Yeremia 47
1 Ansa na Farao bɛtow ahyɛ Gasa so no, eyi ne Awurade asɛm a ɛfa Filistifo ho a ɛbaa odiyifo Yeremia nkyɛn:
The LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.
2 Sɛɛ na Awurade se: “Monhwɛ sɛnea nsu rebobɔ ba wɔ atifi fam; ɛbɛyɛ ɔhweam a abu afa so. Ebebu afa asase no ne biribiara ɛwɔ so no so, nkurow no ne nnipa a wɔtete mu. Nnipa no bɛteɛteɛ mu; wɔn a wɔte asase no so nyinaa betwa adwo
The LORD says: “Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. The men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail.
3 bere a wɔate apɔnkɔ a wotu mmirika no anan ase nnyigyei, na wɔate atamfo no nteaseɛnam gyegyeegye ne wɔn ntwahonan nnyigyei no. Agyanom rentwa wɔn ani nhwɛ wɔn mma; wɔn nsa bɛsensɛn wɔn ho kwa.
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don’t look back for their children because their hands are so feeble,
4 Na da no aba sɛ wɔsɛe Filistifo no nyinaa na wotwa wɔn a wɔaka no nyinaa gu, wɔn a anka wotumi boa Tiro ne Sidon no. Awurade rebɛsɛe Filistifo no, nkae a wofi Kreta mpoano no.
because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; for the LORD will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
5 Gasa bɛbɔ tikwaw bere a ɔretwa adwo; wɔbɛma Askelon atɔ mum. Mo nkae a mowɔ tataw so, mobɛbobɔ mo ho akam akosi da bɛn?
Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourself?
6 “‘Aa, Awurade afoa,’ ‘da bɛn na wobɛhome? San kɔhyɛ wo boha mu; gyae na da komm.’
“‘You sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’
7 Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ada komm bere a Awurade ahyɛ no bere a wahyɛ no se ɔnkɔtow nhyɛ Askelon ne mpoano asase no so?”
“How can you be quiet, since the LORD has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there he has appointed it.”
