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