Ezechiele 18

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Et factus est sermo Domini ad medicens:	1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “Quid est vo bis quod vulgo dicitis proverbium istud in terra Israeldicentes: “Patres comederunt uvam acerbam, et dentes filiorum obstupescunt”?	2 “Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’
3 Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, non dicetis ultra hoc proverbium in Israel.	3 As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel.
4 Ecce omnes animae meae sunt: ut anima patris, ita et anima filii mea est; anima,quae peccaverit, ipsa morietur.	4 Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.
5 Et vir, si fuerit iustus et fecerit iudiciumet iustitiam,	5 And if a man is just, and he accomplishes judgment and justice,
6 in montibus non comederit et oculos suos non levaverit ad idoladomus Israel et uxorem proximi sui non violaverit et ad mulierem menstruatam nonaccesserit	6 and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman,
7 et hominem non afflixerit, pignus debitori reddiderit, per vimnihil rapuerit, panem suum esurienti dederit et nudum operuerit vestimento,	7 and if he has not grieved any man, but has restored the collateral to the debtor, if he has seized nothing by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
8 adusuram non commodaverit et fenus non acceperit, ab iniquitate averterit manumsuam, iudicium verum fecerit inter virum et virum,	8 if he has not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase, if he has averted his hand from iniquity, and has executed true judgment between man and man,
9 in praeceptis meisambulaverit et iudicia mea custodierit, ut faciat veritatem, hic iustus est,vita vivet, ait Dominus Deus.	9 if he has walked in my precepts and kept my judgments, so that he acts in accord with truth, then he is just; he shall certainly live, says the Lord God.
10 Quod si genuerit filium latronem, effundentem sanguinem et facientem unum deistis,	10 But if he raises a son who is a robber, who sheds blood, and who does any of these things,
11 cum ipse haec omnia non fecerit, et etiam in montibus comedentem etuxorem proximi sui polluentem,	11 (even though he himself does not do any of these things,) and who eats upon the mountains, and who defiles the wife of his neighbor,
12 egenum et pauperem affligentem, rapientemrapinas, pignus non reddentem et ad idola levantem oculos suos, abominationemfacientem,	12 who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination,
13 ad usuram dantem et fenus accipientem, numquid vivet? Non vivet.Cum universa detestanda haec fecerit, morte morietur; sanguis eius in ipso erit.	13 who lends upon usury, and who takes an increase, then shall he live? He shall not live. Since he has done all these detestable things, he shall certainly die. His blood shall be upon him.
14 Quod si genuerit filium, qui videns omnia peccata patris sui, quae fecit,timuerit et non fecerit simile eis:	14 But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father’s sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him,
15 super montes non comederit et oculos suosnon levaverit ad idola domus Israel et uxorem proximi sui non violaverit	15 who does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and who does not violate the wife of his neighbor,
16 etvirum non afflixerit, pignus non retinuerit et rapinam non rapuerit, panem suumesurienti dederit et nudum operuerit vestimento,	16 and who has not grieved any man, nor withheld the collateral, nor seized by violence, but instead has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,
17 ab iniuria averterit manumsuam, usuram et fenus non acceperit, iudicia mea fecerit, in praeceptis meisambulaverit, hic non morietur in iniquitate patris sui, sed vita vivet.	17 who has averted his hand from injuring the poor, who has not taken usury and an overabundance, who has acted according to my judgments and walked in my precepts, then this one shall not die for the iniquity of his father; instead, he shall certainly live.
18 Patereius, quia calumniatus est et fecit rapinas nec bonum operatus est in mediopopuli sui, ecce mortuus est in iniquitate sua.	18 As for his father, because he oppressed and did violence to his brother, and worked evil in the midst of his people, behold, he has died by his own iniquity.
19 Et dicitis: “Quare nonportavit filius iniquitatem patris?”. Videlicet, quia filius iudicium etiustitiam operatus est, omnia praecepta mea custodivit et fecit illa, vivetvita.	19 And you say, ‘Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father?’ Clearly, since the son has worked judgment and justice, has observed all my precepts, and has done them, he shall certainly live.
20 Anima, quae peccaverit, ipsa morietur; filius non portabit iniquitatempatris, et pater non portabit iniquitatem filii. Iustitia iusti super eum erit,et impietas impii erit super eum.	20 The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.
21 Si autem impius egerit paenitentiam ab omnibus peccatis suis, quae operatusest, et custodierit universa praecepta mea et fecerit iudicium et iustitiam,vita vivet, non morietur.	21 But if the impious man does penance for all his sins which he has committed, and if he keeps all my precepts, and accomplishes judgment and justice, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
22 Omnes iniquitates eius, quas operatus est, nonmemorabuntur ei; in iustitia sua, quam operatus est, vivet.	22 I will not remember all his iniquities, which he has worked; by his justice, which he has worked, he shall live.
23 Numquidvoluntatis meae est mors impii, dicit Dominus Deus, et non ut convertatur a viissuis et vivat?	23 How could it be my will that an impious man should die, says the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways and live?
24 Si autem averterit se iustus a iustitia sua et fecerit iniquitatem secundumomnes abominationes, quas operari solet impius, numquid vivet? Omnes iustitiaeeius, quas fecerat, non recordabuntur; in praevaricatione, qua praevaricatusest, et in peccato suo, quod peccavit, in ipsis morietur.	24 But if a just man turns himself away from his justice, and does iniquity in accord with all the abominations that the impious man so often does, why should he live? All his justices, which he has accomplished, shall not be remembered. By the transgression, in which he has transgressed, and by his sin, in which he has sinned, by these he shall die.
25 Et dixistis: “Nonest aequa via Domini”. Audite ergo, domus Israel: Numquid via mea non estaequa, et non magis viae vestrae pravae sunt?	25 And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
26 Cum enim averterit se iustus aiustitia sua et fecerit iniquitatem, morietur; in iniustitia, quam operatus est,morietur.	26 For when the just man turns himself away from his justice, and commits iniquity, he shall die by this; by the injustice that he has worked, he shall die.
27 Et cum averterit se impius ab impietate sua, quam operatus est, etfecerit iudicium et iustitiam, ipse animam suam vivificabit;	27 And when the impious man turns himself away from his impiety, which he has done, and accomplishes judgment and justice, he shall cause his own soul to live.
28 considerans enimet avertens se ab omnibus iniquitatibus suis, quas operatus est, vita vivet, nonmorietur.	28 For by considering and turning himself away from all his iniquities, which he has worked, he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
29 Et dicunt domus Israel: “Non est aequa via Domini”. Numquidviae meae non sunt aequae, domus Israel, et non magis viae vestrae pravae?	29 And yet the sons of Israel say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ How could it be that my ways are not fair, O house of Israel? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
30 Idcirco unumquemque iuxta vias suas iudicabo, domus Israel, ait Dominus Deus.Convertimini et agite paenitentiam ab omnibus iniquitatibus vestris, et non eritvobis in scandalum iniquitatis.	30 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.
31 Proicite a vobis omnes praevaricationesvestras, in quibus praevaricati estis, et facite vobis cor novum et spiritumnovum. Et quare moriemini, domus Israel?	31 Cast all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, away from you, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And then why should you die, O house of Israel?
32 Quia nolo mortem morientis, dicitDominus Deus. Revertimini et vivite.	32 For I do not desire the death of one who dies, says the Lord God. So return and live.”