Jeremiah 22
1 Thus said the Lord, Goe downe to the house of the King of Iudah, and speake there this thing,
Sɛɛ na Awurade se, “Sian kɔ Yudahene ahemfi na kɔpae mu ka saa asɛm yi:
2 And say, Heare the worde of the Lord, O King of Iudah, that sittest vpon the throne of Dauid, thou and thy seruants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
‘Tie Awurade asɛm, Yudahene, wo a wote Dawid ahengua so, wo, wʼakannifo ne wo nkurɔfo a wɔfa apon yi mu.
3 Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe: doe no violence, nor sheade innocent blood in this place.
Sɛɛ na Awurade se: Monyɛ nea ɛteɛ na ɛnam kwan mu. Munnye nea wɔabɔ no korɔn mfi ne hyɛsofo nsam. Monnyɛ ɔhɔho, ayisaa ne okunafo bɔne na monnyɛ wɔn basabasa nso, na munnhwie mogya a edi bem ngu wɔ ha.
4 For if ye do this thing, then shall the kings sitting vpon the throne of Dauid enter in by the gates of this House, and ride vpon charets, and vpon horses, both he and his seruants and his people.
Sɛ moyɛ ahwɛyie na mudi saa ahyɛde yi so a, ɛno de ahemfo a wɔte Dawid ahengua so ne wɔn adwumayɛfo ne wɔn nkurɔfo bɛfa saa ahemfi apon yi mu, a wɔtete nteaseɛnam mu ne apɔnkɔ so.
5 But if ye will not heare these wordes, I sweare by my selfe, saith the Lord, that this House shalbe waste.
Enti sɛ moanni saa nhyehyɛe yi so a, Awurade na ose, “Meka me ho ntam sɛ, saa ahemfi yi bɛdan ofituw.”’”
6 For thus hath the Lord spoken vpon the Kings house of Iudah, Thou art Gilead vnto me, and the head of Lebanon, yet surely I wil make thee a wildernes and as cities not inhabited,
Nea Awurade ka fa Yudahene ahemfi ho ni: “Ɛwɔ mu wote sɛ Gilead ma me, te sɛ Lebanon mmepɔw atifi, nokware, mɛyɛ wo sɛ nweatam, sɛ nkurow a obiara nte mu.
7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, euery one with his weapons, and they shall cut downe thy chiefe cedar trees, and cast them in the fire.
Mɛsoma asɛefo abɛtoa mo, obiara ne nʼakode, wobetwitwa mo sida mpuran fɛfɛ no mu na wɔatow agu ogya no mu.
8 And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto this great citie?
“Nnipa a wofifi aman bebree so betwa mu wɔ kuropɔn yi so, na wobebisabisa wɔn ho wɔn ho se, ‘Adɛn nti na Awurade ayɛ saa kuropɔn kɛse yi sɛɛ?’
9 Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and serued them.
Na mmuae no bɛyɛ sɛ, ‘Efisɛ wɔagyaw Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn apam no akɔsɔre anyame afoforo asom wɔn.’”
10 Weepe not for the dead, and be not moued for them, but weepe for him that goeth out: for he shall returne no more, nor see his natiue countrey.
Munnsu ɔhene a wafi mu, na munni ne ho awerɛhow; mmom, munsu dennen mma nea ɔkɔ nnommum mu, efisɛ ɔrensan nʼakyi na ɔrenhu asase a wɔwoo no wɔ so no bio.
11 For thus saith ye Lord, As touching Shallum the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, which reigned for Iosiah his father, which went out of this place, he shall not returne thither,
Na sɛɛ na Awurade ka faa Yosia babarima Salum a odii nʼagya ade sɛ Yudahene na wafi ha no ho: “Ɔrensan mma bio.
12 But he shall die in the place, whither they haue ledde him captiue, and shall see this lande no more.
Obewu wɔ faako a wɔafa no nnommum kɔ hɔ; na ɔrenhu saa asase yi bio.”
13 Wo vnto him that buildeth his house by vnrighteousnesse, and his chambers without equitie: he vseth his neighbour without wages, and giueth him not for his worke.
“Nnome nka nea ɔmfa ɔkwan trenee so nsi nʼahemfi, ɔde asisi si nʼabansoro, ɔma ne manfo yɛ adwuma kwa, ontua wɔn apaade so ka.
14 He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make him selfe large windowes, and feeling with cedar, and paint them with vermilion.
Ɔka se, ‘Mesi ahemfi kɛse ama me ho nea ɛwɔ abansoro adan a mu soso.’ Enti ɔyɛ mfɛnsere akɛse wɔ mu, ɔde sida dura mu na ɔde ahosu kɔkɔɔ hyehyɛ mu.
15 Shalt thou reigne, because thou closest thy selfe in cedar? did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper, when he executed iudgement and iustice?
“Wowɔ sida bebree a na ɛma woyɛ ɔhene ana? Na wʼagya nni aduan ne nsa ana? Ɔyɛɛ nea ɛfa ne kwan mu na ɛteɛ, enti esii no yiye.
