حِزْقِيال 18

١ 1 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

The LORD’s word came to me again, saying,

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

“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning Eretz-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,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more 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 who sins, he shall die.

٥ 5 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ الْمَرْءُ صَالِحاً يُمَارِسُ الْحَقَّ وَالْعَدْلَ،

“But if a man is just, and does 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 has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,

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

and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has 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he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

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

has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord GOD.

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

“If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things,

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

or who does not do any of those things but has eaten at the mountain shrines and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

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

has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has 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.

has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.

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

“Now, behold, if he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears, and doesn’t do likewise,

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

who hasn’t eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,

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

hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has 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.

who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has 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 will 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 you say, ‘Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he will 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 who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on 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 turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does 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 has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has 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?” says the Lord GOD, “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 turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.

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

“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?

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

When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in it, then he dies in his iniquity that he has done.

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

Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.

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

Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has 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 the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?

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, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will 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 in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, 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 who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!