Yeremia 21

1 Asɛm fi Awurade hɔ baa Yeremia nkyɛn bere a ɔhene Sedekia somaa Malkia babarima Pashur ne Maaseia babarima ɔsɔfo Sefania kɔɔ ne nkyɛn no. Wɔkae se,

THE WORD THAT CAME FROM THE LORD TO JEREMIAS, WHEN KING SEDEKIAS SENT TO HIM PASCHOR THE SON OF MELCHIAS, AND SOPHONIAS SON OF BASAEAS, THE PRIEST, SAYING,

2 “Bisa Awurade, ma yɛn efisɛ Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ne yɛn rebedi ako. Ebia Awurade bɛyɛ anwonwade ama yɛn, sɛnea ɔyɛɛ mmere bi a atwa mu no na ama wafi yɛn so akɔ.”

Enquire of the Lord for us; for the king of Babylon has risen up against us; if the Lord will do according to all his wonderful works, and [the king] shall depart from us.

3 Na Yeremia buaa wɔn se, “Monka nkyerɛ Sedekia se,

And Jeremias said to them, Thus shall you say to Sedekias king of Juda,

4 ‘Sɛnea Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, se ni: Merebɛdan mo nsam akode atia mo, nea mode reko atia Babiloniahene ne Babiloniafo a wɔwɔ ɔfasu no akyi na wɔatua mo kuropɔn no ano. Mɛboa wɔn ano wɔ kuropɔn yi mu.

Thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] turn back the weapons of war wherewith you fight against the Chaldeans that have besieged you from outside the wall, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

5 Me ara mede nsa a mateɛ ne abasa a ɛyɛ den bɛko atia mo wɔ abufuw, anibere ne abufuwhyew mu.

And I will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, with wrath and great anger.

6 Mɛbobɔ wɔn a wɔtete kuropɔn yi mu ahwehwe fam; nnipa ne mmoa nyinaa, na ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu bekunkum wɔn.

And I will strike all the dwellers in this city, [both] men and cattle, with grievous pestilence: and they shall die.

7 Ɛno akyi, Awurade asɛm ni, mede Yudahene Sedekia, nʼadwumayɛfo ne nnipa a wɔwɔ kuropɔn yi mu a ɔyaredɔm, afoa ne ɔkɔm ankunkum wɔn no bɛma Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ne wɔn atamfo a wɔrehwehwɛ wɔn nkwa no. Ɔde afoa bekunkum wɔn; ɔrenhu wɔn mmɔbɔ na ɔrennya ayamhyehye mma wɔn.’

And after this, thus says the Lord; I will give Sedekias king of Juda, and his servants, and the people that is left in this city from the pestilence, and from the famine, and from the sword, into the hands of their enemies, that seek their lives: and they shall cut them in pieces with the edge of the sword: I will not spare them, and I will not have compassion upon them.

8 “Bio, ka kyerɛ nnipa no se, ‘Eyi ne nea Awurade se: Hwɛ mede nkwa kwan ne owu kwan resi mo anim.

And you shall say to this people, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I have set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

9 Obiara a ɔte saa kuropɔn yi mu bewu wɔ afoa anaa ɔkɔm anaa ɔyaredɔm ano. Nanso obiara a obepue na ɔde ne ho akɔma Babiloniafo a wɔabetua mo kuropɔn yi no, bɛfa ne ho adi.

He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by famine: but he that goes forth to advance to the Chaldeans that have besieged you, shall live, and his life shall be to him for a spoil, and he shall live.

10 Mawe ahinam sɛ mɛyɛ kuropɔn yi bɔne na ɛnyɛ papa, Awurade na ose. Wɔde bɛhyɛ Babiloniahene nsa, na ɔde ogya bɛhyew no.’

For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good: it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall consume it with fire.

11 “Nea ɛka ho ne sɛ, ka kyerɛ Yuda adehye se, ‘Muntie Awurade asɛm;

O house of the king of Juda, hear you the word of the Lord.

12 Dawidfi, sɛɛ na Awurade se: “‘Mummu atɛntrenee anɔpa biara; munnye nea wɔabɔ no korɔn no mfi ne nhyɛsofo nsam, anyɛ saa a, mʼabufuwhyew bɛsɔre na ahyew sɛ ogya esiane bɔne a moayɛ nti, ɛbɛhyew a obiara rennum no.

O house of David, thus says the Lord; Judge judgement in the morning, and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to quench [it].

13 Mene mo anya, Yerusalem Mo a mote obon yi atifi abotan asasetaw so, Awurade na ose, mo a moka se, “Hena na obetumi ako atia yɛn? Hena na obetumi ahyɛn yɛn hintabea?”

Behold, I am against you that dwell in the valley of Sor; in the plain country, [even against] them that say, Who shall alarm us? or who shall enter into our habitation?

14 Mɛtwe mo aso sɛnea ɛfata mo nneyɛe, Awurade na ose. Mɛto mo kwae mu gya, a ɛbɛhyew biribiara a atwa mo ho ahyia no.’”

And I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.