Yeremia 32
1 Yei ne asɛm a ɛfiri Awurade nkyɛn baa Yeremia hɔ wɔ Yudahene Sedekia adedie afe a ɛtɔ so edu a na ɛyɛ Nebukadnessar adedie afe a ɛtɔ so dunwɔtwe.
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah: that year was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
2 Na Babiloniahene akodɔm aka Yerusalem ahyɛ a na odiyifoɔ Yeremia nso da dua mu wɔ awɛmfoɔ adihɔ a ɛwɔ Yuda ahemfie.
And the king of Babylon's army was then besieging Jerusalem; and the prophet Jeremiah was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.
3 Na Yudahene Sedekia de no ato afiase na ɔrebisa no sɛ adɛn enti na wohyɛ nkɔm sɛ, “Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: ‘Mede saa kuropɔn yi rebɛhyɛ Babiloniahene nsa, na wafa no nnommum.
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why dost thou prophesy and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
4 Yudahene Sedekia renya ɛkwan nnwane mfiri Babiloniafoɔ nsam, na ampa ara hyɛ na wɔde no bɛhyɛ Babiloniahene nsa, na ɔne no akasa anim ne anim na ɔde nʼani ahunu no.
and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans; for he shall certainly be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
5 Ɔde Sedekia bɛkɔ Babilonia, na ɛhɔ na ɔbɛtena akɔsi sɛ me ne no bɛdi, Awurade na ɔseɛ. Sɛ woko tia Babiloniafoɔ no a worenni nkonim.’”
and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
6 Yeremia kaa sɛ, “Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ,
And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
7 Wo wɔfa Salum babarima Hanamel rebɛba wo nkyɛn, abɛka sɛ, ‘Tɔ mʼasase a ɛwɔ Anatot no, ɛfiri sɛ woyɛ me busuani nimpɔn na wowɔ ho ɛkwan, na ɛyɛ wʼasɛdeɛ nso sɛ wotɔ.’
Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum thine uncle, shall come unto thee, saying, Buy for thyself my field which is in Anathoth; for thine is the right of redemption, to buy [it].
8 “Na sɛdeɛ Awurade aka no me wɔfa ba Hanamel baa me nkyɛn wɔ awɛmfoɔ adihɔ hɔ bɛkaa sɛ, ‘Tɔ mʼasase a ɛwɔ Anatot wɔ Benyamin mantam mu no. Esiane sɛ wowɔ ho ɛkwan sɛ wogyeɛ na wofa no enti, tɔ na fa.’ “Mehunuu sɛ yei yɛ Awurade asɛm.”
And Hanameel, mine uncle's son, came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine: buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.
9 Enti, metɔɔ asase a na ɛwɔ Anatot no firii me wɔfa ba Hanamel nkyɛn na metuaa dwetɛ gram ɔha ne aduɔkron ɛnan maa no.
And I bought of Hanameel, mine uncle's son, the field which is in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, seventeen shekels of silver.
10 Mede me nsa hyɛɛ adetɔ nwoma no ase, sɔɔ ano wɔ adansefoɔ anim, na mede nsania karii dwetɛ mpɔ no.
And I subscribed the writing, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances.
11 Na mefaa adetɔ nwoma no, deɛ wɔasɔ ano a ɛho nhyehyɛeɛ wɔ mu no, ne deɛ wɔnsɔɔ ano no nso,
And I took the writing of the purchase, that which was sealed [according to] the law and the statutes, and that which was open;
12 na mede saa adetɔ nwoma no maa Neria babarima Baruk a, ɔyɛ Maaseia nana no wɔ me wɔfa ba Hanamel, adansefoɔ a wɔde wɔn nsa hyɛɛ adetɔ nwoma no ase ne Yudafoɔ a na wɔwɔ awɛmfoɔ adihɔ hɔ no nyinaa anim.
and I gave the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that had subscribed the writing of purchase, before all the Jews that were sitting in the court of the guard.
13 “Meka kyerɛɛ Baruk wɔ wɔn nyinaa anim sɛ,
And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,
14 ‘Deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn no seɛ nie, Fa saa adetɔ so nwoma yi, deɛ wɔasɔ ano ne deɛ wɔnnsɔɔ ano, na fa gu dɔteɛ asuhina mu, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛkyɛre yie.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these writings, this writing of the purchase, both that which is sealed and this writing which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days.
