Yeremia 21

1 Asɛm firi Awurade hɔ baa Yeremia nkyɛn ɛberɛ a, ɔhene Sedekia somaa Malkia babarima Pashur ne Maaseia babarima ɔsɔfoɔ Sefania kɔɔ ne nkyɛn. Wɔkaa sɛ,

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to him, saying:

2 “Bisa Awurade, ma yɛn ɛfiri sɛ Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ne yɛn rebɛdi ako. Ebia Awurade bɛyɛ anwanwadeɛ ama yɛn, sɛdeɛ ɔyɛɛ mmerɛ bi a atwam no na wafiri yɛn so akɔ.”

“Question the Lord on our behalf, for Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, is fighting against us. Perhaps it may be that the Lord will act toward us according to all his wonders, and he may withdraw from us.”

3 Na Yeremia buaa wɔn sɛ, “Monka nkyerɛ Sedekia sɛ,

And Jeremiah said to them: “This is what you shall say to Zedekiah:

4 ‘Sɛdeɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, seɛ nie: Merebɛdane mo nsam akodeɛ atia mo, deɛ mode reko atia Babiloniahene ne Babiloniafoɔ a wɔwɔ ɔfasuo no akyi na wɔatua mo kuropɔn no. Mɛboa wɔn ano wɔ kuropɔn yi mu.

Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, who besiege you at the surrounding walls. And I will gather these things together in the midst of this city.

5 Me ara mede nsa a matene ne abasa a ɛyɛ den bɛko atia mo wɔ abufuo, anibereɛ ne abufuhyeɛ mu.

And I myself will make war against you: with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath.

6 Mɛbobɔ wɔn a wɔtete kuropɔn yi mu ahwehwe fam; nnipa ne mmoa nyinaa, na ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu bɛkunkum wɔn.

And I will strike the inhabitants of this city; men and beasts will die from a great pestilence.

7 Ɛno akyi, Awurade asɛm nie, mede Yudahene Sedekia, nʼadwumayɛfoɔ ne nnipa a wɔwɔ kuropɔn yi mu a ɔyaredɔm, akofena ne ɛkɔm ankunkum wɔn no bɛma Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ne wɔn atamfoɔ wɔrepɛ wɔn nkwa no. Ɔde akofena bɛkunkum wɔn; ɔrenhunu wɔn mmɔbɔ na ɔrennya ayamhyehyeɛ mma wɔn.’

And afterward, thus says the Lord: I will give Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his servants, and his people, and those who have been left behind in this city after pestilence and the sword and famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their lives. And he will strike them with the edge of the sword. And he will not waver, and he will not be lenient, and he will not take pity.

8 “Ɛbio, ka kyerɛ nnipa no sɛ, ‘Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Hwɛ mede nkwa ɛkwan ne owuo ɛkwan resi mo anim.

And to this people, you shall say: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

9 Obiara a ɔte saa kuropɔn yi mu bɛwu wɔ akofena anaa ɛkɔm anaa ɔyaredɔm ano. Nanso obiara ɔbɛpue na ɔde ne ho akɔma Babiloniafoɔ a wɔabɛtua mo kuropɔn yi no, bɛfa ne ho adi.

Whoever lives in this city will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. But whoever will have departed and fled away to the Chaldeans, who besiege you, will live, and his life will be to him like a spoil.

10 Mawe ahinam sɛ, mɛyɛ kuropɔn yi bɔne na ɛnyɛ papa, Awurade na ɔseɛ. Wɔde bɛhyɛ Babiloniahene nsa, na ɔde ogya bɛhye no.’

For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, says the Lord. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.

11 “Deɛ ɛka ho ne sɛ, ka kyerɛ Yuda adehyefie sɛ, ‘Montie Awurade asɛm;

And to the house of the king of Judah, you shall say: Listen to the word of the Lord,

12 Ao Dawid efie, sei na Awurade seɛ: “‘Mommu atɛntenenee anɔpa biara; monnye deɛ wɔabɔ no korɔno no mfiri ne nhyɛsofoɔ nsam, anyɛ saa a mʼabufuhyeɛ bɛsɔre na ahye sɛ ogya ɛsiane bɔne a moayɛ enti, ɛbɛhye a obiara rennum no.

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Judge with judgment from early morning, and rescue anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. Otherwise, my indignation may go forth like a fire, and may flare up, and there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the evil of your intentions.

13 Me ne mo anya, Yerusalem Mo a mote bɔnhwa yi atifi abotan asaseta soɔ, Awurade na ɔseɛ, mo a moka sɛ, “Hwan na ɔbɛtumi ako atia yɛn? Hwan na ɔbɛtumi ahyɛne yɛn hintabea?”

Behold, I am against you, O inhabitants of a valley with firm and level ground, says the Lord. And you say: ‘Who can strike us? And who can enter into our houses?’

14 Mɛtwe mo aso sɛdeɛ ɛfata mo nneyɛɛ, Awurade na ɔseɛ. Mɛto mo kwaeɛ mu ogya, a ɛbɛhye biribiara a atwa mo ho ahyia.’”

But I will visit against you according to the fruit of your intentions, says the Lord. And I will kindle a fire in its forest. And it shall devour everything around it.”