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1 И҆ бы́сть сло́во гдⷭ҇не ко мнѣ̀ гл҃ѧ:
1 Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying,
2 сы́не человѣ́чь, что̀ ва́мъ при́тча сїѧ̀ на землѝ і҆и҃левѣ, глаго́лющымъ: ѻ҆тцы̀ ꙗ҆до́ша те́рпкое, а҆ зꙋбѡ́мъ ча̑дъ и҆́хъ ѡ҆скѡ́мины бы́ша;
2 “What do you mean, that you 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 Живꙋ̀ а҆́зъ, гл҃етъ а҆дѡнаі̀ гдⷭ҇ь, а҆́ще бꙋ́детъ є҆щѐ глаго́лема при́тча сїѧ̀ во і҆и҃ли.
3 “As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.
4 Ꙗ҆́кѡ всѧ̑ дꙋ́шы моѧ̑ сꙋ́ть, ꙗ҆́коже дꙋша̀ ѻ҆́тча, та́кѡ и҆ дꙋша̀ сыно́внѧ, моѧ̑ сꙋ́ть: дꙋша̀, ꙗ҆́же согрѣши́тъ, та̀ ᲂу҆́мретъ, и҆ зоба́вшагѡ па́родки зꙋ́бы ѡ҆скѡ́минны бꙋ́дꙋтъ.
4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.
5 Человѣ́къ же, и҆́же є҆́сть првⷣнъ, творѧ́й сꙋ́дъ и҆ пра́вдꙋ,
5 “But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
6 на гора́хъ не снѣ́сть и҆ ѻ҆че́съ свои́хъ не воздви́гнетъ на кꙋмі́ры до́мꙋ і҆и҃лева, и҆ жены̀ бли́жнѧгѡ своегѡ̀ не ѡ҆скверна́витъ и҆ къ женѣ̀ въ мѣ́сѧчныхъ сꙋ́щей не прибли́житсѧ,
6 and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,
7 и҆ человѣ́кꙋ не наси́льствꙋетъ, зало́гъ должникꙋ̀ ѿда́стъ и҆ хище́нїемъ не восхи́титъ, хлѣ́бъ сво́й а҆́лчномꙋ да́стъ и҆ нага́го ѡ҆блече́тъ въ ри́зꙋ,
7 and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
8 и҆ сребра̀ своегѡ̀ въ ли́хвꙋ не да́стъ и҆ прибы́тка не во́зметъ, и҆ ѿ непра́вды ѿврати́тъ рꙋ́кꙋ свою̀ и҆ сꙋ́дъ сотвори́тъ междꙋ̀ мꙋ́жемъ и҆ бли́жнимъ свои́мъ,
8 he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
9 и҆ въ за́повѣдехъ мои́хъ ходи́лъ и҆ ѡ҆правда̑нїѧ моѧ̑ снабдѣ́лъ, є҆́же твори́ти та̑: првⷣнъ се́й є҆́сть, жи́знїю жи́ти и҆́мать, гл҃етъ а҆дѡнаі̀ гдⷭ҇ь.
9 has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord Yahweh.
10 И҆ а҆́ще роди́тъ сы́на гꙋби́телѧ, пролива́ющаго кро́вь и҆ творѧ́ща грѣхѝ,
10 “If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things,
11 въ пꙋ́ть ѻ҆тца̀ своегѡ̀ првⷣнагѡ не ходи́лъ, но и҆ на гора́хъ пожрѐ, и҆ женꙋ̀ бли́жнѧгѡ своегѡ̀ ѡ҆скверна́вилъ,
11 or who does not do any of those things but has eaten at the mountain shrines and defiled his neighbor’s wife,
12 и҆ ᲂу҆бо́гаго и҆ ни́щаго преѡби́дѣ, и҆ хище́нїемъ восхи́тилъ и҆ зало́га не ѿда́лъ, и҆ къ кꙋмі́рѡмъ положѝ ѻ҆́чи своѝ, беззакѡ́нїѧ сотворѝ,
12 has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
13 съ ли́хвою дадѐ и҆ съ примноже́нїемъ прїѧ́лъ, се́й жи́знїю не поживе́тъ: всѧ̑ сїѧ̑ беззакѡ́нїѧ сотворѝ, сме́ртїю ᲂу҆́мретъ, кро́вь є҆гѡ̀ на не́мъ бꙋ́детъ.
13 has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.
