1 Yei ne asɛm a ɛfiri Awurade nkyɛn baa odiyifoɔ Yeremia hɔ a ɛfa aman no ho.
2 Deɛ ɛfa Misraim ho no nie:
3 “Siesie wʼakokyɛm, akɛseɛ ne nketewa nyinaa,
4 Monsiesie apɔnkɔ no,
5 Ɛdeɛn na mehunu?
6 Ɔhoɔherɛfoɔ ntumi nnwane,
7 “Hwan, na ɔma ne homene so sɛ Asubɔnten Nil,
8 Misraim ma ne homene so sɛ Nil,
9 Monkɔ mo anim, apɔnkɔ!
10 Nanso, ɛda no yɛ Awurade, Asafo Awurade dea,
11 “Foro kɔ Gilead kɔgye aduro
12 Amanaman no bɛte wʼanimguaseɛ;
13 Yei ne asɛm a Awurade ka kyerɛɛ odiyifoɔ Yeremia a ɛfa Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ba a ɔbɛba abɛto ahyɛ Misraim so:
14 “Mommɔ yei ho dawuro wɔ Misraim, na mompae mu nka wɔ Migdol;
15 Adɛn enti na mo nnɔmmarima bɛboto sei?
16 Wɔbɛsuntisunti atoatoa so;
17 Ɛhɔ na wɔbɛteam sɛ,
18 “Ampa ara sɛ mete ase yi” Ɔhene a
19 Mommoaboa mo nneɛma ano ntwɛn nnommumfa,
20 “Misraim yɛ nantwie ba bereɛ a ne ho yɛ fɛ,
21 Asraafoɔ apaafoɔ a wɔwɔ wɔn mu no
22 Misraim bɛtee so sɛ ɔtweaseɛ a ɔredwane
23 Wɔbɛsɛe ne kwaeɛ,”
24 Wɔbɛgu Ɔbabaa Misraim anim ase,
25 Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, ka sɛ, “Mede asotwe reba Tebes nyame Amon, Farao, Misraim ne nʼanyame ne nʼahemfo ne wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to Farao soɔ no so.
26 Mede wɔn bɛhyɛ wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔkum wɔn no nsa: Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar ne nʼadwumayɛfoɔ no. Nanso, akyire no, nnipa bɛtena Misraim asase so te sɛ kane no,” Awurade na ɔseɛ.
27 “Nsuro, Ao Yakob me ɔsomfoɔ;
28 Nsuro, Ao, Yakob me ɔsomfoɔ;