اَللَّاوِيِّينَ 20

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

The Lord told Moses,

٢ 2 «وَتَقُولُ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمِنَ ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ ٱلنَّازِلِينَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَعْطَى مِنْ زَرْعِهِ لِمُولَكَ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ. يَرْجُمُهُ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ.

“Tell the Israelites: these regulations are for both Israelites and foreigners living among them. Anyone who sacrifices their children to Molech must be executed. The community must stone them to death.

٣ 3 وَأَجْعَلُ أَنَا وَجْهِي ضِدَّ ذَلِكَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، وَأَقْطَعُهُ مِنْ شَعْبِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ أَعْطَى مِنْ زَرْعِهِ لِمُولَكَ لِكَيْ يُنَجِّسَ مَقْدِسِي، وَيُدَنِّسَ ٱسْمِيَ ٱلْقُدُّوسَ.

I will disown them and expel them from their people, because by sacrificing their children to Molech they have polluted my sanctuary and disgraced my reputation.

٤ 4 وَإِنْ غَمَّضَ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَعْيُنَهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ عِنْدَمَا يُعْطِي مِنْ زَرْعِهِ لِمُولَكَ، فَلَمْ يَقْتُلُوهُ،

If the community decides to look the other way and not execute those who sacrifice their children to Molech, then I will take action against them myself.

٥ 5 فَإِنِّي أَضَعُ وَجْهِي ضِدَّ ذَلِكَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، وَضِدَّ عَشِيرَتِهِ، وَأَقْطَعُهُ وَجَمِيعَ ٱلْفَاجِرِينَ وَرَاءَهُ، بِٱلزِّنَى وَرَاءَ مُولَكَ مِنْ شَعْبِهِمْ.

I will disown them and their family, and expel them from their people—and not just them, but everyone who follows them in spiritually prostituting themselves with Molech.

٦ 6 وَٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلَّتِي تَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى ٱلْجَانِّ، وَإِلَى ٱلتَّوَابِعِ لِتَزْنِيَ وَرَاءَهُمْ، أَجْعَلُ وَجْهِي ضِدَّ تِلْكَ ٱلنَّفْسِ وَأَقْطَعُهَا مِنْ شَعْبِهَا.

I will also disown and expel from their people anyone who goes to mediums or spiritists and in this way commits spiritual prostitution with them.

٧ 7 فَتَتَقَدَّسُونَ وَتَكُونُونَ قِدِّيسِينَ، لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

So dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

٨ 8 وَتَحْفَظُونَ فَرَائِضِي وَتَعْمَلُونَهَا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُكُمْ.

Keep my rules and put them into practice. I am the Lord who makes you holy.

٩ 9 «كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ سَبَّ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ. قَدْ سَبَّ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ. دَمُهُ عَلَيْهِ.

Anyone who curses their father or mother must be executed. They have cursed their father or mother; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

١٠ 10 وَإِذَا زَنَى رَجُلٌ مَعَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ، فَإِذَا زَنَى مَعَ ٱمْرَأَةِ قَرِيبِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ ٱلزَّانِي وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ.

Any man who commits adultery with someone else's wife must be executed, as well as the woman.

١١ 11 وَإِذَا ٱضْطَجَعَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ ٱمْرَأَةِ أَبِيهِ، فَقَدْ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أَبِيهِ. إِنَّهُمَا يُقْتَلَانِ كِلَاهُمَا. دَمُهُمَا عَلَيْهِمَا.

A man who has sex with his father's wife has brought shame on his father. Both the man and the woman must be executed. Both must surely be put to death; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

١٢ 12 وَإِذَا ٱضْطَجَعَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ كَنَّتِهِ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يُقْتَلَانِ كِلَاهُمَا. قَدْ فَعَلَا فَاحِشَةً. دَمُهُمَا عَلَيْهِمَا.

A man who has sex with his daughter-in-law must be executed, as well as the woman. They have done something perverse; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

١٣ 13 وَإِذَا ٱضْطَجَعَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ ذَكَرٍ ٱضْطِجَاعَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ، فَقَدْ فَعَلَا كِلَاهُمَا رِجْسًا. إِنَّهُمَا يُقْتَلَانِ. دَمُهُمَا عَلَيْهِمَا.

Men who have sex with other men as with a woman have done something disgusting. They must be executed; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

١٤ 14 وَإِذَا ٱتَّخَذَ رَجُلٌ ٱمْرَأَةً وَأُمَّهَا فَذَلِكَ رَذِيلَةٌ. بِٱلنَّارِ يُحْرِقُونَهُ وَإِيَّاهُمَا، لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ رَذِيلَةٌ بَيْنَكُمْ.

A man who marries both a woman and her mother has acted perversely. They must all be burned to death so that there will be no such wickedness among you.

١٥ 15 وَإِذَا جَعَلَ رَجُلٌ مَضْجَعَهُ مَعَ بَهِيمَةٍ، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ، وَٱلْبَهِيمَةُ تُمِيتُونَهَا.

A man who has sex with an animal must be executed, and the animal must be killed too.

