Yeremia 14
1 Yei ne Awurade asɛm a ɔde maa Yeremia a ɛfa nsuweɛ ho:
The Word of the Lord that came to Jeremias concerning the words of the drought.
2 “Yuda di awerɛhoɔ ne nkuropɔn hunu amane. Wɔbɔ asase no ho abubuo, na wɔsu wɔ Yerusalem.
Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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 great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carried back their vessels empty: they were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads.
4 Asase no apaapae ɛfiri sɛ osuo ntɔ wɔ asase no so; akuafoɔ no bo atu na wɔkata wɔn tiri so.
For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen 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.
Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because 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 asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, because 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.
If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name’s sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.
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 expectation of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble: why wilt thou be a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man turning in to lodge?
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 wilt thou be as a wandering man, as a mighty man that cannot save? but thou, O Lord, art among us, and thy name is called upon by us, forsake us not.
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 saith the Lord to his people, that have loved to move their feet, and have not rested, and have not pleased the Lord: He will now remember their iniquities, and visit their sins.
11 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Mmɔ yieyɛ ho mpaeɛ mma saa nnipa yi.
And the Lord said to me: Pray not for this people for their 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 fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by the 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: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, the prophets say to them: You shall not see the sword, and there shall be no famine among you, but 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 sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and the seduction of 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.
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophecy in my name, whom I did not send, that say: Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets 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 prophecy, shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, and there shall be none to bury them: they and their wives, their sons and their daughters, and I will pour out their wickedness 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 thou shalt speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with a great affliction, with an exceeding grievous evil.
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 forth into the fields, behold the slain with the sword: and if I enter into the city, behold them that are consumed with famine. The prophet also and the priest are gone into a land which they knew not.
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.
Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? we have looked for peace, and there is no 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.
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquities of our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
21 Na wo din enti mmu yɛn animtia; nhura wʼanimuonyam ahennwa no ho. Kae wo ne yɛn apam no na mmu so.
Give us not to be a reproach, for thy name’s sake, and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy 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.
Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things.
