Ezekiel 18 — Novel English Bible

1 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) Dabar (word / matter) Yahawah () Alay (came again me), LaAmar (saying),

2 “Mah (What / why / how) Lakam (for you) Athaham (you) Mashalayam (speak in proverb/parable - plural) Ath-HaMashal (the entirety of mean, use this proverb) HaZah (this / that / these) Il-Adamahath (over ground/dust/dirt) Yashar-Al (Israel), LaAmar (saying), ‘Abawath (fathers) YaAkalaw (eaten) Basar (sour grapes), WaShanay (and teeth) HaBanayam (the children's) ThaQahahayanah (you set edge)’?

3 “Chay (Living),” Anay (I / Me) Naam (declares prophetically) Adanay () Yahawah (), “Am-YaHayah (although - rhetorical came to pass) Lakam (for you) Iwad (more/again) Mashal (speak in proverb/parable) HaMashal (occasion more use this proverb) Yashar-Al (Israel) HaZah (this / that / these).

4 Han (Behold) Kal (every) HaNapashawath (Behold the souls) Lay (mine); Hanah (Behold) KaNapash (as soul) HaAb (the father), WaKaNapash (and as soul) HaBan (the son) Lay (mine): Hanah (Behold) HaNapash (the soul) HaChataath (who sins), Hawayaa (which/who/that is) ThaMawath (die).

5 “WaAyash (And man) Kay-YaHayah (surely came to pass) Tzadayaq (righteous), WaYaIshah (and does) Mashapat (judgement) WaTzadaqah (and right),

6 Al-HaHarayam (To the mountains), Laa (NOT) YaAkal (eaten) WaIyanayaw (and his eyes) Laa (NOT) YaNashaa (lifted up) Al-Galawalay (to idols) Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel), WaAth-Ayashahath (and the entirety of neighbor's wife), Raiw (his neigbor/another person) Laa (NOT) YaTamaa (neither defiled) WaAl-Ayashah (and to woman) Nadah (impurity), Laa (NOT) YaQarab (come)

7 WaAyash (And man) Laa (NOT) YaYawanah (𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤄) Chabalathaw (his pledge), Chawab (debtor) YaShawayab (wronged restored) Gazalah (𐤂𐤆𐤋𐤄) Laa (NOT) YaGazal (taken nothing robbery), Lachamaw (his bread) LaRaib (to hungry), YaNathan (given) WaIyaram (and naked) YaKasah (covered) Bagad (garment);

8 BaNashak (In 𐤍𐤔𐤊) Laa (NOT) YaNathan (he given forth) WaTharabayath (and increase), Laa (interest), YaLaqach (taken) MaIwal (from iniquity), YaShawayab (withdrawn) Yadaw (his hand) Mashapat (judgement) Amath (truth) YaIshah (executed) BayanaAyash (between man) LaAyash (man),

9 BaChaqahawathay (In my statutes), YaHalak (walked) WaMashapatay (and my ordinances), YaShamar (kept) LaIshahawath (to deal - plural) Amath (truly); Tzadayaq (righteous), Hawaa (which/who/that is) Chayah (surely) YaChayah (live),” Naam (declares prophetically) Adanay () Yahawah ().

10 “WaYaHaYawalayad (And he [causing] fathers) Ban (son) Parayatz (robber), Shapak (Shed) Dam (shedder blood), WaYaIshah (and does) Ach (brother/kinsman) MaAchad (one of), MaAlah (from these)

11 WaHawaa (And which/who/that is) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) Alah (these) Laa (NOT) YaIshah (does) Kay (duties), Gam (indeed / moreover) Al-HaHarayam (to the mountains), YaAkal (eaten) WaAth-Ayashahath (and the entirety of neighbor's wife), Raiw (his neigbor/another person) YaTamaa (defiled)

12 Inay (Wronged poor) WaAbayawan (and needy), YaHaYawanah (𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤄) Gazalahawath (𐤂𐤆𐤋𐤄 - plural) YaGazal (taken) Chabal (pledge), Laa (robbery), YaShawayab (restored) WaAl-HaGalawalayam (and to the idols), YaNashaa (lifted up) Iyanayaw (his eyes) Thawaibah (abomination), YaIshah (committed)

13 BaNashak (In 𐤍𐤔𐤊) YaNathan (given forth interest), WaTharabayath (and increase) YaLaqach (taken); WaYaChayay (and he live)? Laa (NOT) YaChayah (he live): AthaKal (the entirety of every) HaThawaibahawath (these abominations) HaAlah (these) YaIshah (he done); Mawath (death) YaMawamath (die); Damayaw (his blood) Baw (within him) YaHayah (came to pass).

