12 “Sos you, son of man,t say to ⌊your people⌋u that the righteousness of the righteous shall not save him in the day of his transgression, and the wickedness of the wicked ⌊will not cause him to stumble⌋v on the day of his returning from his wickedness; and the righteous will not be able to live by it on the day when he returns to his sin. 13 When I say to the righteous, ‘Certainly he will live,’ and he trusted inw his righteousness, and he turns and he does injustice, all of his righteousnessx will not be remembered, and because of his injustice that he did, because of it he will die. 14 And when I say to the wicked, ‘Certainly you will die,’ buty he returns from his sin and he does justice and righteousness— 15 for example, the wicked returns a pledge for a loan, he restores ⌊stolen property⌋,z he goes in the statutes of life so as not to do injustice—certainly he will live; he will not die. 16 All of his ⌊sins that he committed⌋,a they will not be remembered againstb him, and he did justice and righteousness; certainly he will live.

17 “Yetc ⌊your people⌋d say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!’ yet their way is not fair. 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, then he will die ⌊because of it⌋.e 19 And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and he does justice and righteousness, because of itf ⌊he will certainly live⌋!g 20 Yet you said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!’ I will judge you, house of Israel, each person according to his ways.”