Yeremia 45

1 Yei ne nsɛm a odiyifoɔ Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ Neria babarima Baruk wɔ Yudahene Yosia babarima Yehoiakim adedie afe a ɛtɔ so ɛnan so mu, ɛberɛ a na Baruk atwerɛ nsɛm a ɛfiri Yeremia anom no agu nwoma mmobɔeɛ bi mu.

The word that Jeremye, the profete, spak to Baruc, the sone of Nerie, whanne he hadde write these wordis in the book, of the mouth of Jeremye, in the fourthe yeer of Joachym, the sone of Josie, kyng of Juda,

2 “Baruk, yei ne deɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛ wo:

and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis to thee, Baruc.

3 Wokaa sɛ, ‘Nnome nka me! Awurade de awerɛhoɔ aka me yeadie ho, na apinisie ne ɔbrɛ ama mʼahoɔden asa.’

Thou seidist, Wo to me wretche, for the Lord encreesside sorewe to my sorewe; Y trauelide in my weilyng, and Y foond not reste.

4 Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie: ‘Mɛsɛe deɛ makyekyereɛ na matu deɛ medua no ase wɔ asase no so nyinaa.

The Lord seith these thingis, Thus thou schalt seye to hym, Lo! Y distrie hem, whiche Y bildide, and Y drawe out hem, whiche Y plauntide, and al this lond.

5 Enti ɛsɛ sɛ wopɛ nneɛma akɛseɛ ma wo ho anaa? Ɛnyɛ saa. Ɛfiri sɛ mede amanehunu bɛba nnipa nyinaa so, Awurade na ɔseɛ, nanso baabiara a wobɛkɔ no, mɛbɔ wo ho ban.’”

And sekist thou grete thingis to thee? nyle thou seke, for lo! Y schal brynge yuel on ech man, seith the Lord, and Y schal yyue to thee thi lijf in to helthe, in alle places, to whiche euer places thou schalt go.