Yeremia 8
1 “‘Saa ɛberɛ no, sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie, wɔbɛyiyi Yuda ahemfo ne adwumayɛfoɔ nnompe, asɔfoɔ ne adiyifoɔ nnompe ne Yerusalemfoɔ nnompe afiri wɔn nnamena mu.
“In that time, says the Lord, they will cast out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its leaders, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of those who were living in Jerusalem, from their graves.
2 Wɔbɛsɛ no kɛtɛ wɔ awia ne ɔsrane ne ɔsorosoro nsoromma nyinaa a wɔdɔɔɛ na wɔsomeeɛ na wɔdii akyire no ase. Wɔremmoa wɔn ano na wɔrensie wɔn, mmom, wɔbɛyɛ sɛ sumina a ɛgugu fam.
And they will spread them out before the sun and the moon and the entire army of the heavens, which they have loved, and served, and followed, and which they have sought and adored. They will not be collected, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure upon the face of the earth.
3 Saa ɔman bɔne yi nkaeɛfoɔ no, baabiara a mɛtwa wɔn asuo akɔ no, wɔbɛpɛ sɛ wɔbɛwu sene sɛ wɔbɛtena nkwa mu, sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ nie.’
And they will greatly prefer death to life: all those who will have been left from this wicked kindred, in all the forsaken places to which I will cast them out, says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: “‘Sɛ nnipa hwe ase a, wɔnsɔre anaa? Sɛ onipa dane ne ho a, ɔnsane nʼakyi anaa?
And you will say to them: Thus says the Lord: He who falls, will he not rise again? And he who has been turned away, will he not return?
5 Afei adɛn enti na saa nnipa yi adane wɔn ho? Adɛn enti na Yerusalem dane ne ho daa yi? Wɔkura nnaadaa mu pintinn; na wɔmpɛ sɛ wɔsane wɔn akyi.
Then why have this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious loathing? They have taken hold of what is false, and they are not willing to return.
6 Mawɛn maso matie, nanso wɔnnka deɛ ɛtene. Wɔn mu biara nnu ne ho wɔ nʼamumuyɛ ho, na ɔka sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na mayɛ?” Obiara fa ɔno ara ɛkwan so te sɛ ɔpɔnkɔ a ɔrebɔ hyia dɔm.
I paid close attention and I listened carefully. No one is speaking what is good. There is no one who does penance for his sin, saying: ‘What have I done?’ They have all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing with fury into battle.
7 Mpo asukɔnkɔn a ɔwɔ ewiem nim ne mmerɛ a wɔahyehyɛ ama no, na aturukuku, asomfena ne anyankuku hunu ɛberɛ a wɔtu kɔtena baabi, nanso me nkurɔfoɔ nnim deɛ Awurade hwehwɛ.
The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
8 “‘Adɛn na motumi ka sɛ, “Yɛnim nyansa, ɛfiri sɛ yɛwɔ Awurade mmara,” wɔ ɛberɛ a atwerɛfoɔ twerɛdua torofoɔ de atorɔ adanedane mu?
How can you say: ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?’ Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.
9 Anyansafoɔ no anim bɛgu ase; wɔn ho bɛdwiri wɔn na afidie ayi wɔn. Sɛ wɔapo Awurade asɛm no a, na ɛdeɛn nyansa na wɔwɔ?
The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.
10 Mede wɔn yerenom bɛma mmarimma foforɔ ne wɔn mfuo nso ama afoforɔ. Ɛfiri akumaa so kɔsi ɔkɛseɛ so, wɔn nyinaa yɛ adifudepɛfoɔ de pɛ ahonya; adiyifoɔ ne asɔfoɔ te saa, wɔn nyinaa yɛ asisifoɔ.
Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.
11 Wɔmia me nkurɔfoɔ apirakuro te sɛ deɛ ɛnyɛ hu. Wɔka sɛ, “Asomdwoeɛ, asomdwoeɛ” wɔ mmerɛ a asomdwoeɛ nni hɔ.
And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace,’ though there was no peace.
