Ezekiel 18

² Hvor tør I bruge det Mundheld i Israels Land: Fædre åd sure Druer, og Børnenes Tænder blev ømme.

² “What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

⁴ Se, alle Sjæle er mine; både Faderens Sjæl og Sønnens Sjæl er mine; den sjæl der synder skal dø.

⁴ Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

⁶ ikke spiser på Bjergene eller løfter sit Blik til Israels Huses Afgudsbilleder eller skænder sin Næstes Hustru eller nærmer sig en Kvinde, så længe hun er uren,

⁶ and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—

⁸ ikke låner ud mod Åger eller tager Opgæld, men holder sin Hånd fra Uret, fælder redelig Dom Mand og Mand imellem,

⁸ if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,

¹⁰ Men avler han en Voldsmand til Søn, som udøser Blod og gør en eneste af disse Ting

¹⁰ “Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother

¹² volder de arme og fattige Men raner, ikke giver Håndpant tilbage, men løfter sit Blik til Afgudsbillederne, gør, hvad vederstyggeligt er,

¹² oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,

¹⁴ Men sæt, at Sønnen avler en Søn, som ser alle de Synder, Faderen gjorde, og at han bliver angst og ikke bærer sig således ad,

¹⁴ “Now behold, he has a son who has observed all his father’s sins which he committed, and observing does not do likewise.

¹⁶ eller volder noget Menneske Men eller tager Håndpant eller raner, men giver den sultne sit Brød og klæder den nøgne,

¹⁶ or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

¹⁸ Hans Fader derimod døde for sin Misgerning, fordi han øvede Vold, ranede og gjorde i sit Folk hvad ikke var godt.

¹⁸ As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity.

²⁰ Den Sjæl, der synder, den skal dø; Søn skal ikke bære Faders Misgeming, ej heller Fader Søns. Over den retfærdige skal hans Retfærdighed komme, over den gudløse hans Gudløshed.

²⁰ The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

²² Ingen af alle de Overtrædelser, han har øvet, skal tilregnes ham; i Kraft af den Retfærdighed, han øver, skal han leve.

²² All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.

²⁴ Men når den retfærdige vender sig fra sin Retfærdighed og gør Uret, lignende Vederstyggeligheder, som den gudløse øver, så skal ingen af de retfærdige Gerninger, han har gjort tilregnes ham; for den Troløshed, han øvede, og den Synd, han gjorde, skal han dø.

²⁴ “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

²⁶ Når den retfærdige vender sig fra sin Retfærdighed og gør Uret, skal han dø; for den Uret, han gør, skal han dø.

²⁶ When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die.

²⁸ Han vendte sig fra alle de Overtrædelser, han havde øvet; han skal visselig leve og ikke dø.

²⁸ Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

³⁰ Derfor dømmer jeg enhver af eder efter hans Veje, Israels Hus, lyder det fra den Herre HERREN. Vend om og omvend eder fra alle eders Overtrædelser, at de ikke skal blive eder Årsag til Skyld.

³⁰ “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.

³² Thi jeg har ikke Lyst til nogens Død, lyder det fra den Herre HERREN. 

³² For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live.”