1. The Devar Hashem came unto me again, saying,
2. What mean ye, that ye use this mashal concerning Admat Yisroel, saying, Avot have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the banim are set on edge?
3. As I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this mashal in Yisroel.
4. Behold, all nefashot are Mine; as the nefesh of the av, so also the nefesh of the ben is Mine; the nefesh that sinneth, it shall die.
5. But if an ish be tzaddik, and do that which is mishpat and tzedakah,
6. And hath not eaten [sacrifices of gillulim, idols] upon the harim, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the gillulim of Bais Yisroel, neither hath made tameh the isha of his neighbor, neither hath come near to an isha niddah,
7. And hath not oppressed any ish, but hath restored to the debtor his chavolah (pledge, collateral), hath spoiled none by a robber's violence, hath given his lechem to the hungry, and hath covered the eirom (naked) with a garment;
8. He that hath not loaned gelt on neshekh, neither hath taken any tarbit (interest, usury), that hath withdrawn his yad from iniquity, hath executed mishpat emes between ish and ish,
9. Hath walked in My chukkot, and hath been shomer over My mishpatim, to do emes; he is tzaddik, he shall surely live, saith Adonoi Hashem.
10. If he father a ben-paritz shofech dahm (a violent son who sheds blood), and that doeth the like to his brother,
11. Though he [the av] doeth none of these; he [the ben] hath eaten [sacrifices to idols] upon the harim, and made tameh the isha of his neighbor,
12. Hath oppressed the oni and evyon, hath spoiled by a robber's violence, hath not restored the chavol (pledge), and hath lifted up his eyes to the gillulim, hath committed to'evah (abomination),