Yeremia 43
1 Ɛberɛ a Yeremia wiee nsɛm a ɛfiri Awurade wɔn Onyankopɔn nkyɛn no ka no,
And it comes to pass, when Jeremiah finishes speaking to all the people all the words of their God YHWH, with which their God YHWH has sent him to them—all these words—
2 Hosaia babarima Asaria, Karea babarima Yohanan ne mmarima ahomasofoɔ no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ Yeremia sɛ, “Woredi atorɔ! Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn nsomaa wo sɛ bɛka sɛ, ‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ mokɔ Misraim kɔtena hɔ.’
that Azariah son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the proud men, speak to Jeremiah, saying, “You are speaking falsehood; our God YHWH has not sent you to say, Do not enter Egypt to sojourn there;
3 Na mmom Neria babarima Baruk na ɔregyegye wo so tia yɛn ama wɔde yɛn ahyɛ Babiloniafoɔ nsa, sɛdeɛ wɔbɛkum yɛn anaa wɔbɛsoa yɛn de yɛn akɔ nkoasom mu wɔ Babilonia.”
for Baruch son of Neriah is moving you against us, in order to give us up into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death, and to remove us to Babylon.”
4 Enti, Karea babarima Yohanan ne asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ no nyinaa ne nnipa no anni Awurade hyɛ a ɔhyɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔntena Yuda asase so no so.
And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces, and all the people, have not listened to the voice of YHWH, to dwell in the land of Judah;
5 Mmom Karea babarima Yohanan ne asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ nyinaa de Yuda nkaeɛfoɔ a wɔfifirii amanaman a wɔbɔɔ wɔn pete kɔɔ so no so na wɔaba sɛ wɔrebɛtena Yuda asase so no nyinaa kɔɔeɛ.
and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces, take all the remnant of Judah who have turned from all the nations to where they were driven to sojourn in the land of Judah,
6 Wɔde mmarima, mmaa, mmɔfra ne ɔhene mmammaa a ɔsahene Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ ɔhene awɛmfoɔ panin no de wɔn gyaa Ahikam babarima Gedalia a ɔyɛ Safan nana kɔɔeɛ. Na odiyifoɔ Yeremia ne Neria babarima Baruk nso ka ho bi.
the men, and the women, and the infant, and the daughters of the king, and every person that Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch son of Neriah,
7 Enti wɔhyɛnee Misraim a wɔanni Awurade asɛm so, na wɔkɔduruu Tapanhes.
and they enter the land of Egypt, for they have not listened to the voice of YHWH, and they come as far as Tahpanhes.
8 Awurade asɛm baa Yeremia nkyɛn wɔ Tapanhes sɛ,
And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9 “Ɛberɛ a Yudafoɔ no rehwɛ no, fa aboɔ akɛseɛ, afei tutu fam wɔ birikisi nsɛweeɛ a ɛwɔ Farao ahemfie a ɛwɔ Tapanhes aboboano hɔ, na fa gu mu kata so.
“Take great stones in your hand, and you have hidden them in the clay in the brick-kiln, that [is] at the opening of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of the men of Judah,
10 Afei ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Sei na Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ: Mɛsoma me ɔsomfoɔ Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar, na mede nʼahennwa bɛsi saa aboɔ a masie wɔ ha no so; na ɔbɛtrɛ nʼadehye kyiniiɛ mu wɔ so.
and you have said to them, Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Behold, I am sending, and I have taken Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have set his throne above these stones that I have hid, and he has stretched out his pavilion over them,
11 Ɔbɛba abɛto ahyɛ Misraim so, na ɔbɛkum wɔn a wɔahyɛ sɛ wɔnkum wɔn no, na wɔafa wɔn a wɔahyɛ sɛ wɔnkɔ nnommumfa mu nnommum. Na wɔn a wɔahyɛ sɛ wɔmfa wɔn mma akofena no nso, wɔde wɔn bɛma akofena.
and he has come, and struck the land of Egypt—those who [are] for death to death, and those who [are] for captivity to captivity, and those who [are] for the sword to the sword.
12 Ɔbɛto Misraim anyame asɔredan mu ogya ahye na wɔafa wɔn anyame no nnommum. Sɛdeɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ de nʼatadeɛ kyekyere ne ho no, saa ara na ɔde Misraim bɛkyekyere ne ho na wafiri hɔ akɔ a ne ho baabiara renti.
And I have kindled a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and it has burned them, and he has taken them captive, and covered himself with the land of Egypt, as the shepherd covers himself with his garment, and he has gone forth there in peace;
13 Owia asɔredan a ɛwɔ Misraim no, ɔbɛbubu nʼafadum kronkron no, na wahye Misraim anyame asɔredan no dworobɛɛ.’”
and he has broken the standing pillars of the house of the sun, that [is] in the land of Egypt, and he burns the houses of the gods of Egypt with fire.”
