MLV(i)
1 And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land and the people of the land take a man from among them and set him for their watchman,
3 if, when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and takes no warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and took no warning; his blood will be upon him. But if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
6 But if the watchman sees the sword come and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at the watchman's hand.
7 So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me. 8 When I say to the wicked man, O wicked man, you will surely die and you do not speak to warn the wicked man from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.
9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked man of his way to turn from it and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
10 And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, You* speak thus, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?
11 Say to them, As I live, says the lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, but that the wicked man turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your* evil ways, for why will you* die, O house of Israel?
12 And you, son of man, say to the sons of your people, The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression. And as for the wickedness of the wicked man, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness, nor will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
13 When I say to the righteous man, that he will surely live, if he trusts his righteousness and commits unrighteousness, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered, but in his unrighteousness that he has committed, in it he will die.
14 Again, when I say to the wicked man, You will surely die, if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked man restores the pledge, gives again what he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes of life, committing no unrighteousness, he will surely live; he will not die.
16 None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done what is lawful and right; he will surely live.
17 Yet the sons of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. But as for them, their way is not equitable. 18 When the righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits unrighteousness, he will even die in it. 19 And when the wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he will live by it.
20 Yet you* say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. O house of Israel, I will judge you* everyone according to his ways.
21 And it happened in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that a man who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is struck.
22 Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he who escaped came. And he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning. And my mouth was opened and I was no more mute.
23 And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 24 Son of man, those who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one and he inherited the land, but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance
25 Therefore say to them, The lord Jehovah says thus: You* eat with the blood and lift up your* eyes to your* idols and shed blood. And will you* possess the land? 26 You* stand upon your* sword, you* work abomination and you* defile every man his neighbor's wife. And will you* possess the land?
27 Thus you will say to them. The lord Jehovah says thus: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.
28 And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. And the pride of her power will cease. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that none will pass through.
29 Then they will know that I am Jehovah when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 And as for you, son of man, the sons of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses and speak one to another, each one to his brother, saying, Come, I beseech you* and hear what is the word that comes forth from Jehovah.
31 And they come to you as the people come and they sit before you as my people. And they hear your words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
32 And behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument. For they hear your words, but they do not do them.
33 And when this occurs, (behold, it comes), then they will know that a prophet has been among them.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and took no warning; his blood will be upon him. But if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
6 But if the watchman sees the sword come and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at the watchman's hand.
7 So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me. 8 When I say to the wicked man, O wicked man, you will surely die and you do not speak to warn the wicked man from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.
9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked man of his way to turn from it and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
10 And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, You* speak thus, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?
11 Say to them, As I live, says the lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, but that the wicked man turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your* evil ways, for why will you* die, O house of Israel?
12 And you, son of man, say to the sons of your people, The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression. And as for the wickedness of the wicked man, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness, nor will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
13 When I say to the righteous man, that he will surely live, if he trusts his righteousness and commits unrighteousness, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered, but in his unrighteousness that he has committed, in it he will die.
14 Again, when I say to the wicked man, You will surely die, if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked man restores the pledge, gives again what he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes of life, committing no unrighteousness, he will surely live; he will not die.
16 None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done what is lawful and right; he will surely live.
17 Yet the sons of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. But as for them, their way is not equitable. 18 When the righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits unrighteousness, he will even die in it. 19 And when the wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he will live by it.
20 Yet you* say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. O house of Israel, I will judge you* everyone according to his ways.
21 And it happened in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that a man who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is struck.
22 Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he who escaped came. And he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning. And my mouth was opened and I was no more mute.
23 And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 24 Son of man, those who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one and he inherited the land, but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance
25 Therefore say to them, The lord Jehovah says thus: You* eat with the blood and lift up your* eyes to your* idols and shed blood. And will you* possess the land? 26 You* stand upon your* sword, you* work abomination and you* defile every man his neighbor's wife. And will you* possess the land?
27 Thus you will say to them. The lord Jehovah says thus: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.
28 And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. And the pride of her power will cease. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that none will pass through.
29 Then they will know that I am Jehovah when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 And as for you, son of man, the sons of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses and speak one to another, each one to his brother, saying, Come, I beseech you* and hear what is the word that comes forth from Jehovah.
31 And they come to you as the people come and they sit before you as my people. And they hear your words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
32 And behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument. For they hear your words, but they do not do them.
33 And when this occurs, (behold, it comes), then they will know that a prophet has been among them.