Ezekiel 18

1 The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,

and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

2 “What do you mean, you who use this proverb concerning the land of Israel and say, 'Fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are made blunt'?

what? to/for you you(m. p.) to use a proverb [obj] [the] proverb [the] this upon land: soil Israel to/for to say father to eat unripe grape and tooth [the] son: child (be blunt *LA(bh)*)

3 As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—there will certainly no longer be any occasion for you to use this proverb in Israel.

alive I utterance Lord YHWH/God if: surely no to be to/for you still to use a proverb [the] proverb [the] this in/on/with Israel

4 Behold! Every life belong to me—the life of the father as well as the life of the son, they belong to me! The soul who sins is the one who will die!

look! all [the] soul to/for me they(fem.) like/as soul [the] father and like/as soul [the] son: child to/for me they(fem.) [the] soul [the] to sin he/she/it to die

5 What can be said about a man who is righteous and who carries out justice and righteousness—

and man: anyone for to be righteous and to make: do justice and righteousness

6 if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and he does not defile his neighbor's wife, nor approached a woman during her monthly period, is he a righteous man?

to(wards) [the] mountain: mount not to eat and eye his not to lift: look to(wards) idol house: household Israel and [obj] woman: wife neighbor his not to defile and to(wards) woman impurity not to present: come

7 What can be said about a man who does not oppress anyone, and he gives back to the debtor what was put up as security for a loan, and he does not commit theft but gives his food to the hungry and he covers the naked with clothes, is he a righteous man?

and man: anyone not to oppress pledge his debtor to return: rescue violence not to plunder food: bread his to/for hungry to give: give and naked to cover garment

8 What can be said about a man who does not charge too much interest for the money he loans, and he does not take too much profit for what he sells? It is said of him that he carries out justice and establishes faithfulness between people.

in/on/with interest not to give: give and increment not to take: take from injustice to return: turn back hand his justice truth: true to make: do between man to/for man

9 If that man walks in my statutes and keeps my decrees to act faithfully, then the promise for this righteous man is this: He will surely live!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.

in/on/with statute my to go: walk and justice: judgement my to keep: obey to/for to make: do truth: faithful righteous he/she/it to live to live utterance Lord YHWH/God

10 But suppose that he has a violent son who sheds blood and does any one of these things that were mentioned,

and to beget son: child violent to pour: kill blood and to make: do ah! from one from these

11 (though his father has not done any of these things). He eats upon the mountains and he defiles his neighbor's wife, what can be said about him?

and he/she/it [obj] all these not to make: do for also to(wards) [the] mountain: mount to eat and [obj] woman: wife neighbor his to defile

12 This man oppresses the poor and needy, and he seizes and robs, and he does not return a pledge, and he lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits disgusting actions,

afflicted and needy to oppress violence to plunder pledge not to return: rescue and to(wards) [the] idol to lift: look eye his abomination to make

13 and he lends out money at too high interest and he makes too much profit on what he sells, should that man live? Surely he will not! He will certainly die and his blood will be on him because he has done all these detestable things.

in/on/with interest to give: give and increment to take: take and to live not to live [obj] all [the] abomination [the] these to make: do to die to die blood his in/on/with him to be

14 But behold! Suppose there is a man who bears a son, and his son sees all the sins that his father has committed, and though he sees them, he does not do those things.

and behold to beget son: child and to see: see [obj] all sin father his which to make: do and to see: see and not to make: do like/as them

15 That son does not eat upon the mountains, and he does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and he does not defile his neighbor's wife, what can be said about him?

upon [the] mountain: mount not to eat and eye his not to lift: look to(wards) idol house: household Israel [obj] woman: wife neighbor his not to defile

16 That son does not oppress anyone, or seize a pledge, or take stolen things, but instead gives his food to the hungry and covers up the naked with clothes.

and man: anyone not to oppress pledge not to pledge and violence not to plunder food: bread his to/for hungry to give: give and naked to cover garment

17 That son does not oppress anyone or take interest that is too high or make too much profit for a loan, but he carries out my decrees and walks according to my statutes; that son will not die for his father's sin: He will surely live!