12 Wɔn ani wu wɔ wɔn animguaseɛ nneyɛɛ no ho anaa? Dabi, wɔn ani nnwu koraa; wɔnnim fɛreɛ mpo. Enti wɔbɛtotɔ wɔ atɔfoɔ mu; sɛ metwe wɔn aso a, wɔbɛhwehwe ase, sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
They have been confounded because they committed abomination. Or rather, they have not been confounded with shame, for they do not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among the fallen. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.
13 “‘Mɛfa wɔn otwa berɛ nnɔbaeɛ akɔ, deɛ Awurade seɛ nie. Aba biara remma bobe nnua no so. Aba biara remma borɔdɔma nnua no so, ɛso nhahan bɛdwindwan. Deɛ mede ama wɔn no wɔbɛgye afiri wɔn nsam.’”
When gathering, I will gather them together, says the Lord. There are no grapes on the vine, and there are no figs on the fig tree. The leaves have fallen. And I have given them the things that have passed away.”
14 Adɛn enti na yɛtete ha? Mommoaboa mo ho ano! Momma yɛnnwane nkɔ nkuropɔn a ɛwɔ banbɔ mu na yɛnkɔwuwu wɔ hɔ! Ɛfiri sɛ Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn abu yɛn kumfɔ na wama yɛn nsuo a awuduro wɔ mu sɛ yɛnnom, ɛfiri sɛ yɛayɛ bɔne atia no.
“Why are we sitting still? Assemble, and let us enter the fortified city, and let us remain silent there. For the Lord our God has brought us to silence, and he has given us the water of gall as a drink. For we have sinned against the Lord.
15 Yɛhwɛɛ ɛkwan sɛ yɛbɛnya asomdwoeɛ nanso biribi pa biara amfiri mu amma, yɛhwɛɛ ayaresa berɛ ɛkwan nanso ehu nko ara na ɛkaa yɛn.
We expected peace, but there was nothing good. We expected a time of health, and behold, dread.”
16 Wɔte atamfoɔ no apɔnkɔ homee firi Dan; na wɔn apɔnkɔnini su ma asase no nyinaa woso. Wɔaba sɛ wɔrebɛsɛe asase no ne ɛso nneɛma nyinaa, kuropɔn no ne wɔn a wɔtete mu nyinaa.
“From Dan, the snorting of his horses was heard; the entire land was shaken by the voice of the neighing of his fighters. And they arrived and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants.
17 “Hwɛ, mɛsoma awɔ a wɔn ano wɔ borɔ aba mo mu, nhurutoa a wɔntumi nnwodwo wɔn, na wɔbɛkeka mo,” deɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.
18 Ao mʼawerɛhoɔ mu ɔwerɛkyekyefoɔ, mʼakoma aboto wɔ me mu.
My sorrow is beyond sorrow; my heart mourns within me.
19 Tie me nkurɔfoɔ sufrɛ a ɛfiri akyirikyiri asase so: “Awurade nni Sion anaa? Ne Ɔhene no nni hɔ bio anaa?” “Adɛn enti na wɔde wɔn nsɛsodeɛ ahyɛ me abufuo, wɔn ananafoɔ ahoni huhuo no?”
Behold, the voice of the daughter of my people from a far away land. Is the Lord not with Zion, and is her king not within her? Then why have they provoked me to wrath by their graven images, and by their strange vanities?
20 “Otwa berɛ no atwam, ahuhuro berɛ no aba awieeɛ, na wɔnnyee yɛn nkwa.”
The harvest has passed by, the summer is at an end, and we have not been saved.
21 Sɛ wɔadwerɛ me nkurɔfoɔ no enti, wɔadwerɛ me; medi awerɛhoɔ, na ahodwirie akyekyere me.
Over the destruction of the daughter of my people, I am contrite and saddened; astonishment has taken hold of me.
22 Aduro bi nni Gilead anaa? Ɔyaresafoɔ bi nni hɔ anaa? Na afei adɛn enti na ayaresa nni hɔ mma me nkurɔfoɔ apirakuro?
Is there no balm in Gilead? Or is there no physician there? Then why has the wound of the daughter of my people not been closed?”
