1 Bere a Imer a ɔyɛ Awurade asɔredan mu adwumayɛfo so panyin babarima ɔsɔfo Pashur tee sɛ Yeremia rehyɛ nkɔm fa saa nneɛma yi ho no,
2 ɔma wɔboroo Yeremia, na wɔbɔɔ no dua mu wɔ Benyamin Atifi Pon a ɛwɔ Awurade asɔredan no mu hɔ no.
3 Ade kyee a Pashur san no no, Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Awurade din a ɔde ama wo no nyɛ Pashur na mmom Magormisabib.
4 Na 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.
5 Mede 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.
6 Na 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.’ ”
7 Awurade, wodaadaa me na ɛbaa mu saa;
8 Bere biara a mɛkasa no, meteɛ mu,
9 Sɛ meka se, “Meremmɔ ne din
10 Mete asomsɛm bebree sɛ,
11 Nanso Awurade ka me ho sɛ dɔmbarima;
12 Asafo Awurade! Wo a wosɔ ɔtreneeni hwɛ
13 Monto dwom mma Awurade!
14 Nnome nka da a wɔwoo me!
15 Nnome nka onipa a ɔbɛbɔɔ mʼagya amanneɛ,
16 Ma saa onipa no nyɛ sɛ nkurow a
17 Sɛ wankum me wɔ awotwaa mu
18 Adɛn koraa na mifii awotwaa mu pue