Ezekiel 18
Ang Biblia (1978)
Ang kaluluwa ng nagkasala ay mamamatay.
18 Ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating uli sa akin, na nagsasabi,
2 Anong ibig ninyong sabihin na (A)inyong sinasambit ang kawikaang ito tungkol sa lupain ng Israel, na sinasabi, Kinain (B)ng mga magulang ang mga maasim na ubas, at ang mga ngipin ng mga anak ay nagsisipangilo?
3 Buháy ako, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, hindi na ninyo sasambitin pa ang kawikaang ito sa Israel.
4 Narito, lahat ng kaluluwa ay akin; kung paano ang kaluluwa ng ama, gayon din ang kaluluwa ng anak ay akin: (C)ang kaluluwa na nagkakasala ay mamamatay.
5 Nguni't kung ang isang tao ay maging ganap, at gumawa ng tapat at matuwid,
6 At hindi kumain (D)sa mga bundok, (E)o itinaas man ang kaniyang mga mata sa mga diosdiosan ng sangbahayan ni Israel, o (F)nadumhan man ang asawa ng kaniyang kapuwa, o lumapit man sa isang babae na may kapanahunan:
7 At hindi pumighati sa kanino man, kundi nagsauli ng sangla (G)sa (H)mangungutang sa kaniya, hindi sumamsam ng anoman sa pamamagitan ng pangdadahas nagbigay ng kaniyang tinapay sa gutom, at nagbalot ng kasuutan sa hubad;
8 Siya na (I)hindi nagbigay na (J)may patubo, o kumuha man ng anomang (K)pakinabang, na iniurong ang kaniyang kamay sa kasamaan, (L)gumawa ng tunay na kahatulan sa tao't tao,
9 Lumakad ng ayon sa aking mga palatuntunan, at nagingat ng aking mga kahatulan upang gawing may katotohanan; siya'y ganap, siya'y walang pagsalang mabubuhay, (M)sabi ng Panginoong Dios.
10 Kung siya'y magkaanak ng isang lalake na tulisan, mangbububo ng dugo, at gumagawa ng alin man sa mga ganitong bagay,
11 At hindi gumagawa ng alin man sa mga katungkulang yaon, kundi kumain nga sa mga bundok, at nadumhan ang asawa ng kaniyang kapuwa,
12 Pumighati (N)ng dukha at mapagkailangan, sumamsam sa pamamagitan ng pangdadahas, hindi nagsauli ng sangla, at itinaas ang kaniyang mga mata sa mga diosdiosan, (O)gumawa ng kasuklamsuklam.
13 Nagbigay na may patubo, at tumanggap ng pakinabang; mabubuhay nga baga siya? siya'y hindi mabubuhay: kaniyang ginawa ang lahat na kasuklamsuklam na ito: siya'y walang pagsalang mamamatay; (P)ang kaniyang dugo ay sasa kaniya.
14 Ngayon, narito, kung siya'y magkaanak ng isang lalake, na nakikita ang lahat na kasalanan ng kaniyang ama na ginawa, at natatakot, at hindi gumagawa ng gayon;
15 Na hindi kumain sa mga bundok, o itinaas man ang kaniyang mga mata sa mga diosdiosan ng sangbahayan ni Israel; hindi nadumhan ang asawa ng kaniyang kapuwa,
16 O pumighati man sa kanino man, hindi tumanggap ng anomang sangla, o sumamsam man sa pamamagitan ng pangdadahas, kundi nagbigay ng kaniyang tinapay sa gutom, at nagbalot ng kasuutan sa hubad;
17 (Q)Na iniurong ang kaniyang kamay sa dukha, na hindi tumanggap ng patubo o ng pakinabang man, ginawa ang aking mga kahatulan, lumakad sa aking mga palatuntunan, hindi siya mamamatay, ng dahil sa kasamaan ng kaniyang ama, siya'y walang pagsalang mabubuhay.
18 Tungkol sa kaniyang ama, sapagka't siya'y pumighating may kabagsikan, sumamsam sa kaniyang kapatid sa pamamagitan ng pangdadahas, at gumawa ng hindi mabuti sa gitna ng kaniyang bayan, narito siya'y (R)mamamatay sa kaniyang kasamaan.
