Yeremia 36
1 Yudahene Yosia babarima Yehoiakim afe a ɛtɔ so ɛnan mu, saa asɛm yi firi Awurade nkyɛn baa Yeremia hɔ,
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 “Fa nwoma mmobɔeɛ, na twerɛ nsɛm a maka akyerɛ wo fa Israel, Yuda ne aman a aka no ho nyinaa, ɛfiri ɛberɛ a mefirii aseɛ kasa kyerɛɛ wo wɔ Yosia adedie berɛ so bɛsi ɛnnɛ gu so.
Take you a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke unto you, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3 Ebia, sɛ Yudafoɔ te amanehunu biara a mayɛ mʼadwene sɛ mede bɛba wɔn so a, wɔn mu biara bɛdane afiri nʼamumuyɛ ho na afei mede wɔn amumuyɛ ne wɔn bɔne bɛkyɛ wɔn.”
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
4 Enti, Yeremia frɛɛ Neria babarima Baruk, na ɛberɛ a ɔreka nsɛm a Awurade aka akyerɛ no nyinaa no, Baruk twerɛ guu nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu.
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
5 Afei, Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ Baruk sɛ, “Meda dua mu; merentumi nkɔ Awurade asɔredan mu.
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
6 Enti, kɔ Awurade efie mmuadadie da bi na kenkan nsɛm a ɛfiri Awurade nkyɛn a meka ma wotwerɛ guu nwoma mmobɔeɛ no so no kyerɛ nnipa no. Kenkan kyerɛ Yudafoɔ a wɔfiri wɔn nkuro so aba no.
Therefore go you, and read in the roll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
7 Ebia wɔde wɔn nkotosrɛ bɛba Awurade anim na wɔn mu biara adane afiri nʼamumuyɛ akwan ho, ɛfiri sɛ abufuo ne abufuhyeɛ nsɛm a Awurade aka atia saa nnipa yi so.”
It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.
8 Neria babarima Baruk yɛɛ biribiara a odiyifoɔ Yeremia kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no, ɔkenkanee Awurade nsɛm a ɛwɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu wɔ Awurade asɔredan no mu.
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house.
9 Ɔbosome a ɛtɔ so nkron wɔ Yudahene Yosia babarima Yehoiakim adedie afe a ɛtɔ so enum so no, wɔpaee Awurade anim mmuadadie maa nnipa a wɔwɔ Yerusalem nyinaa ne wɔn a wɔfiri Yuda nkuro so aba no.
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
10 Baruk kenkanee Yeremia nsɛm a ɛwɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu kyerɛɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ Awurade asɔredan no mu nyinaa; firii Safan babarima Gemaria a ɔyɛ ɔtwerɛfoɔ no pia a ɛwɔ asɔredan no atifi adihɔ na ɛbɛn Ɔpono Foforɔ no mu.
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people.
11 Ɛberɛ a Safan babarima Gemaria babarima Mikaia tee Awurade nsɛm a ɛwɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu no,
When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
12 ɔkɔɔ ɔtwerɛfoɔ no dan a ɛwɔ ahemfie hɔ no mu, baabi a na ɔtwerɛfoɔ Elisama, Semaia babarima Delaia, Akbor babarima Elnatan, Safan babarima Gemaria, Hanania babarima Sedekia ne adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔaka no nyinaa teteɛ.
Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
13 Mikaia kaa nsɛm a Baruk kenkanee firii nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu nyinaa kyerɛɛ wɔn no akyi,
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
14 adwumayɛfoɔ no nyinaa somaa Kusi babarima Selemia babarima Netania babarima Yehudi sɛ ɔnkɔka nkyerɛ Baruk sɛ, “Fa nwoma mmobɔeɛ a wokenkane firii mu kyerɛɛ nnipa no bra, na bra.” Enti Neria babarima Baruk kɔɔ wɔn hɔ a nwoma mmobɔeɛ no kura no.
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the roll wherein you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
15 Wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Yɛsrɛ wo tena ase, na kenkan kyerɛ yɛn.” Enti Baruk kenkan kyerɛɛ wɔn.
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
16 Wɔtee saa nsɛm yi nyinaa no, wɔde ehu hwehwɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho anim na wɔka kyerɛɛ Baruk sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛka saa nsɛm yi nyinaa kyerɛ ɔhene.”
