Yeremia 49
1 Nea ɛfa Amonfo ho: Sɛɛ na Awurade se: “Israel nni mmabarima ana? Onni wɔn a wobedi nʼade? Ɛno de adɛn nti na Molek afa Gad ayɛ ne de yi? Adɛn nti na ne nkurɔfo tete ne nkurow mu?
Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
2 Nanso nna no reba,” Awurade na ose. “Bere a mɛbobɔ mu de afrɛ ɔko atia Raba a ɛyɛ Amonfo de; ɛbɛyɛ afabo siw, wɔbɛto nkuraa a atwa ne ho ahyia no mu gya. Na Israel bɛpam wɔn a wɔpam no no,” sɛɛ na Awurade se.
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
3 “Twa adwo. Hesbon, efisɛ wɔasɛe Ai! Monteɛ mu, mo a mowɔ Raba! Mumfura ayitam na munni awerɛhow; mommɔ nnyenyen wɔ afasu no mu, efisɛ Molek bɛkɔ nnommum mu, ɔne nʼasɔfo ne nʼadwumayɛfo.
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
4 Adɛn nti na wode wʼabon ahorow no hoahoa wo ho, wʼabon a wunya mu aba bebree no nti? Amon Babea a Onni nokware, wode wo ho to wʼahonya so na woka se, ‘Hena na ɔbɛtow ahyɛ me so?’
Why do you boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’
5 Mede ehu bɛba wo so, ebefi wɔn a wɔatwa wo ho ahyia no nyinaa,” Awurade na ose, Asafo Awurade no. “Wɔbɛpam mo nyinaa, na obiara remmoaboa akobɔfo ano.
Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
6 “Nanso akyiri no, mɛsan de Amonfo adenya ama wɔn,” sɛe na Awurade se.
Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
7 Nea ɛfa Edom ho: Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade se: “Nyansa nni Teman bio ana? Afotu ayera wɔ anyansafo mu ana? Wɔn nyansa no aporɔw ana?
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
8 Monnan mo ho na munguan, monkɔtetɛw abodan a mu dɔ mu, mo a motete Dedan, efisɛ mede amanehunu bɛba Esau so wɔ bere a mɛtwe nʼaso no.
Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.
9 Sɛ bobetetewfo no baa mo nkyɛn a anka wɔrennya bobe no kakra ana? Sɛ akorɔmfo baa ɔdasu mu a, anka wɔrenwia ade dodow a wɔpɛ ana?
If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?
10 Na mɛma Esau ada adagyaw. Mɛda ne hintabea ahorow adi, sɛnea ɔrentumi mfa ne ho nhintaw. Ne mma, nʼabusuafo ne ne mfɛfo bewuwu, na wɔrenhu no bio.
But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
11 Munnyaw mo ayisaa, mɛbɔ wɔn nkwa ho ban. Mo akunafo nso betumi de wɔn ho ato me so.”
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
12 Nea Awurade se ni: “Sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔmfata sɛ wɔnom kuruwa no nom a, ɛno de adɛn nti na ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtwe mo aso? Wɔbɛtwe mo aso na mobɛnom nso.
For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
13 Meka me ho ntam sɛ wɔbɛsɛe Bosra na ayɛ ahodwiriwde, ahohorade ne nnome; na ne nkurow nyinaa bɛsɛe afebɔɔ,” Awurade na ose.
For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
14 Mate asɛm a efi Awurade nkyɛn: wɔsomaa ananmusini bi sɛ ɔnkɔka nkyerɛ amanaman no se, “Mommoaboa mo ho ano nkɔtow nhyɛ no so! Monsɔre nkɔ ɔko!”
I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
15 “Na mɛyɛ wo ketewa wɔ aman no mu, na wɔabu wo animtiaa.
“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.
16 Ehu a wobɔ ne koma mu ahomaso adaadaa wo, wo a wote abotan ntokuru mu, na wote koko no sorɔnsorɔmmea. Ɛwɔ mu, woyɛ wo berebuw wɔ sorosoro sɛ ɔkɔre de, nanso hɔ na mefi de wo aba fam,” Awurade na ose.
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,”
17 “Edom bɛyɛ ahodwiriwde; wɔn a wotwa mu wɔ hɔ no nyinaa ho bedwiriw wɔn na wɔadi ne ho fɛw esiane nʼapirakuru nyinaa nti.
“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
18 Sɛnea wɔdan Sodom ne Gomora ne wɔn nkurow gui no,” Awurade na ose, “saa ara na obiara rentena hɔ; onipa biara rentena mu.
