“你们还说：‘儿子为什么不担当父亲的罪孽呢？’儿子若行公平公义的事，谨守遵行我一切的律例，他必要存活。

“你们还说：‘儿子为何不担当父亲的罪孽呢？’儿子行正直与合理的事，谨守遵行我的一切律例，他必定存活。

“你们还说：‘儿子为什么不担当父亲的罪孽呢？’儿子若行公平公义的事，谨守遵行我一切的律例，他必要存活。

“你们会问，‘儿子为什么不用承担父亲的罪恶呢？’这是因为儿子秉公行义，谨遵我的律例，所以他必活着。

“你们还问：‘儿子为什么不担当父亲的罪孽呢？’儿子若行正直和公义的事，谨守遵行我的一切律例，就必存活。

「你們還說：『兒子為何不擔當父親的罪孽呢？』兒子行正直與合理的事，謹守遵行我的一切律例，他必定存活。

「你們還說：『兒子為甚麼不擔當父親的罪孽呢？』兒子若行公平公義的事，謹守遵行我一切的律例，他必要存活。

「你們還說：『兒子為甚麼不擔當父親的罪孽呢？』兒子若行公平公義的事，謹守遵行我一切的律例，他必要存活。

「你們會問，『兒子為什麼不用承擔父親的罪惡呢？』這是因為兒子秉公行義，謹遵我的律例，所以他必活著。

“你們還問：‘兒子為甚麼不擔當父親的罪孽呢？’兒子若行正直和公義的事，謹守遵行我的一切律例，就必存活。

『你們還說：「兒子為甚麼不擔當父親的罪罰呢？」兒子行公平正義的事，謹守我的一切律例而實行它，他一定活着。

爾曹猶曰、子不負父罪、曷故子若循法合理、守我典章、而遵行之、必得生存、

爾曹曰、子負父罪曷故、如人子為義、守我法度則可保生、

爾曹猶問曰、子何不負父之罪耶、但子為義行善、謹守遵行我諸律例、自得生存、

“ Yet you ask,‘ Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live.

“ But you still ask,‘ Is the son guilty along with his father?’ No! The son did what was fair and right. He was careful to obey all my rules. So you can be sure he will live.

“ Yet you say,‘ Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.

“‘ What?’ you ask.‘ Doesn’t the child pay for the parent’s sins?’ No! For if the child does what is just and right and keeps my decrees, that child will surely live.

But you may ask,‘ Why doesn’t the son suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all my statutes, he will certainly live.

“ Yet you say,‘ Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall certainly live.

“ Yet you say,‘ Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live.

Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

But you may ask,‘ Why doesn’t the son suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will certainly live.

Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right,[ and] hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

“ Yet you say,‘ Why should the son not suffer for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live.

“ 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.

不可跪拜那些像，也不可事奉它们，因为我耶和华—你的神是忌邪的神。恨我的，我必惩罚他们的罪，自父及子，直到三、四代；

我必使地上万国因他们而惊骇，都因希西家的儿子犹大王玛拿西在耶路撒冷所做的事。”

你要对以色列人说，万军之耶和华如此说：你们要转向我，这是万军之耶和华说的，我就转向你们，这是万军之耶和华说的。不要效法你们的祖先。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说，当回转离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。你们的祖先在哪里呢？那些先知能永远存活吗？然而我的言语和律例，就是我所吩咐我仆人众先知的，岂不临到你们的祖先吗？他们就回转，说：万军之耶和华定意按我们的所作所为对待我们，他也已经照样行了。”

不可跪拜那些像，也不可事奉它们，因为我耶和华—你的神是忌邪的神。恨我的，我必惩罚他们的罪，自父及子，直到三、四代；

“我在旷野对他们的儿女说：‘不要遵行你们祖先的律例，不要谨守他们的规条，也不要用他们的偶像玷污自己。我是耶和华—你们的神，你们要顺从我的律例，谨守遵行我的典章，且以我的安息日为圣。这日必在我与你们中间作记号，使你们知道我是耶和华—你们的神。’

因为他们不遵行我的典章，厌弃我的律例，干犯我的安息日，眼目向着他们祖先的偶像。

所以你要对以色列家说，主耶和华如此说：你们仍要照你们祖先所做的玷污自己吗？还要照他们可憎的事行淫吗？

遵行我的律例，谨守我的典章，按诚实行事；这人是公义的，必要存活。这是主耶和华说的。

我们的祖先犯罪，而今他们不在了，我们却担当他们的罪孽。

这事临到犹大，诚然是出于耶和华的命令，要把犹大从自己面前赶出去，是因玛拿西所犯的一切罪，又因他流无辜人的血，使无辜人的血充满耶路撒冷；耶和华不愿赦免。

“你们在以色列地何以有这俗语，‘父亲吃了酸葡萄，儿子牙齿就酸倒’呢？

然而，耶和华向犹大所发猛烈的怒气仍不止息，因为玛拿西种种的恶事激怒了他。