. Each person has been walking in the stubbornness of his wicked heart. So I brought all the curses in this covenant that I commanded to come against them. But the people still did not obey.”
9 Na afei Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Atuatew apam bi wɔ Yudafo ne wɔn a wɔtete Yerusalem no ntam.
Next Yahweh said to me, “A conspiracy has been discovered among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 Wɔasan kɔ wɔn agyanom a wɔampɛ sɛ wotie mʼasɛm no bɔne ho. Wɔadi anyame foforo akyi akɔsom wɔn. Yerusalem fifo ne Yuda fifo abu apam a me ne wɔn agyanom yɛe no so.
They have turned to the iniquities of their earliest ancestors, who refused to listen to my word, who instead walked after other gods to worship them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant that I established with their ancestors.
11 Ɛno nti nea Awurade se ni: ‘Mede amanehunu a wɔrentumi nguan mfi mu bɛba wɔn so. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ, wosu frɛ me de, nanso merennye wɔn so.
Therefore Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to bring disaster on them, disaster from which they will not be able to escape. Then they will call out to me, but I will not listen to them.
12 Yuda nkurow ne Yerusalemfo bɛkɔ akosu afrɛ anyame a wɔhyew nnuhuam ma wɔn no, nanso sɛ amanehunu ba a wɔrentumi mmoa wɔn koraa.
The cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and call out to the gods to which they had given offerings, but they will certainly not be saved by them at the time of their disaster.
13 Wo Yuda, wowɔ anyame a wɔn dodow bɛyɛ sɛ wo nkurow; na afɔremuka a moasisi sɛ mobɛhyew nnuhuam wɔ so ama animguase nyame Baal no dɔɔso sɛ Yerusalem mmɔnten.’
For you Judah, the number of your gods has increased to equal the number of your cities. You have made the number of shameful altars in Jerusalem, incense altars for Baal, equal to the number of her streets.
14 “Mmɔ mpae mma saa nnipa yi, nni mma wɔn na nsrɛ mma wɔn, efisɛ, sɛ wosu frɛ me wɔ wɔn amanehunu mu a merennye wɔn so.
So you yourself, Jeremiah, must not pray for this people. You must not wail or pray on their behalf. For I will not be listening when they call on me in their disaster.
15 “Dɛn na me dɔfo reyɛ wɔ mʼasɔredan mu bere a ɔne bebree hyehyɛ nsɛmmɔnedi ho? Ahodwira nam betumi abɔ wo asotwe agu ana? Sɛ woyɛ wʼamumɔyɛsɛm a na wʼani agye.”
Why is my beloved one, the one who has had so many wicked intentions, in my house? The meat of your sacrifices cannot help you. You rejoice because of your evil actions.
16 Awurade, frɛ wo ngodua a enyin frɔmfrɔm a ɛsow aba a ɛyɛ fɛ. Nanso ɔde ahum kɛse bi nteɛmu bɛto mu gya, na ne mman bebubu.
In the past Yahweh called you a leafy olive tree, beautiful with lovely fruit. But he will light a fire on it that will sound like the roar of a storm; its branches will be broken.
17 Asafo Awurade a oduaa wo no ahyɛ amanehunu ho nkɔm wɔ wo ho, efisɛ Israel fifo ne Yuda fifo ayɛ bɔne ahyɛ me abufuw sɛ wɔhyew nnuhuam ma Baal.
For Yahweh of hosts, the one who planted you, has decreed disaster against you because of the wicked acts that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have committed—they have angered me by giving offerings to Baal.'”
18 Esiane sɛ Awurade yii pɔw a wabɔ kyerɛɛ me no nti, mihui, efisɛ saa bere no ɔde nea wɔreyɛ no kyerɛɛ me.
Yahweh made me know these things, so I know them. You, Yahweh, made me see their deeds.
19 Meyɛɛ sɛ oguamma a odwo a wɔde no rekɔ akokum no; amma mʼadwene mu sɛ wɔabɔ wɔn tirim pɔw atia me sɛ, “Momma yɛnsɛe dua no ne nʼaba no; momma yentwa no mfi ateasefo asase so, sɛnea wɔnnkae ne din bio.”
I was like a gentle lamb being led to a butcher. I did not know that they had formed plans against me, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit! Let us cut him off from the land of the living so his name will be no longer remembered.”
20 Nanso wo, Asafo Awurade, wo a wubu atɛntrenee na wosɔ koma ne adwene hwɛ, ma minhu wʼaweretɔ wɔ wɔn so, na wo nsam na mede me nsɛm nyinaa hyɛ.
Yet Yahweh of hosts is the righteous judge who examines the heart and the mind. I will witness your vengeance against them, for I have presented my case to you.
21 Ɛno nti nea Awurade ka fa Anatot mmarima a wɔrehwehwɛ wo akum wo na wɔka se, “Nhyɛ nkɔm wɔ Awurade din mu anyɛ saa a, wubewu wɔ yɛn nsa ano,”
Therefore Yahweh says this concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life, “They say, 'You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or you will die by our hand.'
22 Ɛno nti, nea Asafo Awurade se ni: “Mɛtwe wɔn aso. Wɔn mmerante bewuwu afoa ano, na ɔkɔm bekunkum wɔn mmabarima ne mmabea.
Therefore Yahweh of hosts says this, 'See, I am about to punish them. Their vigorous young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine.
23 Wɔrennya wɔn nkae biara mpo, efisɛ mede amanehunu bɛba Anatotfo so wɔ wɔn asotwe afe mu.”
None of them will be left, because I am bringing disaster against the people of Anathoth, a year of their punishment.'”
