Jeremiah 40 — Logos by Kai'Ros

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Jeremiah

Chapter 40

KJV · Textus Receptus

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

1Asɛm a ɛbaa Yeremia nkyɛn firii AWURADE hɔ, ɛberɛ a Nebusaradan, awɛmfoɔ safohene, gyaa no firii Rama akyi, ɛberɛ a ɔfaa no a wɔde nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn akyekyere no wɔ wɔn a wɔde wɔn firii Yerusalem ne Yuda kɔɔ nnommum mu nyinaa mu, wɔn a wɔde wɔn kɔɔ nnommum mu wɔ Babilon.Under pastoral review

2Na awɛmfoɔ safohene faa Yeremia, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, AWURADE wo Onyankopɔn aka saa bɔne yi ho asɛm atia saa beaeɛ yi.Under pastoral review

3Na afei AWURADE ama aba, na wayɛ sɛdeɛ ɔkaeɛ no: efisɛ moayɛ bɔne atia AWURADE, na moantie ne nne, ɛno enti na saa adeɛ yi aba mo so.Under pastoral review

4Na afei, hwɛ, mesane wo ɛnnɛ mefiri nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn a ɛwɔ wo nsa so no mu. Sɛ ɛyɛ wo fɛ sɛ wo ne me bɛkɔ Babilon a, bra; na mɛhwɛ wo yie: na sɛ ɛnyɛ wo fɛ sɛ wo ne me bɛkɔ Babilon a, gyae: hwɛ, asase no nyinaa da w'anim: baabi a ɛyɛ wo fɛ na ɛfata wo sɛ wokɔ no, kɔ hɔ.Under pastoral review

5Na ɛberɛ a ɔnsanee nkɔɔ no, ɔkaeɛ sɛ, Sane kɔ Gedalia, Ahikam babarima, Safan babarima nkyɛn, deɛ Babilon hene asi no amrado wɔ Yuda nkuro so no, na wo ne no ntena nkurɔfoɔ no mu: anaasɛ kɔ baabiara a ɛfata wo sɛ wokɔ. Enti awɛmfoɔ safohene maa no aduane ne akyɛdeɛ, na ɔgyaa no kwan.Under pastoral review

6Ɛnna Yeremia kɔɔ Gedalia, Ahikam babarima nkyɛn wɔ Mispa; na ɔne no tenaa nkurɔfoɔ a wɔkaa asase no so no mu.Under pastoral review

7Na ɛberɛ a asraadɔm asafohene a wɔwɔ mfuo no so nyinaa, wɔne wɔn mmarima, teeɛ sɛ Babilon hene asi Gedalia, Ahikam babarima, amrado wɔ asase no so, na ɔde mmarima, ne mmaa, ne mmɔfra, ne asase no so ahiafoɔ bi ahyɛ ne nsa, wɔn a wɔamfa wɔn ankɔ nnommum mu wɔ Babilon;Under pastoral review

8Ɛnna wɔbaa Gedalia nkyɛn wɔ Mispa, Ismael, Netania babarima, ne Yohanan ne Yonatan, Karea mmammarima, ne Seraia, Tanhumet babarima, ne Efai, Netofani mmammarima, ne Yesania, Maakani babarima, wɔne wɔn mmarima.Under pastoral review

9Na Gedalia, Ahikam babarima, Safan babarima, kaa ntam kyerɛɛ wɔn ne wɔn mmarima sɛ, Monnsuro sɛ mobɛsom Kaldeafoɔ: montena asase no so, na monsom Babilon hene, na ɛbɛsi mo yie.Under pastoral review

10Na me deɛ, hwɛ, mɛtena Mispa sɛ mɛsom Kaldeafoɔ a wɔbɛba yɛn nkyɛn no: na mo deɛ, mommoaboa nsa, ne ahuhurobereɛ aba, ne ngo ano, na momfa ngu mo nkuruwa mu, na montena mo nkuro a moafa no so.Under pastoral review

11Saa ara nso, ɛberɛ a Yudafoɔ a wɔwɔ Moab, ne Amonfoɔ mu, ne Edom, ne wɔn a wɔwɔ nsase no nyinaa so teeɛ sɛ Babilon hene agyaa Yuda nkaeɛfoɔ, na wasi Gedalia, Ahikam babarima, Safan babarima, wɔn so;Under pastoral review

12Yudafoɔ no nyinaa sanee firii mmeaeɛ nyinaa a wɔpamoo wɔn kɔeɛ no, na wɔbaa Yuda asase so, Gedalia nkyɛn, wɔ Mispa, na wɔboaboaa nsa ne ahuhurobereɛ aba ano bebree pa ara.Under pastoral review

13Bio Yohanan, Karea babarima, ne asraadɔm asafohene a wɔwɔ mfuo no so nyinaa, baa Gedalia nkyɛn wɔ Mispa,Under pastoral review

14Na wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Wonim ampa sɛ Baalis, Amonfoɔ hene, asoma Ismael, Netania babarima, sɛ ɔmmɛkum wo anaa? Nanso Gedalia, Ahikam babarima, annye wɔn anni.Under pastoral review

15Ɛnna Yohanan, Karea babarima, kasa kyerɛɛ Gedalia wɔ Mispa kokoam sɛ, Mesrɛ wo, ma menkɔ, na menkɔkum Ismael, Netania babarima, na obiara renhunu: adɛn enti na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkum wo, na Yudafoɔ a wɔaboaboa wɔn ho ano wo nkyɛn nyinaa bɔ hwete, na Yuda nkaeɛfoɔ no yera?Under pastoral review

16Nanso Gedalia, Ahikam babarima, ka kyerɛɛ Yohanan, Karea babarima sɛ, Nyɛ saa adeɛ yi: efisɛ woreka atorɔ fa Ismael ho.Under pastoral review

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