14 “WaHanah (And behold) YaHaYawalayad (Now, behold, he [causing] fathers) Ban (son), WaYaRaah (and sees) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) Chataahath (sins), Abayaw (his father's) AsharaYaIshah (who/that he done), WaYaRaah (and fears), WaLaa (And not) YaIshah (does) Kan (such like them);

15 Il-HaHarayam (Over the mountains), Laa (NOT) YaAkal (eaten) WaIyanayaw (and his eyes) Laa (NOT) YaNashaa (lifted up) Al-Galawalay (to idols) Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel), Ath-Ayashahath (the entirety of neighbor's wife), Raiw (his neigbor/another person) Laa (NOT) YaTamaa (defiled)

16 WaAyash (And man) Laa (NOT) YaHaYawanah (𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤄) Chabal (Neither wronged taken anything to pledge), Laa (NOT) YaChabal (𐤇𐤁𐤋) WaGazalah (and 𐤂𐤆𐤋𐤄) Laa (NOT) YaGazal (neither taken robbery), Lachamaw (his bread) LaRaib (to hungry), YaNathan (given) WaIyarawam (and naked) YaKasah (covered) Bagad (garment);

17 MaInay (From poor), YaHaShawayab ([causing] withdrawn) Yadaw (his hand) Nashak (𐤍𐤔𐤊) WaTharabayath (and interest increase), Laa (NOT) YaLaqach (received) Mashapatay (my ordinances), YaIshah (executed) BaChaqahawathay (in my statutes) YaHalak (walked); Hawaa (which/who/that is) Laa (NOT) YaMawath (he die) BaIwan (in iniquity) Abayaw (his father), Chayah (surely) YaChayah (live).

18 Abayaw (His father), Kay-YaIshaq (surely oppressed), Ishaq (cruelly) YaGazal (robbed) Gazal (𐤂𐤆𐤋) Ach (brother/kinsman), WaAsharaLaa (and who/that NOT) Tawab (pleasant/functional) YaIshah (did) BaThawak (among) Imayaw (his people), WaHanah (and behold), YaMawath (he die) BaIwanaw (in his iniquity).

19 “WaAmaratham (And you say), Madawai (for what reason?) Laa (NOT) YaNashaa (bear) ‘HaBan (the son) BaIwan (in iniquity) HaAb (the father)?’ WaHaBan (and the son) Mashapat (judgement) WaTzadaqah (and right), YaIshah (done) AthaKal (the entirety of every) Chaqahawathay (my statutes), YaShamar (kept) WaYaIshah (and done), Atham (the entirety of them) Chayah (surely) YaChayah (live).

20 HaNapash (The soul) HaChataath (who sins), Hawayaa (which/who/that is) ThaMawath (die): Ban (son) Laa (NOT) YaNashaa (bear) BaIwan (in iniquity) HaAb (the father), WaAb (and father) Laa (NOT) YaNashaa (bear) BaIwan (in iniquity) HaBan (the son); Tzadaqahath (righteousness) HaTzadayaq (the righteous), Ilayaw (went up him) ThaHayah (came to pass) WaRashaihath (and wickedness) Rashai (wicked) Ilayaw (went up him) ThaHayah (came to pass).

21 “WaHaRashai (And the wicked) KayaYaShawab (surely turn) MaKal (from every) Chataahathaw (his sins) AsharaYaIshah (who/that he committed), WaYaShamar (and keep) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) Chaqahawathay (my statutes), WaYaIshah (and do) Mashapat (judgement) WaTzadaqah (and right), Chayah (surely) YaChayah (live), Laa (NOT) YaMawath (he die).

