Jeremiah and Pashhur
1When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple. 3The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side. 4For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry them away to Babylon or put them to the sword. 5I will deliver all the wealth of this city into the hands of their enemies—all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away as plunder and carry it off to Babylon. 6And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’ ”
Jeremiah’s Complaint
7You deceived20:7 Or persuaded me, Lord, and I was deceived20:7 Or persuaded;
you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
8Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the Lord has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.
9But if I say, “I will not mention his word
or speak anymore in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
10I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”
11But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior;
so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;
their dishonor will never be forgotten.
12Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
and probe the heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
13Sing to the Lord!
Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues the life of the needy
from the hands of the wicked.
14Cursed be the day I was born!
May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
who made him very glad, saying,
“A child is born to you—a son!”
16May that man be like the towns
the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing in the morning,
a battle cry at noon.
17For he did not kill me in the womb,
with my mother as my grave,
her womb enlarged forever.
18Why did I ever come out of the womb
to see trouble and sorrow
and to end my days in shame?
Yeremia Ne Pashur
1Bere a Imer a ɔyɛ Awurade asɔredan mu adwumayɛfo so panyin babarima ɔsɔfo Pashur tee sɛ Yeremia rehyɛ nkɔm fa saa nneɛma yi ho no, 2ɔma wɔboroo Yeremia, na wɔbɔɔ no dua mu wɔ Benyamin Atifi Pon a ɛwɔ Awurade asɔredan no mu hɔ no. 3Ade kyee a Pashur san no no, Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Awurade din a ɔde ama wo no nyɛ Pashur na mmom Magormisabib. 4Na sɛɛ na Awurade se: ‘Mɛma wo ho ayɛ hu ama wʼankasa ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa, wʼankasa de wʼani behu sɛ wɔtotɔ wɔ wɔn atamfo mfoa ano. Mede Yuda nyinaa bɛma Babiloniahene na wasoa wɔn akɔ Babilonia anaasɛ ɔde afoa bekunkum wɔn. 5Mede kuropɔn yi ahode, nʼadwumayɛ so aba, ne nneɛma a ɛsom bo ne Yuda ahemfo nnwetɛbona nyinaa bɛma wɔn atamfo. Wɔbɛfa no sɛ asade akɔ Babilonia. 6Na wo Pashur, ne wo fifo nyinaa bɛkɔ nnommum mu wɔ Babilonia. Ɛhɔ na wo ne wo nnamfonom a wohyɛɛ wɔn akɔntoro no nyinaa bewuwu na wɔasie mo.’ ”
Yeremia Anwiinwii
7Awurade, wodaadaa me na ɛbaa mu saa;
wudii me so na wutintim me so.
Wodii me ho fɛw da mu nyinaa;
na obiara serew me.
8Bere biara a mɛkasa no, meteɛ mu,
pae mu ka akakabensɛm ne ɔsɛe.
Enti Awurade asɛm de ahohora ne nsopa
abrɛ me da mu nyinaa.
9Sɛ meka se, “Meremmɔ ne din
anaa merenkasa wɔ ne din mu” a,
nʼasɛm te sɛ ogya wɔ me koma mu,
ogya a wɔde ahyɛ me nnompe mu,
mabrɛ ne ne kita
nokware, merentumi.
10Mete asomsɛm bebree sɛ,
“Ehu wɔ baabiara!
Montoa no! Momma yɛnkɔtoa no!”
Me nnamfonom nyinaa
retwɛn sɛ mɛwatiri, na wɔka se,
“Ebia wɔbɛdaadaa no;
na yɛatumi no
atɔ ne so were.”
11Nanso Awurade ka me ho sɛ dɔmbarima;
enti mʼataafo bɛwatiri na wɔrentumi.
Wobedi nkogu na wobegu wɔn anim ase pasaa;
wɔn werɛ remfi wɔn nsopa no da.
12Asafo Awurade! Wo a wosɔ ɔtreneeni hwɛ
na wopɛɛpɛɛ koma ne adwene mu,
ma minhu wʼaweretɔ wɔ wɔn so,
efisɛ mede mʼasɛm dan wo.
13Monto dwom mma Awurade!
Munyi Awurade ayɛ!
Ogye ohiani nkwa fi
amumɔyɛfo nsam.
14Nnome nka da a wɔwoo me!
Nhyira mpare da a me na woo me.
15Nnome nka onipa a ɔbɛbɔɔ mʼagya amanneɛ,
nea ɔmaa nʼani gyei, na ɔkae se,
“Wɔawo ɔbabarima ama wo!”
16Ma saa onipa no nyɛ sɛ nkurow a
Awurade tu gui a wannya ahummɔbɔ no.
Ma ɔnte osu anɔpa,
ne akobɛn nnyigyei owigyinae.
17Sɛ wankum me wɔ awotwaa mu
amma me na anyɛ ɔda amma me no nti,
nʼawotwaa yɛɛ kɛse afebɔɔ.
18Adɛn koraa na mifii awotwaa mu pue
behuu ɔhaw ne awerɛhow
na mede aniwu rebewie me nkwa nna yi?