14 А҆́ще же роди́тъ сы́на, ѻ҆́нъ же ᲂу҆ви́дитъ всѧ̑ грѣхѝ ѻ҆тца̀ своегѡ̀, ꙗ҆̀же сотвори́лъ є҆́сть, и҆ ᲂу҆бои́тсѧ и҆ не сотвори́тъ по ни̑мъ,
14 “Now, behold, if he fathers a son who sees all his father’s sins which he has done, and fears, and doesn’t do likewise,
15 на гора́хъ не снѣ́сть и҆ ѻ҆че́съ свои́хъ не положи́тъ къ кꙋмі́рѡмъ до́мꙋ і҆и҃лева, и҆ жены̀ по́дрꙋга своегѡ̀ не ѡ҆скверна́витъ
15 who hasn’t eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife,
16 и҆ человѣ́ка не наси́льствꙋетъ, и҆ зало́га не ᲂу҆держи́тъ и҆ хище́нїемъ не восхи́титъ, хлѣ́бъ сво́й а҆́лчномꙋ да́стъ и҆ на́га ѡ҆дѣ́етъ ри́зою,
16 hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
17 и҆ ѿ непра́вды ѿврати́тъ рꙋ́кꙋ свою̀, ли́хвы и҆ примноже́нїѧ не во́зметъ, пра́вдꙋ сотвори́тъ и҆ въ за́повѣдехъ мои́хъ ходи́ти бꙋ́детъ: не сконча́етсѧ въ непра́вдахъ ѻ҆тца̀ своегѡ̀, (но) жи́знїю поживе́тъ.
17 who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.
18 Ѻ҆те́цъ же є҆гѡ̀ а҆́ще ско́рбїю ѡ҆скорби́тъ и҆ хище́нїемъ восхи́титъ, сопроти̑внаѧ сотвори́тъ посредѣ̀ люді́й мои́хъ, и҆ ᲂу҆́мретъ въ непра́вдахъ свои́хъ.
18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he will die in his iniquity.
19 И҆ рече́те: что̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ не взѧ̀ сы́нъ непра́вды ѻ҆тца̀ своегѡ̀; Поне́же сы́нъ пра́вдꙋ и҆ ми́лость сотворѝ, всѧ̑ зако́ны моѧ̑ соблюдѐ и҆ сотворѝ ѧ҆̀, жи́знїю поживе́тъ.
19 “Yet you say, ‘Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he will surely live.
20 Дꙋша́ же согрѣша́ющаѧ, та̀ ᲂу҆́мретъ: сы́нъ не во́зметъ непра́вды ѻ҆тца̀ своегѡ̀, и҆ ѻ҆те́цъ не во́зметъ непра́вды сы́на своегѡ̀: пра́вда првⷣнагѡ на не́мъ бꙋ́детъ, и҆ беззако́нїе беззако́нника на не́мъ бꙋ́детъ.
20 The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
21 И҆ беззако́нникъ а҆́ще ѡ҆брати́тсѧ ѿ всѣ́хъ беззако́нїй свои́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же сотвори́лъ, и҆ сохрани́тъ всѧ̑ за́пѡвѣди моѧ̑ и҆ сотвори́тъ сꙋ́дъ и҆ пра́вдꙋ и҆ ми́лость, жи́знїю поживе́тъ и҆ не ᲂу҆́мретъ:
21 “But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
22 всѧ̑ согрѣшє́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀, є҆ли̑ка сотвори́лъ, не помѧнꙋ́тсѧ є҆мꙋ̀: но въ пра́вдѣ свое́й, ю҆́же сотвори́лъ, жи́въ бꙋ́детъ.
22 None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
23 Є҆да̀ хотѣ́нїемъ восхощꙋ̀ сме́рти грѣ́шника, гл҃етъ а҆дѡнаі̀ гдⷭ҇ь, а҆ не є҆́же ѡ҆брати́тисѧ є҆мꙋ̀ ѿ пꙋтѝ ѕла̀ и҆ жи́вꙋ бы́ти є҆мꙋ̀;
23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” says the Lord Yahweh, “and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
24 И҆ а҆́ще соврати́тсѧ првⷣникъ ѿ пра́вды своеѧ̀ и҆ сотвори́тъ непра́вдꙋ по всѣ̑мъ беззако́нїємъ, ꙗ҆̀же сотвори́лъ беззако́нникъ, всѧ̑ пра̑вды є҆гѡ̀, ꙗ҆̀же сотвори́лъ є҆́сть, не помѧнꙋ́тсѧ: въ престꙋпле́нїи свое́мъ, и҆́мже престꙋпѝ, и҆ во грѣсѣ́хъ свои́хъ, и҆́миже согрѣшѝ, въ ни́хъ ᲂу҆́мретъ.
