Ezekiel 18
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tún tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
2 “Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’
“Kín ni ẹ̀yin rò tí ẹ̀yin fi ń pa òwe nípa Israẹli wí pé: “‘Àwọn baba ti jẹ èso àjàrà kíkan, eyín àwọn ọmọ sì kan.’
3 As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel.
“Bí mo ti wà láààyè ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí, ẹ̀yin kí yóò pa òwe yìí mọ́ ni Israẹli.
4 Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.
Nítorí pé èmi ló ní gbogbo ọkàn, ọkàn baba tèmi bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọkàn ọmọ pàápàá jẹ tèmi, ọkàn tó bá ṣẹ̀ ní yóò kú.
5 And if a man is just, and he accomplishes judgment and justice,
“Bí ọkùnrin olódodo kan bá wà, tó ń ṣe ohun tó tọ́, tó sì yẹ
6 and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman,
tí kò bá wọn jẹun lórí òkè gíga, tí kò gbójú rẹ̀ sókè sí àwọn òrìṣà ilẹ̀ Israẹli, ti kò sì ba obìnrin aládùúgbò rẹ̀ jẹ́ tàbí kí ó sùn ti obìnrin ni àsìkò èérí rẹ̀.
7 and if he has not grieved any man, but has restored the collateral to the debtor, if he has seized nothing by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
Kò sì ni ẹnikẹ́ni lára, ó sì sanwó fún onígbèsè rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bó ṣe ṣe ìlérí fún un, kò fi ipá jalè ṣùgbọ́n ó fún ẹni tí ebi ń pa ní oúnjẹ, tí ó sì fi ẹ̀wù wọ àwọn tí ó wà ní ìhòhò.
8 if he has not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase, if he has averted his hand from iniquity, and has executed true judgment between man and man,
Ẹni tí kò fi fún ni láti gba ẹ̀dá, tàbí kò gba èlé tó pọ̀jù. Ó yọ ọwọ́ rẹ̀ kúrò nínú ìwà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, ó sì ń ṣe ìdájọ́ òtítọ́ láàrín ọkùnrin kan àti èkejì rẹ̀.
9 if he has walked in my precepts and kept my judgments, so that he acts in accord with truth, then he is just; he shall certainly live, says the Lord God.
Tí ó ń tẹ̀lé àṣẹ mi, tí ó sì ń pa òfin mi mọ́ lóòtítọ́ àti lódodo. Ó jẹ́ olódodo, yóò yè nítòótọ́, ní Olúwa Olódùmarè wí.
10 But if he raises a son who is a robber, who sheds blood, and who does any of these things,
“Bí ó bá bi ọmọkùnrin, oníwà ipá, tó ń jalè, tó tún ń pànìyàn, tó sì ń ṣe gbogbo àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí sí arákùnrin rẹ̀
11 (even though he himself does not do any of these things, ) and who eats upon the mountains, and who defiles the wife of his neighbor,
(tí kò sì ṣe ọ̀kan nínú gbogbo iṣẹ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì): “Ó ń jẹun lójúbọ lórí òkè gíga, tí ó sì ba obìnrin aládùúgbò rẹ̀ jẹ́.
12 who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination,
Ó ni àwọn tálákà àti aláìní lára, ó ń fipá jalè, kì í dá padà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlérí, o gbójú sókè sí òrìṣà, ó sì ń ṣe ohun ìríra.
13 who lends upon usury, and who takes an increase, then shall he live? He shall not live. Since he has done all these detestable things, he shall certainly die. His blood shall be upon him.
Ó ń fi owó ya ni pẹ̀lú èlé, ó sì tún ń gba èlé tó pọ̀jù. Ǹjẹ́ irú ọkùnrin yìí wa le è yè bí? Òun kì yóò wá láààyè! Nítorí pé òun ti ṣe àwọn ohun ìríra yìí, kíkú ni yóò kú, ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ yóò sì wá lórí rẹ̀.
14 But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him,
“Bí ọkùnrin yìí bá bímọ ọkùnrin, tó sì rí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti baba rẹ ń ṣẹ̀ yìí, tó sì bẹ̀rù, ti kò ṣe irú rẹ̀:
15 who does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and who does not violate the wife of his neighbor,
“Tí kò jẹun lójúbọ lórí òkè gíga tàbí kò gbójú sókè sí àwọn òrìṣà ilé Israẹli, tí kò sì ba obìnrin aládùúgbò rẹ̀ jẹ́
16 and who has not grieved any man, nor withheld the collateral, nor seized by violence, but instead has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
tí kò sì ni ẹnikẹ́ni lára, tí kò dá ohun ògo dúró tí kò gba èlé tàbí kò fipá jalè ṣùgbọ́n tí ó ń fún ẹni tébi ń pa lóúnjẹ, tó sì fi aṣọ bo àwọn oníhòhò.
17 who has averted his hand from injuring the poor, who has not taken usury and an overabundance, who has acted according to my judgments and walked in my precepts, then this one shall not die for the iniquity of his father; instead, he shall certainly live.
Ó ń yọ ọwọ́ rẹ kúrò nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, kò sì gba èlé tàbí èlé tó pọ̀jù, tí ó ń pa òfin mi mọ́, tí ó sì ń tẹ̀lé àwọn àṣẹ mi. Kò ní kú fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ baba rẹ̀, nítòótọ́ ní yóò yè!
18 As for his father, because he oppressed and did violence to his brother, and worked evil in the midst of his people, behold, he has died by his own iniquity.
