エゼキエル書 18
1 主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
2 「あなたがたがイスラエルの地について、このことわざを用い、『父たちが、酢いぶどうを食べたので子供たちの歯がうく』というのはどんなわけか。
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?
3 主なる神は言われる、わたしは生きている、あなたがたは再びイスラエルでこのことわざを用いることはない。
[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4 見よ、すべての魂はわたしのものである。父の魂も子の魂もわたしのものである。罪を犯した魂は必ず死ぬ。
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.
5 人がもし正しくあって、公道と正義とを行い、
But if a man is just, and doeth that which is lawful and right,
6 山の上で食事をせず、また目をあげてイスラエルの家の偶像を仰がず、隣り人の妻を犯さず、汚れの時にある女に近づかず、
[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 polluted woman,
7 だれをもしえたげず、質物を返し、決して奪わず、食物を飢えた者に与え、裸の者に衣服を着せ、
And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath stripped none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment:
8 利息や高利をとって貸さず、手をひいて悪を行わず、人と人との間に真実のさばきを行い、
He [that] hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
9 わたしの定めに歩み、わたしのおきてを忠実に守るならば、彼は正しい人である。彼は必ず生きることができると、主なる神は言われる。
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
10 しかし彼が子を生み、その子が荒い者で、人の血を流し、これらの義務の一つをも行わず、
If he begetteth a son [that is] a robber, a shedder of blood, and [that] doeth the like to [any] one of these [things],
11 かえって山の上で食事をし、隣り人の妻を犯し、
And that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
12 乏しい者や貧しい者をしえたげ、物を奪い、質物を返さず、目をあげて偶像を仰ぎ、憎むべき事をおこない、
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath stripped by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination.
13 利息や高利をとって貸すならば、その子は生きるであろうか。彼は生きることはできない。彼はこれらの憎むべき事をしたので、必ず死に、その血は彼自身に帰する。
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.
14 しかし彼が子を生み、その子が父の行ったすべての罪を見て、恐れ、そのようなことを行わず、
Now lo, [if] he begetteth a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
15 山の上で食事せず、目をあげてイスラエルの家の偶像を仰がず、隣り人の妻を犯さず、
[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,
16 だれをもしえたげず、質物をひき留めず、物を奪わず、かえって自分の食物を飢えた者に与え、裸の者に衣服を着せ、
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withheld the pledge, neither hath stripped by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
17 その手をひいて悪を行わず、利息や高利をとらず、わたしのおきてを行い、わたしの定めに歩むならば、彼はその父の悪のために死なず、必ず生きる。
[That] hath taken off his hand from the poor, [that] hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
18 しかしその父は人をかすめ、その兄弟の物を奪い、その民の中で良くない事を行ったゆえ、見よ、彼はその悪のために死ぬ。
[As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed, stripped his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
19 しかしあなたがたは、『なぜ、子は父の悪を負わないのか』と言う。子は公道と正義とを行い、わたしのすべての定めを守っておこなったので、必ず生きるのである。
Yet say ye, Why? 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.
20 罪を犯す魂は死ぬ。子は父の悪を負わない。父は子の悪を負わない。義人の義はその人に帰し、悪人の悪はその人に帰する。
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.
21 しかし、悪人がもしその行ったもろもろの罪を離れ、わたしのすべての定めを守り、公道と正義とを行うならば、彼は必ず生きる。死ぬことはない。
But if the wicked will 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.
22 その犯したもろもろのとがは、彼に対して覚えられない。彼はそのなした正しい事のために生きる。
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned to him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 主なる神は言われる、わたしは悪人の死を好むであろうか。むしろ彼がそのおこないを離れて生きることを好んでいるではないか。
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: [and] not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24 しかし義人がもしその義を離れて悪を行い、悪人のなすもろもろの憎むべき事を行うならば、生きるであろうか。彼が行ったもろもろの正しい事は覚えられない。彼はその犯したとがと、その犯した罪とのために死ぬ。
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? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25 しかしあなたがたは、『主のおこないは正しくない』と言う。イスラエルの家よ、聞け。わたしのおこないは正しくないのか。正しくないのは、あなたがたのおこないではないか。
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?
26 義人がその義を離れて悪を行い、そのために死ぬならば、彼は自分の行った悪のために死ぬのである。
When a righteous [man] turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
27 しかし悪人がその行った悪を離れて、公道と正義とを行うならば、彼は自分の命を救うことができる。
Again, when a 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.
28 彼は省みて、その犯したすべてのとがを離れたのだから必ず生きる。死ぬことはない。
Because he considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
29 しかしイスラエルの家は『主のおこないは正しくない』と言う。イスラエルの家よ、わたしのおこないは、はたして正しくないのか。正しくないのは、あなたがたのおこないではないか。
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?
30 それゆえ、イスラエルの家よ、わたしはあなたがたを、おのおのそのおこないに従ってさばくと、主なる神は言われる。悔い改めて、あなたがたのすべてのとがを離れよ。さもないと悪はあなたがたを滅ぼす。
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 あなたがたがわたしに対しておこなったすべてのとがを捨て去り、新しい心と、新しい霊とを得よ。イスラエルの家よ、あなたがたはどうして死んでよかろうか。
Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 わたしは何人との死をも喜ばないのであると、主なる神は言われる。それゆえ、あなたがたは翻って生きよ」。
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [ye], and live.
