Yeremia 48
1 Nea ɛfa Moab ho: Sɛɛ na Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn se: “Nebo nnue, na wɔbɛsɛe no. Wobegu Kiriataim anim ase, na wɔafa; wobegu aban dennen no anim ase, na wɔadwiriw agu fam.
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
2 Wɔrenkamfo Moab bio; Hesbon mmarima bɛbɔ nʼasehwe ho pɔw; ‘Mommra, momma yɛnkɔbɔ saa ɔman yi.’ Mo nso, Madmen mmarima mobɛka mo ano ato mu; afoa no bɛtaa mo.
There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
3 Muntie osu a efi Horonaim, adesɛe ne ɔsɛe ho su.
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
4 Wɔbɛbɔ Moab: na ne mma nketewa bɛteɛteɛ mu.
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
5 Wɔforo kɔ Luhit, wɔde agyaadwotwa a mu yɛ den na ɛrekɔ; ɔkwan a ɛkɔ Horonaim so no wɔte ahoyeraw nteɛteɛmu wɔ adesɛe no ho.
For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
6 Munguan! muntu mmirika mpere mo nkwa. Monyɛ sɛ wura wɔ nweatam so.
‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
7 Esiane sɛ mode mo ho to mo nneyɛe ne mo ahonya so nti, mo nso wɔbɛfa mo nnommum, na Kemos bɛkɔ nnommum mu, ɔne nʼasɔfo ne adwumayɛfo.
Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
8 Ɔsɛefo no betu kurow biara so sa, na mu biara rennya ne ho ntetew. Wɔbɛsɛe obon no na wasɛe mmepɔw mpampam a ɛyɛ tamaa no, efisɛ Awurade akasa.
The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
9 Momfa nkyene nhyɛ Moab, efisɛ wɔrebɛsɛe no; ne nkurow bɛda mpan a obiara rentena mu.
Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
10 “Nnome nka nea ɔtwentwɛn ne nan ase wɔ Awurade adwumayɛ ho! Nnome nka nea ɔmmfa nʼafoa nhwie mogya ngu!
Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
11 “Moab atena ase asomdwoe mu fi ne mmerantebere mu, te sɛ nsa ase puw a ataa dinn, wonnhwie mfi ahina mu nkogu ahina foforo mu, ɔnkɔɔ nnommum mu da. Enti ɔte sɛ nea ɔte ara, na ne ho hua nsakrae ɛ.
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
12 Nanso nna bi reba,” Awurade na ose, “a mɛsoma mmarima a wohwie fi ahina mu, na wobehwie no agu; wɔbɛma nʼahina mu ayɛ hwee na wɔabobɔ ne nkuruwa.
Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
13 Afei Kemos ho bɛyɛ Moab aniwu, sɛnea Israelfi anim guu ase bere a wɔde wɔn ho too Bet-El so no.
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
14 “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wutumi ka se, ‘Yɛyɛ dɔmmarima, mmarima akokodurufo wɔ ɔsa mu’?
How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
15 Wɔbɛsɛe Moab na wɔatu ne nkurow so sa; wobekunkum ne mmerante a wɔte apɔw no,” nea Ɔhene a wɔfrɛ no Asafo Awurade no se ni.
Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
16 “Moab asehwe abɛn; nʼamanehunu bɛba ntɛm.
Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
17 Munsu no, mo a motete ne ho nyinaa, ne mo a munim ne din nyinaa; monka se, ‘Ɛyɛɛ dɛn na wɔabubu ahempema a ɛyɛ den yi ɛyɛɛ dɛn wɔabu anuonyam pema fɛfɛ yi mu!’
Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!
18 “Fi wʼanuonyam mu, na bɛtena asase wosee no so, wo a wote Dibon Babea, efisɛ nea ɔsɛe Moab no betu aba wo so abɛsɛe wo nkuropɔn a ɛwɔ bammɔ no.
Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
19 Gyina kwankyɛn na hwɛ, wo a wote Aroer. Bisa ɔbarima a ɔreguan no ne ɔbea a ɔrefi mu afi, bisa wɔn se, ‘Asɛm bɛn na asi?’
Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab anim agu ase, efisɛ wɔabubu no pasaa; muntwa adwo na monteɛteɛ mu! Mommɔ dawuru wɔ Arnon ho se wɔasɛe Moab.
Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
21 Atemmu aba bepɔw tamaa so wɔ Holon, Yahas ne Mefaat,
Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22 Dibon ne Nebo ne Bet-Diblataim
upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23 ne Kiriataim ne Bet Gamul ne Bet Meon
upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
24 ne Keriot ne Bosra wɔ Moab nkurow nyinaa, nea ɛwɔ akyirikyiri ne nea ɛbɛn.
upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
25 Wɔatwa Moab mmɛn; na ne basa abu,” Awurade na ose.
The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,”
26 “Momma no mmow nsa, efisɛ wabu Awurade animtiaa. Momma Moab nyantam wɔ ne fe mu; momma no nyɛ nea wodi ne ho fɛw.
