18:1 And the word of Yehovah came to me,
saying,
18:2 Son of man, what mean ye by this parable among the children of Israel,
saying, The fathers have eaten unripe grapes, and the children's teeth have
been set on edge?
18:3 [As] I live, saith Yehovah, surely this parable shall no more be
spoken in Israel.
18:4 For all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of
the son, they are mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.
18:5 But the man who shall be just, who executes judgment and righteousness,
18:6 who shall not eat upon the mountains, and shall not at all lift up his
eyes to the devices of the house of Israel, and shall not defile his
neighbor's wife, and shall not draw nigh to her that is removed,
18:7 and shall not oppress any man, [but] shall return the pledge of the
debtor, and shall be guilty of no plunder, shall give his bread to the
hungry, and clothe the naked;
18:8 and shall not lend his money upon usury, and shall not receive usurious
increase, and shall turn back his hand from injustice, shall execute
righteous judgement between a man and his neighbor,
18:9 and has walked in my commandments and kept mine ordinances, to do them;
he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith Yehovah.
18:10 And if he beget a mischievous son, shedding blood and committing sins,
18:11 who has not walked in the way of hi righteous father, but has even
eaten upon the mountains, and has defiled his neighbor's wife,
18:12 and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and
not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought
iniquities,
18:13 has lent upon usury, and taken usurious increase; he shall by no means
live: he has wrought all these iniquities; he shall surely die; his blood
shall be upon him.
18:14 And if he beget a son, and [the son] see all his father's sins which
he has wrought, and fear, and not do according to them,
18:15 and [if he] has not eaten on the mountains, and has not set his eyes
on the devices of the house of Israel, and has not defiled his neighbor's
wife,
18:16 and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor
committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the
naked,
18:17 and has turned back his hand from unrighteousness, has not received
interest or usurious increase, has wrought righteousness, and walked in mine
ordinances; he shall not die for the iniquities of his father, he shall
surely live.
18:18 But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought
enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity.
18:19 But ye will say, Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father?
Because the son has wrought judgement and mercy, has kept all my statues,
and done them, he shall surely live.
18:20 But the soul that sins shall die: and the son shall not bear the
iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son:
the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the iniquity of
the transgressor shall be upon him.
18:21 And if the transgressor turn away from all his iniquities which he has
committed, and keep all my commandments, and do justice and mercy, he shall
surely live, and shall no means die.
18:22 None of his trespasses which he has committed shall be remembers: in
his righteousness which he has done he shall live.
18:23 Shall I at all desire death of the sinner, saith he Lord, as I
[desire] that he should turn from [his] evil way, and live?
18:24 But when the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and
commits iniquity, according to all the transgressions which the transgressor
has wrought, none of his righteousness which he has wrought shall be at all
remembered: in his trespass wherein he has trespassed, and in his sins
wherein he has sinned, in them shall he die.
18:25 Yet ye have said, The way of Yehovah is not straight. Hear now, all
the house of Israel; will not my way be straight? Is your way straight?
18:26 When the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits a
trespass, and dies in the trespass he has committed, he shall [even] die in
it.
18:27 And when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has
committed, and shall do judgement and justice, he has kept his soul,
18:28 and has turned away from all his ungodliness which he has committed:
he shall surely live, he shall not die.
18:29 Yet the house of Israel say, The way of Yehovah is not right. Is not
my way right, O house of Israel? is not your way wrong?
18:30 I will judge you, O house of Israel, saith Yehovah, each one
according to his way: be converted, and turn from all your ungodliness, and
it shall not become to you the punishment of iniquity.
18:31 Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness wherein ye have sinned
against me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why
should ye die, O house of Israel?
18:32 For I desire not the death of him that dies, saith Yehovah. |
18:1 The word of Yehovah came unto me
again, saying,
18:2 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?
18:3 As I live, saith Yehovah GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to
use this proverb in Israel.
18:4 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.
18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
18:6 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,
18:7 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;
18:8 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,
18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly;
he is just, he shall surely live, saith Yehovah GOD.
18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth
the like to any one of these things,
18:11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the
mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
18:12 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,
18:13 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.
18:14 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,
18:15 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,
18:16 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,
18:17 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.
18:18 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.
18:19 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.
18:20 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.
18:21 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.
18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be
mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith Yehovah
GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
18:24 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.
18:25 Yet ye say, The way of Yehovah is not equal. Hear now, O house of
Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
18:26 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.
18:27 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.
18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions
that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of Yehovah is not equal. O
house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to
his ways, saith Yehovah GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your
transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
18:31 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?
18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith Yehovah
GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. |