Ṣùgbọ́n baba rẹ̀ ni yóò kú fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ara rẹ̀, nítorí pé ó jẹ́ arẹ́nijẹ, ó jalè arákùnrin rẹ, ó ṣe ohun tí kò dára láàrín àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀.
19 And you say, ‘Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father?’ Clearly, since the son has worked judgment and justice, has observed all my precepts, and has done them, he shall certainly live.
“Síbẹ̀, ẹ tún ń béèrè pé, ‘Kí ló dé ti ọmọ kò fi ní í ru ẹ̀bi baba rẹ̀?’ Níwọ́n ìgbà tí ọmọ ti ṣe ohun tó tọ́, tó sì yẹ, tó sì ti kíyèsi ara láti pa gbogbo àṣẹ mi mọ́, nítòótọ́ ni pé yóò yè.
20 The soul that sins, 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 man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.
Ọkàn tí ó bá ṣẹ̀ ní yóò kú. Ọmọ kò ní í ru ẹ̀bi baba rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni baba náà kò ní ru ẹ̀bi ọmọ rẹ̀. Ìwà rere ènìyàn rere yóò wà lórí rẹ̀, ìwà búburú ti ènìyàn búburú náà la ó kà sí i lọ́rùn.
21 But if the impious man does penance for all his sins which he has committed, and if he keeps all my precepts, and accomplishes judgment and justice, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
“Ṣùgbọ́n bí ènìyàn búburú bá yípadà kúrò nínú gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ tó ti dá, tó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í pa àṣẹ mi mọ́, tó sì ń ṣe ohun tó tọ́ àti ohun tó yẹ, nítòótọ́ ni yóò yè, kò sì ní kú.
22 I will not remember all his iniquities, which he has worked; by his justice, which he has worked, he shall live.
A kò sì ní rántí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ tó ti dá tẹ́lẹ̀ láti kà á sí lọ́rùn nítorí tí ìwà òdodo rẹ tó fihàn, yóò yè.
23 How could it be my will that an impious man should die, says the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways and live?
Ǹjẹ́ èmi ha ni inú dídùn si ikú ènìyàn búburú bí í? Ní Olúwa Olódùmarè wí pé, dípò èyí inú mi kò ha ni i dùn nígbà tó ba yípadà kúrò ni àwọn ọ̀nà búburú rẹ̀ kí ó sì yè?
24 But if a just man turns himself away from his justice, and does iniquity in accord with all the abominations that the impious man so often does, why should he live? All his justices, which he has accomplished, shall not be remembered. By the transgression, in which he has transgressed, and by his sin, in which he has sinned, by these he shall die.
“Ṣùgbọ́n bí ènìyàn rere bá yípadà kúrò ni ọ̀nà òdodo rẹ̀ tó sì ń dẹ́ṣẹ̀, tí ó sì tún ń ṣe àwọn ohun ìríra tí ènìyàn búburú ń ṣe, yóò wa yè bí? A kì yóò rántí ọ̀kankan nínú ìwà rere rẹ̀ mọ́, nítorí ó ti jẹ̀bi ìwà àrékérekè àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tó dá, yóò sì kú.
25 And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
“Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, ẹ̀yin tún wí pé, ‘Ọ̀nà Olúwa kò gún.’ Gbọ́ nísinsin yìí, ìwọ ilé Israẹli. Ọ̀nà mi ni kò ha gún? Kì í wa ṣé pé ọ̀nà tiyín gan an ni kò gún?
26 For when the just man turns himself away from his justice, and commits iniquity, he shall die by this; by the injustice that he has worked, he shall die.
Bí olódodo ba yípadà kúrò nínú olódodo rẹ̀, tó sì dẹ́ṣẹ̀, yóò ku fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀, yóò kú nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tó ti dá.
27 And when the impious man turns himself away from his impiety, which he has done, and accomplishes judgment and justice, he shall cause his own soul to live.
Ṣùgbọ́n bi ènìyàn búburú bá yípadà kúrò nínú ìwà búburú tó ti ṣe, tó sì ṣe ohun tó tọ́ àti ohun tó yẹ, yóò gba ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ là.
28 For by considering and turning himself away from all his iniquities, which he has worked, he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
Nítorí pé ó ronú lórí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tó ti dá, ó sì yípadà kúrò nínú wọn, nítòótọ́ ni yóò yè; kì yóò sí kú.
29 And yet the sons of Israel say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ How could it be that my ways are not fair, O house of Israel? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
Síbẹ̀, ilé Israẹli wí pé, ‘Ọ̀nà Olúwa kò gún.’ Ọ̀nà mi kò ha tọ́ bí ilé Israẹli? Kì í wa ṣe pè ọ̀nà tiyín gan an ni ko gún?
30 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.
“Nítorí náà, ilé Israẹli, èmi yóò da yín lẹ́jọ́, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀nà ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan yín bá ṣe rí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí. Ẹ yípadà! Kí ẹ si yí kúrò nínú gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìrékọjá kì yóò jẹ́ ọ̀nà ìṣubú yín.
31 Cast all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, away from you, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And then why should you die, O house of Israel?
Ẹ kọ̀ gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti ẹ ti dá sílẹ̀, kí ẹ sì gba ọkàn àti ẹ̀mí tuntun. Nítorí kí ló fi máa kú, ilé Israẹli?
32 For I do not desire the death of one who dies, says the Lord God. So return and live.”
Nítorí pé inú mi kò dùn sí ikú ẹnikẹ́ni ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí. Nítorí náà, ẹ yípadà kí ẹ sì yè!
