¹The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

¹In beseda GOSPODOVA mi je prišla, govoreč:

²What 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?

²Kaj menite, da rabite ta pregovor o zemlji Izraelovi, govoreč: Očetje so zobali kislo grozdje in otrokom so zobje skominasti?

³As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

³Kakor resnično živim, govori Gospod Jehova, ne boste več rabili tega pregovora v Izraelu!

⁴Behold, 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.

⁴Glej, vse duše so moje; kakor duša očetova, tako duša sinova je moja; duša, ki greši, umrje.

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

⁵In ako je kdo pravičen, in dela, kar je postavno in pravično,

⁶And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

⁶po gorah ne jé in oči ne vzdiguje proti grdim malikom Izraelove hiše, bližnjega svojega žene ne oskrunja in ženi v nesnagi njeni se ne bliža,

⁷And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

⁷nikomur ne škoduje, ampak dolžniku povrne zastavo, s silo ne vzame ničesar, lačnemu podeli kruh svoj in nagega odene z obleko,

⁸He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

⁸na obresti ne posoja in ne lihvuje, od krivice odvrača roko, po resnici sodi med možem in možem,

⁹Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

⁹po postavah mojih živi in pazi na sodbe moje, da bi stregel resnici: ta je pravičen, gotovo bo živel, govori Gospod Jehova.

¹⁰If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

¹⁰Ako rodi sina silovitneža, ki preliva kri in stori katero onih reči,

¹¹And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

¹¹tistih čednosti pa ne dela, marveč jé po gorah in oskrunja bližnjega svojega ženo,

¹²Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

¹²ubožcu in potrebnemu škoduje, siloma jemlje, zastave ne vrne in oči vzdiguje h grdim malikom, počenja gnusobe,

¹³Hath given forth upon usury, 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.

¹³posoja na obresti in lihvuje: ali bo živel? Ne bo živel! Vse te gnusobe je počenjal, mora umreti; kri njegova bodi nad njim!

¹⁴Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

¹⁴A glej, rodi sina, ki vidi vse očeta svojega grehe, ki jih ta dela, pa se boji in enakega ne počenja:

¹⁵That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

¹⁵ne jé po gorah, ne vzdiguje oči h grdim malikom Izraelove hiše, ne oskrunja bližnjega svojega žene,

¹⁶Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

¹⁶ne škoduje nikomur, ne zahteva ničesar v zastavo, ne jemlje s silo, ampak daje lačnemu kruh svoj in odeva nagega z obleko;

¹⁷That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury 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.

¹⁷varuje se roko položiti na reveža, ne posoja na obresti in ne lihvari, izpolnjuje sodbe moje in živi po postavah mojih: ta ne umrje zaradi krivičnosti očeta svojega, gotovo bo živel.

¹⁸As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

¹⁸Oče njegov, ker je kruto stiskal, brata svojega siloma plenil in počenjal med ljudstvom svojim, kar ni dobro: glej, ta umre zaradi krivičnosti svoje.

¹⁹Yet 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.

¹⁹A vi pravite: Zakaj ne nosi sin krivice očeta svojega? Ker je sin delal, kar je postavno in pravično, in je hranil vse postave moje ter jih izpolnjeval: gotovo bo živel.

²⁰The 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.

²⁰Duša, ki greši, umrje. Sin ne bo nosil očeta svojega krivice, tudi oče ne krivice sina svojega; pravičnost pravičnega ostane na njem, in brezbožnost ostane na brezbožnem.

²¹But 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.

²¹Ako pa se brezbožnik odvrne od vseh grehov svojih, ki jih je storil, in bo hranil vse postave moje in delal, kar je postavno in pravično, gotovo bo živel, ne umrje.

²²All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

²²Nobeden od prestopkov njegovih, ki jih je zakrivil, se mu ne bo spominjal; zaradi pravičnosti svoje, ki jo je storil, bo živel.

²³Have 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?

²³Ali mi je res po volji smrt brezbožnikova? govori Gospod Jehova; ni li mi bolj všeč, da se izpreobrne od svojega dejanja ter živi?

²⁴But 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.

²⁴Ako pa se odvrne pravičnik od pravičnosti svoje ter dela nepravičnost po vseh gnusobah, ki jih počenja brezbožnik, ali naj živi? Nobeno od pravičnih del njegovih, ki jih je storil, se ne bo spominjalo: zavoljo nezvestobe svoje, s katero se je pregrešil, in zavoljo greha svojega, ki ga je zakrivil, mora umreti.

²⁵Yet 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?

²⁵In še pravite vi: Ni ravna pot Gospodova! Poslušajte vendar, o družina Izraelova: Moja li pot ni ravna? Ni li tako, da vaše poti niso ravne?

²⁶When 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.

²⁶Ko se pravičnik odvrne od pravičnosti svoje in se vda nepravičnosti in umre v tem: umre zavoljo nepravičnosti svoje, ki jo je storil.

²⁷Again, when the 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.

²⁷In ko se brezbožnik izpreobrne od brezbožnosti svoje, s katero je grešil, in dela, kar je postavno in pravično, ohrani dušo svojo v življenju.

²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

²⁸Ker je izprevidel in se je izpreobrnil od vseh prestopkov svojih, ki jih je zakrivil, gotovo bo živel, ne umrje.

²⁹Yet 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?

²⁹A vendar govori družina Izraelova: Pot Gospodova ni ravna. O družina Izraelova, moja li pot ni ravna? Ni li tako, da vaše poti niso ravne?

³⁰Therefore 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.

³⁰Zatorej vas bom sodil, družina Izraelova, vsakega po dejanju njegovem, govori Gospod Jehova. Izpreobrnite se in odvrnite se od vseh prestopkov svojih, in krivica vam ne bo v padec.

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

³¹Vrzite od sebe vse prestopke svoje, s katerimi ste se pregrešili, in oskrbite si novo srce in novega duha! kajti čemu naj bi mrli, o družina Izraelova?Zakaj meni ni po volji smrt njega, ki gine, govori Gospod Jehova. Zato se izpreobrnite in živite!

³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

³²Zakaj meni ni po volji smrt njega, ki gine, govori Gospod Jehova. Zato se izpreobrnite in živite!