١٦ 16 وَإِذَا ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ إِلَى بَهِيمَةٍ لِنِزَائِهَا، تُمِيتُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ وَٱلْبَهِيمَةَ. إِنَّهُمَا يُقْتَلَانِ. دَمُهُمَا عَلَيْهِمَا.

A woman who gives herself to an animal to have sex with it must be executed, along with the animal. They must both be killed; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

١٧ 17 وَإِذَا أَخَذَ رَجُلٌ أُخْتَهُ بِنْتَ أَبِيهِ أَوْ بِنْتَ أُمِّهِ، وَرَأَى عَوْرَتَهَا وَرَأَتْ هِيَ عَوْرَتَهُ، فَذَلِكَ عَارٌ. يُقْطَعَانِ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِ بَنِي شَعْبِهِمَا. قَدْ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أُخْتِهِ. يَحْمِلُ ذَنْبَهُ.

A man who marries his sister, whether she's his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, and they have sex, has done something shameful. They must be expelled from their people in front of everybody. He has brought shame on his sister; he bears the responsibility for his punishment.

١٨ 18 وَإِذَا ٱضْطَجَعَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ طَامِثٍ وَكَشَفَ عَوْرَتَهَا، عَرَّى يَنْبُوعَهَا وَكَشَفَتْ هِيَ يَنْبُوعَ دَمِهَا، يُقْطَعَانِ كِلَاهُمَا مِنْ شَعِبْهِمَا.

A man who has sex with a woman having her period he has exposed where her blood flow comes from, and she has too. They must both be expelled from their people.

١٩ 19 عَوْرَةَ أُخْتِ أُمِّكَ، أَوْ أُخْتِ أَبِيكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ. إِنَّهُ قَدْ عَرَّى قَرِيبَتَهُ. يَحْمِلَانِ ذَنْبَهُمَا.

Don't have sex with your aunt, whether on your father or your mother's side, because it brings shame on your own family. Both will bear responsibility for their sin.

٢٠ 20 وَإِذَا ٱضْطَجَعَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ ٱمْرَأَةِ عَمِّهِ فَقَدْ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ عَمِّهِ. يَحْمِلَانِ ذَنْبَهُمَا. يَمُوتَانِ عَقِيمَيْنِ.

A man who has sex with his uncle's wife brings shame on his uncle. They will bear responsibility for their sin; they shall die without having children.

٢١ 21 وَإِذَا أَخَذَ رَجُلٌ ٱمْرَأَةَ أَخِيهِ، فَذَلِكَ نَجَاسَةٌ. قَدْ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ. يَكُونَانِ عَقِيمَيْنِ.

A man who marries his brother's wife does something that is unclean. He has brought shame on his brother; the couple will have no children.

٢٢ 22 «فَتَحْفَظُونَ جَمِيعَ فَرَائِضِي وَجَمِيعَ أَحْكَامِي، وَتَعْمَلُونَهَا لِكَيْ لَا تَقْذِفَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا آتٍ بِكُمْ إِلَيْهَا لِتَسْكُنُوا فِيهَا.

So keep all my rules and regulations, so that the land where I'm taking you to live won't vomit you out.

٢٣ 23 وَلَا تَسْلُكُونَ فِي رُسُومِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنَا طَارِدُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ. لِأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ فَعَلُوا كُلَّ هَذِهِ، فَكَرِهْتُهُمْ.

Don't follow the practices of the nations I'm expelling for you. I detested them because they did all these evil things.

٢٤ 24 وَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: تَرِثُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ، وَأَنَا أُعْطِيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا لِتَرِثُوهَا، أَرْضًا تَفِيضُ لَبَنًا وَعَسَلًا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي مَيَّزَكُمْ مِنَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ.

But I have promised you that you will take over their land. I'm going to give it to you to own, a land that flows with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who has made you a distinctive people different from all others.

٢٥ 25 فَتُمَيِّزُونَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ ٱلطَّاهِرَةِ وَٱلنَّجِسَةِ، وَبَيْنَ ٱلطُّيُورِ ٱلنَّجِسَةِ وَٱلطَّاهِرَةِ. فَلَا تُدَنِّسُوا نُفُوسَكُمْ بِٱلْبَهَائِمِ وَٱلطُّيُورِ، وَلَا بِكُلِّ مَا يَدِبُّ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِمَّا مَيَّزْتُهُ لَكُمْ لِيَكُونَ نَجِسًا.

So make sure you observe the difference between clean and unclean animals and birds. Don't make yourselves unclean because of any animal or bird, or by anything that runs along the ground. I have made the difference clear: they are unclean for you.

٢٦ 26 وَتَكُونُونَ لِي قِدِّيسِينَ لِأَنِّي قُدُّوسٌ أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ، وَقَدْ مَيَّزْتُكُمْ مِنَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ لِتَكُونُوا لِي.

You shall be holy to me because I am holy. I am the Lord, and I have made you a distinctive people different from all other nations. You belong to me.

٢٧ 27 «وَإِذَا كَانَ فِي رَجُلٍ أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ جَانٌّ أَوْ تَابِعَةٌ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ. بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ يَرْجُمُونَهُ. دَمُهُ عَلَيْهِ».

Anyone, man or a woman, who is a medium or a spiritist must be executed. They are to be stoned to death; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.”