Yeremia 4
1 “Sɛ wobɛsane wʼakyi a Ao, Israel, sane bra me nkyɛn,” sei na Awurade seɛ. “Sɛ woyi wʼahoni a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ firi mʼani so na sɛ woammane bio,
if to return: return Israel utterance LORD to(wards) me to return: return and if to turn aside: remove abomination your from face my and not to wander
2 na sɛ, nokorɛ, pɛyɛ ne tenenee mu woka ntam sɛ, ‘Sɛ Awurade te ase yi,’ a afei mobɛyɛ nhyira ama aman no na ne mu na wɔbɛnya animuonyam.”
and to swear alive LORD in/on/with truth: true in/on/with justice and in/on/with righteousness and to bless in/on/with him nation and in/on/with him to boast: boast
3 Yei ne asɛm a Awurade ka kyerɛ Yuda mmarima ne Yerusalem: “Monsiesie mo asase a wɔmfuntum da na monnnua wɔ nkasɛɛ mu.
for thus to say LORD to/for man Judah and to/for Jerusalem to break to/for you fallow ground and not to sow to(wards) thorn
4 Montwitwa mo ho twetia mma Awurade montwitwa mo akoma twetia, mo Yuda mmarima ne Yerusalemfoɔ, anyɛ saa a mʼabufuhyeɛ bɛsɔre na adɛre sɛ ogya. Mo bɔne a moayɛ enti, ɛbɛhye a obiara rennum.”
to circumcise to/for LORD and to turn aside: remove foreskin heart your man Judah and to dwell Jerusalem lest to come out: issue like/as fire rage my and to burn: burn and nothing to quench from face: because evil deed your
5 “Bɔ nkaeɛ wɔ Yuda na pae mu ka wɔ Yerusalem sɛ, ‘Hyɛn totorobɛnto no wɔ asase no nyinaa so!’ Team denden sɛ: ‘Mommoaboa mo ho ano! Momma yɛn nnwane nkɔ kuropɔn a wɔabɔ ho ban no so!’
to tell in/on/with Judah and in/on/with Jerusalem to hear: proclaim and to say (to blow *Q(K)*) trumpet in/on/with land: country/planet to call: call out to fill and to say to gather and to come (in): come to(wards) city [the] fortification
6 Momma frankaa so na monkɔ Sion monnwane nkɔbɔ mo ho adwaa! Ɛfiri sɛ mede amanehunu firi atifi fam reba, ɔsɛeɛ a ɛyɛ hu.”
to lift: raise ensign Zion [to] to seek refuge not to stand: stand for distress: harm I to come (in): bring from north and breaking great: large
7 Gyata bi afiri ne tu mu; ɔbɔaman bi asi mu. Wafiri ne tenabea sɛ ɔrebɛsɛe wʼasase. Wo nkuro bɛbubu na ada mpan.
to ascend: rise lion from thicket his and to ruin nation to set out to come out: come from place his to/for to set: make land: country/planet your to/for horror: destroyed city your to desolate from nothing to dwell
8 Enti fira ayitoma, di awerɛhoɔ na twa adwo, ɛfiri sɛ Awurade abufuhyeɛ no nnane mfirii yɛn so.
upon this to gird sackcloth to mourn and to wail for not to return: turn back burning anger face: anger LORD from us
9 “Saa ɛda no,” Awurade na ɔseɛ, “ɔhene no ne adwumayɛfoɔ no bɛbɔ hu, asɔfoɔ no bo bɛtu, na adiyifoɔ no ho bɛdwiri wɔn.”
and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD to perish heart [the] king and heart [the] ruler and be desolate: appalled [the] priest and [the] prophet to astounded
10 Afei, mekaa sɛ, “Aa, Otumfoɔ Awurade, woadaadaa nnipa yi ne Yerusalem. Wokaa sɛ, ‘Mobɛnya asomdwoeɛ,’ wɔ ɛberɛ a akofena da yɛn mene mu.”
