Ezekiel 18 — Logos by Kai'Ros

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Ezekiel

Chapter 18

KJV · Textus Receptus

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8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,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

1AWURADE asɛm baa me nkyɛn bio sɛ,Under pastoral review

2Ɛdeɛn na mokyerɛ, sɛ mobɔ saa ɛbɛ yi fa Israel asase ho sɛ, Agyanom adi bobe aba keka, na mma no se afem?Under pastoral review

3Sɛdeɛ mete ase, Awurade AWURADE na ɔseɛ, morennya ɛkwan mmɔ saa ɛbɛ yi bio wɔ Israel.Under pastoral review

4Hwɛ, akra nyinaa yɛ me dea; sɛdeɛ agya kra teɛ, saa ara na ɔba kra nso yɛ me dea: ɔkra a ɔyɛ bɔne no, ɔno na ɔbɛwu.Under pastoral review

5Na sɛ onipa bi tene, na ɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene na ɛyɛ pɛ,Under pastoral review

6Na wanni aduane wɔ mmepɔ so, na wamma n'ani so anhwɛ Israel fie ahoni, na wangu ne yɔnko yere ho fi, na wammɛn ɔbaa a ɔwɔ ne bra mu,Under pastoral review

7Na wanhyɛ obiara so, na mmom ɔsane de ɔkafoɔ awowa maa no, na wamfa basabasayɛ amfom obiara adeɛ, ɔde n'aduane maa deɛ ɛkɔm de no, na ɔde ntadeɛ kataa deɛ ɔda adagya so;Under pastoral review

8Deɛ wamfa mfɛntom ammɔ, na wannye nkɔsoɔ biara, deɛ ɔatwe ne nsa afiri amumuyɛ ho, na wabu atɛntenenee wɔ onipa ne onipa ntam,Under pastoral review

9Wanante m'ahyɛnsɛm mu, na wadi m'atemmuo so, sɛ ɔbɛdi nokorɛ; ɔtene, ɔbɛtena ase ampa, Awurade AWURADE na ɔseɛ.Under pastoral review

10Sɛ ɔwo ɔbabarima a ɔyɛ ɔkwanmukafoɔ, mogya hwiefoɔ, na ɔyɛ yeinom mu baako bi a,Under pastoral review

11Na ɔnyɛ yeinom mu biara, na mmom wadi aduane wɔ mmepɔ so, na wagu ne yɔnko yere ho fi,Under pastoral review

12Wahyɛ ohiani ne mmɔborɔni so, wafa basabasayɛ afom adeɛ, wamfa awowa ansane amma, na wama n'ani so ahwɛ ahoni, wayɛ akyiwadeɛ,Under pastoral review

13Wafa mfɛntom abɔ, na wagye nkɔsoɔ: ɛnneɛ ɔbɛtena ase anaa? ɔrentena ase: wayɛ saa akyiwadeɛ yi nyinaa; ɔbɛwu ampa; ne mogya bɛka ne ho.Under pastoral review

14Afei, hwɛ, sɛ ɔwo ɔbabarima, a ɔhunu n'agya bɔne a wayɛ nyinaa, na ɔdwene ho, na ɔnyɛ saa,Under pastoral review

15Deɛ wanni aduane wɔ mmepɔ so, na wamma n'ani so anhwɛ Israel fie ahoni, wangu ne yɔnko yere ho fi,Under pastoral review

16Na wanhyɛ obiara so, wamfa awowa ansie, na wamfa basabasayɛ amfom adeɛ, na mmom ɔde n'aduane maa deɛ ɛkɔm de no, na ɔde ntadeɛ kataa deɛ ɔda adagya so,Under pastoral review

17Deɛ watwe ne nsa afiri ohiani so, deɛ wannye mfɛntom anaa nkɔsoɔ, wadi m'atemmuo so, wanante m'ahyɛnsɛm mu; ɔrenwu wɔ n'agya amumuyɛ ho, ɔbɛtena ase ampa.Under pastoral review

