Native Bible

Jeremiah 20:17 · Biblica® Open Asante Twi Contemporary Bible 2020

Ɛfiri sɛ, wankum me wɔ awotwaa mu amma me maame anyɛ damena amma me.

Jeremiah 20:17 in English

Jeremiah 20:17 · Berean Standard Bible

because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

Context

15Nnome nka onipa a ɔbɛbɔɔ mʼagya kaseɛ, deɛ ɔmaa nʼani gyeeɛ, na ɔkaa sɛ, “Wɔawo ɔbabarima ama wo!” 16Ma saa onipa no nyɛ sɛ nkuro a Awurade tuguiɛ a wannya ahummɔborɔ no. Ma ɔnte osu anɔpa, ne ɔko owigyinaeɛ. 17Ɛfiri sɛ, wankum me wɔ awotwaa mu amma me maame anyɛ damena amma me. 18Adɛn koraa na mefirii awotwaa mu pueɛ bɛhunuu ɔhaw ne awerɛhoɔ na mede aniwuo rebɛwie me nkwa nna yi?

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