1 et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens
2 quid est quod inter vos parabolam vertitis in proverbium istud in terra
Israhel dicentes
patres comederunt uvam acerbam
et dentes filiorum obstupescunt
3 vivo ego dicit Dominus Deus
si erit vobis ultra parabola haec in proverbium in
Israhel
4 ecce omnes animae meae sunt
ut anima patris ita et anima filii mea est
anima quae peccaverit ipsa morietur
5 et vir si fuerit iustus et fecerit iudicium et iustitiam
6 in montibus non comederit
et oculos suos non levaverit ad idola domus Israhel
et uxorem proximi sui non violaverit
et ad mulierem menstruatam non accesserit
7 et hominem non contristaverit
pignus debitori reddiderit per vim nihil rapuerit
panem suum esurienti dederit
et nudum operuerit vestimento
8 ad usuram non commodaverit et amplius non acceperit
ab iniquitate averterit manum suam
iudicium verum fecerit inter virum et virum
9 in praeceptis meis ambulaverit
et iudicia mea custodierit ut faciat veritatem
hic iustus est vita vivet ait Dominus Deus
10 quod si genuerit filium latronem effundentem sanguinem
et fecerit unum de istis
11 et haec quidem omnia non facientem sed in montibus comedentem
et uxorem proximi sui polluentem
12 egenum et pauperem contristantem
rapientem rapinas pignus non reddentem
et ad idola levantem oculos suos abominationem facientem
13 ad usuram dantem et amplius accipientem
numquid vivet non vivet
cum universa detestanda haec fecerit morte morietur
sanguis eius in ipso erit
14 quod si genuerit filium qui videns omnia peccata patris sui quae fecit
timuerit et non fecerit simile eis
15 super montes non comederit
et oculos suos non levaverit ad idola domus Israhel
et uxorem proximi sui non violaverit
16 et virum non contristaverit
pignus non retinuerit et rapinam non rapuerit
panem suum esurienti dederit
et nudum operuerit vestimento
17 a pauperis iniuria averterit manum suam
usuram et superabundantiam non acceperit
iudicia mea fecerit in praeceptis meis ambulaverit
hic non morietur in iniquitate patris sui sed vita vivet
18 pater eius quia calumniatus est et vim fecit fratri
et malum operatus est in medio populi sui
ecce mortuus est in iniquitate sua
19 et dicitis quare non portavit filius iniquitatem patris
videlicet quia filius iudicium et iustitiam operatus est
omnia praecepta mea custodivit et fecit illa
vita vivet
20 anima quae peccaverit ipsa morietur
filius non portabit iniquitatem patris
et pater non portabit iniquitatem filii
iustitia iusti super eum erit
et impietas impii erit super eum
21 si autem impius egerit paenitentiam
ab omnibus peccatis suis quae operatus est
et custodierit universa praecepta mea
et fecerit iudicium et iustitiam
vita vivet non morietur
22 omnium iniquitatum eius quas operatus est non recordabor
in iustitia sua quam operatus est vivet
23 numquid voluntatis meae est mors impii dicit Dominus Deus
et non ut convertatur a viis suis et vivat
24 si autem averterit se iustus a iustitia sua
et fecerit iniquitatem secundum omnes abominationes
quas operari solet impius
numquid vivet
omnes iustitiae eius quas fecerat non recordabuntur
in praevaricatione qua praevaricatus est
et in peccato suo quod peccavit in ipsis morietur
25 et dixistis non est aequa via Domini
audite domus Israhel numquid via mea non est aequa
et non magis viae vestrae pravae sunt
26 cum enim averterit se iustus a iustitia sua
et fecerit iniquitatem morietur in eis
in iniustitia quam operatus est morietur
27 et cum averterit se impius ab impietate sua quam operatus est
et fecerit iudicium et iustitiam
ipse animam suam vivificabit
28 considerans enim et avertens se ab omnibus iniquitatibus suis
quas operatus est
vita vivet et non morietur
29 et dicunt filii Israhel non est aequa via Domini
numquid viae meae non sunt aequae domus Israhel
et non magis viae vestrae pravae
30 idcirco unumquemque iuxta vias suas iudicabo domus
Israhel
ait Dominus Deus
convertimini et agite paenitentiam ab omnibus iniquitatibus vestris
et non erit vobis in ruinam iniquitas
31 proicite a vobis omnes praevaricationes vestras
in quibus praevaricati estis
et facite vobis cor novum et spiritum novum
et quare moriemini domus Israhel
32 quia nolo mortem morientis dicit Dominus Deus
revertimini et vivite
1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
5 ¶ But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
10 ¶ If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things , 11 And that doeth not any of those duties , but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour’s wife, 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
14 ¶ Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife, 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
19 ¶ Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24 ¶ But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25 ¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 ¶ Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves , and live ye.