حِزْقِيال 18

١ 1 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

The word of Jehovah came unto me again, saying,

٢ 2 «مَا بَالُكُمْ تَضْرِبُونَ هَذَا الْمَثَلَ بِشَأْنِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلِينَ: أَكَلَ الآبَاءُ الْحِصْرِمَ فَضَرَسَتْ أَسْنَانُ الأَبْنَاءِ؟

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?

٣ 3 حَيٌّ أَنَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّكُمْ حَتْماً لَنْ تَضْرِبُوا هَذَا الْمَثَلَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ.

As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.

٤ 4 هَا جَمِيعُ النُّفُوسِ هِيَ لِي. نَفْسُ الأَبِ كَنَفْسِ الابْنِ كِلْتَاهُمَا لِي. وَالنَّفْسُ الَّتِي تُخْطِئُ هِيَ تَمُوتُ.

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.

٥ 5 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ الْمَرْءُ صَالِحاً يُمَارِسُ الْحَقَّ وَالْعَدْلَ،

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

٦ 6 وَلَمْ يَصْعَدْ إِلَى الْجِبَالِ لِيَأْكُلَ أَمَامَ الأَصْنَامِ، وَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى أَصْنَامِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَمْ يَزْنِ مَعَ امْرَأَةِ جَارِهِ وَلَمْ يُعَاشِر امْرَأَةً طَامِثاً،

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 neighbor’s wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity,

٧ 7 وَلَمْ يَظْلِمْ أَحَداً، بَلْ رَدَّ لِلْمَدْيُونِ رَهْنَهُ، وَلَمْ يَسْلِبْ قَطُّ، وَأَطْعَمَ الْجَائِعَ خُبْزَهُ وَكَسَا الْعُرْيَانَ ثَوْباً،

and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

٨ 8 وَلَمْ يَقْرِضْ بِالرِّبَا وَلَمْ يَأْخُذْ حَرَاماً، وَكَفَّ يَدَهُ عَنِ ارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ، وَقَضَى بِالإِنْصَافِ وَالْحَقِّ بَيْنَ إِنْسَانٍ وَإِنْسَانٍ.

he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

٩ 9 وَمَارَسَ فَرَائِضِي، وَأَطَاعَ أَحْكَامِي بِأَمَانَةٍ، فَهُوَ صِدِّيقٌ وَحَتْماً يَحْيَا، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

١٠ 10 فَإِنْ أَنْجَبَ ابْناً لِصّاً سَفَّاكاً لِلدِّمَاءِ، فَاقْتَرَفَ بِحَقِّ أَخِيهِ بَعْضاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ الشَّرِّ،

If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,

١١ 11 وَلَمْ يَصْنَعْ شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْخَيْرِ، بَلْ صَعِدَ إِلَى الْجِبَالِ لِيَأْكُلَ أَمَامَ الأَصْنَامِ، وَزَنَى مَعَ امْرَأَةِ جَارِهِ،

and that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

١٢ 12 وَجَارَ عَلَى الْبَائِسِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ وَسَلَبَ وَلَمْ يَرُدَّ الرَّهْنَ، وَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى الأَصْنَامِ لِيَعْبُدَهَا وَارْتَكَبَ الأَرْجَاسَ،

hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

١٣ 13 وَأَقْرَضَ بِالرِّبَا وَأَخَذَ رِبْحاً حَرَاماً، أَفَيَحْيَا؟ إِنَّهُ لَا يَحْيَا! لأَنَّهُ اقْتَرَفَ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَمُوتُ، وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ.

hath given forth upon interest, 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.

١٤ 14 أَمَّا إِنْ أَنْجَبَ ابْناً شَهِدَ جَمِيعَ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ أَبُوهُ مِنْ ذُنُوبٍ وَلَمْ يَقْتَرِفْ مِثْلَهَا،

Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;

١٥ 15 فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ أَمَامَ الأَصْنَامِ، وَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى أَصْنَامِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَعْبُدَهَا، وَلَمْ يَزْنِ مَعَ امْرَأَةِ جَارِهِ،

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 neighbor’s wife,

١٦ 16 وَلَمْ يَظْلِمْ أَحَداً، وَلَمْ يَحْتَفِظْ بِرَهْنٍ وَلَمْ يَسْلِبْ قَطُّ، بَلْ أَطْعَمَ خُبْزَهُ لِلْجَائِعِ وَكَسَا الْعُرْيَانَ ثَوْباً.

neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

١٧ 17 وَلَمْ يُسِئْ إِلَى الْبَائِسِ، وَلَمْ يَقْرِضْ بِالرِّبَا وَلا بِالرِّبْحِ الْحَرَامِ، وَقَضَى بِالإِنْصَافِ وَمَارَسَ فَرَائِضِي وَأَطَاعَ أَحْكَامِي، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَمُوتُ بِإِثْمِ أَبِيهِ، بَلْ حَتْماً يَحْيَا.

that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed mine ordinances, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

١٨ 18 أَمَّا أَبُوهُ فَلأَنَّهُ ظَلَمَ وَسَلَبَ أَخَاهُ وَارْتَكَبَ مَا هُوَ طَالِحٌ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، فَهُوَ حَتْماً يَمُوتُ بِإِثْمِهِ.