22 Kal (Every) Pashaiyaw (none of his transgressions) AsharaYaIshah (who/that he committed) Laa (NOT) YaZakaraw (remembered) Law (against him): BaTzadaqahathaw (in his righteousness) Ashar-YaIshah (who/that he done) YaChayah (he live).

23 HaChapatz (Have) AChapatz (I pleasure) Mawath (death) Rashai (wicked)?” Naam (declares prophetically) Adanay () Yahawah (); “HaLawaa (NOT) BaShawabaw (in return him) MaDarakayaw (from his way), WaYaChayah (and live)?

24 “WaBaShawab (And in turns away) Tzadayaq (righteous) MaTzadaqahathaw (from his righteousness), WaYaIshah (and commits) Iwal (iniquity), KaKal (as every) HaThawaibahawath (according to the abominations) Ashar-YaIshah (who/that does) HaRashai (the wicked) YaIshah (man), WaYaChayay (and he live)? Kal (every) Tzadaqahathaw (his righteous) Ashar-YaIshah (who/that deeds done) Laa (NOT) ThaZakaranah (remembered): BaMailaw (in his trespassed), Ashar-YaMail (who/that trespass) WaBaChataahathaw (and in his sin) Ashar-YaChataa (who/that he sinned), Bam (within him them) YaMawath (he die).

25 “WaAmaratham (And you say), Laa (NOT) YaThakan (equal) ‘Darak (way/path) Adanay ().’ Shamaiw (you hear) Naa (now), Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel): HaDarakay (my way) Laa (NOT) YaThakan (equal)? HaLaa (NOT) Darakayakam (your ways) Laa (NOT) YaThakanaw (unequal)?

26 BaShawab (In turns away) Tzadayaq (righteous) MaTzadaqahathaw (from his righteousness), WaYaIshah (and commits) Iwal (iniquity), WaYaMawath (and dies) Ilayam (therein them); BaIwalaw (in his iniquity) Ashar-YaIshah (who/that he done) YaMawath (he die).

27 WaBaShawab (And in turns away) Rashai (Again wicked) MaRashaihathaw (from his wickedness) AsharaYaIshah (who/that he committed), WaYaIshah (and does) Mashapat (judgement) WaTzadaqah (and right), Hawaa (which/who/that is) Ath-Napashaw (the entirety of his soul) YaChayah (alive) YaChayah (he save).

28 WaYaRaah (And he considers), WaYaShawab (and turns away) MaKal (from every) Pashaiyaw (his transgressions) AsharaYaIshah (who/that he committed), Chayahaw (surely him) YaChayah (live), Laa (NOT) YaMawath (he die).

29 WaAmaraw (And says), Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel) ‘Laa (NOT) YaThakan (𐤕𐤊𐤍) Darak (way/path) Adanay () HaDarakay (my ways) Laa (fair).’ YaThakanaw (fair) Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel)? HaLaa (NOT) Darakayakam (your ways) Laa (unfair) YaThakan (𐤕𐤊𐤍)?

30 “LaKan (For sure) Ayash (man) KaDarakayaw (everyone according to his ways), AShapat (I judge), Athakam (the entirety of you) Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel),” Naam (declares prophetically) Adanay () Yahawah (). “Shawabaw (you return), WaHaShawayabaw (and you [causing] turn) MaKal (from every) Pashaiyakam (your transgressions); WaLaa (And not) YaHayah (came to pass) Lakam (for you) LaMakashawal (ruin) Iwan (guilt/iniquity).

31 HaShalayakaw (You [causing] cast away) MaIlayakam (went up you) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) Pashaiyakam (you transgressions), AsharaPashaitham (who/that you transgressed); Bam (within him them) WaIshahaw (and you make) Lakam (for you) Lab (heart) Chadash (new) WaRawach (and spirit) Chadashah (new): WaLaMah (and what / why / how) ThaMawathaw (you why die), Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel)?

32 KayaLaa (Surely NOT) AChapatz (I pleasure) BaMawath (in death) HaMawath (who dies),” Naam (declares prophetically) Adanay () Yahawah (): “WaHaShawayabaw (and you [causing] turn yourselves), WaChayahaw (and you live).