Ezekiel 18
1 Wach Jehova Nyasaye nobirona kama:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What is the meaning?
2 “Bende isewinjo ngero ma ji osiko kawacho e piny Israel niya, “‘Wuone osechamo olemo manumu, to nyithindo ema lekegi tho?’
That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.
3 “Akwongʼora gi nyinga awuon an Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto ni ok unuchak ugo ngeroni e piny Israel.
As I live, saith the Lord God, this parable shall be no more to you a proverb in Israel.
4 Nikech ji duto mangima gin maga, wuoro kaachiel gi wuowi, giduto machalre. Ngʼato ka ngʼato biro tho mana nikech richone owuon.
Behold all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die.
5 “Kaponi nitie ngʼat moro makare moluwo adiera kendo timo gima kare.
And if a man be just, and do judgment and justice,
6 Ok ochiem ewi gode milame nyiseche manono kata ngʼiyo nyiseche manono mag dhood Israel. Kendo ok odwanyre gi chi nyawadgi kata bedo e achiel gi dhako manie kindene mar neno malo.
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel: and hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman:
7 Ok othir ngʼato angʼata to odwoko gima osingne kar hola momiyo ngʼato Ok omaa ngʼato gire githuon, to omiyo joma odenyo chiemo kendo ochiwo lewni ne joma ni duk.
And hath not wronged any man: but hath restored the pledge to the debtor, hath taken nothing away by violence: hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment:
8 Ok ohol ji gige mondo oyudie ohala, kata ohala mokadho tongʼ ok okaw. Ok oyie mondo lwete otim gima rach kendo ongʼado bura maber e kind ji ka ok odew wangʼ.
Hath not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase: hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, and hath executed true judgment between man and man:
9 Oluwo buchena, kendo orito chikena gadiera. Ngʼat ma kamano en ngʼat makare, omiyo enobed mangima adier, Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto owacho.
Hath walked in my commandments, and kept my judgments, to do truth: he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.
10 “Kapo ni en gi wuowi mohero lweny, kata mohero chwero remo kata matimo achiel kuom gigi
And if he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that hath done some one of these things:
11 mane wuon mare ne ok otimo kaka: “Ochiemo ewi gode milame nyiseche mamoko. Odwanyore gi chi nyawadgi.
Though he doth not all these things, but that eateth upon the mountains, and that defileth his neighbour’s wife:
12 Othiro joma odhier gi joma ochando. Omayo ji gigegi githuon. Ok odwok gik mane omako koholo ji gowi. Ogeno nyiseche mag dhano. Otimo gik makwero. Oholo ji gige mondo oyudie ohala
That grieveth the needy and the poor, that taketh away by violence, that restoreth not the pledge, and that lifteth up his eyes to idols, that committeth abomination:
13 Kendo okawo ohala mokalo tongʼ. Ngʼat ma kamano, bende nyalo bedo mangima adier? Ok onyal! Nikech osetimo gik mamonogi duto, ibiro nege mak olewo kendo rembe biro bet e wiye owuon.
That giveth upon usury, and that taketh an increase: shall such a one live? he shall not live. Seeing he hath done all these detestable things, he shall surely die, his blood shall be upon him.
14 “To kaponi wuowini nigi wuode moro maneno richo duto ma wuon-gi timo, to kata obedo ni osenenogi; to en to pod ok otimo gik ma kamago:
But if he beget a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins, which he hath done, is afraid, and shall not do the like to them:
15 “Ok ochiem e gode milame nyiseche mamoko kata rango nyiseche mag dhood Israel. Ok odwanyre gi chi nyawadgi
That hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife:
16 Ok othir ngʼato angʼata kata mako gir ngʼato eka ohole gimoro. Ok omaa ngʼato gire githuon to ochiwo chiembe ne joma odenyo, kendo ochiwo lewni ne joma ni duk.
And hath not grieved any man, nor withholden the pledge, nor taken away with violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment:
17 Otamo lwete mondo kik otim richo kendo ok okaw asoya kata ohala mokalo tongʼ. Orito chikena kendo oluwo buchena. Ok obi tho nikech richo wuon mare to obiro bedo mangima kuom adier.
That hath turned away his hand from injuring the poor, hath not taken usury and increase, but hath executed my judgments, and hath walked in my commandments: this man shall not die for the iniquity of his father, but living he shall live.
