Yɛn Agya Bɔ Kɔkɔ Denam Yeremia So
Misraim asraafo twetwe Babilonfo no fi hɔ, na Yerusalem nya anidaso; Yeremia de yɛn Agya asɛm ba sɛ wɔbɛsan aba abɛhyew kuro no. Bere a ɔrekɔ abusua dwuma bi ho no, wɔkyere no sɛ ɔreguan akɔka atamfo ho, wɔbɔ no, na wɔde no gu afiase. Sedekia bisa no kokoam sɛ asɛm bi wɔ hɔ anaa, ɔte asɛm a emu yɛ den, na ɔma wɔma no brodo.
Yɛn Agya kasa wɔ nkyekyɛmu ahorow 7–10
37 1Sedekia a ɔyɛ Yosia babarima, a Babilon hene Nebukadnessar sii no hene wɔ Yuda asase so no, dii hene sii Konia a ɔyɛ Yehoiakim babarima no anan mu. 2Nanso ɔno ne ne nkoa ne asase no so nnipa no mu biara antie yɛn Agya nsɛm a ɔnam odiyifo Yeremia so kae no.
3Ɔhene Sedekia somaa Yehukal a ɔyɛ Selemia babarima ne ɔsɔfo Sefania a ɔyɛ Maaseia babarima kɔɔ odiyifo Yeremia nkyɛn sɛ wɔnka nkyerɛ no se, “Yɛsrɛ wo, bɔ yɛn Agya mpae ma yɛn.”
4Saa bere no Yeremia da so ara nam nnipa no mu kɔ ba; na wɔmfaa no ntoo afiase ɛ. 5Farao asraafo no fi Misraim bae; bere a Babiloniafo a wɔatwa Yerusalem ho ahyia no tee no, wofii Yerusalem kɔe.
6Afei yɛn Agya asɛm baa odiyifo Yeremia nkyɛn se:
7Sɛɛ na yɛn Agya, Israel Agya no, se: Monka nkyerɛ Yuda hene a ɔsomaa mo sɛ monnebisa me no se: Farao asraafo a wofii adi bɛboaa mo no resan akɔ wɔn kurom Misraim. 8Afei Babiloniafo no bɛsan aba abɛko atia kuropɔn yi; wɔbɛfa no, na wɔde ogya ahyew no.
9Sɛɛ na yɛn Agya se: Monnnaadaa mo ho nka se, “Ampa ara Babiloniafo no begyaw yɛn akɔ”—wɔrenkɔ. 10Sɛ mpo mokum Babilonia asraafo a wɔne mo reko no nyinaa, na mmarima a wɔapira nko ara na wɔaka wɔ wɔn ntamadan mu a, wɔbɛsɔre abɛhyew kuropɔn yi.
Wɔkyere Yeremia De No To Afiase
11Bere a Babilonia asraafo no fii Yerusalem san wɔn akyi esiane Farao asraafo no nti no, 12Yeremia fii Yerusalem sɛ ɔrekɔ Benyamin asase so akɔgye ne kyɛfa wɔ hɔ wɔ nnipa no mu. 13Bere a ɔduu Benyamin Pon no ano no, awɛmfo safohene Iria a ɔyɛ Selemia babarima, Hanania nana no kyeree odiyifo Yeremia kae se, “Woreguan akɔ Babiloniafo no afa!”
14Yeremia kae se, “Atoro! Menguan nkɔ Babiloniafo no afa.” Nanso Iria antie no; ɔkyeree Yeremia de no kɔɔ mpanyimfo no nkyɛn.
15Mpanyimfo no bo fuw Yeremia, wɔboroo no, na wɔde no too afiase wɔ ɔkyerɛwfo Yonatan fi a wɔayɛ no afiase no mu.
16Enti Yeremia kɔɔ afiase no fam abodan no mu, na ɔtenaa hɔ nna bebree. 17Afei ɔhene Sedekia somaa ma wɔkɔfaa no bae. Ɔhene no bisaa no kokoam wɔ ahemfi hɔ se, “Asɛm bi fi yɛn Agya nkyɛn ba anaa?” “Ɛwɔ hɔ,” Yeremia kae. “Wɔde wo bɛhyɛ Babilon hene nsa.”
18Yeremia bisaa ɔhene Sedekia se, “Bɔne bɛn na mayɛ atia wo anaa wo nkoa anaa nnipa yi, a enti wode me ato afiase? 19Wo adiyifo a wɔhyɛɛ nkɔm se, ‘Babilon hene remma nntow nhyɛ wo ne asase yi so’ no, ɛhe na wɔwɔ seesei? 20Me wura ɔhene, mesrɛ wo, tie me: ma mʼabisade nnu wʼanim—nsan mfa me nkɔ ɔkyerɛwfo Yonatan fi, anyɛ saa a mewu wɔ hɔ.”
21Ɔhene Sedekia hyɛɛ mmara, na wɔde Yeremia kɔtoo awɛmfo adiwo hɔ, na da biara wɔfa paanoo bi fi brodotofo abɔnten so de ma no, kosii sɛ paanoo sae wɔ kuropɔn no mu. Enti Yeremia tenaa awɛmfo adiwo hɔ.
