Yeremia 25
1 Asɛm a ɛfa Yudafoɔ nyinaa ho baa Yeremia nkyɛn wɔ Yudahene Yosia babarima Yehoiakim, adedie afe a ɛtɔ so ɛnan a ɛyɛ Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar adedie afe a ɛdi ɛkan.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, which is the first year of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon;
2 Enti odiyifoɔ Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ Yudafoɔ ne wɔn a wɔtete Yerusalem nyinaa sɛ,
Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke concerning all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3 Mfeɛ aduonu mmiɛnsa nie, ɛfiri Yudahene Amon babarima Yosia adedie afe a ɛtɔ so dumiɛnsa bɛsi ɛnnɛ, Awurade asɛm aba me so na makasa akyerɛ mo mpɛn bebree, nanso monntieɛ.
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon the king of Judah, even until this day, that is now three and twenty years, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
4 Mpo Awurade asoma nʼasomfoɔ a wɔyɛ nʼadiyifoɔ aba mo nkyɛn mpɛn bebree, na montiee wɔn, na monyɛɛ aso mmaa wɔn.
And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, making [them] rise early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, and have not inclined your ear to hear.
5 Wɔkaa sɛ, “Mo mu biara mfiri nʼakwan bɔne ne ne nneyɛɛ bɔne ho, na mobɛtumi atena asase a Awurade de maa mo ne mo agyanom no so afebɔɔ.
They said, O do turn away every one from his evil way, and from the wrongfulness of your doings; and ye shall remain in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers, for from eternity to eternity;
6 Monni anyame foforɔ akyi nkɔsom wɔn nsɔre wɔn; mommfa deɛ mode mo nsa ayɛ no nhyɛ me abufuo. Afei merenha mo.”
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not injure you.
7 “Nanso moanntie me,” Awurade na ɔseɛ, “na mode deɛ mode mo nsa ayɛ ahyɛ me abufuo, na mode ɔhaw aba mo so.”
Yet have ye not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord: in order that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your own hands to your own injury.
8 Afei deɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie: “Esiane sɛ moantie me nsɛm no enti,
Therefore thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Because ye have not hearkened to my words:
9 mɛfrɛ atifi fam nnipa nyinaa ne mʼakoa Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar,” Awurade na ɔseɛ, “na mede wɔn abɛko atia saa asase yi ne sotefoɔ, ne amanaman a wɔatwa ho ahyia nyinaa. Mɛsɛe wɔn pasaa na mayɛ wɔn ahodwiredeɛ ne fɛdideɛ, ne amamfo afebɔɔ.
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them over this land, and over its inhabitants, and over all these nations round about, and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a derision, and perpetual ruins.
10 Mɛyi ahosane ne anigyeɛ nnyegyeɛ, ayeforɔkunu ne ayeforɔyere nne, oyuyammoɔ nnyegyeeɛ ne kanea hann afiri wɔn mu.
And I will banish from them the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the mill, and the light of the lamp.
11 Ɔman mu no nyinaa bɛdane asase wesee, na saa amanaman yi bɛsom Babiloniahene mfirinhyia aduɔson.
And this whole land shall become a ruin and an [object of] astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 “Na mfirinhyia aduɔson awieeɛ no, mɛtwe Babiloniahene ne ne ɔman, Babiloniafoɔ asase aso wɔ wɔn amumuyɛ ho, mɛdane no amanfo afebɔɔ,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will visit on the king of Babylon, and on that nation, saith the Lord, their iniquity, and on the land of the Chaldeans, and will change it into perpetual desolations.
13 “Mɛma asotwe a mahyɛ atia asase no nyinaa aba wɔn so, deɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ nwoma yi mu na Yeremia ahyɛ ho nkɔm atia aman no nyinaa no.
And I will bring over that land all my words which I have spoken concerning it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied concerning all the nations.
14 Wɔn ankasa deɛ, amanaman bebree ne ahempɔn de wɔn bɛyɛ nkoa; na mɛtua wɔn nneyɛeɛ ne wɔn nsa ano adwuma so ka.”
For when many nations and great kings shall have made them also serve: I will then recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their own hands.
15 Yei ne deɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, ka kyerɛɛ me: “Gye saa kuruwa yi a mʼabufuhyeɛ nsã ahyɛ no ma yi, na ma amanaman a mɛsoma wo wɔn nkyɛn no nyinaa nnom.
For thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel unto me, Take the cup of the wine of this fury out of my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.
16 Sɛ wɔnom a, wɔbɛtɔ ntintan na wɔabobɔ dam ɛsiane akofena a mɛsoma akɔ wɔn so no enti.”
And they shall drink, and reel about, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 Ɛno enti, megyee kuruwa no firii Awurade nsam, na memaa amanaman a ɔsomaa me wɔn nkyɛn no nomeeɛ:
And I took the cup out of the hand of the Lord, and caused to drink all the nations, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
18 Yerusalem ne Yuda nkuro, nʼahemfo ne ne nnwumayɛfoɔ sɛ wɔnyɛ asɛedeɛ, ahodwiredeɛ, fɛdideɛ ne nnome, sɛdeɛ wɔteɛ ɛnnɛ da yi,
Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a ruin, an astonishment, a derision, and a curse; as it is this day;
19 Misraimhene Farao, nʼasomfoɔ, nʼadwumayɛfoɔ ne ne manfoɔ nyinaa,
Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
20 amanfrafoɔ a wɔwɔ hɔ nyinaa; Us ahemfo; Filistifoɔ ahemfo (a ɛyɛ Askelon, Gasa, Ekron ne nnipa a wɔagya wɔn wɔ Asdod);
And all the confederated nations, and all the kings of the land of 'Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and 'Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
21 Edom, Moab ne Amon;
Edom, and Moab, and the children of 'Ammon;
22 Tiro ne Sidon ahemfo nyinaa; ne ahemfo a wɔwɔ mpoano aman a wɔwɔ ɛpo agya no;
And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
23 Dedan, Tema, Bus ne nnipa a wɔtete akyirikyiri no;
Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all those that have their hair cut round;