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

١٩ 19 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ تَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا لَا يُعَاقَبُ الابْنُ بِوِزْرِ أَبِيهِ؟ حِينَ يُمَارِسُ الابْنُ الإِنْصَافَ وَالْحَقَّ وَيَعْمَلُ بِكُلِّ فَرَائِضِي فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَحْيَا.

Yet say ye, Wherefore 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.

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا النَّفْسُ الَّتِي تُخْطِئُ فَهِيَ تَمُوتُ. لَا يُعَاقَبُ الابْنُ بِإِثْمِ أَبِيهِ وَلا الأَبُ بِإِثْمِ ابْنِهِ. يُكَافَأُ الْبَارُّ بِبِرِّهِ وَيُجَازَى الشِّرِّيرُ بِشَرِّهِ.

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.

٢١ 21 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ رَجَعَ الشِّرِّيرُ عَنْ خَطَايَاهُ كُلِّهَا الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا، وَمَارَسَ جَمِيعَ فَرَائِضِي وَصَنَعَ مَا هُوَ عَدْلٌ وَحَقٌّ فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَحْيَا، لَا يَمُوتُ.

But if the wicked 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.

٢٢ 22 وَلا تُذْكَرُ لَهُ جَمِيعُ آثَامِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا. إِنَّمَا يَحْيَا بِبِرِّهِ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ.

None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

٢٣ 23 أَحَقّاً أُسَرُّ بِمَوْتِ الشِّرِّيرِ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ؟ أَلَيْسَ بِرُجُوعِهِ عَنْ طُرُقِهِ الآثِمَةِ فَيَحْيَا؟

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

٢٤ 24 وَإذَا تَحَوَّلَ الصِّدِّيقُ عَنْ بِرِّهِ وَارْتَكَبَ إِثْماً عَلَى غِرَارِ كُلِّ الرَّجَاسَاتِ الَّتِي يَرْتَكِبُهَا الشِّرِّيرُ، أَفَيَحْيَا؟ إِنَّ كُلَّ مَا صَنَعَهُ مِنْ بِرٍّ لَا يُذْكَرُ لَهُ. إِنَّمَا يَمُوتُ بِخِيَانَتِهِ الَّتِي خَانَهَا، وَمَا اقْتَرَفَهُ مِنْ خَطَايَا.

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? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

٢٥ 25 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ تَقُولُونَ: لَيْسَتْ طَرِيقُ الرَّبِّ عَادِلَةً. فَأَصْغُوا الآنَ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَطَرِيقِي غَيْرُ عَادِلَةٍ؟ أَلَيْسَتْ طُرُقُكُمْ هِيَ الْمُعْوَجَّةُ؟

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?

٢٦ 26 إِذَا تَحَوَّلَ الْبَارُّ عَنْ بِرِّهِ وَارْتَكَبَ إِثْماً وَمَاتَ بِسَبَبِهِ، فَهُوَ بِإِثْمِهِ الَّذِي جَنَاهُ يَمُوتُ.

When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth therein; in his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

٢٧ 27 وَإذَا رَجَعَ الأَثِيمُ عَنْ شَرِّهِ الَّذِي اقْتَرَفَهُ وَمَارَسَ الْحَقَّ وَالْعَدْلَ، فَهُوَ يُحْيِي نَفْسَهُ،

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.

٢٨ 28 لأَنَّهُ اعْتَبَرَ وَتَابَ عَنْ كُلِّ ذُنُوبِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا. لِذَلِكَ حَتْماً يَحْيَا. لَا يَمُوتُ.

Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

٢٩ 29 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنَّ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ غَيْرُ عَادِلَةٍ. أَطُرُقِي غَيْرُ عَادِلَةٍ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ أَلَيْسَتْ طُرُقُكُمْ هِيَ الْمُعْوَجَّةُ؟

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?

٣٠ 30 لِذَلِكَ أَدِينُكُمْ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ. تُوبُوا وَارْجِعُوا عَنْ ذُنُوبِكُمْ كُلِّهَا، فَلا يَكُونُ لَكُمُ الإِثْمُ مَعْثَرَةَ هَلاكٍ.

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

٣١ 31 اطْرَحُوا عَنْكُمْ كُلَّ ذُنُوبِكُمُ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهَا، وَاحْصُلُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ عَلَى قَلْبٍ جَدِيدٍ وَرُوحٍ جَدِيدَةٍ. فَلِمَاذَا تَنْقَرِضُونَ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

٣٢ 32 إِذْ لَا أُسَرُّ بِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، فَتُوبُوا وَاحْيَوْا.

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.