12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
12 Na wewe, mwanadamu, waambie wana wa watu wako, Haki yake mwenye haki haitamwokoa, katika siku ya kukosa kwake; na kwa habari ya uovu wake mtu mwovu, hataanguka kwa ajili ya uovu huo, siku ile atakapoghairi na kuuacha uovu wake; wala yeye aliye mwenye haki hataweza kuishi kwa haki yake, siku ile atakapotenda dhambi.