19 Gayon ma'y sinasabi ninyo, (S)Bakit hindi dinadala ng anak ang kasamaan ng ama? Pagka ginawa ng anak ang tapat at matuwid, at nag-ingat ng lahat na aking palatuntunan, at isinagawa, siya'y walang pagsalang mabubuhay.
20 (T)Ang kaluluwa na nagkakasala, mamamatay: (U)ang anak ay hindi magdadanas ng kasamaan ng ama, o magdadanas man ang ama ng kasamaan ng anak; (V)ang katuwiran ng matuwid ay sasa kaniya, at ang kasamaan ng masama ay sasa kaniya.
21 Nguni't kung ang masama (W)ay humiwalay sa kaniyang lahat na kasalanan na kaniyang nagawa, at ingatan ang lahat na aking mga palatuntunan, at gumawa ng tapat at matuwid, siya'y walang pagsalang mabubuhay, siya'y hindi mamamatay.
22 Wala sa kaniyang mga pagsalangsang (X)na nagawa niya na aalalahanin laban sa kaniya: sa kaniyang katuwiran na kaniyang ginawa ay mabubuhay siya.
23 Mayroon baga akong anomang kasayahan sa kamatayan (Y)ng masama? sabi ng Panginoong Dios: at hindi baga mabuti na siya'y humiwalay sa kaniyang lakad, at mabuhay?
24 Nguni't (Z)pagka ang matuwid ay humiwalay sa kaniyang katuwiran, at gumagawa ng kasamaan, at gumagawa ng ayon sa lahat na kasuklamsuklam na ginagawa ng masamang tao, mabubuhay baga siya? Walang aalalahanin sa (AA)kaniyang mga matuwid na gawa na kaniyang ginawa: sa kaniyang pagsalangsang na kaniyang isinalangsang, at sa kaniyang kasalanan na kaniyang ipinagkasala, sa mga yaon mamamatay siya.
25 Gayon ma'y inyong sinasabi, Ang daan ng Panginoon ay (AB)hindi matuwid. Pakinggan mo ngayon, Oh sangbahayan ni Israel, Hindi baga ang aking daan ay matuwid? hindi baga ang iyong mga lakad ang di matuwid?
26 Pagka ang matuwid ay humihiwalay sa kaniyang katuwiran, at gumagawa ng kasamaan, at kinamamatayan; sa kasamaan na kaniyang nagawa ay mamamatay siya.
27 Muli, pagka ang masama ay humihiwalay sa kaniyang kasamaan na kaniyang nagawa, at gumawa ng tapat at matuwid, kaniyang ililigtas na buháy ang kaniyang kaluluwa.
28 Sapagka't siya'y nagmunimuni, at humiwalay sa lahat niyang pagsalangsang na kaniyang nagawa, siya'y walang pagsalang mabubuhay, siya'y hindi mamamatay.
29 Gayon ma'y sabi ng sangbahayan ni Israel, Ang daan ng Panginoon ay hindi matuwid. Oh sangbahayan ni Israel, hindi baga ang aking mga daan ay matuwid? hindi baga ang iyong mga lakad ay ang di matuwid?
30 Kaya't hahatulan (AC)ko kayo, Oh sangbahayan ni Israel, bawa't isa'y ayon sa kaniyang mga lakad, sabi ng Panginoong Dios. (AD)Kayo'y mangagbalik-loob, at magsihiwalay kayo sa lahat ninyong pagsalangsang; sa gayo'y ang kasamaan ay hindi magiging inyong kapahamakan.
31 Inyong iwaksi ang lahat ninyong pagsalangsang, na inyong isinalangsang: at kayo'y (AE)magbagong loob at magbagong diwa: sapagka't bakit kayo mamamatay, Oh angkan ni Israel?
32 Sapagka't wala akong kasayahan sa kamatayan niya na namamatay, sabi ng Panginoong Dios: kaya't (AF)magsipagbalik-loob kayo, at kayo'y mangabuhay.
Ezekiel 18
1599 Geneva Bible
18 2 He showeth that every man shall bear his own sin. 21 To him that amendeth, salvation is promised. 24 Death is prophesied to the righteous, which turneth back from the right way.
