Ezekiel 18
1 LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sik
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
2 ac fahk, “Mea soakas se inge ma mwet uh kalwenina in fahk in facl Israel? ‘Nina ac papa kangla grape mukol, A inwalin tulik uh mukolla kac.’”
“What [is it] to you [that] you are using this allegory Concerning the ground of Israel, saying, Fathers eat unripe fruit, And the sons’ teeth are blunted?
3 LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk, “In oana ke nga pa God moul, kowos ac tia sifil kalweni soakas se inge in Israel.
[As] I live,” a declaration of Lord YHWH, “You no longer have the use of this allegory in Israel.
4 Moul lun kais sie mwet oan inpouk — moul lun papa ac nina, oayapa moul lun tulik uh. Mwet se su orala ma koluk, el pa ac misa.
Behold, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son—they are Mine, The soul that is sinning—it dies.
5 “Fin pa oasr sie mwet arulana wo moul lal, su sie mwet suwoswos ac pwaye.
And a man, when he is righteous, And has done judgment and righteousness,
6 El tia alu nu ke ma sruloala lun mwet Israel, ku mongo ma kisakinyuk ke nien alu ma oal. El tia pwanla mutan kien siena mukul in orek kosro yorol, ku oan yurin sie mutan ke pacl el mas mutan.
He has not eaten on the mountains, And has not lifted up his eyes To idols of the house of Israel, And did not defile his neighbor’s wife, And did not come near to a separated woman,
7 El tia kutasrik ku pisre ma lun mwet. El folokonang ma el ngisrala sin sie mwet, ac el kite mwet masrinsral ac sang nuknuk nu sin mwet koflufol.
He does not oppress a man, He returns his pledge to the debtor, He does not take away plunder, He gives his bread to the hungry, And covers the naked with a garment,
8 El tia sang mani lal nu sin mwet in orek kapak kac, ac el tiana oru ma koluk. El orala wotela suwohs ke pacl oasr akukuin inmasrlon mwet uh.
He does not give in usury, and does not take increase, He turns back his hand from perversity, He does true judgment between man and man.
9 Mwet ouinge se el akos ma nga sapkin, ac el oaru in liyaung ma sap luk. El sie mwet suwoswos, ac el ac fah moul.” LEUM GOD Fulatlana pa fahk ma inge.
He walks in My statutes, And he has kept My judgments—to deal truly, He [is] righteous—he surely lives,” A declaration of Lord YHWH.
10 “Na fin oasr sie mwet, su wen se natul orek pisrapasr ku akmas, ku oru kutu sin ma inge
“And he has begotten a son, A burglar—a shedder of blood, And he has made a brother of one of these,
11 ma papa tumal tiana oru. El mongo ke ma kisala nu ke kain alu ma oal, ac orek kosro nu sin mutan kien siena mukul.
And he has not done all those, For he has even eaten on the mountains, And he has defiled his neighbor’s wife,
12 El kiapu mwet sukasrup, ac el pisre ac sruokya ma sie mwet el sang elan akkapyauk. El som pac nu nien alu lun mwet pegan, ac alu nu ke ma sruloala
He has oppressed the afflicted and needy, He has taken away plunder violently, He does not return a pledge, And he has lifted up his eyes to the idols, He has done abomination!
13 ac eis mani in orekmakin. Ku el ac moul? Mo, el ac tia. El oru ma koluk inge nukewa, ac ouinge el ac misa, ac el ac eis mwatan misa lal.
He has given in usury, and taken increase, And he lives? He does not live, He has done all these abominations, He surely dies, his blood is on him.
14 “Na mukul se ingan fin oasr wen se natul, su liye ma nukewa ma papa tumal ah oru tusruk el tia oru oana papa sac.
And—behold, he has begotten a son, And he sees all the sins of his father, That he has done, and he fears, And does not do like them,
15 El tia wi alu nu ke ma sruloala lun mwet Israel, ku mongo ke ma kisala nu ke ma sruloala uh. El tia kosro nu sin mutan kien siena mukul
He has not eaten on the mountains, And he has not lifted up his eyes To idols of the house of Israel, He has not defiled his neighbor’s wife,
16 ku oru ma upa nu sin kutena mwet, ku pisre ma lun kutena mwet. El folokonang ma itukyang nu sel elan akkapye. El kite mwet masrinsral, ac nokomang mwet koflufol.
He has not oppressed a man, He has not bound a pledge, And he has not taken away plunder, He has given his bread to the hungry, And he covered the naked with a garment,
17 El srangesr oru ma koluk, ac tia ngusr mani in akkapye. El karinganang ma sap luk, ac akos ma nga sapkin. El ac tia misa ke sripen ma koluk lun papa tumal, tuh el ac moul na pwaye.
He has turned back his hand from the afflicted, He has not taken usury and increase, He has done My judgments, He has walked in My statutes, He does not die for the iniquity of his father, He surely lives.
