Yeremia 14
1 Yei ne Awurade asɛm a ɔde maa Yeremia a ɛfa nsuweɛ ho:
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the words of the drought.
2 “Yuda di awerɛhoɔ ne nkuropɔn hunu amane. Wɔbɔ asase no ho abubuo, na wɔsu wɔ Yerusalem.
“Judea has mourned. And its gates have fallen and become hard to discern on the ground. And the outcry of Jerusalem has ascended.
3 Mmapɔmma soma wɔn asomfoɔ ma wɔkɔpɛ nsuo; wɔkɔhwɛ ankorɛ mu nanso wɔnnya nsuo. Wɔde wɔn nsuhina sane ba a hwee nni mu; wɔkatakata wɔn tiri so wɔ abotuo ne abasamutuo mu.
The greater ones have sent their lesser ones to the water. They went to draw water; they did not find water; they carried their vessels back empty. They were confounded and afflicted, and so they covered their heads.
4 Asase no apaapae ɛfiri sɛ osuo ntɔ wɔ asase no so; akuafoɔ no bo atu na wɔkata wɔn tiri so.
Because of the devastation of the earth, because rain did not fall upon the earth, the farmers were confounded; they covered their heads.
5 Mpo ɔforotebereɛ a ɔwɔ ɛserɛ so gya ne ba a wawo no foforɔ ɛfiri sɛ ɛserɛ biara nni hɔ.
For even the doe has given birth in the field, and then left it behind. For there was no grass.
6 Ɛsrɛ so mfunumu gyinagyina nkokoɔ wesee no so home sɛ sakraman; wɔkenakena wɔn ani hwehwɛ adidibea nanso wɔnhunu bi.”
And the wild donkeys stood upon the rocks; like dragons, they drew in the wind, but their eyes failed. For there was no grass.”
7 Ɛwom sɛ yɛn amumuyɛ di adanseɛ tia yɛn deɛ, nanso Ao Awurade, wo din enti yɛ ho biribi. Yɛn akyirisane dɔɔso; na yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo.
“O Lord, if our iniquities have responded against us, let it be for the sake of your name. For our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you.
8 Ao, Israel Anidasoɔ, yɛn Agyenkwa wɔ amanehunu mmerɛ mu, adɛn enti na woayɛ sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ wɔ asase no so, te sɛ ɔkwantuni a ɔsoɛ anadwo pɛ?
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of tribulation, why would you be like a sojourner in the land, and like a traveler turning aside for lodging?
9 Adɛn enti na woayɛ sɛ obi a adeɛ afu ne mu yi, te sɛ ɔkofoɔ a ɔnni ahoɔden a ɔde boa? Wowɔ yɛn ntam, Ao Awurade na wo din da yɛn so; nnya yɛn mu!
Why would you be like a wandering man, like a strong man who is unable to save? But you, O Lord, are with us, and your name is invoked over us, so do not abandon us!”
10 Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka fa saa nnipa yi ho: “Wɔn ani gye akyinkyinakyinkyini ho bebree; wɔmma wɔn nan nhome. Ɛno enti Awurade nnye wɔn nto mu; afei ɔbɛkae wɔn amumuyɛsɛm no na watwe wɔn aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho.”
Thus says the Lord to this people, who have loved to move their feet, and who have not rested, but who have not pleased the Lord: “Now he will remember their iniquities, and now he will visit against their sins.”
11 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Mmɔ yieyɛ ho mpaeɛ mma saa nnipa yi.
And the Lord said to me: “Do not choose to pray for this people for good.
12 Mmom ɛwom sɛ wɔdi mmuada deɛ, nso merentie wɔn sufrɛ; ɛwom sɛ wɔbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne aduane afɔdeɛ deɛ, nso merennye. Mmom, mede akofena ɛkɔm ne ɔyaredɔm bɛsɛe wɔn.”
When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”
13 Nanso mekaa sɛ, “Ao, Otumfoɔ Awurade, adiyifoɔ no ka kyerɛ wɔn daa sɛ, ‘Monnhunu akofena na ɛkɔm remma. Nokorɛm mema mo asomdwoeɛ a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa wɔ ha.’”
