Prophetia Ezechielis

Ezechielis, chapter 18, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 18 Vulgate

   1 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:
   2 "Quid est vo bis quod vulgo dicitis proverbium istud in terra Israel dicentes: "Patres comederunt uvam acerbam, et dentes filiorum obstupescunt"?
   3 Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, non dicetis ultra hoc proverbium in Israel.
   4 Ecce omnes animae meae sunt: ut anima patris, ita et anima filii mea est; anima, quae peccaverit, ipsa morietur.
   5 Et vir, si fuerit iustus et fecerit iudicium et iustitiam,
   6 in montibus non comederit et oculos suos non levaverit ad idola domus Israel et uxorem proximi sui non violaverit et ad mulierem menstruatam non accesserit
   7 et hominem non afflixerit, pignus debitori reddiderit, per vim nihil rapuerit, panem suum esurienti dederit et nudum operuerit vestimento,
   8 ad usuram non commodaverit et fenus non acceperit, ab iniquitate averterit manum suam, iudicium verum fecerit inter virum et virum,
   9 in praeceptis meis ambulaverit et iudicia mea custodierit, ut faciat veritatem, hic iustus est, vita vivet, ait Dominus Deus.
   10 Quod si genuerit filium latronem, effundentem sanguinem et facientem unum de istis,
   11 cum ipse haec omnia non fecerit, et etiam in montibus comedentem et uxorem proximi sui polluentem,
   12 egenum et pauperem affligentem, rapientem rapinas, pignus non reddentem et ad idola levantem oculos suos, abominationem facientem,
   13 ad usuram dantem et fenus accipientem, numquid vivet? Non vivet. Cum universa detestanda haec fecerit, morte morietur; sanguis eius in ipso erit.
   14 Quod si genuerit filium, qui videns omnia peccata patris sui, quae fecit, timuerit et non fecerit simile eis:
   15 super montes non comederit et oculos suos non levaverit ad idola domus Israel et uxorem proximi sui non violaverit
   16 et virum non afflixerit, pignus non retinuerit et rapinam non rapuerit, panem suum esurienti dederit et nudum operuerit vestimento,
   17 ab iniuria averterit manum suam, usuram et fenus non acceperit, iudicia mea fecerit, in praeceptis meis ambulaverit, hic non morietur in iniquitate patris sui, sed vita vivet.
   18 Pater eius, quia calumniatus est et fecit rapinas nec bonum operatus est in medio populi sui, ecce mortuus est in iniquitate sua.
   19 Et dicitis: "Quare non portavit filius iniquitatem patris?". Videlicet, quia filius iudicium et iustitiam operatus est, omnia praecepta mea custodivit et fecit illa, vivet vita.
   20 Anima, quae peccaverit, ipsa morietur; filius non portabit iniquitatem patris, et pater non portabit iniquitatem filii. Iustitia iusti super eum erit, et impietas impii erit super eum.
   21 Si autem impius egerit paenitentiam ab omnibus peccatis suis, quae operatus est, et custodierit universa praecepta mea et fecerit iudicium et iustitiam, vita vivet, non morietur.
   22 Omnes iniquitates eius, quas operatus est, non memorabuntur ei; in iustitia sua, quam operatus est, vivet.
   23 Numquid voluntatis meae est mors impii, dicit Dominus Deus, et non ut convertatur a viis suis et vivat?
   24 Si autem averterit se iustus a iustitia sua et fecerit iniquitatem secundum omnes abominationes, quas operari solet impius, numquid vivet? Omnes iustitiae eius, quas fecerat, non recordabuntur; in praevaricatione, qua praevaricatus est, et in peccato suo, quod peccavit, in ipsis morietur.
   25 Et dixistis: "Non est aequa via Domini". Audite ergo, domus Israel: Numquid via mea non est aequa, et non magis viae vestrae pravae sunt?
   26 Cum enim averterit se iustus a iustitia sua et fecerit iniquitatem, morietur; in iniustitia, quam operatus est, morietur.
   27 Et cum averterit se impius ab impietate sua, quam operatus est, et fecerit iudicium et iustitiam, ipse animam suam vivificabit;
   28 considerans enim et avertens se ab omnibus iniquitatibus suis, quas operatus est, vita vivet, non morietur.
   29 Et dicunt domus Israel: "Non est aequa via Domini". Numquid viae meae non sunt aequae, domus Israel, et non magis viae vestrae pravae?
   30 Idcirco unumquemque iuxta vias suas iudicabo, domus Israel, ait Dominus Deus. Convertimini et agite paenitentiam ab omnibus iniquitatibus vestris, et non erit vobis in scandalum iniquitatis.
   31 Proicite a vobis omnes praevaricationes vestras, in quibus praevaricati estis, et facite vobis cor novum et spiritum novum. Et quare moriemini, domus Israel?
   32 Quia nolo mortem morientis, dicit Dominus Deus. Revertimini et vivite.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
   2 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 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
   4 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 ¶ But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
   6 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 neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
   7 And 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;
   8 He 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,
   9 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 ¶ If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
   11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
   12 Hath 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,
   13 Hath 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.
   14 ¶ Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
   15 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 neighbour's wife,
   16 Neither 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,
   17 That 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.
   18 As 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.
   19 ¶ 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 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 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 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
   23 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 ¶ 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 ¶ 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 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 Again, 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.
   28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
   29 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 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 ¶ Cast 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?
   32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.