15 Deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, no seɛ nie: Wɔbɛtotɔ afie, mfuo ne bobe nturo wɔ asase yi so bio.’
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be purchased in this land.
16 “Mede adetɔ nwoma no maa Neria babarima Baruk. Akyire no, mebɔɔ Awurade mpaeɛ sɛ,
And after I had given the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, I prayed unto Jehovah saying,
17 “Ao, Otumfoɔ Awurade, wo na wonam wo tumi ne wo basa a woatene muo so abɔ ɔsoro ne asase. Biribiara nyɛ den mma wo.
Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm; there is nothing too hard for thee:
18 Woyi ɔdɔ adi kyerɛ mpempem, nanso wotua agyanom amumuyɛ so ka gu wɔn mma a wɔdi wɔn akyi srɛ so. Ao, Onyankopɔn a woso na wowɔ tumi, wo din ne Asafo Awurade,
who shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, thou, the great, the mighty God, — Jehovah of hosts is his name;
19 wo botaeɛ so, na wo nneyɛeɛ yɛ kɛseɛ. Wʼaniwa hunu nnipa akwan nyinaa; na wotua obiara ka sɛdeɛ nʼabrabɔ ne ne nneyɛeɛ teɛ.
great in counsel and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
20 Woyɛɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ne anwanwadeɛ wɔ Misraim na atoa so de abɛsi ɛnnɛ wɔ Israel ne adasamma nyinaa mu, na wode agye din a ɛwɔ wo de bɛsi ɛnnɛ.
who hast displayed signs and wonders unto this day, in the land of Egypt and in Israel and among [other] men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day.
21 Wode nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ne anwanwadeɛ, nsa a ɛyɛ den ne abasa a watene mu ne nneɛma ɛyɛ hu yii wo ɔman Israel firii Misraim.
And thou broughtest forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt by signs, and by wonders, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terror;
22 Wode asase a wokaa ho ntam sɛ wode bɛma wɔn agyanom no maa wɔn, asase a nufosuo ne ɛwoɔ resene so.
and didst give them this land, which thou hadst sworn unto their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
23 Wɔba bɛfaeɛ, na wɔtenaa so, nanso wɔantie wo, na wɔanni wo mmara so; wɔanyɛ deɛ wohyɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔnyɛ no. Enti wode saa amanehunu yi nyinaa baa wɔn so.
And they came in and possessed it: but they hearkened not unto thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do; so that thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them.
24 “Hwɛ sɛdeɛ wɔasisi ntuano mpampim de rebɛgye kuropɔn no. Esiane akofena, ɛkɔm ne ɔyaredɔm enti, wɔde kuropɔn no bɛhyɛ Babiloniafoɔ a wɔreto ahyɛ ne so no nsa. Deɛ wokaeɛ no aba mu sɛdeɛ wohunu no seesei no.
Behold the mounds, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest [it].
25 Na ɛwom sɛ wɔde kuropɔn no bɛhyɛ Babiloniafoɔ nsa deɛ, nanso wo, Ao, Otumfoɔ Awurade, ka kyerɛ me sɛ, ‘Fa dwetɛ tɔ asase na ma adansefoɔ mmra ɛho nhyehyɛeɛ no mu.’”
And thou, Lord Jehovah, thou hast said unto me, Buy for thyself the field for money, and take witnesses; — and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 Ɛna Awurade asɛm baa Yeremia nkyɛn sɛ,
And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,
27 “Mene Awurade adasamma nyinaa Onyankopɔn. Na biribi yɛ den dodo ma me anaa?
Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
28 Enti, deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: Mede kuropɔn yi rebɛhyɛ Babiloniafoɔ ne Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar nsa, na wɔafa.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
29 Babiloniafoɔ a wɔreto ahyɛ saa kuropɔn yi so no bɛba mu, na wɔato mu ogya; wɔbɛhye no dworobɛɛ, ɛno ne afie a nnipa hyee nnuhwam wɔ atifi maa Baal na wɔhwiee afɔrebɔ nsã maa anyame foforɔ de hyɛɛ me abufuo.