18 To wuon mare to biro tho nikech richone owuon, nikech ne ongʼanyo ni ji kendo ne omayo owadgi githuon kendo nikech ne otimo gik maricho e dier jo-dalagi.
As for his father, because he oppressed and offered violence to his brother, and wrought evil in the midst of his people, behold he is dead in his own iniquity.
19 “To eka upenjo ni, Angʼo momiyo wuowi ok kwan ka jaketho kuom ketho mar wuon?” Nikech wuowi osetimo gima adier kendo makare kendo nikech oseketo chunye mar rito buchena duto, obiro bedo mangima adier.
And you say: Why hath not the son borne the iniquity of his father? Verily, because the son hath wrought judgment and justice, hath kept all my commandments, and done them, living, he shall live.
20 Ngʼama timo richo ema biro tho. Wuowi ok bi kwan ni jaketho nikech ketho mar wuoro, kendo wuoro ok bi kwan ni jaketho nikech ketho mar wuode. Tim makare mar ngʼama kare ibiro ketne owuon kendo tim mamono mar ngʼama rach biro bedo mare owuon.
The soul that sinneth, the same shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son: the justice of the just shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 “To ka ngʼat ma timbene richo olokore oweyo richone mosetimo mi orito buchena kendo otimo gima ber kendo makare, to obiro bedo mangima kuom adier; ok obi tho.
But if the wicked do penance for all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my commandments, and do judgment, and justice, living he shall live, and shall not die.
22 Ok nokwane jaketho kuom richo duto mosetimo. Nikech gik makare mosetimo, obiro bedo mangima.
I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live.
23 Uparo ni berna ka jaricho otho? Donge en morna ka gilokore giweyo timbegi maricho mondo gibed mangima? Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto ema owacho.
Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live?
24 “To ka ngʼat makare olokore oweyo timbene makare mi otimo richo kendo otimo gik mamono machalo gi mago ma ngʼat ma timbene richo timo, bende dobed mangima adier? Gik mabeyo mosetimo kata achiel ok nopar. Nikech timne mar bedo ngʼama ok ja-ratiro kendo nikech richo mosetimo, obiro tho.
But if the just man turn himself away from his justice, and do iniquity according to all the abominations which the wicked man useth to work, shall he live? all his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: in the prevarication, by which he hath prevaricated, and in his sin, which he hath committed, in them he shall die.
25 “To ka pod uwacho ni, ‘Yore mag Ruoth Nyasaye ok nikare.’ To winjuru, yaye dhood Israel: Bende yorena ok nikare adier? Donge yoreu ema ok nikare?
And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore, O house of Israel: Is it my way that is not right, and are not rather your ways perverse?
26 Ka ngʼama kare olokore oweyo timbene makare mi otimo richo to timneno ema biro nege. Obiro tho nikech richo mosetimono.
For when the just turneth himself away from his justice, and committeth iniquity, he shall die therein: in the injustice that he hath wrought he shall die.
27 To ka ngʼat ma timbene richo olokore oweyo timbene maricho mosetimo, mi otimo tim makare kendo adier, to ok obi otho.
And when the wicked turneth himself away from his wickedness, which he hath wrought, and doeth judgment, and justice: he shall save his soul alive.
28 Nikech oparo ketho duto moseketho kendo olokore owegi, obiro bedo mangima kuom adier; ok obi tho.
Because he considereth and turneth away himself from all his iniquities which he hath wrought, he shall surely live, and not die.
29 To dhood Israel pod wacho mana ni, ‘Yore mag Ruoth Nyasaye ok nikare.’ To winjuru, yaye dhood Israel: Bende yorena ok nikare adier? Donge yoreu ema ok nikare?
And the children of Israel say: The way of the Lord is not right. Are not my ways right, O house of Israel, and are not rather your ways perverse?
30 “Kuom mano, yaye dhood Israel, abiro ngʼadonu bura, ngʼato ka ngʼato kuomu kaluwore gi yorene owuon, Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto osewacho. Lokreuru! Weuru ketho duto musetimo, eka richo ok nobednu obadho.
Therefore will I judge every man according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 Pogreuru gi ketho duto musetimo, kendo beduru gi chuny manyien kod paro malongʼo. Udwaro ni utho nangʼo, yaye dhood Israel?
Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make to yourselves a new heart, and a new spirit: and why will you die, O house of Israel?
32 Nikech ok en morna ka ngʼato tho, Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto ema owacho. Weuru timo richo mondo ubed mangima!
For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, return ye and live.
