¹作惡必死耶和華的話臨到我說：

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

²“論到以色列地，你們為甚麼引用這俗語說：‘父親吃了酸葡萄，兒子的牙酸倒了’呢？

²What do you mean, that you 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我指著我的永生起誓：你們在以色列中必不再引用這俗語了。這是主耶和華的話。

³As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

⁴看哪！所有的人都是屬我的，作父親的怎樣屬我，作兒子的也怎樣屬我，唯獨犯罪的，才會滅亡。

⁴Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

⁵行義必生“人若是公義，又行公道和正直的事：

⁵But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

⁶他不在山上吃祭肉，眼目也不仰望以色列家的偶像，不玷污鄰舍的妻子，不親近在經期中的婦人；

⁶and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor’s wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,

⁷不欺壓任何人，把欠債人的抵押歸還；他不搶奪人的物件，卻把自己的食物給飢餓的人，把衣服給赤身的人穿著；

⁷and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

⁸他借東西給人不取利息，也不多要，他使自己的手遠離罪惡，在人與人之間施行誠實的判斷；

⁸he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

⁹他遵行我的律例，謹守我的典章，行事誠實，這人是個義人，他必定存活。這是主耶和華的宣告。

⁹has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁰父善子惡罰子“他若是生一個兒子，是個強暴的人，流人的血，又向兄弟行上述任何一件惡事

¹⁰If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,

¹¹（雖然他父親並沒有作這樣的事）：他在山上吃祭肉，又玷污鄰舍的妻子；

¹¹and who does not any of those duties, but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor’s wife,

¹²他欺壓困苦和貧窮的人，搶奪人的物件，沒有把抵押品歸還，眼目仰望偶像，並行可憎的事；

¹²has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

¹³他借東西給人要收利息，也向人多要，這樣的人能存活嗎？他必不能存活；他行了這一切可憎的事，必要滅亡；他的罪（“罪”原文作“血”）要歸到他身上。

¹³has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

¹⁴子善父惡罰父“他若生一個兒子，這兒子看見他父親所犯的一切罪，他雖然看見了，卻不照樣去作：

¹⁴Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father’s sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

¹⁵他不在山上吃祭肉，眼目不仰望以色列家的偶像，不玷污鄰舍的妻子；

¹⁵who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor’s wife,

¹⁶不欺壓任何人，不索取抵押品，不搶奪人的物件，卻把自己的食物給飢餓的人，把衣服給赤身的人穿著；

¹⁶neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

¹⁷他不伸手欺壓困苦人，借東西給人不取利息，也不多要；他遵守我的典章，遵行我的律例，這人就必不因他父親的罪孽而滅亡；他必要存活。

¹⁷who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

¹⁸至於他的父親，因為他勒索，搶奪兄弟的物件，在自己的同胞中行不善的事，所以他必因自己的罪孽而滅亡。

¹⁸As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

¹⁹“你們還問：‘兒子為甚麼不擔當父親的罪孽呢？’兒子若行正直和公義的事，謹守遵行我的一切律例，就必存活。

¹⁹Yet you say, Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.

²⁰唯獨犯罪的，才會滅亡；兒子必不擔當父親的罪孽，父親也必不擔當兒子的罪孽；義人的義必歸他自己，惡人的惡也必歸他自己。

²⁰The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

²¹先惡後善主不念舊惡“惡人若回轉，離開他所犯的一切罪，謹守我的一切律例，行正直和公義的事，就必存活，不致滅亡。

²¹But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

²²他所犯的一切罪過都不會被記念，作控訴他的理由；他必因自己所行的義而存活。

²²None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

²³難道我喜悅惡人死亡嗎？我不是喜悅他回轉離開他所行的而存活嗎？這是主耶和華的宣告。

²³Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

²⁴先善後惡主不念前善“義人若轉離他的義去行惡，照著惡人所行一切可憎的事而行，他能存活嗎？他所行的一切義都不會被記念；他必因他所行不忠的事和他所犯的罪而滅亡。

²⁴But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

²⁵主行事公平“你們還說：‘主所行的不公平。’以色列家啊，你們要聽！我所行的哪裡不公平呢？豈不是你們所行的不公平嗎？

²⁵Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?

²⁶義人若轉離他的義去行惡，他就必因此滅亡；他必因著他所行的不義滅亡。

²⁶When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.

²⁷還有，惡人若回轉離開他所行的惡，行正直公義的事，他就可以使自己的性命存活。

²⁷Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

²⁸因為他思量了，就轉離他所犯的一切罪過，所以他必然存活，不致滅亡。

²⁸Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

²⁹但以色列家還說：‘主所行的不公平。’以色列家啊，我所行的哪裡不公平呢？豈不是你們所行的不公平嗎？

²⁹Yet the house of Israel says, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?

³⁰“因此，以色列家啊，我必照著你們各人所行的審判你們。你們回轉吧！離開你們的一切罪過吧！免得罪孽成為你們的絆腳石。這是主耶和華的宣告。

³⁰Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

³¹你們要把你們所犯的一切罪過棄掉，為自己造一個新的心和新的靈。以色列家啊，你們為甚麼要滅亡呢？

³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?

³²勸離惡從善“我不喜悅任何人滅亡，所以你們要回轉，得以存活。這是主耶和華的宣告。”

³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.