Yeremia 12
1 Ao Awurade, sɛ mede asɛm to wʼanim ɛberɛ biara a mehunu sɛ wobu atɛntenenee. Ɛno enti, mepɛ sɛ mene wo bɛkasa afa wʼatɛntenenee ho: Adɛn enti na amumuyɛfoɔ ɛkwan si wɔn yie? Adɛn enti na wɔn a wɔnni gyidie ho dwo wɔn?
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee, Yet will I enter into controversy with thee. Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the men of treachery at ease?
2 Woadua wɔn, na wɔagye nhini; wɔnyinyini na wɔso aba. Wɔbɔ wo din ɛberɛ biara nanso wɔn akoma mmɛn wo.
Thou hast planted them; yea, they have taken root; They grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; Thou art near to their mouth, But far from their hearts.
3 Nanso, wonim me, Ao Awurade; wohunu me, na wosɔ mʼadwene a mewɔ wɔ wo ho hwɛ. Twe wɔn kɔ sɛ nnwan a wɔrekɔkum wɔn! Yi wɔn si nkyɛn ma okum da!
But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; Thou hast seen me, and tried my heart, Whether it be devoted to thee. Tear them away, as sheep for slaughter; Separate them for the day of slaughter!
4 Asase no ntwɛn nkɔsi da bɛn? Prama so ɛserɛ no mpo adwan. Esiane sɛ wɔn a wɔte so no yɛ amumuyɛfoɔ enti mmoa ne nnomaa a wɔwɔ so awuwu. Na nnipa no da so ka sɛ, “Ɔrenhunu deɛ ɛba yɛn so.”
How long shall the land mourn, And the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, The beasts are consumed, and the birds; For they say, “He will not see our latter end.”
5 “Sɛ wo ne mmarima tu mmirika na sɛ wɔma wo abrɛ a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wo ne apɔnkɔ asi mmirikakan? Sɛ wosunti wɔ asase petee so a, ɛnneɛ wobɛyɛ dɛn wɔ Yordan ho nkyɛkyerɛ mu?
If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, Then how canst thou contend with horses? If it be so with thee in a land of peace, in which thou art secure, What wilt thou do in the glory of Jordan?
6 Wo nuammarima, wʼankasa abusuafoɔ, wɔn mpo ayi wo ama; wɔteam denden tia wo. Sɛ mpo wɔka wo ho asɛm pa a, mfa wo ho nto wɔn so.
For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even these are treacherous toward thee, And raise a full cry after thee; Trust them not, though they speak fair words to thee!
7 “Magya me nkurɔfoɔ, mato mʼagyapadeɛ agu; mede deɛ medɔ noɔ no bɛhyɛ nʼatamfoɔ nsa.
I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance, I have given the darling of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 Mʼagyapadeɛ ayɛ me sɛ gyata a ɔwɔ kwaeɛm. Ɔbobɔ mu gu me so; ɛno enti metane no.
My inheritance is become to me like a lion of the forest; She lifteth up her voice against me; Therefore do I hate her.
9 Mʼagyapadeɛ ayɛ sɛ anomaa a nkekaeɛ sisi ne ho a ɔkyere mmoa, nanso, nnomaa a wɔkyere mmoa atwa ne ho ahyia resosɔ no. Monkɔboaboa nkekaboa nyinaa ano. Momfa wɔn mmra na wɔnkum wɔn.
A rapacious beast, a hyena, is my inheritance become to me; Therefore shall the rapacious beasts rush upon her on all sides. Come, gather all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!
10 Nnwanhwɛfoɔ bebree bɛsɛe me bobeturo, na wɔatiatia me mfuo so; wɔbɛdane me mfuo fɛfɛ no ayɛ no asase wesee a ada mpan.
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; They have trodden my portion under foot; My pleasant portion have they made a desolate wilderness.
11 Ɛbɛyɛ asase a ada mpan a awo wesee na ɛda hɔ kwa wɔ mʼanim; asase no nyinaa bɛda mpan ɛfiri sɛ obiara nni hɔ a ɔhwɛ soɔ.
They have made it a desolation; Desolate it mourneth on account of me; The whole land is desolate, Because no man layeth my word to heart.
12 Wɔ nkokoɔ wesee a ɛwɔ anweatam no nyinaa so no, asɛefoɔ bɛba abɛgu so bebree, Awurade akofena bɛkunkum wɔn afiri asase ano de akɔsi ano nohoa; obiara remfa ne ho nni.
Upon all the high places in the desert do the plunderers come; Behold, the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land to the other; No man hath peace.
13 Wɔbɛdua atokoɔ, nso wɔbɛtwa nkasɛɛ; wɔbɛbrɛ wɔn ho, nanso wɔrennya hwee. Enti ma wʼani nwu wɔ wo otwa berɛ ho. Awurade abufuhyeɛ nti.”
They sow wheat, but they reap thorns; They weary themselves, and are not profited; They shall be ashamed of their harvest, Because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
14 Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: “Na amumuyɛfoɔ a wɔfa agyapadeɛ a mede maa me nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ no deɛ, mɛtu wɔn afiri wɔn nsase so na mɛtu Yudafie afiri wɔn mu.
Thus saith Jehovah against all my evil neighbors, Who seize the inheritance which I gave my people, Israel: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, And the house of Judah will I pluck out from among them.
15 Na sɛ metu wɔn wie a, mɛhunu wɔn mmɔbɔ bio, na mede wɔn mu biara bɛba nʼagyapadeɛ ne nʼasase so.
Yet after I have plucked them out of their land, I will again have compassion on them, and bring them back, Every one to his own possession, And every one to his own land.
16 Na sɛ wɔsua me nkurɔfoɔ akwan yie na wɔbɔ me din ka ntam sɛ, ‘Nokorɛm sɛ Awurade te ase yi’ a, ɛwom sɛ mmerɛ bi wɔkyerɛɛ me nkurɔfoɔ sɛdeɛ wɔde Baal kaa ntam deɛ, nanso wɔn ase bɛtim wɔ me nkurɔfoɔ mu.
And if they will indeed learn the ways of my people, And swear by my name, saying, As Jehovah liveth! As they taught my people to swear by Baal, Then shall they be built up in the midst of my people;
17 Nanso, sɛ ɔman bi antie a, mɛtu nʼase, na masɛe no korakora,” Awurade na ɔseɛ.
But if they will not hearken, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.