24 “But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.
25 И҆ реко́сте: не ᲂу҆пра́витсѧ пꙋ́ть гдⷭ҇ень. Слы́шите ᲂу҆̀бо, ве́сь до́мъ і҆и҃левъ, є҆да̀ пꙋ́ть мо́й не ᲂу҆пра́витсѧ; ва́шъ ли пꙋ́ть ᲂу҆̀бо ᲂу҆пра́витсѧ;
25 “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways unequal?
26 Є҆гда̀ соврати́тсѧ првⷣникъ ѿ пра́вды своеѧ̀ и҆ сотвори́тъ грѣ́хъ, и҆ ᲂу҆́мретъ въ престꙋпле́нїи, є҆́же сотвори́лъ, въ то́мъ ᲂу҆́мретъ.
26 When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in it, then he dies in his iniquity that he has done.
27 И҆ є҆гда̀ ѡ҆брати́тсѧ беззако́нникъ ѿ беззако́нїѧ своегѡ̀, є҆́же сотвори́лъ, и҆ сотвори́тъ сꙋ́дъ и҆ пра́вдꙋ, то́й дꙋ́шꙋ свою̀ снабдѣ́лъ є҆́сть:
27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.
28 и҆ ви́дѣ и҆ ѡ҆брати́сѧ ѿ всѣ́хъ беззако́нїй свои́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же сотворѝ, жи́знїю поживе́тъ и҆ не ᲂу҆́мретъ.
28 Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
29 И҆ глаго́летъ до́мъ і҆и҃левъ: не ᲂу҆пра́витсѧ пꙋ́ть гдⷭ҇ень. Є҆да̀ пꙋ́ть мо́й не ᲂу҆правлѧ́етсѧ; ѽ, до́ме і҆и҃левъ, ᲂу҆̀бо ва́шъ ли пꙋ́ть ᲂу҆правлѧ́етсѧ;
29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair?
30 (Сегѡ̀ ра́ди) комꙋ́ждо по пꙋтѝ є҆гѡ̀ сꙋждꙋ̀ ва́мъ, до́ме і҆и҃левъ, гл҃етъ а҆дѡнаі̀ гдⷭ҇ь: ѡ҆брати́тесѧ и҆ ѿве́ржитесѧ ѿ всѣ́хъ нече́стїй ва́шихъ, и҆ не бꙋ́дꙋтъ ва́мъ непра̑вды въ мꙋче́нїе:
30 “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will not be your ruin.
31 ѿве́ржите ѿ себє̀ всѧ̑ нечє́стїѧ ва̑ша, и҆́миже нече́ствовасте ко мнѣ̀, и҆ сотвори́те себѣ̀ се́рдце но́во и҆ дꙋ́хъ но́въ, и҆ сотвори́те всѧ̑ за́пѡвѣди моѧ̑: и҆ вскꙋ́ю ᲂу҆мира́ете, до́ме і҆и҃левъ; гл҃етъ гдⷭ҇ь.
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, house of Israel?
32 Поне́же не хощꙋ̀ сме́рти грѣ́шника ᲂу҆мира́ющагѡ, гл҃етъ а҆дѡнаі̀ гдⷭ҇ь, но є҆́же ѡ҆брати́тисѧ є҆мꙋ̀ ѿ пꙋтѝ своегѡ̀ и҆ жи́ти дꙋшѝ є҆гѡ̀, гл҃етъ а҆дѡнаі̀ гдⷭ҇ь: ѡ҆брати́тесѧ ᲂу҆̀бо, и҆ жи́ви бꙋ́дете.
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!