As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
19 “Sɛnea gyata a ofi Yordan nkyɛkyerɛ mu rekɔ adidibea frɔmfrɔm no, saa ara na mɛtaa Edom afi nʼasase so wɔ bere tiaa bi mu. Hena ne nea mayi no sɛ ɔnyɛ eyi? Hena na ɔte sɛ me, na hena na obetumi ne me adi asi? Na oguanhwɛfo bɛn na obetumi asɔre atia me?”
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
20 Enti tie nea Awurade ahyehyɛ atia Edom, nea wabɔ ne tirim sɛ ɔbɛyɛ de atia wɔn a wɔte Teman ni: Nguankuw no mu nkumaa no wɔbɛtwe wɔn akɔ; wɔn nti ɔbɛsɛe adidibea no koraa.
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
21 Wɔn asehwe nnyigyei bɛma asase awosow; wɔn nteɛteɛmu gyegyeegye akodu Po Kɔkɔɔ ho.
At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
22 Monhwɛ! Ɔkɔre bi betu akɔ soro na wabɔ hoo aba fam a watrɛtrɛw ne ntaban mu wɔ Bosra so. Saa da no Edom dɔmmarima koma betu sɛ ɔbea a ɔrekyem wɔ awo so.
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
23 Nea ɛfa Damasko ho: “Hamat ne Arpad di yaw, efisɛ wɔate asɛmmɔne. Wɔn koma abotow te sɛ po a ayɛ hagyahagya.
Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
24 Damasko ayɛ mmerɛw, wayɛ sɛ ɔrebeguan wabɔ huboa; ahoyeraw ne ɔyaw akyekyere no, ɔyaw a ɛte sɛ ɔbea a, ɔrekyem wɔ awo so.
Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
25 Adɛn nti na wonnyaw kuropɔn a agye din yi ntoo hɔ, kurow a mʼani gye mu?
How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?
26 Ampa ara ne mmerante bɛtotɔ wɔ mmɔnten so; wɔbɛma nʼasraafo nyinaa aka wɔn ano ato mu saa da no,” sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade se.
For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,”
27 “Mede ogya bɛto Damasko afasu mu; na ɛbɛhyew Ben-Hadad aban.”
“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
28 Nea ɛfa Kedar ne Hasor ahenni, a Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar tow hyɛɛ so no. Sɛɛ na Awurade se: “Sɔre na kɔtow hyɛ Kedar so na sɛe nnipa a wɔwɔ apuei fam no.
Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
29 Wɔbɛfa wɔn ntamadan ne wɔn nguankuw; wɔbɛfa wɔn nkataso, ne wɔn ho nneɛma ne yoma akɔ. Nnipa bɛteɛteɛ mu se, ‘Ehu wɔ baabiara!’
They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
30 “Munguan nkɔ ntɛmntɛm! Monhyehyɛ abodan a mu dɔ mu, mo a motete Hasor,” Awurade na ose. “Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar apam mo ti so; wayɛ nhyehyɛe a etia mo.
Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
31 “Sɔre kɔtow hyɛ ɔman bi so a woremmrɛ, ɔman a wɔte ahotoso mu,” Awurade na ose, “ɔman a wonni apon anaa akwanside; na emu nnipa nko ara na wɔte.
Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
32 Wɔn mfurum bɛyɛ asade, na wɔn anantwikuw akɛse no bɛyɛ asade. Mɛbɔ saa nnipa a wɔtete akyirikyiri no ahwete ama mframa no, na mede amanehunu befi afa nyinaa aba wɔn so,” Awurade na ose.
Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,”
33 “Hasor bɛyɛ ahade ama adompo, ɛbɛda mpan afebɔɔ. Obiara rentena hɔ; onipa biara rentena mu.”
“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
34 Eyi ne asɛm a, efi Awurade nkyɛn baa odiyifo Yeremia hɔ a ɛfa Elam ho, wɔ Yudahene Sedekia adedi mfiase:
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
35 Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade se: “Hwɛ mebubu Elam agyan mu, nea wɔn ahoɔden gyina so no.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
36 Mede mframa anan no bɛba Elam so afi ɔsorosoro afanan; mɛbɔ wɔn ahwete mframa anan no mu, na ɔman biara nni hɔ a Elam atubrafo renkɔ so.
I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.
37 Mɛbɔ Elam ahwete wɔ wɔn atamfo anim, wɔ wɔn a wɔrehwehwɛ wɔn akum wɔn no anim; mede amanehunu bɛba wɔn so mpo mʼabufuwhyew no,” Awurade na ose. “Mede afoa bɛtaa wɔn kosi sɛ, mewie wɔn korakora.
So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
38 Mesi mʼahengua wɔ Elam na masɛe ne hene ne nʼadwumayɛfo,” Awurade na ose.
I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,”
39 “Nanso mɛsan de Elam adenya ama no nna a ɛreba no mu,” Awurade na ose.
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,”