24 Arabia ahemfo ne amanfrafoɔ ahemfo nyinaa a wɔtete anweatam so no.
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the confederated nations that dwell in the wilderness;
25 Simri, Elam ne Media ahemfo nyinaa;
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of 'Elam, and all the kings of Media;
26 ne ahemfo a wɔwɔ atifi fam nyinaa, wɔn a wɔbɛn ne wɔn a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri, ne wɔn mu biara, asase so ahennie ahodoɔ. Na wɔn nyinaa akyi no Sesakhene nso bɛnom bi.
And all the kings of the north, that are far and that are near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 “Afei, ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ: Monnom, mommobo na momfefe, na mohwehwe ase a monnsɔre bio, ɛsiane akofena a mɛsoma aba mo so enti.’
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and become drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I am sending among you.
28 Na sɛ wɔampɛ sɛ wɔgye wo nsam kuruwa no nom a, ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ: Ɛsɛ sɛ monom!
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup of thy hand to drink, that thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Ye must certainly drink;
29 Monhwɛ, merebɛfiti aseɛ de amanehunu aba kuropɔn a me Din da so no so, na mobɛfa mo ho adi a wɔrentwe mo aso anaa? Wɔbɛtwe mo aso, ɛfiri sɛ merefrɛ akofena aba wɔn a wɔtete asase no so nyinaa so, Asafo Awurade na ɔseɛ.’
For lo, on the city which is called by my name, I begin to inflict evil, and ye will remain utterly unpunished? Ye shall not remain unpunished; for a sword am I calling up over all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
30 “Afei, hyɛ nsɛm yi nyinaa ho nkɔm tia wɔn, na ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, “‘Awurade bɛfiri soro abobom; ɔbɛma ne nne so afiri ne tenabea kronkron hɔ, na wabobɔ mu denden atia nʼasase. Ɔbɛteam te sɛ wɔn a wɔtiatia bobe aba so, ɔbɛteam agu wɔn a wɔtete asase no so.
But thou, do thou prophesy concerning them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord will cry aloud from on high, and from his holy habitation will he send forth his voice; he will cry out very loudly over his habitation; the vintner's call, as they that tread out the grapes, will he lift up against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 Hooyɛ bɛgyegye akɔ nsase ano, na Awurade bɛbɔ kwaadu atia amanaman; ɔbɛbu adasamma nyinaa atɛn na ɔde amumuyɛfoɔ ama akofena,’” Awurade na ɔseɛ.
A tumultuous noise cometh even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he holdeth judgment over all flesh: the wicked, —these he giveth up to the sword, saith the Lord.
32 Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ: “Monhwɛ! Amanehunu retrɛtrɛ firi ɔman so kɔ ɔman foforɔ so; ahum kɛseɛ bi rema ne ho so afiri nsase ano.”
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil goeth forth from nation to nation, and a great storm-wind waketh up from the farthest ends of the earth.
33 Saa ɛberɛ no, wɔn a Awurade akunkum wɔn no bɛdeda baabiara, firi asase ano kɔsi ano nohoa. Wɔrensu wɔn na wɔremmoaboa wɔn ano na wɔrensie wɔn, na wɔbɛyɛ sɛ sumina a ɛgugu fam.
And the slain of the Lord shall be on that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, nor gathered up, nor buried; they shall be as dung upon the surface of the ground.
34 Monsu na montwa adwo, mo nnwanhwɛfoɔ; mommunimuni wɔ mfuturo mu mo nnwankuo ntuanofoɔ. Mokum berɛ no aduru mobɛhwehwe ase, na moabobɔ nketenkete te sɛ nkukuo a ɛnyɛ den.
Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and roll yourselves about [in the dust], ye leaders of the flocks; for full are your days for you to be slaughtered, and I will scatter you; and you shall fall like a costly vessel.
35 Nnwanhwɛfoɔ no rennya baabiara nnwane nkɔ na nnwankuo no ntuanofoɔ no rennya ɛkwan nnwane.
And lost shall be the place of refuge for the shepherds, and the escape for the leaders of the flocks to escape.
36 Montie nnwanhwɛfoɔ no su, ne nnwankuo no ntuanofoɔ agyaadwotwa, ɛfiri sɛ Awurade resɛe wɔn mmoa adidibea.
There is the voice of the cry of anguish of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flocks; for the Lord hath devastated their pasture.
37 Ɛserɛ nsase a asomdwoeɛ wɔ soɔ no bɛda mpan ɛsiane Awurade abufuhyeɛ no enti.
And in silent desolation lie the pasture-lands of peace, because of the fierceness of the anger of the Lord.
38 Na wɔn asase bɛda mpan te sɛ gyata a ɔfiri ne tu mu ɛsiane ɔhyɛsofoɔ no akofena ne Awurade abufuhyeɛ no enti.
He hath forsaken his covert, like the young lion; for their land is become desolate, because of the fierceness of the wasting [sword], and because of the fierceness of his anger.