“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
27 Ɛnyɛ Israel na na wudi ne ho fɛw? Wɔkyeree no akorɔmfo mu ana, a enti mowosow mo ti animtiaabu so bere biara a mobɛka ne ho asɛm?
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
28 Mumfifi mo nkurow so nkɔtena abotan mu, mo a motete Moab. Monyɛ sɛ aborɔnoma a ɔyɛ ne berebuw wɔ ɔbodan ano.
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
29 “Yɛate Moab ahantan no nʼahomaso ne gye a ogye ne ho di mmoroso; nʼahantan ne nʼahomaso, ne ne koma mu ahohoahoa.
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
30 Minim nʼasoɔden nanso ɛyɛ ɔkwa,” Awurade na ose, “na nʼahohoahoa mfa hwee mma.
I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.
31 Enti mitwa adwo ma Moab, misu teɛ mu ma Moabfo nyinaa, midi awerɛhow ma nnipa a wɔwɔ Kir Hereset.
Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
32 Misu ma mo sɛnea Yaser su, mo Sibma bobe. Mo mman dennan kɔɔ po ho pɛɛ; koduu Yaser po ho. Ɔsɛefo no abegu mo nnuaba a abere ne mo bobe no so.
I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
33 Ahosɛpɛw ne anigye atu afi Moab nnuaba nturo ne mfuw so. Matwa nsa a ɛteɛ fi nsakyiamoa no so; obiara mmfa ahosɛpɛw ntiatia bobe no so. Ɛwɔ mu nteɛteɛmu wɔ hɔ de, nanso ɛnyɛ ahosɛpɛw nteɛteɛmu.
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
34 “Wɔn su ano den gyigye fi Hesbon kɔ Eleale ne Yahas, fi Soar de kosi Horonaim ne Eglat Selisiya, mpo, nsu a ɛwɔ Nimrim no ayow.
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
35 Moab mu, mede sorɔnsorɔmmea afɔrebɔ ne nnuhuam a wɔhyew ma wɔn anyame no, bɛba awiei,” Awurade, na ose.
In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
36 “Enti me koma su sɛ atɛntɛbɛn ma Moab; esu sɛ atɛntɛbɛn ma nnipa a wɔwɔ Kir Hereset. Ahonyade a wɔpɛe no kɔ.
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
37 Wɔabɔ eti biara tikwaw na wɔayi abogyesɛ biara; nsa nyinaa ho ayɛ akamakam na atweaatam sisi obiara asen.
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
38 Adan a ɛwɔ Moab nyinaa atifi ne ɔmanfo aguabɔbea nyinaa; biribiara nni hɔ sɛ awerɛhow, efisɛ mabubu Moab ayɛ no sɛ ahina a obiara mpɛ,” Awurade na ose.
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,”
39 “Hwɛ sɛnea wabubu afa! Hwɛ sɛnea wɔretwa adwo! Na hwɛ sɛnea Moab de aniwu dan nʼakyi! Moab ayɛ nea wodi ne ho fɛw, ne ahodwiriwde ama wɔn a wɔatwa ne ho ahyia nyinaa.”
“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
40 Sɛɛ na Awurade se: “Monhwɛ! ɔkɔre rebɔ hoo aba fam. Watrɛw ne ntaban mu wɔ Moab so.
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
41 Wɔbɛfa Keriot nnommum na wɔafa nʼabandennen no. Saa da no Moab dɔmmarima koma betu sɛ ɔbea a ɔrekyem wɔ awo so.
Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
42 Wɔbɛsɛe Moab na ɛrenyɛ ɔman bio, efisɛ obuu Awurade animtiaa.
Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
43 Ehu, nkonomoa ne afiri retwɛn mo, Moabfo,” Awurade na ose.
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,”
44 “Nea oguan nea ɛyɛ hu no bɛtɔ nkonomoa mu, nea ɔbɛforo afi nkonomoa no mu no afide beyi no; na mede Moab asotwe afe no bɛba ne so,” Awurade na ose.
“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,”
45 “Hesbon nwini ase na aguanfo no gyinagyina a wonni mmoa biara, efisɛ ogya bi atu afi Hesbon; ogyaframa bi fi Sihon mfimfini; ɛhyew Moab moma, ne ahohoahoafo a wɔn ano yɛ den no ti koraa.
“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
46 Nnome nka wo, wo Moab! Wɔasɛe Kemos nkurɔfo no; wɔde wo mmabarima kɔ nnommum mu na wo mmabea nso kɔ nkoasom mu.
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
47 “Nanso mede Moab adenya bɛsan ama no wɔ nna a ɛbɛba no mu,” Awurade na ose. Moab atemmu no awiei ni.
Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