from afflicted to return: turn back hand his interest and increment not to take: take justice: judgement my to make: do in/on/with statute my to go: walk he/she/it not to die in/on/with iniquity: crime father his to live to live

18 His father, since he oppressed others by extortion and robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people—behold, he will die in his iniquity.

father his for to oppress oppression to plunder robbery brother: male-sibling and which not pleasant to make: do in/on/with midst kinsman his and behold to die in/on/with iniquity: crime his

19 But you say, 'Why does the son not bear the iniquity of his father?' Because the son carries out justice and righteousness and keeps all my statutes; he does them. He will surely live!

and to say why? not to lift: guilt [the] son: child in/on/with iniquity: crime [the] father and [the] son: child justice and righteousness to make: do [obj] all statute my to keep: careful and to make: do [obj] them to live to live

20 The one who sins, he is the one who will die. A son will not bear his father's iniquity, and a father will not bear his son's iniquity. The righteousness of the one who acts rightly will be on himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be on himself.

[the] soul [the] to sin he/she/it to die son: child not to lift: guilt in/on/with iniquity: crime [the] father and father not to lift: guilt in/on/with iniquity: crime [the] son: child righteousness [the] righteous upon him to be and wickedness ([the] wicked *Q(K)*) upon him to be

21 But if the wicked turns away from all his sins that he has done, and keeps all my statutes and performs justice and righteousness, then he will certainly live and not die.

and [the] wicked for to return: repent from all (sin his *Q(K)*) which to make and to keep: obey [obj] all (statute my *LAB(h)*) and to make: do justice and righteousness to live to live not to die

22 All the transgressions that he has committed will not be called to mind against him. He will live by the righteousness that he practices.

all transgression his which to make not to remember to/for him in/on/with righteousness his which to make: do to live

23 Do I greatly rejoice over the death of the wicked—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—and not in his turning away from his way so that he may live?

to delight in to delight in death wicked utterance Lord YHWH/God not in/on/with to return: repent he from way: conduct his and to live

24 But if the righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and practices abominations like all the abominations that the wicked person does, then will he live? All the righteousness that he had done will not be called to mind when he betrays me in his treason. So he will die in the sins that he committed.

and in/on/with to return: repent righteous from righteousness his and to make: do injustice like/as all [the] abomination which to make: do [the] wicked to make: do and to live all (righteousness his *Q(K)*) which to make: do not to remember in/on/with unfaithfulness his which be unfaithful and in/on/with sin his which to sin in/on/with them to die

25 But you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' Listen, house of Israel! Are my ways unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?

and to say not to measure way: conduct Lord to hear: hear please house: household Israel way: conduct my not to measure not way: conduct your not to measure

26 When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity and dies because of them, then he will die in the iniquity that he has done.

in/on/with to return: repent righteous from righteousness his and to make: do injustice and to die upon them in/on/with injustice his which to make: do to die

27 But when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has done and performs justice and righteousness, then he will preserve his life.

and in/on/with to return: repent wicked from wickedness his which to make and to make: do justice and righteousness he/she/it [obj] soul: life his to live

28 For he has seen and turned away from all the transgressions that he had done. He will surely live, and he will not die.

and to see: examine (and to return: repent *Q(k)*) from all transgression his which to make to live to live not to die

29 But the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' How is my way not fair, house of Israel? It is your ways that are not fair.

and to say house: household Israel not to measure way: conduct Lord way: conduct my not to measure house: household Israel not way: conduct your not to measure

30 Therefore I will judge each man among you according to his ways, house of Israel!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration. Repent and turn away from all your transgressions so that they will not be stumbling blocks of iniquity against you.

to/for so man: anyone like/as way: conduct his to judge [obj] you house: household Israel utterance Lord YHWH/God to return: return and to return: repent from all transgression your and not to be to/for you to/for stumbling iniquity: crime

31 Throw away from yourselves all of the transgressions that you have committed; make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

to throw from upon you [obj] all transgression your which to transgress in/on/with them and to make to/for you heart new and spirit new and to/for what? to die house: household Israel

32 For I have no delight in the death of the one who dies—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—so repent and live!”

for not to delight in in/on/with death [the] to die utterance Lord YHWH/God and to return: repent and to live