and to say alas! Lord YHWH/God surely to deceive to deceive to/for people [the] this and to/for Jerusalem to/for to say peace: well-being to be to/for you and to touch sword till [the] soul: life
11 Saa ɛberɛ no wɔbɛka akyerɛ nnipa yi ne Yerusalem sɛ, “Mframa a emu yɛ hyeɛ bɛbɔ afiri nkokoɔ wesee a ɛwɔ anweatam so aba me nkurɔfoɔ so, ɛnyɛ deɛ ɛpɔ ho anaa ɛhuhu soɔ;
in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to say to/for people [the] this and to/for Jerusalem spirit: breath dazzling bareness in/on/with wilderness way: direction daughter people my not to/for to scatter and not to/for to purify
12 mframa a ano yɛ den boro saa no firi me nkyɛn. Afei, mepae mu ka mʼatemmuo a ɛtia wɔn.”
spirit: breath full from these to come (in): come to/for me now also I to speak: speak justice: judgement with them
13 Hwɛ! Ɔreba sɛ omununkum, ne nteaseɛnam reba sɛ, ntwahoframa, nʼapɔnkɔ ho yɛ herɛ sene akɔdeɛ. Yɛnnue! Yɛawu!
behold like/as cloud to ascend: rise and like/as whirlwind chariot his to lighten from eagle horse his woe! to/for us for to ruin
14 Ao, Yerusalem, yi bɔne firi wʼakoma mu na woanya nkwa. Wode adwemmɔne bɛhyɛ wo mu akɔsi da bɛn?
to wash from distress: evil heart your Jerusalem because to save till how to lodge in/on/with entrails: among your plot evil: wickedness your
15 Ɛnne bi rebɔ kaseɛ firi Dan, ɛrebɔ amanehunu ho dawuro firi Efraim nkokoɔ so.
for voice to tell from Dan and to hear: proclaim evil: trouble from mountain: mount (Mount) Ephraim
16 “Monka yei nkyerɛ aman no, mommɔ no dawuro nkyerɛ Yerusalem sɛ, ‘Atuafoɔ dɔm firi akyirikyiri asase bi so reba, wɔma ɔko nteamu so de tia Yuda nkuropɔn.
to remember to/for nation behold to hear: proclaim upon Jerusalem to watch to come (in): come from land: country/planet [the] distance and to give: cry out upon city Judah voice their
17 Wɔtwa kuropɔn no ho hyia sɛ mmarima a wɔrewɛn afuo, ɛfiri sɛ me nkurɔfoɔ ate me so atua,’” sei na Awurade seɛ.
like/as to keep: guard field to be upon her from around for [obj] me to rebel utterance LORD
18 “Wʼankasa abrabɔ ne nneyɛeɛ na ɛde yei aba wo so. Yei yɛ wʼasotwe. Ɛyɛ nwono! Ɛwowɔ akoma!”
way: conduct your and deed your to make: do these to/for you this distress: harm your for to provoke for to touch till heart your
19 Ao mʼahoyera, mʼahoyera! Mede ɔyea nukanuka me mu. Ao mʼakoma ɔyeadie! Mʼakoma bɔ paripari wɔ me mu, mentumi nyɛ komm. Ɛfiri sɛ, mate totorobɛnto no nnyegyeɛ; mate ɔko frɛ no.
belly my belly my (to wait: wait *Q(K)*) wall heart my to roar to/for me heart my not be quiet for voice: sound trumpet (to hear: hear *Q(K)*) soul: myself my shout battle
20 Amanehunu di amanehunu akyi; asase no nyinaa asɛe. Wɔasɛe me ntomadan prɛko pɛ, ne me hintabea mpofirim.
breaking upon breaking to call: call out for to ruin all [the] land: country/planet suddenly to ruin tent my moment curtain my
21 Ɛsɛ sɛ mehwɛ ɔko frankaa no na metie totorobɛnto no nnyegyeeɛ kɔsi da bɛn?
