⁴ Look! All lives are mine.^[a] The lives of father and son alike are mine.^[b] The person^[c] sinning will die. ⁵ And if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness, ⁶ and on the mountains he does not eat and he does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he does not defile and he does not approach a woman of^[d] menstruation, ⁷ and he oppresses no one^[e] and he returns a pledge for his loan and he commits no robbery^[f] and he gives^[g] his bread to the hungry and he covers a naked person with a garment, ⁸ and he does not charge interest^[h] and he takes no usury, and he holds back^[i] his hand from injustice and he executes a judgment of fairness between persons,^{[j] 9} and in my statutes he goes about and my regulations he keeps,^[k] performing faithfully^[l] —then he is righteous, and certainly he will live,” declares^[m] the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁰ “And now he has a son, a violent one, who sheds blood^[n] and does any of these things^{[o] 11} (though^[p] he^[q] did not do all of these things), for the son also^[r] eats on the mountains and he defiles the wife of his neighbor. ¹² He oppresses the needy and the poor, and he commits robbery,^[s] and he does not return a pledge for a loan, and he lifts his eyes to the idols so he does a detestable thing. ¹³ He charges interest^[t] and takes usury. Then, shall he live? He shall not live, for he did all of these detestable things. Surely he will die! His blood will be on him.

¹⁴ “And look! He has a son, and he sees all of the sin of his father that he did, and he sees it, but he does not do it. ¹⁵ On the mountains he does not eat, and he does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he does not defile. ¹⁶ And he oppresses no one; he requires no pledge for a loan, and he does not commit robbery;^[u] he gives his bread to the hungry, and he covers the naked person with a garment. ¹⁷ He brings back^[v] his hand from iniquity;^[w] he does not take interest and usury; he does my regulations; he goes^[x] in my statutes. He will not die because of the guilt of his father; he will surely live! ¹⁸ Because his father oppressed severely;^[y] he stole from his brother;^[z] that which is not good he did in the midst of his people, and look! He will die through^[aa] his guilt.

¹⁹ “Yet^[ab] you say, ‘Why does the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ And since the son does justice and righteousness and he keeps all of my statutes and does them, he shall surely live! ²⁰ The person,^[ac] the one sinning, will die. A son shall not bear the guilt of the father, and a father shall not bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him; the wickedness of the wicked^[ad] shall be on him. ²¹ But if the wicked returns from all of his sins^[ae] that he has done and he keeps all of my statutes and he does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die! ²² All of his transgressions that he committed will not be remembered against^[af] him. Through^[ag] his righteousness that he has done he shall live.