Yeremia 41

1 Ɔsram a ɛto so ason mu no, Elisama babarima Netania babarima Ismael a ɔyɛ ɔdehye a na anka ɔyɛ ɔhene adwumayɛfo no mu baako no ne mmarima du baa Ahikam babarima Gedalia nkyɛn wɔ Mispa. Bere a wɔn nyinaa gu so redidi no,

Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

2 Netania babarima Ismael ne ne mmarima du no a wɔka ne ho no sɔree na wɔde afoa wɔɔ Ahikam babarima Gedalia, a ɔyɛ Safan nena ne nea Babiloniahene ayi no sɛ amrado wɔ asase no so no kum no.

Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

3 Ismael kum Yudafo a na wɔka Gedalia ho wɔ Mispa ne Babilonia asraafo a na wɔwɔ hɔ no nso.

Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.

4 Ade kyee no, ansa na obiara bɛte Gedalia wu no,

It happened the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

5 mmarima aduɔwɔtwe a wɔayiyi wɔn abogyesɛ, asunsuane wɔn ntade mu na wɔasesa wɔn honam ani fi Sekem, Silo ne Samaria bae a wɔde aduan afɔrebɔde ne nnuhuam reba Awurade fi.

that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

6 Netania babarima Ismael de agyaadwo fi Mispa kohyiaa wɔn. Bere a ohyiaa wɔn no ɔkae se, “Mommra Ahikam babarima Gedalia nkyɛn.”

Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it happened, as he met them, he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam."

7 Woduu kuropɔn no mu no, Netania babarima Ismael ne mmarima a wɔka ne ho no kum wɔn na wɔtow wɔn afunu guu abura bi mu.

It was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with him.

8 Nanso nnipa no mu du ka kyerɛɛ Ismael se, “Nkum yɛn! Yɛwɔ awi ne atoko, ngo ne ɛwo a yɛde asie wɔ afuw bi mu.” Enti ogyaa wɔn na wankum wɔn nso.

But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and did not kill them among their brothers.

9 Abura a Ismael tow nnipa a okunkum wɔn no afunu ne Gedalia guu mu no, na ɛyɛ nea ɔhene Asa tuu sɛ ne ho bammɔ fa bi de tiaa Israelhene Baasa. Netania babarima Ismael de afunu hyɛɛ no ma.

Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed was a large one that King Asa had constructed in the encounter with Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.

10 Ismael faa nnipa a na wɔaka wɔ Mispa no nyinaa nnommum; ɔhene mmabea ne wɔn a wɔkaa hɔ no nyinaa, wɔn a Nebusaradan a otua ɔhene awɛmfo ano no ayi Ahikam babarima Gedalia sɛ ɔnhwɛ wɔn so no. Netania babarima Ismael faa wɔn nnommum na osii mu kɔɔ Amonfo nkyɛn.

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the people of Ammon.

11 Bere a Karea babarima Yohanan ne asraafo mpanyimfo a wɔka ne ho no nyinaa tee awudisɛm a Netania babarima Ismael adi no,

But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

12 wɔfaa wɔn asraafo nyinaa sɛ wɔne Netania babarima Ismael rekɔko. Wɔkɔtoo no wɔ ɔtare kɛse bi a ɛwɔ Gibeon ho.

then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

13 Bere a nnipa a wɔka Ismael ho no nyinaa huu Karea babarima Yohanan ne asraafo mpanyimfo a wɔka ne ho no, wɔn ani gyei.

Now it happened that, when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad.

14 Nnipa a na Ismael afa wɔn nnommum wɔ Mispa no nyinaa dan kɔɔ Karea babarima Yohanan afa.

So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

15 Nanso Netania babarima Ismael ne ne mmarima baawɔtwe, guan fii Yohanan anim kɔɔ Amonfo nkyɛn.

But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the people of Ammon.

16 Afei Karea babarima Yohanan ne asraafo mpanyimfo a wɔka ne ho no dii Mispa nkae a ogyee wɔn fii Netania babarima Ismael nsam bere a okum Ahikam babarima Gedalia no akyi no anim: Ɔde asraafo, mmea, mmofra ne asennii adwumayɛfo, fii Gibeon bae.

Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon:

17 Wosii mu sɛ wɔrekɔ Misraim no, wɔsoɛɛ wɔ Gerut Kimham a ɛbɛn Betlehem;

and they departed, and lived in Geruth Kimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

18 na wɔreguan Babiloniafo no. Na wosuro wɔn, efisɛ na Netania babarima Ismael akum Ahikam babarima Gedalia a Babiloniahene yii no sɛ amrado a ɔhwɛ asase no so no.

because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.