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and the other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
17 Afei, wɔbisaa Baruk sɛ, “Ka kyerɛ yɛn, ɛyɛɛ dɛn na wotwerɛɛ yeinom nyinaa? Yeremia na ɔka ma wotwerɛeɛ anaa?”
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?
18 Baruk buaa sɛ, “Aane, ɔno na ɔkaa saa nsɛm yi nyinaa ma mede adubiri twerɛ guu nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu.”
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
19 Na adwumayɛfoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ Baruk sɛ, “Wo ne Yeremia, monkɔhinta. Monnkyerɛ obiara mo akyiri ɛkwan.”
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where all of you be.
20 Wɔde nwoma mmobɔeɛ no kɔsiee ɔtwerɛfoɔ Elisama dan mu akyi no, wɔkɔɔ ɔhene no nkyɛn wɔ nʼabannwa no mu kɔkaa biribiara kyerɛɛ no.
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
21 Ɔhene no somaa Yehudi sɛ, ɔnkɔfa nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mmra. Yehudi kɔfa firii ɔtwerɛfoɔ Elisama dan mu, bɛkenkan kyerɛɛ ɔhene ne adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔgyinagyina ne ho no nyinaa.
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
22 Na ɛyɛ ɔbosome a ɛtɔ so nkron a na ɔhene no te awɔberɛ dan mu reto ogya a ɛsi nʼanim.
Now the king sat in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
23 Ɛberɛ biara a Yehudi bɛkenkan nwoma mmobɔeɛ no afaafa bɛyɛ mmiɛnsa anaa ɛnan no, ɔhene no de ɔtwerɛfoɔ sekan, twitwa de gu ogya no mu, kɔsii sɛ nwoma mmobɔeɛ no nyinaa hyeeɛ.
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
24 Ɔhene no ne nʼasomfoɔ a wɔtee saa nsɛm yi nyinaa no ammɔ hu, na wɔansunsuane wɔn ntadeɛ mu nso.
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
25 Ɛwom sɛ Elnatan, Delaia ne Gemaria srɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ ɔnnhye nwoma mmobɔeɛ no, nanso wantie wɔn.
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
26 Mmom ɔhene no hyɛɛ ne babarima Yerahmeel, Asriel babarima Seraia ne Abdeel babarima Selemia sɛ, wɔnkɔkye ɔtwerɛfoɔ Baruk ne odiyifoɔ Yeremia mmra. Nanso, na Awurade de wɔn asie.
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
27 Ɔhene no hyee nwoma mmobɔeɛ a na nsɛm a Baruk twerɛ firii Yeremia anom wɔ mu no akyi no, Awurade asɛm baa Yeremia nkyɛn sɛ,
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
28 “Fa nwoma mmobɔeɛ foforɔ, na twerɛ nsɛm a ɛwɔ kane mmobɔeɛ a Yudahene Yehoiakim hyeeɛ no gu mu.
Take you again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
29 Afei, ka kyerɛ Yudahene Yehoiakim sɛ, ‘Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ: Wohyee nwoma mmobɔeɛ no kaa sɛ: “Adɛn enti na wotwerɛɛ wɔ mu sɛ ɛkwan biara so, Babiloniahene bɛba abɛsɛe asase yi na watɔre ɛso nnipa ne mmoa nyinaa ase?”
And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus says the LORD; You have burned this roll, saying, Why have you written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
30 Ɛno enti, yei ne deɛ Awurade ka fa Yudahene Yehoiakim ho: Ɔrennya obi ntena Dawid ahennwa so. Wɔbɛto ne funu atwene a, wɔrensie no, na wada owia hyeɛ ne anadwo awɔ mu.
Therefore thus says the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
31 Mɛtwe ɔno ne ne mma ne nʼasomfoɔ aso wɔ wɔn amumuyɛ nti; mede amanehunu biara a mahyɛ atia wɔn bɛba wɔn ne wɔn a wɔte Yerusalem ne Yudafoɔ so, ɛfiri sɛ wɔnntieɛ.’”
And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
32 Na Yeremia faa nwoma mmobɔeɛ foforɔ, na ɔka maa ne twerɛfoɔ Baruk twerɛeɛ. Ɔkaa biribiara a na ɛwɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ no a Yudahene Yehoiakim hyee no no so. Na ɔde nsɛm pii kaa ho.
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
