Yeremia 7

1 Yei ne asɛm a ɛfiri Awurade hɔ baa Yeremia nkyɛn:

The word that came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh saying: —

2 “Gyina Awurade asɔredan no ɛpono ano, na ka saa asɛm yi: “‘Montie Awurade asɛm, mo nnipa a mo wɔ Yuda nyinaa a mofa apono yi ano kɔsom Awurade.

Stand thou in the gate of the house of Yahweh, and thou shalt proclaim there this word, —and shalt say—Hear ye the word of Yahweh all Judah ye who are entering in at these gates, to bow down unto Yahweh:

3 Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn no seɛ: Monsesa mo akwan ne mo nneyɛɛ, na mɛma mo atena ha.

Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, —That I may cause you to dwell in this place.

4 Mommfa mo ho nto nnaadaasɛm so na monnka sɛ, “Yei ne Awurade asɔredan, Awurade asɔredan, Awurade asɔredan!”

Do not, on your part trust in false words, saying, —The temple of Yahweh The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh they are!

5 Sɛ mosesa mo akwan ne mo nneyɛɛ nokorɛm, na mone mo ho mo ho di no tenenee mu,

But, if ye shall thoroughly amend, your ways, and your doings, —Shall thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;

6 sɛ moanhyɛ ɔhɔhoɔ, awisiaa anaa okunafoɔ so, na moanhwie mogya a ɛdi bem angu wɔ ha, na moanni anyame foforɔ akyi ankɔ mo ara ɔsɛeɛ mu a,

The sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, shall not oppress, And innocent blood, shall not shed in this place, —And after other gods, shall not walk to your own hurt,

7 ɛnneɛ mɛma mo atena ha, asase a mede maa mo agyanom afebɔɔ no.

Then will I cause you to dwell In this place, In the land which I gave to your fathers, —From one age even unto another,

8 Nanso monhwɛ, mode mo ho ato nnaadaa nsɛm a ɛho nni mfasoɔ so.

Lo! ye, on your part, are trusting in false words, —To no profit!

9 “‘Mobɛbɔ korɔno na moadi awu, mobɛbɔ adwaman na moadi adansekurumu, mobɛhye nnuhwam ama Baal na moadi anyame foforɔ a monnim wɔn akyi,

Are ye to steal, commit murder and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, —and walk after other gods whom ye have not known;

10 na afei, moaba abɛgyina mʼanim wɔ efie a medin da so na moaka sɛ, “Yɛnni ɔhaw,” sɛ moyɛ akyiwadeɛ yi nyinaa a na monni ɔhaw anaa?

And will ye then come in and stand before me in this house whereon my Name hath been called, and say, —We have set ourselves free, —for the purpose of committing all these abominations?

11 Na efie a medin da soɔ yi, abɛyɛ adwotwafoɔ tu ama mo anaa? Nanso megu so rehyɛ! Awurade na ɔseɛ.

A den of robbers, hath this house on which my Name hath been called become in your own eyes? I, also, —lo! I have seen it Declareth Yahweh.

12 “‘Na afei monkɔ Silo, beaeɛ bi a, medii ɛkan bɔɔ atenaeɛ de me Din too so, na monhwɛ deɛ meyɛɛ no ɛsiane me nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ amumuyɛ enti.

For go I pray you, unto my place which was in Shiloh, Where I made my Name to dwell, at first, —And see what I did to it, because of the wickedness of my people Israel!

13 Ɛberɛ a moreyɛ yeinom nyinaa, Awurade na ɔseɛ, mekasa kyerɛɛ mo mpɛn bebree, nanso moantie; mefrɛɛ mo, nanso moannye so.

Now, therefore—Because ye have done all these deeds Declareth Yahweh, —And though I spake unto you betimes speaking, Yet ye hearkened not, And though I cried unto you Yet ye answered not,

14 Ɛno enti, sɛdeɛ meyɛɛ Silo no, mede bɛyɛ efie a me Din da so no, asɔredan a mode mo ho to so, beaeɛ a mede maa mo ne mo agyanom.

Therefore will I do to the house Whereon my Name hath been called Wherein, ye, are trusting, Even to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, —Just as I did unto Shiloh;

15 Mɛpam mo afiri mʼanim sɛdeɛ meyɛɛ mo nuanom Efraimfoɔ no.’

And will cast you out from before me, —Just as I have cast out All your brethren, All the seed of Ephraim.

16 “Enti mommmɔ mpaeɛ mma saa nnipa yi, monnsrɛ na monni mma wɔn nso; monnsrɛ me ɛfiri sɛ merentie mo.

Thou, therefore—Do not pray for this people Neither lift up for them cry or prayer Neither intercede with me, —For I am not going to hear thee.

17 Monhunu deɛ wɔreyɛ wɔ Yuda nkuro no mu ne Yerusalem mmɔntene so anaa?

Dost thou not see what, they, are doing In the cities of Judah, —and In the streets of Jerusalem?

18 Mmɔfra boaboa anyina ano, na agyanom sɔ ogya no ano, mmaa fɔtɔ asikyiresiam de to burodo ma Ɔsoro Hemmaa. Na wɔgu nsã ma anyame foforɔ de hyɛ me abufuo.

The children, gather wood, and The fathers, kindle the fire, and The women, knead dough, —To make sacrificial cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, Provoking me to anger!

19 Na ɛyɛ me na wɔrehyɛ me abufuo anaa? Awurade na ɔseɛ. Na ɛnyɛ wɔn mmom na wɔreha wɔn ho, hyɛ wɔn ho aniwuo anaa?

Is it me, they are provoking? Enquireth Yahweh, —Is it not themselves, —unto the shame of their own faces?

