Jeremiah 47
1 The LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.
Ansa na Farao bɛto ahyɛ Gasa so no, yei ne Awurade asɛm a ɛfa Filistifoɔ ho a ɛbaa odiyifoɔ Yeremia nkyɛn:
2 The LORD says: “Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. The men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail.
Sei na Awurade seɛ: “Monhwɛ sɛdeɛ nsuo retue wɔ atifi fam; ɛbɛbu afa asase no ne biribiara a ɛwɔ soɔ so, nkuro no ne nnipa a wɔtete mu. Nnipa no bɛteateam; wɔn a wɔte asase no so nyinaa bɛtwa adwo
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers do not look back for their children because their hands are so feeble,
ɛberɛ a wɔate apɔnkɔ a wɔdi mmirika no nan ase nnyegyeɛ, na wɔate atamfoɔ no nteaseɛnam gyegyeegye ne wɔn ntwahonan nnyegyeɛ. Agyanom rentwa wɔn ani nhwɛ wɔn mma; wɔn nsa bɛsensɛn wɔn ho kwa.
4 because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; for the LORD will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
Na ɛda no aba sɛ wɔsɛe Filistifoɔ no nyinaa na wɔtwa wɔn a wɔaka no nyinaa gu, wɔn a anka wɔtumi boa Tiro ne Sidon no. Awurade rebɛsɛe Filistifoɔ no, nkaeɛfoɔ a wɔfiri Kreta mpoano no.
5 Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourself?
Gasa bɛbɔ tikwa ɛberɛ a ɔretwa adwo; wɔbɛma Askelon atɔre mum. Ao nkaeɛfoɔ a mowɔ tata so, mobɛsu akɔsi da bɛn?
6 “‘You sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’
“Mosu sɛ, ‘Aa Awurade akofena, da bɛn na wobɛhome? Sane kɔhyɛ wo bɔha mu; gyae na da dinn.’
7 “How can you be quiet, since the LORD has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there he has appointed it.”
Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ada dinn ɛberɛ a Awurade ahyɛ no sɛ ɔnkoto nhyɛ Askelon ne mpoano no so?”