18 Ac funu papa tumal ah, el kiapu ac pisre mwet, ac pacl nukewa oru ma koluk nu sin mwet. Ke ma inge el ac misa, ke sripen ma koluk su el sifacna orala.
His father—because he used oppression, Violently plundered a brother, And did that which [is] not good in the midst of his people, And behold, he is dying in his iniquity.
19 “Tuh pa kom siyuk ouinge, ‘Efu ku wen el tia keok ke ma koluk lun papa tumal an?’ Topuk uh pa inge: mweyen wen el oru ma suwohs ac wo. El liyaung ma sap luk ac fahsr kac ke suwohs, ac ouinge pwayena lah el ac moul.
And you have said, Why has the son not borne of the iniquity of the father? And the son has done judgment and righteousness, He has kept all My statutes, And he does them, he surely lives.
20 Pwayena lah el su oru ma koluk, el pa ac misa uh. Sie wen ac tia keok mweyen papa tumal el oru ma koluk, ac papa se ac tia keok mweyen wen natul el oru ma koluk. Sie mwet wo fah eis molin orekma wo lal, ac sie mwet orekma koluk ac fah keok ke ma koluk su el orala.
The soul that sins—it dies. A son does not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father does not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.
21 “Sie mwet koluk fin tui liki oru ma koluk, ac el liyaung ma sap luk, ac el fin oru ma su suwohs ac wo, el ac fah tia misa — pwayena lah el ac fah moul.
And the wicked—when he turns back From all his sins that he has done, And he has kept all My statutes, And has done judgment and righteousness, He surely lives, he does not die.
22 Ma koluk lal nukewa ac fah nunak munas nu sel, ac el ac moul mweyen el oru ma su suwohs.”
All his transgressions that he has done Are not remembered to him, In his righteousness that he has done he lives.
23 LEUM GOD Fulatlana El siyuk, “Ku kom nunku mu nga insewowo in liye sie mwet koluk misa? Mo, nga ke liye elan auliyak ac moul.
Do I take pleasure [or] delight in the death of the wicked?” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “Is it not in his turning back from his way—And he has lived?
24 “Tuh sie mwet suwohs el fin tui liki, ac el mutawauk in oru kain in ma koluk nukewa su mwet koluk elos oru, ku mea el ac moul? Mo! Ac wanginna ma wo ac esamyuk kacl. El ac misa ke sripen sesuwos lal ac ma koluk lal.
And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he has done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked has done, Does he then live? All his righteous deeds that he has done are not remembered, For his trespass that he has trespassed, And for his sin that he has sinned, For them he dies.
25 “A kom fahk mu ‘Ma LEUM GOD El oru tia suwohs.’ Kowos mwet Israel, lohngyu. Ku kowos nunku mu usyen orekma luk uh tia suwohs? Inkanek in usya suwos uh pa tia suwohs.
And you have said, The way of the Lord is not pondered. Now hear, O house of Israel, My way—is it not pondered? Are not your ways unpondered?
26 Sie mwet oru ma suwohs fin tui liki orekma wo lal, ac mutawauk in oru ma koluk, na el misa mweyen el oru ma tia wo.
In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he has done perversity, And he is dying by them, He dies for his perversity that he has done.
27 Ke sie mwet tui liki orekma koluk lal, ac oru ma suwohs ac wo, el molela moul lal.
And in the turning back of the wicked From his wickedness that he has done, And he does judgment and righteousness, He keeps his soul alive.
28 El akilenak ma el oru, tuh na koluk, na el tui tila oru ma koluk, ouinge pwayena lah el ac tia misa. El ac moul na.
And he sees and turns back, From all his transgressions that he has done, He surely lives, he does not die,
29 A kowos mwet Israel uh fahk mu ma LEUM GOD El oru uh tia suwohs. Ya kowos nunku mu inkanek luk uh tia suwohs? Inkanek lowos an pa tia suwohs.
And the house of Israel has said, The way of the Lord is not pondered, My ways—are they not pondered? O house of Israel—are not your ways unpondered?
30 “Inge nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, fahk nu suwos mwet Israel, lah nga fah nununkekowos kais sie ke ma el orala. Forla liki ma koluk su kowos oru, ac nikmet lela ma koluk in kunauskowosla.
Therefore, I judge each according to his ways, O house of Israel,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “Turn back, indeed, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not for a stumbling-block to you,
31 Sisla ouiyen moul koluk nukewa kowos oasr kac, ac eis ngun sasu ac inse sasu nu in kowos. Efu kowos mwet Israel uh ku lungse misa?”
Cast away all your transgressions from over you, By which you have transgressed, And make a new heart and a new spirit for yourselves, And why do you die, O house of Israel?
32 LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk, “Nga tia lungse kutena mwet in misa. Forla liki ma koluk lowos an, ac moul.”
For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying,” A declaration of Lord YHWH, “Therefore turn back and live!”
