1 Asɛm a ɛfiri Awurade nkyɛn baa Yeremia hɔ nie:
2 “Yei ne deɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, seɛ: ‘Twerɛ nsɛm a maka akyerɛ wo nyinaa gu nwoma mu.
3 Nna bi reba,’ sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ, ‘a mede me nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ ne Yudafoɔ bɛfiri nnommum mu asane aba na mede wɔn aba asase a mede me maa wɔn agyanom sɛ wɔmfa ntena so,’ Awurade na ɔseɛ.”
4 Yei ne nsɛm a Awurade ka faa Israel ne Yuda ho:
5 “Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie:
6 Mommisa na monhunu:
7 Sɛdeɛ da no bɛyɛ hu afa!
8 “ ‘Saa ɛda no,’ Asafo Awurade na ɔseɛ,
9 Na mmom wɔbɛsom Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn
10 “ ‘Enti nsuro, Ao Yakob, me ɔsomfoɔ;
11 Me ne wo wɔ hɔ na mɛgye wo nkwa,’
12 “Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ:
13 Obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛka bi ama wo,
14 Wʼapamfoɔ nyinaa werɛ afiri wo;
15 Adɛn enti na wosu denden wɔ wʼapirakuro ho,
16 “ ‘Nanso wɔbɛsɛe wɔn a wɔsɛe mo;
17 Nanso mɛma wo ahoɔden bio
18 “Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ:
19 Wɔn mu na aseda nnwom bɛfiri aba
20 Wɔn mma bɛdi yie sɛ kane no,
21 Wɔn adikanfoɔ bɛyɛ wɔn mu baako;
22 ‘Enti mobɛyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ,
23 Hwɛ, Awurade ahum
24 Awurade abufuo rennwo