16 When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lord?
Odii mmɔborɔfo ne ahiafo nsɛm maa wɔn, enti biribiara yɛɛ yiye maa no. Na ɛnyɛ eyi na ɛkyerɛ sɛ obi nim me ana?” Awurade na ose.
17 But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.
“Mo ani ne mo koma wɔ mfaso bɔne nko ara so, sɛ muhwie mogya a edi bem gu na moyɛ nhyɛso ne asisi nso.”
18 Therefore thus saith the Lord against Iehoiakim, the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, They shall not lament him, saying, Ah, my brother, or ah, sister: neither shall they mourne for him, saying, Ah, lord, or ah, his glorie.
Ɛno nti, sɛɛ na Awurade ka fa Yudahene Yosia babarima Yehoiakim ho: “Wɔrensu no: ‘A, me nuabarima! A, me nuabea!’ Wɔrensu no: ‘A, me wura! A, nʼahoɔfɛ!’
19 He shalbe buryed, as an asse is buryed, euen drawen and cast foorth without the gates of Ierusalem.
Wobesie no sɛ afurum, wɔbɛtwe nʼase na wɔatow no akyene Yerusalem apon akyi.”
20 Goe vp to Lebanon, and cry: showte in Bashan and crye by the passages: for all thy louers are destroyed.
“Monkɔ Lebanon nkosu, momma wɔnte mo nne wɔ Basan, munsu mfi Abarim, efisɛ wɔadwerɛw mo dɔm nyinaa.
21 I spake vnto thee when thou wast in prosperitie: but thou saidest, I will not heare: this hath bene thy maner from thy youth, that thou wouldest not obey my voyce.
Mebɔɔ wo kɔkɔ, bere a na ɛyɛ wo sɛ wʼasom adwo wo no, nanso wokae se, ‘Merentie!’ Eyi ne ɔkwan a wonam so fi wo mmerantebere mu; woanyɛ osetie amma me.
22 The wind shall feede all thy pastors, and thy louers shall goe into captiuitie: and then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded of al thy wickednesse.
Mframa bɛbɔ wo nguanhwɛfo nyinaa akɔ, na wʼapamfo nyinaa bɛkɔ nnommum mu. Afei wʼani bewu na wʼanim agu ase esiane wʼamumɔyɛ nyinaa nti.
23 Thou that dwellest in Lebanon, and makest thy nest in the cedars, howe beautiful shalt thou be when sorowes come vpon thee, as the sorowe of a woman in trauaile?
Mo a mote Lebanon, na modeda sida adan mu, sɛnea mubesi apini wɔ ɔyaw mu, ɔyaw ɛte sɛ ɔbea a ɔreko awo de.
24 As I liue, saith the Lord, though Coniah the sonne of Iehoiakim King of Iudah, were the signet of my right hand, yet would I plucke thee thence.
“Nokware, sɛ mete ase yi,” Awurade na ose, “Mpo sɛ wo Yehoiakin, Yudahene Yehoiakim babarima yɛ me nsa nifa so nsɔwano kaa a, anka mɛworɔw wo.
25 And I will giue thee into the hande of them that seeke thy life, and into the hande of them, whose face thou fearest, euen into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babel, and into the hande of the Caldeans.
Mede wo bɛma wɔn a wɔrehwehwɛ wo kra, wɔn a wusuro wɔn no; Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ne Babiloniafo.
26 And I will cause them to cary thee away, and thy mother that bare thee, into another countrey, where ye were not borne, and there shall ye die.
Mɛpam wo ne ɛna a ɔwoo wo no akogu ɔman foforo so, baabi a ɛnyɛ hɔ na wɔwoo mo mu biara, hɔ na mo baanu bewuwu.
27 But to the lande, whereunto they desire to returne, they shall not returne thither.
Morensan mma asase a mo kɔn dɔ sɛ mobɛsan aba so no so bio.”
28 Is not this man Coniah as a despised and broken idole? or as a vessell, wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they caryed away, hee and his seede, and cast out into a lande that they knowe not?
Saa ɔbarima Yehoiakin yi yɛ asɛnka a abɔ ade a obiara mpɛ ana? Adɛn nti na wɔbɛpam ɔne ne mma, akogu asase a wonnim so no so?
29 O earth, earth, earth, heare the worde of the Lord.
Ao, asase, asase, asase! Tie Awurade asɛm!
30 Thus saith the Lord, Write this man destitute of children, a man that shall not prosper in his dayes: for there shall be no man of his seede that shall prosper and sit vpon the throne of Dauid, or beare rule any more in Iudah.
Sɛɛ na Awurade se: “Monkyerɛw ɔbarima yi ho asɛm nto hɔ te sɛ obi a onni ba, ɔbarima a ɔrennya nkɔso ne nkwa nna nyinaa na nʼasefo mu biara rennya nkɔso, na wɔn mu biara rentena Dawid ahengua so na wɔrenni Yuda so hene bio.”
