Nsɛm A Ɛfa Filistifo Ho
1Ansa na Farao bɛtow ahyɛ Gasa so no, eyi ne Awurade asɛm a ɛfa Filistifo ho a ɛbaa odiyifo Yeremia nkyɛn:
2Sɛɛ na Awurade se:
“Monhwɛ sɛnea nsu rebobɔ ba wɔ atifi fam;
ɛbɛyɛ ɔhweam a abu afa so.
Ebebu afa asase no ne biribiara ɛwɔ so no so,
nkurow no ne nnipa a wɔtete mu.
Nnipa no bɛteɛteɛ mu;
wɔn a wɔte asase no so nyinaa betwa adwo
3bere a wɔate apɔnkɔ a wotu mmirika no anan ase nnyigyei,
na wɔate atamfo no nteaseɛnam gyegyeegye
ne wɔn ntwahonan nnyigyei no.
Agyanom rentwa wɔn ani nhwɛ wɔn mma;
wɔn nsa bɛsensɛn wɔn ho kwa.
4Na da no aba
sɛ wɔsɛe Filistifo no nyinaa
na wotwa wɔn a wɔaka no nyinaa gu,
wɔn a anka wotumi boa Tiro ne Sidon no.
Awurade rebɛsɛe Filistifo no,
nkae a wofi Kreta mpoano no.
5Gasa bɛbɔ tikwaw bere a ɔretwa adwo;
wɔbɛma Askelon atɔ mum.
Mo nkae a mowɔ tataw so,
mobɛbobɔ mo ho akam akosi da bɛn?
6“ ‘Aa, Awurade afoa,’
‘da bɛn na wobɛhome?
San kɔhyɛ wo boha mu;
gyae na da komm.’
7Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ada komm
bere a Awurade ahyɛ no
bere a wahyɛ no se
ɔnkɔtow nhyɛ Askelon ne mpoano asase no so?”
A message about the Philistines
1This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:
2This is what the Lord says:
‘See how the waters are rising in the north;
they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
all who dwell in the land will wail
3at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.
4For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre and Sidon.
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.47:4 That is, Crete
5Gaza will shave her head in mourning;
Ashkelon will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut yourselves?
6‘ “Alas, sword of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.”
7But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?’
