Yeremia

37 Kɛkɛ nɛ Matsɛ Zedekia nɛ ji Yosia bi ɔ bɔni nɔ yemi ngɛ Yehoyakim bi Konia* nane mi, ejakaa Babilon matsɛ Nebukadnezar* pee lɛ matsɛ ngɛ Yuda zugba a nɔ. 2 Se e kɛ e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ kɛ ma a mi bi ɔmɛ bui munyu nɛ Yehowa tu kɛ gu gbalɔ Yeremia nɔ ɔ tue.

3 Nɛ Matsɛ Zedekia tsɔ Shelemia bi Yehukal kɛ osɔfo Zefania nɛ ji Maaseya bi ɔ kɛ ho gbalɔ Yeremia ngɔ ya, nɛ a ya de lɛ ke: “Wa kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o sɔle kɛ ha Yehowa wa Mawu ɔ ha wɔ.” 4 Yeremia nyɛɛɔ kɛ yaa kɛ baa faa ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a kpɛti, ejakaa a wui lɛ tsu lolo. 5 Jehanɛ ɔ, Farao tabo ɔ hia kɛ je Egipt, nɛ Kaldeabi ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ Yerusalem he ka woe ɔ nu he. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, a kpale kɛ je Yerusalem he. 6 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa kɛ Yeremia tu munyu nɛ e de lɛ ke: 7 “Nɔ́ nɛ Yehowa Israel Mawu ɔ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, ‘Mo de Yuda matsɛ ɔ, nɔ nɛ tsɔ mo ke o ba bi ní ngɛ ye ngɔ ɔ ke: “Hyɛ! Farao tabo ɔ nɛ ma konɛ e ba ye bua mo ɔ maa kpale kɛ ho e zugba nɛ ji Egipt ɔ nɔ ya. 8 Nɛ Kaldeabi ɔmɛ maa kpale kɛ ba nɛ a ma ba hwu kɛ si ma nɛ ɔ, nɛ a maa ye ma a nɔ kunimi nɛ a maa ngɔ la kɛ sã lɛ.” 9 Nɔ́ nɛ Yehowa de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, “Nyɛ ko sisi nyɛ he,* nɛ́ nyɛ de ke, ‘Bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, Kaldeabi ɔmɛ be bae hu,’ ejakaa a maa kpale kɛ ba kokooko. 10 Ke nyɛ fiaa Kaldea tabo ɔ nɛ a kɛ nyɛ ngɛ hwue ɔ tsuo ní, nɛ e piɛ a kpɛti ni nɛmɛ nɛ plaa a pɛ po ɔ, a maa te si kɛ je a bo tsu ɔmɛ a mi nɛ a kɛ la maa sã ma nɛ ɔ.”’”

11 Benɛ Kaldeabi ɔmɛ a tabo ɔ kpale kɛ je Yerusalem ma a he ngɛ Farao tabo ɔ he je ɔ, 12 Yeremia je Yerusalem kɛ ho Benyamin zugba a nɔ ya konɛ e ya ngɔ e blɔ fa mi nɔ́ ngɛ e we bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti. 13 Se benɛ e su Benyamin Agbo ɔ nya a, Iriya nɛ ji Hanania bi Shelemia bi ɔ, nɛ ji bulɔ nɔkɔtɔma a nu gbalɔ Yeremia nɛ e de lɛ ke: “O ngɛ fo tue kɛ yaa Kaldeabi ɔmɛ a ngɔ!” 14 Se Yeremia de lɛ ke: “Dɛbi, e be mi! Pi Kaldeabi ɔmɛ a ngɔ nɛ i ngɛ fo tue kɛ yaa.” Se Iriya bui lɛ tue. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e nu Yeremia nɛ e kɛ lɛ ba ma nikɔtɔma amɛ a ngɔ. 15 Ma nikɔtɔma amɛ a mi mi fu Yeremia, nɛ a kongo lɛ nɛ a wo lɛ tsu* ngɛ Yehonatan nɛ ji womi ngmalɔ ɔ we ɔ nɛ a kɛ pee tsu womi he ɔ mi. 16 A kɛ Yeremia wo muɔ mi,* ngɛ zugba sisi tsu ɔmɛ a mi, nɛ e hi lejɛ ɔ ligbihi babauu.

17 Kɛkɛ nɛ Matsɛ Zedekia tsɔ nɛ a ya ngɔ lɛ kɛ ba, nɛ e bi lɛ munyu ngɛ laami mi zaa ngɛ e we ɔ mi. E bi lɛ ke, “Anɛ o nu munyu ko kɛ je Yehowa ngɔ lo?” Yeremia he nɔ ke, “Ee!” nɛ e tsa nɔ ke, “A maa ngɔ mo kɛ wo Babilon matsɛ ɔ dɛ mi!”

18 Yeremia kpale de Matsɛ Zedekia ke: “Mɛni yayami i pee kɛ si o kɛ o sɔmɔli ɔmɛ kɛ nimli nɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ́ lɔ ɔ he je ɔ, nyɛ wo mi tsu ɔ? 19 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, jije o gbali ɔmɛ nɛ a gba kɛ ha mo ke, ‘Babilon matsɛ ɔ ba be o kɛ zugba nɛ ɔ tuae ɔ ngɛ’? 20 Oo ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ, amlɔ nɛ ɔ, i kpa mo pɛɛ, moo bu ye ní bimi nɛ ɔ tue. Koo ngɔ mi kɛ ya Yehonatan, nɛ ji womi ngmalɔ ɔ we ɔ mi hu, ke pi jã a, ma gbo ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.” 21 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Matsɛ Zedekia fã ke a ngɔ Yeremia kɛ ya wo Buli Ɔmɛ A Yale ɔ mi, nɛ a kɛ abolo lokotoo kake jeɔ abolo sali ɔmɛ a gbɛjegbɛ ɔ nɔ kɛ ba haa lɛ daa ligbi, kɛ ya si be nɛ ma a mi abolo ɔ tsuo tã. Nɛ Yeremia ya nɔ nɛ e hi Buli Ɔmɛ A Yale ɔ mi.