And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! The prophets are saying to them: ‘You will not see the sword, and there will be no famine among you. Instead, he will give you true peace in this place.’”
14 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Adiyifoɔ no hyɛ nkɔmtorɔ wɔ me din mu. Mensomaa wɔn mennyii wɔn, na menkasa nkyerɛɛ wɔn. Wɔrehyɛ nkɔm afa atorɔ anisoadehunu, nsumansɛm, abosonsom ne wɔn ankasa nnaadaa adwene ho.
And the Lord said to me: “The prophets prophesy falsely in my name. I did not send them, and I did not instruct them, and I have not spoken to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, and a divination, and a fraud, and a seduction from their own heart.
15 Ɛno enti, deɛ Awurade ka fa adiyifoɔ a wɔde me din hyɛ nkɔm no ho nie: mensomaa wɔn nanso wɔka sɛ, ‘Akofena biara anaa ɛkɔm biara remma asase yi so.’ Saa adiyifoɔ no ara bɛtotɔ akofena ano ne ɛkɔm mu.
For this reason, thus says the Lord about the prophets who prophesy in my name, whom I have not sent, who say: ‘Sword and famine will not be in this land.’ By sword and famine those prophets will be consumed.
16 Na nnipa a wɔhyɛ nkɔm kyerɛ wɔn no, wɔbɛtoto wɔn agu Yerusalem mmɔntene so ɛsiane ɛkɔm ne akofena enti. Wɔrenya obiara nsie wɔn, wɔn yerenom, wɔn mmammarima anaa wɔn mmammaa. Mɛma amanehunu a ɛfata wɔn aba wɔn so.
And the people, to whom they prophesy, will be cast into the streets of Jerusalem, due to famine and the sword, and there will be no one who may bury them, they and their wives, their sons and daughters, and I will pour out their own evil upon them.
17 “Ka saa asɛm yi kyerɛ wɔn: “‘ma nisuo nnware me anadwo ne awia a ɛtoɔ ntwa da ɛfiri sɛ me babaa bunu, me nkurɔfoɔ anya apirakuro a ɛyɛ hu na ɛyɛ ahodwirie mmorosoɔ.
And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed tears throughout the night and day, and let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed by a great affliction, by a very grievous wound.”
18 Sɛ mekɔ ɔman no mu a, mehunu nnipa a wɔatotɔ akofena ano; sɛ mekɔ kuropɔn no mu a mehunu ɛkɔm nsunsuansoɔ. Odiyifoɔ ne ɔsɔfoɔ nyinaa kɔ asase a wɔnnim so so.’”
“If I go out into the fields: behold, those slain by the sword. And if I enter into the city: behold, those weakened by famine. Likewise, the prophet, too, and the priest, have gone into a land that they did not know.
19 Woapo Yuda kora anaa? Wokyi Sion anaa? Adɛn enti na wode ɔhaw aba yɛn so na yɛnnya ayaresa? Yɛn ani daa asomdwoeɛ so, nanso ade papa biara mmaeɛ, yɛn ani daa ayaresaberɛ so nanso ehubɔ na ɛbaeɛ.
Could you have utterly cast out Judah? Or has your soul abhorred Zion? Then why have you struck us, so much so that there is no health for us? We have waited for peace, but there is nothing good, and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble.
20 Ao, Awurade, yɛagye yɛn amumuyɛ ato mu ne yɛn agyanom afɔdie; nokorɛm yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo.
O Lord, we acknowledge our impieties, the iniquities of our fathers, that we have sinned against you.
21 Na wo din enti mmu yɛn animtia; nhura wʼanimuonyam ahennwa no ho. Kae wo ne yɛn apam no na mmu so.
For the sake of your name, do not give us over into disgrace. And do not dishonor in us the throne of your glory. Remember, do not make void, your covenant with us.
22 Na amanaman ahoni ahuhuo no mu bi ma osuo tɔ anaa? Anaasɛ ewiem bɛtumi ama obosuo apete? Dabi, ɛyɛ wo, Ao Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn. Enti wo so na yɛn ani da, yɛretwɛn mmoa afiri wo hɔ.
Could any of the graven images of the Gentiles send rain? Or are the heavens able to give showers? Have we not hoped in you, the Lord our God? For you have made all these things.”