20 “Ɛno enti, deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ nie: Wɔbɛhwie mʼabufuo ne mʼabufuhyeɛ agu beaeɛ yi so, agu nnipa ne mmoa, mfuo so nnua ne asase no so aba so, na ɛbɛdɛre a ɛrennum.

Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh—Lo! mine anger and mine indignation, are about to be poured out upon this place, On man and on beast, and On the tree of the field and On the fruit of the ground, —And it shall burn and shall not be quenched.

21 “‘Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, seɛ: Monkɔ so, momfa mo ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔ nka mo afɔrebɔ a aka no ho, na mo ankasa monwe ɛnam no!

Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, —Your ascending-offerings, add ye unto your peace-offerings and eat ye flesh.

22 Na ɛberɛ a meyii mo agyanom firii Misraim na mekasa kyerɛɛ wɔn no, manhyɛ wɔn mmara a ɛfa ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔ ne afɔrebɔ ho nko ara,

For I bade not your fathers Neither commanded I them, In the day I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, —Concerning the matter of ascending-offering and peace-offering;

23 mmom mede saa mmara yi kaa ho: Monyɛ ɔsetie mma me, na mɛyɛ mo Onyankopɔn, na moayɛ me nkurɔfoɔ. Monnante akwan nyinaa a mɛhyɛ mo no so, na asi mo yie.

But, this thing, I commanded them—saying, Hearken ye unto my voice, So will I become unto you—a God, And, ye, shall become unto me—a people, —Ye shall therefore walk in all the way that I may command you, To the end it may be well with you;

24 Nanso, wɔantie na wɔannyɛ aso; mmom, wɔfiri wɔn akoma bɔne mu yɛɛ asobrakyeɛ. Wɔsane wɔn akyi na wɔankɔ wɔn anim.

Yet they hearkened not Neither inclined their ear, But walked, In the counsels—In the stubbornness of their own wicked heart; And went backward, and not forward.

25 Ɛfiri ɛberɛ a mo agyanom firii Misraim de bɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, da biara da ne ɛberɛ biara mesomaa me nkoa adiyifoɔ baa mo nkyɛn.

Ever since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt, until this day, Have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, Daily, betimes, sending them;

26 Nanso wɔantie me na wɔanyɛ aso. Wɔde asoɔden yɛɛ bɔne boroo wɔn agyanom deɛ so.’

Yet they hearkened not unto me, Neither inclined their ear, —But stiffened their neck, They did more wickedly than their fathers.

27 “Sɛ moka yeinom nyinaa kyerɛ wɔn a, wɔrentie mo; sɛ mofrɛ wɔn a wɔrennye so.

Therefore shalt thou speak unto them all these words, Though they do not hearken unto thee, —And thou shalt cry aloud unto them Though they do not answer thee; —

28 Ɛno enti monka nkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Yei ne ɔman a ɔnyɛɛ ɔsetie mmaa Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn, na ɔmfaa ntenesoɔ. Nokorɛ asa, na afiri wɔn ano.

But thou shalt say unto them, —This, is the nation that hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh its God, Neither accepted they correction, —Perished is fidelity, And is cut off out of their mouth.

29 Monyi mo tirinwi na monto ngu, montwa agyaadwoɔ wɔ nkokoɔ no so, ɛfiri sɛ Awurade apo, na wagyae saa awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ yi a wɔwɔ na abufuhyeɛ no ase akyi di.

Cut thou off thy crown of hair [O Jerusalem], and cast it away, And lift thou up on the bare heights, a dirge, —For Yahweh hath rejected and cast out the generation with which he was wroth.

30 “‘Yudafoɔ ayɛ bɔne mʼani so, sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie. Wɔde ahoni a, ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ asisi efie a me Din da so de agu ho fi.

For the sons of Judah, have done, that which was wicked in mine eyes, Declareth Yahweh, —They have set their abominations in the house whereon my Name hath been called to defile it;

31 Wɔasisi Tofet sorɔnsorɔmmea wɔ Ben Hinom bɔnhwa mu ɛhɔ na wɔhye wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa. Adeɛ a manhyɛ wɔn na amma mʼadwene mu nso.

And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn up their sons and their daughters in the fire, —Which I commanded not, Neither came it up on my heart,

32 Ɛno enti, monhwɛ yie na nna no reba, Awurade na ɔseɛ, a wɔremfrɛ hɔ Tofet anaa Hinom Bɔnhwa bio, na mmom, wɔbɛfrɛ no Okum Bɔnhwa, ɛfiri sɛ wɔbɛsie awufoɔ wɔ Tofet kɔsi sɛ ɛhɔ bɛyɛ ma.

Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When it shall not be called any more—The Topheth, nor The valley of Ben-hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter, —And they shall bury in Topheth, for want of place;

33 Na afei saa nnipa yi afunu bɛyɛ aduane ama ewiem nnomaa ne asase so mmoa, na ɛrenka obiara wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛpam wɔn.

And the dead bodies of this people shall become food, For the bird of the heavens, and For the beast of the earth, —And there shall be none to drive them away.

34 Mede ahosɛpɛ ne anigyeɛ nnyegyeɛ, ayeforɔ ne ayeforɔkunu nne a ɛwɔ Yuda nkuro ne Yerusalem mmɔntene so, bɛba awieeɛ ɛfiri sɛ asase no bɛda mpan.’”

So will I cause to cease, From the cities of Judah, and, From the streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and The voice of the bride, —For, a desolation, shall the land become.