エゼキエル書 18

1 ヱホバの言また我にのぞみて言ふ

The word of Jehovah came to me again, saying:

2 汝等なんぞイスラエルの地に於て此諺語を用ひ父等酸き葡萄を食ひたれば子等の齒齼くと言ふや

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 主ヱホバいふ我は生く汝等ふたたびイスラエルに於てこの諺語をもちふることなかるべし

As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

4 夫凡の靈魂は我に屬す父の靈魂も子の靈魂も我に屬するなり罪を犯せる靈魂は死べし

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 若人正義して公道と公義を行ひ

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right;

6 山の上に食をなさず目をあげてイスラエルの家の偶像を仰がず人の妻を犯さず穢れたる婦女に近づかず

if he eat not upon the mountains, and lift not up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and defile not his neighbor's wife, and come not near a woman during her uncleanness;

7 何人をも虐げず質物を還し物を奪はずその食物を饑る者に與へ裸なる者に衣を着せ

if he oppress not any, if he restore to the debtor his pledge, spoil none by violence, give his bread to the hungry, and cover the naked with a garment;

8 利を取て貸さず息を取ず手をひきて惡を行はず眞實の判斷を人と人の間になし

if he give not forth upon usury, and take not increase; if he withdraw his hand from iniquity, and give true judgment between man and man;

9 わが法憲にあゆみ又吾が律例を守りて眞實をおこなはば是義者なり彼は生べし主ヱホバこれを言ふ

if he walk in my statutes and keep my commandments, to deal uprightly, —he is just; he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

10 然ど彼子を生んにその子暴き者にして人の血をながし是の如き事の一箇を行ひ

But if he have a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth to his brother any of these things,

11 是をば凡て行はずして山の上に食をなし人の妻を犯し

and doeth not all those duties, but eateth upon the mountains, and defileth his neighbor's wife,

12 惱める者と貧しき者を虐げ物を奪ひ質物を還さず目をあげて偶像を仰ぎ憎むべき事をおこなひ

oppresseth the poor and needy, spoileth by violence, restoreth not the pledge, lifteth up his eyes to idols, and committeth abomination,

13 利をとりて貸し息を取ば彼は生べきや彼は生べからず彼この諸の憎むべき事をなしたれば必ず死べしその血はかれに歸せん

giveth forth upon usury, and taketh increase, shall he live? No! he shall not live. He hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

14 又子生れんに其子父のなせる諸の罪を視しかども視て斯有ことを行はず

Yet lo, if he have a son that seeth all the sins which his father committed, that seeth them and doeth not such like,

15 山の上に食をなさず目をあげてイスラエルの家の偶像を仰がず人の妻を犯さず

that eateth not upon the mountains, nor lifteth up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defileth his neighbor's wife,

16 何人をも虐げず質物を存留めず物を奪はず饑る者にその食物を與へ裸なる者に衣を着せ

nor oppresseth any, nor taketh a pledge, nor spoileth by violence, but giveth his food to the hungry, and covereth the naked with a garment,

17 その手をひきて惱める者を苦めず利と息を取ずわが律法を行ひわが法度に歩まば彼はその父の惡のために死ことあらじ必ず生べし

keepeth back his hand from the poor, and taketh no usury or increase, keepeth my commandments, and walketh in my statutes, he shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely live.

18 その父は甚だしく人を掠めその兄弟を痛く虐げその民の中に善らぬ事をなしたるに由てその惡のために死べし

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, he shall die for his iniquity.

19 しかるに汝等は子なんぞ父の惡を負ざるやと言ふ夫子は律法と公義を行ひわが凡ての法度を守りてこれを行ひたれば必ず生べし

Yet say ye, “Why? Doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?” When the son doeth that which is lawful and right, keepeth all my statutes and doeth them, he shall surely live.

20 罪を犯せる靈魂は死べし子は父の惡を負ず父は子の惡を負ざるなり義人の義はその人に歸し惡人の惡はその人に歸すべし

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 然ど惡人もしその凡て行ひしところの惡を離れわが諸の法度を守り律法と公義を行ひなばかならず生ん死ざるべし

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins which 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 その爲しところの咎は皆記念られざるべしその爲し義き事のために彼は生べし

None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered unto him; for his righteousness, which he hath done, he shall live.

23 主ヱホバ言たまふ我爭で惡人の死を好まんや寧彼がその道を離れて生んことを好まざらんや

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die, saith the Lord Jehovah, and not that he should turn from his ways and live?

24 若義人その義をはなれて惡を行ひ惡人の爲る諸の憎むべき事をなさば生べきや其なせし義き事は皆記念られざるべし彼はその爲る咎とその犯せる罪とのために死べし

But when the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations which the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; for his trespass which he hath trespassed, and for his sin which he hath sinned, for them shall he die.

25 然るに汝等主の道は正しからずと言ふ然ばイスラエルの家よ聽け吾道正しからざるやその正しからざる者は汝らの道にあらずや

Yet ye say, “The way of the Lord is not right.” Hear now, O house of Israel! “Is not my way right?” Is it not your ways that are not right?

26 若義人その義をはなれて惡を爲し其がために死ることあらば是その爲る惡のために死るなり

When a righteous man turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and on this account dieth, for his iniquity which he hath done doth he die.

27 若惡人その爲る惡をはなれて律法と公義を行はばその靈魂を生しむることをえん

And when the wicked man turneth from his iniquity which he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

28 彼もし視てその行ひし諸の咎を離れなば必ず生ん死ざるべし

Because he considereth and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

29 然るにイスラエルの家は主の道は正しからずといふイスラエルの家よわが道正しからざるやその正しからざる者は汝らの道にあらずや

Yet saith the house of Israel, “The way of the Lord is not right.” O house of Israel, are not my ways right? Is it not your ways that are not right?

30 主ヱホバいひ給ふ是故に我汝らをば各その道にしたがひて審くべし汝らその諸の咎を悔改めよ然らば惡汝らを躓かせて滅ぼすことなかるべし

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Turn ye, turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not be your ruin.

31 汝等その行ひし諸の罪を棄去り新しき心と新しき靈魂を起すべしイスラエルの家よ汝らなんぞ死べけんや

Cast away from you all your transgressions which ye have committed, and make you a new heart, and a new spirit! For why will ye die, O house of Israel?

32 我は死者の死を好まざるなり然ば汝ら悔て生よ主ヱホバこれを言ふ

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah. Wherefore turn yourselves and live!