And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come in and set fire to this city, and shall burn it, and the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
30 “Israelfoɔ ne Yudafoɔ nyɛɛ biribiara sɛ bɔne wɔ mʼani so, ɛfiri wɔn mmabunu berɛ mu; ampa ara Israelfoɔ nnyɛɛ biribiara sɛ wɔde nneɛma a wɔde wɔn nsa ayɛ bɛhyɛ me abufuo, Awurade na ɔseɛ.
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have been doing only evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.
31 Ɛfiri da a wɔkyekyeree saa kuropɔn yi de bɛsi ɛnnɛ, wahyɛ me abufuo ne abufutrasoɔ a ɛsɛ sɛ anka meyi no firi mʼani so.
For this city hath been to me [a provocation] of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
32 Israelfoɔ ne Yudafoɔ de bɔne a wɔayɛ nyinaa ahyɛ me abufuo, wɔn, wɔn ahemfo ne adwumayɛfoɔ, wɔn asɔfoɔ ne adiyifoɔ, mmarima a wɔwɔ Yuda ne nnipa a wɔwɔ Yerusalem.
because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 Wɔdanee wɔn akyi kyerɛɛ me; ɛwom, mekyerɛkyerɛ wɔn ɛberɛ biara deɛ, nanso wɔantie na wɔammfa ntenesoɔ.
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, rising early and teaching, they hearkened not to receive instruction.
34 Wɔasisi ahoni a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ wɔ efie a me Din da so no mu, de guu ho fi.
And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it;
35 Wɔsisii sorɔnsorɔmmea maa Baal wɔ Ben Hinom bɔnhwa mu, de wɔn mmammarima ne mmammaa bɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa Molek, wɔ ɛberɛ a menhyɛɛ wɔn na ɛmmaa mʼadwene mu da sɛ wɔnyɛ saa akyiwadeɛ yi mma Yuda nyɛ bɔne.
and they have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause to pass through [the fire] their sons and their daughters unto Molech: which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
36 “Woreka wɔ kuropɔn yi ho sɛ, ‘Wɔnam akofena, ɛkɔm ne ɔyaredɔm so de bɛhyɛ Babiloniahene nsa’; nanso yei ne deɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ:
And now therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith thus concerning this city, whereof ye say, It hath been given over into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:
37 Ampa ara mɛboaboa wɔn ano afiri nsase a mefiri mʼabufuhyeɛ mu pamoo wɔn kɔguiɛ hɔ; mɛsane de wɔn aba ha na mama wɔatena ase ahotɔ mu.
Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries whither I have driven them, in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.
38 Wɔbɛyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, na mayɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn.
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
39 Na mɛma wɔn akoma korɔ na wɔayɛ wɔn adeɛ abɔ mu, sɛdeɛ, ɛberɛ biara wɔbɛsuro me wɔn ankasa ne wɔn nkyirimma yiedie enti.
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all [their] days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.
40 Na me ne wɔn bɛyɛ daapem apam: Merennyae wɔn yieyɛ da, na mede ɔpɛ bɛhyɛ wɔn akoma mu, ama wɔn asuro me, sɛdeɛ wɔrentwe wɔn ho mfiri me ho da.
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me.
41 Mʼani bɛgye sɛ mɛyɛ wɔn yie, na ampa ara mede mʼakoma ne me kra nyinaa bɛdua wɔn wɔ asase yi so.
And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
42 “Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Sɛdeɛ mede amanehunu kɛseɛ yi nyinaa aba nkurɔfoɔ yi so no, saa ara na mede yiedie a mahyɛ wɔn ho bɔ no bɛma wɔn.
For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have spoken concerning them.
43 Wɔbɛtotɔ nsase bio wɔ ha, deɛ moka wɔ ho sɛ, ‘Wɔde ahyɛ Babiloniafoɔ nsa, ɛno enti ada mpan, na nnipa anaa mmoa nni so.’
And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
44 Wɔde dwetɛ bɛtotɔ nsase, na wɔbɛyɛ adetɔ nwoma wɔ so. Wɔbɛsɔ ano wɔ adansefoɔ anim wɔ Benyamin mantam, nkuraase a atwa Yerusalem ho ahyia, nkuro a ɛwɔ Yuda, bepɔ so ɔman, atɔeɛ fam mmepɔ ase ne Negeb, ɛfiri sɛ, mɛsane de wɔn ahonyadeɛ ama wɔn, Awurade na ɔseɛ.”
[Men] shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the writings, and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity, saith Jehovah.
