Yeremia

40 Asɛm firi Yehowa hɔ baa Yeremia nkyɛn berɛ a awɛmfoɔ so panin Nebusaradan+ de no firi Rama+ kɔeɛ no. Berɛ a ɔfaa no no, na wɔde abankaba agu ne nsa, na na ɔka Yerusalem ne Yuda nnommum a wɔde wɔn rekɔ nkoasom mu wɔ Babilon no nyinaa ho.+ 2 Afei awɛmfoɔ so panin no faa Yeremia, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn no na ɔkaa mmusuo yi tiaa ɔman yi,+ 3 na Yehowa ama no aba mu, na wayɛ deɛ ɔkaeɛ no, ɛfiri sɛ moayɛ Yehowa bɔne, na moantie no ama asɛm yi ato mo.+ 4 Na hwɛ! Ɛnnɛ, mayi abankaba a ɛgu wo nsa no. Sɛ ɛyɛ wɔ w’ani so sɛ wo ne me kɔ Babilon a, ma yɛnkɔ, na mɛma m’ani aku wo ho.+ Na sɛ ɛnyɛ wɔ w’ani so sɛ wo ne me kɔ Babilon a, ɛnneɛ san. Hwɛ! Asase no nyinaa da w’anim. Baabiara a ɛyɛ na ɛtene w’ani so sɛ wobɛkɔ no, kɔ.”+

5 Berɛ a ɔnnya mmuaa sɛ ɔbɛkɔ no, Nebusaradan kaa sɛ: “San kɔ Safan+ ba Ahikam+ ba Gedalia+ a Babilon hene de no asi Yuda nkuro soɔ no nkyɛn, na wo ne no ntena nkurɔfoɔ no mu; anaa baabiara a ɛyɛ wɔ w’ani so sɛ wobɛkɔ no, kɔ.”+

Na awɛmfoɔ so panin no maa no aduane ne akyɛdeɛ, na ɔmaa no kɔeɛ.+ 6 Enti Yeremia baa Ahikam ba Gedalia+ nkyɛn wɔ Mispa,+ na ɔne no tenaa nkurɔfoɔ a wɔgyaa wɔn asase no soɔ no mu.

7 Akyire yi, asahene a wɔwɔ asase no soɔ+ nyinaa ne wɔn mmarima tee sɛ Babilon hene de Ahikam ba Gedalia asi asase no so panin, na wayɛ no panin wɔ mmarima ne mmaa ne mmɔfra nkumaa ne asase no so mmɔborɔfoɔ a wɔamfa wɔn ankɔ Babilon nkoasom mu no so.+ 8 Enti wɔbaa Gedalia nkyɛn wɔ Mispa; Netania ba Ismael,+ ne Karea mma Yohanan+ ne Yonatan, ne Tanhumet ba Seraia, ne Netofani+ Efai mma no, ne Maakatni+ no ba Yesania,+ ne wɔn mmarima na wɔbaeɛ.+ 9 Ɛnna Safan+ ba Ahikam+ ba Gedalia+ kaa ntam+ kyerɛɛ wɔne wɔn mmarima no, na ɔkaa sɛ: “Monnsuro sɛ mobɛsom Kaldeafoɔ no. Montena asase no so na monsom Babilon hene, na ɛbɛsi mo yie.+ 10 Me deɛ, mɛtena Mispa+ na magyina Kaldeafoɔ a wɔbɛba yɛn nkyɛn no anim. Mo nso, mommoaboa bobesa+ ne ahuhuro berɛ mu nnuaba ne ngo ano, na momfa ngu mo nneɛma mu, na montena mo nkuro a moagyegyeɛ no mu.”

11 Na Yudafoɔ a na wɔwɔ Moab ne Ammonfoɔ mu ne wɔn a wɔwɔ Edom ne nsase a aka no soɔ nyinaa+ tee sɛ Babilon hene agya nnipa nkaeɛ bi ama Yuda, na ɔde Safan ba Ahikam ba Gedalia+ asi wɔn so. 12 Na Yudafoɔ no nyinaa firii mmeaeɛ a wɔhwete kɔeɛ nyinaa san baeɛ, na wɔbaa Gedalia nkyɛn Yuda asase so wɔ Mispa.+ Na wɔboaboaa bobesa ne ahuhuro berɛ mu nnuaba bebree pa ano.

13 Karea+ ba Yohanan+ ne asahene a wɔwɔ asase no soɔ+ nyinaa baa Gedalia nkyɛn wɔ Mispa. 14 Na wɔbɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Wonnim sɛ Ammonfoɔ+ hene Baalis asoma Netania+ ba Ismael+ sɛ ɔmmɛbɔ wo kra?” Nanso Ahikam ba Gedalia annye wɔn anni.+

15 Ɛnna Karea ba Yohanan+ ka kyerɛɛ Gedalia ahuntaeɛ mu wɔ Mispa sɛ: “Mepɛ sɛ mekɔkum Netania ba Ismael, na obiara renhunu.+ Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbɔ wo kra, na adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ Yudafoɔ a wɔaboaboa wɔn ano aba wo nkyɛn no nyinaa hwete na Yuda nkaeɛ no ase tɔre?”+ 16 Nanso Ahikam+ ba Gedalia+ ka kyerɛɛ Karea ba Yohanan sɛ: “Nni saa asɛm yi, na asɛm a moreka fa Ismael+ ho no nyɛ nokorɛ.”