till how to see: see ensign to hear: hear voice: sound trumpet
22 “Me nkurɔfoɔ yɛ nkwaseafoɔ; wɔnnim me. Wɔyɛ mma a wɔnni adwen; wɔnte hwee ase. Wɔwɔ bɔneyɛ ho nyansa; na wɔnnim sɛdeɛ wɔyɛ papa.”
for fool(ish) people my [obj] me not to know son: child fool they(masc.) and not to understand they(masc.) wise they(masc.) to/for be evil and to/for be good not to know
23 Mehwɛeɛ asase no, na ɛnni bɔbea na hwee nni so; mehwɛɛ ɔsorosoro, na wɔn hann no nni hɔ.
to see: see [obj] [the] land: country/planet and behold formlessness and void and to(wards) [the] heaven and nothing light their
24 Mehwɛeɛ mmepɔ no, na wɔrewosowoso, na nkokoɔ no nyinaa rehinhim.
to see: see [the] mountain: mount and behold to shake and all [the] hill to lighten
25 Mehwɛeɛ, na nnipa nni hɔ; ewiem anomaa biara atu kɔ.
to see: see and behold nothing [the] man and all bird [the] heaven to wander
26 Mehwɛeɛ, na nsasebereɛ no adane anweatam na ne nkuro nyinaa asɛe wɔ Awurade anim, wɔ nʼabufuhyeɛ anim.
to see: see and behold [the] plantation [the] wilderness and all city his to tear from face: before LORD from face: before burning anger face: anger his
27 Sei na Awurade seɛ: “Wɔbɛsɛe asase no nyinaa, mmom merensɛe no korakora.
for thus to say LORD devastation to be all [the] land: country/planet and consumption not to make
28 Enti asase bɛdi awerɛhoɔ na ɔsorosoro bɛduru sum, ɛfiri sɛ makasa na merentwe nsan. Masi gyinaeɛ na mennane no.”
upon this to mourn [the] land: country/planet and be dark [the] heaven from above upon for to speak: speak to plan and not to be sorry: relent and not to return: repent from her
29 Apɔnkɔsotefoɔ ne agyantofoɔ nnyegyeeɛ ma kuro biara sofoɔ dwane. Ebinom kɔhyɛ nkyɛkyerɛ mu ebinom foro kɔ abotan mu. Nkuro no nyinaa so ada mpan; na obiara nte so.
from voice: sound horseman and to shoot bow to flee all [the] city to come (in): come in/on/with cloud and in/on/with rock to ascend: rise all [the] city to leave: forsake and nothing to dwell in/on/with them man: anyone
30 Ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ Ao wo a woasɛe woɔ? Adɛn na wofira kɔben de sikakɔkɔɔ agudeɛ asiesie wo ho? Adɛn na wode nnuro keka wʼani? Wohyehyɛ wo ho kwa. Wʼadɔfoɔ bu wo animtia; wɔrepɛ wo akum wo.
(and you(f. s.) *Q(K)*) to ruin what? to make: do for to clothe scarlet for to adorn ornament gold for to tear in/on/with color eye your to/for vanity: vain be beautiful to reject in/on/with you to lust soul: life your to seek
31 Mete osu bi te sɛ ɔbaa a awoɔ aka no, mete apinisie te sɛ ɔbaa a ɔrebɔne awoɔ, Ɔbabaa Sion su te sɛ deɛ nisupɔporɔ ahini no, ɔtrɛ ne nsa mu na ɔka sɛ, “Afei deɛ, meretɔ baha; wɔde me kra ama awudifoɔ.”
for voice like/as be weak: grieved to hear: hear distress like/as to be/bear firstborn voice daughter Zion to breathe to spread palm her woe! please to/for me for be faint soul: myself my to/for to kill