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  1. 2 Jeremiah 31:29–30; Lamentations 5:7; Ezekiel 37:11; Ezekiel 37:19; Ezekiel 37:25
  2. 3 Ezekiel 18:19–20; Ezekiel 33:11–20; Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 36:31–32; Romans 3:19
  3. 4 Ezekiel 18:20; Romans 6:23; Numbers 16:22; Hebrews 12:9; Galatians 3:10–13
  4. 5 Ezekiel 33:14; Proverbs 21:3; 1 John 3:7; 1 John 5:2–5; 1 John 2:29
  5. 6 Ezekiel 18:15; Deuteronomy 4:19; Ezekiel 20:24; Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 22:9–11
  6. 7 Ezekiel 18:16; Exodus 22:26; Ezekiel 18:12; Deuteronomy 24:12–13; Ezekiel 33:15
  7. 8 Exodus 22:25; Zechariah 8:16; Deuteronomy 23:19–20; Leviticus 25:35–37; Psalm 15:5
  8. 9 Ezekiel 20:11; Habakkuk 2:4; Amos 5:4; Deuteronomy 10:12–13; Romans 1:17
  9. 10 Exodus 21:12; Exodus 22:2; Malachi 3:8–9; 1 John 3:12; Leviticus 19:13
  10. 11 Ezekiel 18:15; 1 Kings 13:22; 1 John 3:22; Matthew 7:21–27; John 15:14
  11. 12 Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 8:6; Amos 4:1; 2 Kings 21:11; Zechariah 7:10
  12. 13 Exodus 22:25; Ezekiel 18:8; Leviticus 20:9; Ezekiel 18:32; Ezekiel 33:4–5
  13. 14 2 Chronicles 34:21; Proverbs 23:24; Isaiah 44:19; Ezekiel 18:28; Jeremiah 8:6
  14. 15 Ezekiel 18:6–7; Ezekiel 18:11–13
  15. 16 Ezekiel 18:7; Proverbs 25:21; Psalm 41:1; Job 22:7; Luke 14:13
  16. 17 Ezekiel 18:8–9; Matthew 18:27–35; Jeremiah 16:11–13; Ezekiel 33:15–16; Ezekiel 18:28
  17. 18 Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 18:24; John 8:21; Ezekiel 18:26; John 8:24
  18. 19 Exodus 20:5; Zechariah 1:3–6; Deuteronomy 5:9; Ezekiel 18:9; Jeremiah 15:4
  19. 20 2 Kings 14:6; Deuteronomy 24:16; Ezekiel 18:4; Jeremiah 31:29–30; Matthew 16:27
  20. 21 Ezekiel 33:19; Titus 2:11–14; Ezekiel 18:27–28; Romans 8:13; Acts 3:19
  21. 22 Micah 7:19; Isaiah 43:25; Ezekiel 33:16; Psalm 18:20–24; Ezekiel 18:24
  22. 23 Ezekiel 33:11; 1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9; Ezekiel 18:32; Luke 15:10
  23. 24 Ezekiel 33:18; Proverbs 21:16; 2 John 8; Ezekiel 33:12–13; 2 Chronicles 24:17–22
  24. 25 Ezekiel 33:17; Malachi 3:13–15; Malachi 2:17; Ezekiel 33:20; Genesis 18:25
  25. 27 Ezekiel 18:21; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 55:7; Acts 3:19; Acts 20:21
  26. 28 Deuteronomy 32:29; Luke 15:17–18; James 2:10–12; Colossians 3:5–9; Ezekiel 12:3
  27. 29 Proverbs 19:3; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:2
  28. 30 Matthew 16:27; Ezekiel 18:21; Matthew 3:2; Luke 13:3; Ezekiel 14:6
  29. 31 Psalm 51:10; Ezekiel 36:26; Romans 8:13; Ezekiel 11:19; Isaiah 1:16–17
  30. 32 2 Peter 3:9; Ezekiel 18:23; Ezekiel 33:11; Lamentations 3:33

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  1. Quotes verse 18:30 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters VII–XIII)

    … and the Lord of all things has himself declared with an oath regarding it, "As I live, saith the Lord, I desire not the death of the sinner, but rather his repentance;" adding, moreover, this gracious declaration, "Repent, O house of Israel, of your iniquity. Say to the children of My people, Though your sins reach from earth to heaven, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 18:23 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXI)

    … not to despair of any so long as "the patience of God leadeth the ungodly to repentance," and doth not hurry him out of this life; "God, who willeth not the death of a sinner, but that he should return from his ways and live." He is a heathen today; but how knowest thou whether he may not be a …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 18:23 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXXXVI)

    Doth he turn away, and not return?" and, "I do not will the death of the sinner, so much as that he should turn and live:" and, "To-day if ye will hear His voice:" and many other such things, both sayings and examples are set in the Scripture.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 18:21 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXXII)

    … to thyself, "God hath promised me forgiveness, whenever I reform myself I am secure; I read the divine Scripture, "In the day that the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, I will forget all his iniquities." I am secure then, whenever I reform myself, God will give me pardon for my …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)