18N'agya deɛ, esiane sɛ ɔhyɛɛ so atirimuɔden mu, ɔde basabasayɛ fom ne nua adeɛ, na ɔyɛɛ deɛ ɛnyɛ papa wɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ mu enti, hwɛ, ɔno mpo bɛwu wɔ n'amumuyɛ mu.Under pastoral review

19Nanso moka sɛ, Adɛn? ɔba no nsoa n'agya amumuyɛ anaa? Ɛberɛ a ɔba no ayɛ deɛ ɛtene na ɛyɛ pɛ, na wadi m'ahyɛnsɛm nyinaa so, na wayɛ no, ɔbɛtena ase ampa.Under pastoral review

20Ɔkra a ɔyɛ bɔne no, ɔno na ɔbɛwu. Ɔba no rensoa n'agya amumuyɛ, na agya no nso rensoa ɔba no amumuyɛ: ɔteneneeni tenenee bɛda ne so, na ɔdebɔneyɛni bɔne nso bɛda ne so.Under pastoral review

21Na sɛ ɔdebɔneyɛni dane firi ne bɔne a wayɛ nyinaa so, na ɔdi m'ahyɛnsɛm nyinaa so, na ɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene na ɛyɛ pɛ a, ɔbɛtena ase ampa, ɔrenwu.Under pastoral review

22Ne mmarato a wayɛ nyinaa, wɔrenkae mma no: ne tenenee a wayɛ mu na ɔbɛtena ase.Under pastoral review

23M'ani gye ɔdebɔneyɛni owuo ho koraa anaa? Awurade AWURADE na ɔseɛ: na ɛnyɛ sɛ ɔbɛsane afiri n'akwan so, na watena ase anaa?Under pastoral review

24Na sɛ ɔteneneeni dane firi ne tenenee so, na ɔyɛ amumuyɛ, na ɔyɛ sɛdeɛ akyiwadeɛ a ɔdebɔneyɛni yɛ no nyinaa teɛ a, ɔbɛtena ase anaa? Ne tenenee a wayɛ nyinaa, wɔrenkae: ne mmarato a wadi, ne ne bɔne a wayɛ mu, ɛno mu na ɔbɛwu.Under pastoral review

25Nanso moka sɛ, Awurade kwan ntene. Afei tie, Ao Israel fie; me kwan ntene anaa? mo akwan na ɛntene, ɛnyɛ saa anaa?Under pastoral review

26Sɛ ɔteneneeni dane firi ne tenenee so, na ɔyɛ amumuyɛ, na ɔwu wɔ mu a; n'amumuyɛ a wayɛ no ho na ɔbɛwu.Under pastoral review

27Bio, sɛ ɔdebɔneyɛni dane firi ne bɔne a wayɛ so, na ɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene na ɛyɛ pɛ a, ɔbɛgye ne kra nkwa.Under pastoral review

28Esiane sɛ ɔdwene ho, na ɔdane firi ne mmarato a wayɛ nyinaa so enti, ɔbɛtena ase ampa, ɔrenwu.Under pastoral review

29Nanso Israel fie ka sɛ, Awurade kwan ntene. Ao Israel fie, m'akwan ntene anaa? mo akwan na ɛntene, ɛnyɛ saa anaa?Under pastoral review

30Ɛno enti mɛbu mo atɛn, Ao Israel fie, obiara sɛdeɛ n'akwan teɛ, Awurade AWURADE na ɔseɛ. Monsakra mo adwene, na monnane mo ho mfiri mo mmarato nyinaa ho; na amumuyɛ anyɛ mo ɔsɛeɛ.Under pastoral review

31Montoto mo mmarato a mode adi mmarato no nyinaa nngu; na monyɛ akoma foforɔ ne honhom foforɔ mma mo ho: na adɛn enti na mobɛwu, Ao Israel fie?Under pastoral review

32Efisɛ m'ani nnye deɛ ɔwu no owuo ho, Awurade AWURADE na ɔseɛ: ɛno enti monnane mo ho, na montena ase.Under pastoral review

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