1 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,
2 What mean ye that ye speak this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, [a]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 use this proverb no more in Israel.
4 Behold, all souls are mine, both the soul of the father, and also the soul of the son are 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 [b]upon the mountains, neither hath lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath (A)defiled his neighbor’s wife, neither hath [c]lain with a (B)menstruous woman,
7 Neither hath oppressed any, but hath restored the pledge to his debtor: he that hath spoiled none by violence, (C)but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
8 And hath not given forth upon (D)usury, neither hath taken any increase, but hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, and hath executed true judgment between man and man,
9 And 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 [d]thief, or a shedder of blood, if he do anyone of these things,
11 Though he do not all these things, but either hath eaten upon the mountains, or defiled his neighbor’s wife,
12 Or hath oppressed the poor and needy, or hath spoiled by violence, or hath not restored the pledge, or hath lifted up his eyes unto the idols, or hath committed abomination,
13 Or hath given forth upon usury, or hath taken increase, shall he live? he shall not live: seeing he hath done all these abominations, [e]he shall die the death, and his blood shall be upon him.
14 ¶ But if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doeth such like,
15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor hath defiled his neighbor’s wife,
16 Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withheld the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
17 Neither hath withdrawn his hand from the afflicted, nor received usury nor increase, but hath executed my judgments, and hath walked in my statutes, he shall not die in the iniquity of his father, but he shall surely live.
18 His father, because he cruelly oppressed and spoiled his brother by violence, and hath not done good among his people, lo, even he dieth in his iniquity.
19 Yet say ye, Wherefore shall not the son bear the iniquity of the father? because the son hath executed judgment and justice, and hath kept all my statutes, and done them, he shall surely live.
20 (E)The same soul that sinneth, shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son, but the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
21 But if the wicked will return from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my [f]statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, and shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be [g]mentioned unto him, but in his [h]righteousness that he hath done, he shall live.
23 [i]Have I any desire that the wicked should die, saith the Lord God? [j]or shall he not live, if he return from his ways?
24 But if the righteous turn away from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and do according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? all his [k]righteousness that he hath done, shall not be mentioned: but in his transgression that he hath committed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not [l]equal: hear now, O house of Israel. Is not my way equal? or are not your ways unequal?
26 For when a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and commiteth iniquity, he shall even die for the same, he shall even die for his iniquity that he hath done.
27 Again, when the wicked 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, and 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? or are not your ways unequal?
30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, saith the Lord God: return therefore, and cause others to turn away from all your transgressions: so iniquity shall not be your destruction.
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed and make [m]you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: cause therefore one another to return, and live ye.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 18:2 The people murmured at the chastisings of the Lord, and therefore used this proverb, meaning, that their fathers had sinned, and their children were punished for their transgressions, read Jer. 31:29.
- Ezekiel 18:6 If he hath not eaten of the flesh that hath been offered up to idols, to honor them thereby.
- Ezekiel 18:6 Hebrew, come near.
- Ezekiel 18:10 Or, a cruel man.
- Ezekiel 18:13 He showeth how the son is punished for his father’s fault: that is, if he be wicked as his father was, and doth not repent, he shall be punished as his father was, or else not.
- Ezekiel 18:21 He joineth the observation of the commandments with repentance: for none can repent in deed, except he labor to keep the Law.
- Ezekiel 18:22 Or, not laid to his charge.
- Ezekiel 18:22 That is, in the fruits of his faith which declare that God doth accept him.
- Ezekiel 18:23 He speaketh this to commend God’s mercy to poor sinners, who rather is ready to pardon than to punish, as his long suffering declareth, Ezek. 33:11. Albeit God in his eternal counsel appointed the death and damnation of the reprobate, yet the end of his counsel was not their death only, but chiefly his own glory. Also because he doth not approve sin, therefore it is here said that he would have them to turn away from it, that they might live.
- Ezekiel 18:23 Or, rather that he may return from his ways, and live.
- Ezekiel 18:24 That is, the false opinion that the hypocrites have of their righteousness.
- Ezekiel 18:25 In punishing the father with the children.
- Ezekiel 18:31 He showeth that man cannot forsake his wickedness, till his heart be changed, which is only the work of God.
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