Yeremia 14
1 Eyi ne Awurade asɛm a ɔde maa Yeremia a ɛfa nsuyow ho:
AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS CONCERNING THE DROUGHT.
2 “Yuda resu, ne nkuropɔn hu amane; wɔbɔ asase no ho abubuw, na osu foro fi Yerusalem kɔ.
Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 Mmapɔmma soma wɔn asomfo ma wɔkɔhwehwɛ nsu; wɔkɔhwɛ ahina mu nanso wonnya nsu. Wɔde wɔn asuhina san ba a hwee nni mu; wɔde awerɛhow ne abawpa katakata wɔn ti so.
And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.
4 Asase no apaapae, efisɛ osu ntɔ wɔ asase no so; akuafo no koma atutu na wɔkata wɔn ti so.
And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Mpo ɔforotebere a ɔwɔ sare so gyaw ne ba a wawo no foforo, efisɛ sare biara nni hɔ.
And hinds calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.
6 Sare so mfurum gyinagyina nkoko wosee no so home sɛ sakraman; wɔkrankran wɔn ani hwehwɛ didibea nanso wonhu bi.”
The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
7 Ɛwɔ mu sɛ yɛn amumɔyɛ di adanse tia yɛn de, nanso Awurade, wo din nti yɛ ho biribi. Yɛn atuatew dɔɔso; na yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo.
Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do you for us for your own sake; for our sins are many before you; for we have sinned against you.
8 Wo a woyɛ Israel Anidaso, nʼAgyenkwa wɔ amanehunu mmere mu, adɛn nti na woayɛ sɛ ɔhɔho wɔ asase no so, sɛ ɔkwantuni a ɔsoɛ anadwo?
O Lord, [you are] the hope of Israel, and deliver [us] in time of troubles; why are you become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?
9 Adɛn nti na woayɛ sɛ obi a ade afu ne mu yi, sɛ ɔkofo a onni ahoɔden a ɔde boa? Wowɔ yɛn ntam, Awurade na wo din da yɛn so; nnyaw yɛn mu!
Will you be as a man asleep, or as a [strong] man that can’t save? yet you are among us, O Lord, and your name is called upon us; forget us not.
10 Eyi ne nea Awurade ka fa saa nnipa yi ho: “Wɔn ani gye akyinkyinakyinkyin ho yiye; wɔmma wɔn anan nhome. Ɛno nti Awurade nnye wɔn nto mu; afei ɔbɛkae wɔn amumɔyɛsɛm no na watwe wɔn aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho.”
Thus says the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity.
11 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Mmɔ yiyeyɛ ho mpae mma saa nnipa yi.
And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for [their] good:
12 Mmom ɛwɔ mu sɛ wodi mmuada de, nso merentie wɔn sufrɛ; ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔbɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne aduan afɔre de, nso merennye. Mmom, mede afoa, ɔkɔm ne ɔyaredɔm bɛsɛe wɔn.”
for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence.
13 Nanso mekae se, “Ao, Otumfo Awurade, adiyifo no ka kyerɛ wɔn daa se, ‘Morenhu afoa, na ɔkɔm remma. Nokware mɛma mo asomdwoe a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa wɔ ha.’”
And I said, O [ever] living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, You shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.
14 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Adiyifo no hyɛ akɔntoro wɔ me din mu. Mensomaa wɔn, minnyii wɔn na menkasa nkyerɛɛ wɔn ɛ. Wɔrehyɛ nkɔm fa atoro anisoadehu, asumansɛm, abosonsom ne wɔn ankasa nnaadaa adwene ho.
Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices of their own heart.
15 Ɛno nti, nea Awurade ka fa adiyifo a wɔde me din hyɛ nkɔm no ho ni: mensomaa wɔn nanso wɔka se, ‘Afoa biara anaa ɔkɔm biara remma asase yi so.’ Saa adiyifo no ara bɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano ne ɔkɔm mu.
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine.
16 Na nnipa a wɔhyɛ nkɔm kyerɛ wɔn no, wɔbɛtotow wɔn agu Yerusalem mmɔnten so esiane ɔkɔm ne afoa nti. Wɔrenya obiara nsie wɔn: wɔn yerenom, wɔn mmabarima anaa wɔn mmabea. Mɛma amanehunu a ɛfata wɔn aba wɔn so.
And the people to whom they prophesy, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters [shall die thus]; and I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
17 “Ka saa asɛm yi kyerɛ wɔn: “‘ma nisu nguare me anadwo ne awia, a to ntwa, efisɛ Ɔbabea Babun no, me nkurɔfo, anya apirakuru a ɛyɛ hu na ɛyɛ ahodwiriw mmoroso.
And you shall speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous.
18 Sɛ mekɔ ɔman no mu a, mihu nnipa a wɔatotɔ wɔ afoa ano; sɛ mekɔ kuropɔn no mu a mihu ɔkɔm nsunsuanso. Odiyifo ne ɔsɔfo nyinaa kɔ asase a wonnim so so.’”
If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.
19 Woapo Yuda koraa ana? Wubu Sion animtiaa ana? Adɛn nti na wode ɔhaw aba yɛn so na yennya ayaresa? Yɛn ani daa asomdwoe so, nanso ade papa biara mmaa ɛ; yɛn ani daa ayaresa bere so nanso ehu na ɛbae.
Hast you utterly rejected Juda? and has your soul departed from Sion? therefore has you struck us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!
20 Awurade, yegye yɛn amumɔyɛ ne yɛn agyanom afɔdi to mu; nokware, yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo.
We know, O Lord, our sins, [and] the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before you.
21 Na wo din nti mmu yɛn animtiaa; nhura wʼanuonyam ahengua no ho. Kae wo ne yɛn apam no na mmu so.
Refrain for your name's sake, destroy not the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us.
22 Na amanaman ahoni ahuhuw no mu bi ma osu tɔ ana? Wim ankasa na ɛtɔ obosu ana? Dabi da, ɛyɛ wo, Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn. Enti wo so na yɛn ani da, na wo na woyɛ eyinom nyinaa.
Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness [at their bidding]? Are not you he? we will even wait on you, O Lord: for you have made all these things.
