Ezekiel 18
1 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tún tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
2 “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.’
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 “Bí mo ti wà láààyè ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí, ẹ̀yin kí yóò pa òwe yìí mọ́ ni Israẹli.
[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4 Nítorí pé èmi ló ní gbogbo ọkàn, ọkàn baba tèmi bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọkàn ọmọ pàápàá jẹ tèmi, ọkàn tó bá ṣẹ̀ ní yóò kú.
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 “Bí ọkùnrin olódodo kan bá wà, tó ń ṣe ohun tó tọ́, tó sì yẹ
But if a man is just, and doeth that which is lawful and right,
6 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.
[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 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.
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 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.
He [that] hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,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 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.
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 “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
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 (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.
And that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
12 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.
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 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.
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 “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:
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 “Tí kò jẹun lójúbọ lórí òkè gíga tàbí kò gbójú sókè sí àwọn òrìṣà ilé Israẹli, tí kò sì ba obìnrin aládùúgbò rẹ̀ jẹ́
[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 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.
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 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!
[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 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.
[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 “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.
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 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.
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 “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.
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 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.
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 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?
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 “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.
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 “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?
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 Bí olódodo ba yípadà kúrò nínú olódodo rẹ̀, tó sì dẹ́ṣẹ̀, yóò ku fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀, yóò kú nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tó ti dá.
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 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.
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 Nítorí pé ó ronú lórí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tó ti dá, ó sì yípadà kúrò nínú wọn, nítòótọ́ ni yóò yè; kì yóò sí kú.
Because he considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
29 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?
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 “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.
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 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?
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 Nítorí pé inú mi kò dùn sí ikú ẹnikẹ́ni ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí. Nítorí náà, ẹ yípadà kí ẹ sì yè!
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [ye], and live.
