²⁶When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and he does injustice, then^y he will die because of them; because of his injustice that he did he will die! ²⁷And when the wicked turns from his wickedness that he did and he does justice and righteousness, he will preserve his life.^z ²⁸And if he sees and he returns from all of his transgressions that he did, surely he will live; he will not die! ²⁹And yet they, the house of Israel, say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!’ Are not my ways fair, house of Israel? Are not your ways unfair?^a

³⁰“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each one^b according to his ways,” declares^c the Lord Yahweh. “Repent^d and turn around from all of your transgression, and it will not be as a stumbling block of iniquity to you. ³¹Throw away from yourselves^e all of your transgressions that you committed,^f and make for yourselves^g a new heart and new spirit, and so why will you die, house of Israel? ³²For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying,” declares^h the Lord Yahweh. “And so repentⁱ and live!”

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Footnotes

yOr “and”
zLiterally “his soul/life he will keep alive”
aLiterally “not ways your not are right”
bHebrew “man”
cLiterally “declaration of”
dOr “Turn/Return”
eLiterally “from on you”
fHebrew “committed with them”
gLiterally “to you”
hLiterally “declaration of”
iOr “turn/return”