Wogye Israel Si Hɔ
1Asɛm a efi Awurade nkyɛn baa Yeremia hɔ ni: 2“Sɛɛ na Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, se: ‘Kyerɛw nsɛm a maka akyerɛ wo nyinaa gu nhoma mu. 3Nna bi reba,’ sɛnea Awurade se, ‘a mede me nkurɔfo Israelfo ne Yudafo befi nnommum mu asan aba na mede wɔn aba asase a mede maa wɔn agyanom sɛ wɔmfa ntena so no so,’ Awurade na ose.”
4Eyi ne nsɛm a Awurade ka faa Israel ne Yuda ho: 5“Nea Awurade se ni:
“ ‘Akomatu nteɛteɛmu na mete,
mete basabasayɛ, na ɛnyɛ asomdwoe.
6Mummisa na munhu:
Ɔbarima betumi awo mma ana?
Afei, adɛn nti na mihu ɔbarima hoɔdenfo biara
sɛ ne nsa gu ne yafunu so te sɛ ɔbea a ɔwɔ awoko mu,
na anim biara ayɛ bosaa saa?
7Sɛnea da no bɛyɛ hu afa!
Da biara renyɛ sɛ ɛno.
Ɛbɛyɛ amanehunu bere ama Yakob,
nanso wobeyi no afi mu.
8“ ‘Saa da no,’ Asafo Awurade na ose,
‘Mebubu konnua no afi wɔn kɔn mu,
na matetew wɔn nkyehama no mu;
ananafo remfa wɔn nyɛ nkoa bio.
9Na mmom wɔbɛsom Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn
ne Dawid, wɔn hene,
a mɛpagyaw no ama wɔn.
10“ ‘Enti nsuro, Yakob, me somfo;
mma wʼaba mu mmu, Israel,’
nea Awurade se ni.
‘Nokware, megye wo afi akyirikyiri,
ne wʼasefo afi wɔn nnommum asase so.
Yakob bɛsan anya asomdwoe ne bammɔ
na obiara renhunahuna no bio.
11Me ne wo wɔ hɔ na megye wo nkwa,’
Awurade na ose.
‘Ɛwɔ mu, mesɛe amanaman no nyinaa pasaa,
emu na mebɔ mo ahwete kɔ,
nanso merensɛe mo korakora.
Mɛteɛteɛ mo, nanso mɛyɛ no wɔ trenee kwan so;
meremma mo mfa mo ho nni koraa a merentwe mo aso.’
12“Sɛɛ na Awurade se:
“ ‘Wʼapirakuru ayɛ akisikuru,
na wontumi nsa.
13Obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛka bi ama wo,
wo kuru no rennya aduru,
na worennya ayaresa.
14Wʼapamfo nyinaa werɛ afi wo;
wo ho biribiara mfa wɔn ho.
Mabɔ wo sɛnea wo tamfo bɛyɛ
na matwe wʼaso sɛnea otirimɔdenfo bɛtwe,
efisɛ wʼafɔdi so dodo
na wʼamumɔyɛ nso dɔɔso.
15Adɛn nti na wusu dennen wɔ wʼapirakuru,
wo yawdi a ano nni aduru no ho?
Wʼafɔdi kɛse ne wʼamumɔyɛ bebrebe nti
na mede saa nneɛma yi ayɛ wo.
16“ ‘Nanso wɔbɛsɛe wɔn a wɔsɛe mo;
mo atamfo nyinaa bɛkɔ nnommum mu.
Wɔn a wɔfow mo no wɔbɛfow wɔn
wɔn a wɔtow hyɛɛ mo so no, mɛtow ahyɛ wɔn so.
17Nanso mɛma wo ahoɔden bio
na masa wʼapirakuru,’
Awurade na ose,
‘efisɛ wɔfrɛ wo nea wɔapam no,
Sion a wo ho nhia obiara.’ ”
18Sɛɛ na Awurade se:
“ ‘Mɛsan de Yakob ntamadan mu ahonyade aba
na manya ayamhyehye ama nʼatenae ahorow no;
wɔbɛkyekye kuropɔn no bio wɔ ne mmubui so,
na ahemfi no besi nea ɛsɛ sɛ esi.
19Wɔn mu na aseda nnwom befi aba
ne ahosɛpɛw nnyigyei.
Mɛma wɔadɔɔso,
na wɔn dodow no so rentew;
mɛhyɛ wɔn anuonyam,
na wɔremmu wɔn abomfiaa.
20Wɔn mma bedi yiye sɛ kan no,
mɛma wɔn asafo atim wɔ mʼanim;
wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so nyinaa mɛtwe wɔn aso.
21Wɔn kannifo bɛyɛ wɔn ankasa nipa;
na wɔn sodifo befi wɔn mu.
Mɛka no abata me ho na wabɛn me,
na hena na ɔde ne ho bɛma
sɛ ɔbɛbɛn me?’ ”
Awurade na ose.
22“ ‘Enti mobɛyɛ me nkurɔfo,
na mayɛ mo Nyankopɔn.’ ”
23Hwɛ, Awurade ahum
betu abufuwhyew mu,
mfɛtɛ bedi kyinhyia wɔ
amumɔyɛfo mpampam.
24Awurade abufuw rennwo
kosi sɛ obewie
ne koma mu nhyehyɛe nyinaa.
Nna a ɛreba no mu no
mobɛte eyi ase.
Restoration of Israel
1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity30:3 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah and restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors to possess,” says the Lord.’
4These are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah: 5‘This is what the Lord says:
‘ “Cries of fear are heard –
terror, not peace.
6Ask and see:
can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labour,
every face turned deathly pale?
7How awful that day will be!
No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be saved out of it.
8‘ “In that day,” declares the Lord Almighty,
“I will break the yoke off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;
no longer will foreigners enslave them.
9Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
and David their king,
whom I will raise up for them.
10‘ “So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;
do not be dismayed, Israel,”
declares the Lord.
“I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no-one will make him afraid.
11I am with you and will save you,”
declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”
12‘This is what the Lord says:
‘ “Your wound is incurable,
your injury beyond healing.
13There is no-one to plead your cause,
no remedy for your sore,
no healing for you.
14All your allies have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy would
and punished you as would the cruel,
because your guilt is so great
and your sins so many.
15Why do you cry out over your wound,
your pain that has no cure?
Because of your great guilt and many sins
I have done these things to you.
16‘ “But all who devour you will be devoured;
all your enemies will go into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered;
all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
17But I will restore you to health
and heal your wounds,” declares the Lord,
“because you are called an outcast,
Zion for whom no-one cares.”
18‘This is what the Lord says:
‘ “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt on her ruins,
and the palace will stand in its proper place.
19From them will come songs of thanksgiving
and the sound of rejoicing.
I will add to their numbers,
and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honour,
and they will not be disdained.
20Their children will be as in days of old,
and their community will be established before me;
I will punish all who oppress them.
21Their leader will be one of their own;
their ruler will arise from among them.
I will bring him near and he will come close to me –
for who is he who will devote himself
to be close to me?”
declares the Lord.
22“So you will be my people,
and I will be your God.” ’
23See, the storm of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
24The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand this.
