Yeremia 27

1 Yudahene Yosia babarima Sedekia adedie ahyɛaseɛ no, asɛm yi firi Awurade hɔ baa Yeremia nkyɛn sɛ,

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

2 Yei ne deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me: “Fa mmeamudua ne nkyehoma yɛ kɔnnua sɛn wo kɔn mu.

'Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;

3 Fa nkra ma abɔfoɔ a wɔaba Yudahene Sedekia nkyɛn wɔ Yerusalem na wɔmfa nkɔma ahemfo a wɔwɔ Edom, Moab, Amon, Tiro ne Sidon.

and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

4 Fa nkra kɔma wɔn wuranom sɛ: Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ, ‘Ka yei kyerɛ wo wuranom sɛ:

and give them a charge unto their masters, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say unto your masters:

5 Mede me tumi kɛseɛ ne me basa a matene mu yɛɛ asase ne so nnipa ne mmoa a wɔwɔ so, na mede ma obiara a ɔsɔ mʼani.

I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto Me.

6 Afei, mede mo aman nyinaa bɛhyɛ mʼakoa Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar nsa, na mede wiram mmoa mpo bɛhyɛ nʼase.

And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.

7 Amanaman nyinaa bɛsom no ne ne babarima ne ne nanabarima kɔsi sɛ ne berɛ bɛtwam; na afei aman bebree ne ahemfo akɛseakɛseɛ bɛdi ne so.

And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come; and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

8 “‘Nanso sɛ ɔman bi anaa ahennie bi rensom Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar anaa wɔremfa wɔn kɔn nhyɛ ne kɔnnua ase a, mede akofena, ɛkɔm ne ɔyaredɔm bɛtwe saa ɔman no aso, kɔsi sɛ mede ne nsa bɛsɛe no, Awurade na ɔseɛ.

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

9 Ɛno enti monntie mo adiyifoɔ, mo nkɔmhyɛfoɔ, mo adaeɛ asekyerɛfoɔ, mo asamanfrɛfoɔ anaa mo ntafowayifoɔ a wɔka kyerɛ mo sɛ, “Morensom Babiloniahene.”

But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon;

10 Wɔhyɛ mo nkɔmtorɔ a ɛbɛma wɔayi mo afiri mo asase so akɔ akyirikyiri nko ara; mɛpam mo ama mo ase ayera.

for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out and ye should perish.

11 Nanso, sɛ ɔman biara de ne kɔn bɛhyɛ Babiloniahene kɔnnua no ase na wasom no a, mɛma saa ɔman no aka ɔno ara asase so na wadɔ so atena so, Awurade, na ɔseɛ.’”

But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.'

12 Mede saa nkra korɔ no ara kɔmaa Yudahene Sedekia sɛ, “Momfa mo kɔn nhyɛ Babiloniahene kɔnnua ase na monsom ɔno ne ne nkurɔfoɔ na mobɛnya nkwa.

And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying: 'Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

13 Adɛn enti na ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne wo nkurɔfoɔ wuwuo wɔ akofena, ɛkɔm ne ɔyaredɔm ano, sɛdeɛ Awurade de ahunahuna ɔman biara a ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔsom Babiloniahene no?

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

14 Monntie adiyifoɔ no a wɔka kyerɛ mo sɛ, ‘Morensom Babiloniahene,’ ɛfiri sɛ wɔhyɛ mo nkɔmtorɔ.

And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon, for they prophesy a lie unto you.

15 ‘Mensomaa wɔn’ Awurade na ɔseɛ. ‘Wɔhyɛ nkɔmtorɔ wɔ me din mu. Enti, mɛpam mo na moayera, mo ne adiyifoɔ a wɔhyɛ mo nkɔm no.’”

For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, and they prophesy falsely in My name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.'

16 Na meka kyerɛɛ asɔfoɔ no ne saa nkurɔfoɔ yi nyinaa sɛ, “Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Monntie adiyifoɔ no a wɔhyɛ mo nkɔm sɛ, ‘Ɛrenkyɛre koraa wɔde Awurade efie nneɛma no bɛfiri Babilonia aba.’ Wɔhyɛ nkɔmtorɔ kyerɛ mo.

Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying: Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

17 Monntie wɔn. Monsom Babiloniahene na mobɛnya nkwa. Adɛn enti na ɛsɛ sɛ saa kuropɔn yi sɛeɛ?

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live; wherefore should this city become desolate?

18 Sɛ wɔyɛ adiyifoɔ na Awurade asɛm wɔ wɔn mu a, ma wɔn nkoto nsrɛ Asafo Awurade na nneɛma a wɔde siesie dan mu a aka wɔ Awurade efie ne Yudahene ahemfie ne Yerusalem no, wɔamfa ankɔ Babilonia.

But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

19 Na yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade ka fa kɔbere mfrafraeɛ afadum, Ɛpo, nnyinasoɔ a wɔtumi pia ne nneɛma a wɔde siesie dan mu no a aka wɔ kuropɔn yi mu no ho.

For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,

20 Deɛ Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar amfa ankɔ ɛberɛ a ɔbɛfaa Yudahene Yehoiakim babarima Yehoiakin ne Yuda ne Yerusalem mmapɔmma firii Yerusalem kɔɔ nkoasom mu wɔ Babilonia no.

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

21 Aane, yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, ka fa nneɛma a aka wɔ Awurade efie, Yudahene ahemfie ne Yerusalem no ho:

yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:

22 ‘Wɔbɛfa akɔ Babilonia, na ɛhɔ na ɛbɛka kɔsi da a mɛba abɛfa,’ Awurade na ɔseɛ. ‘Afei mede nneɛma no bɛsane aba bio abɛsisi wɔn siberɛ wɔ ha.’”

They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I remember them, saith the LORD, and bring them up, and restore them to this place.'