10 If he nowe get a sonne that is a rob∣ber, a shedder of blood, and do any one of these thinges:
11 Though he do not all these thinges, but either hath eaten vpon the hilles, or defiled his neighbours wyfe:
12 Or hath oppressed the poore and nee∣die, or spoyled by violence, or hath not restored the pledge, or hath lyft vp his eyes vnto the idols, or hath committed abomination:
13 Or hath geuen foorth vpon vsurie, or hath taken encrease: Shall this man liue? he shall not liue: Seeing he hath done al these abhominations he shal die the death, his blood shalbe vpon hym.
[unspec C] 14 Nowe if this man get a sonne also, that seeth all his fathers sinnes whiche he hath done, and feareth, neither doth suche like:
15 [Namely] he hath not eaten vpon the hilles, he hath not lift vp his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbours wyfe:
16 Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence: [but] hath geuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment:
17 Neither hath withdrawen his hande from the afflicted, nor receaued vsurie nor encrease, [but] hath executed my iudgementes, and walked in my sta∣tutes: this man shall not dye in his fa∣thers sinne, but shall liue without fayle.
18 As for his father, because he hath cru∣elly oppressed and spoyled his brother by violence, and hath not done good a∣mong his people, lo he dyeth in his owne sinne.
19 And yet say ye, wherfore then should not this sonne beare his fathers sinne? Because the sonne hath done iudgment and righteousnesse, he hath kept all my statutes and done them: therefore shall he liue in deede.
20 The same soule that sinneth shall dye, the sonne shall not beare the fathers iniquitie, neither shall the father beare the sonnes iniquitie: the righteousnesse of the righteous shalbe vpon hym, and the wickednesse of the wicked shalbe vpon him selfe also.
21 But if the vngodly wyll turne away from all his sinnes that he hath done, and kepe all my statutes, and do the thing that is iugdement and right, doubtlesse he shall liue and not dye.
22 As for all his sinnes that he dyd be∣fore [unspec D] they shall not be mentioned vnto hym: but in his righteousnesse that he hath done, he shall liue.
23 For haue I any pleasure in the death of a sinner saith the Lorde God? shall he not liue if he returne from his wayes?
24 Agayne, if the righteous turne from his righteousnesse, and do iniquitie, and shall do according to all the abominati∣ons that the wicked man doth: shall he liue? All the righteousnesse that he hath done shall not be remembred, but in his transgression that he hath com∣mitted, in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them he shall dye.
25 And yet ye say, the way of the Lorde is not indifferent. Heare therefore ye house of Israel, is not my way equall? or are not your wayes rather vne∣quall?
26 When a righteous man turneth a∣way from his righteousnesse, and com∣mitteth iniquitie, and dieth in the same: in his iniquitie whiche he hath commit∣ted shall he dye.
27 Agayne, when the wicked turneth a∣way from his wickednesse that he hath [unspec E] done, and doth iudgement and right, he shall saue his soule aliue.
28 Because he seeth, and turneth away from all his iniquitie that he hath com∣mitted, he shall surely liue, and not dye.
29 And yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the Lorde is not equall. Are my wayes vnequall O ye house of Is∣rael? are not your wayes rather vn∣equall?
30 Therefore I wyll iudge you, euery man according to his wayes, O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde: re∣turne and bryng your selues agayne from all your wickednesse, so iniquitie shall not be your destruction.
31 Cast away from you all your trans∣gressions wherby ye haue transgressed, and make you a newe heart and a newe spirite: for why wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel?
32 Seing I haue no pleasure in the death of hym that dyeth, saith the Lord God: bryng agayne your selues then, and ye shall lyue.