لاويّين 20

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلاً:

The Lord told Moses,

٢ 2 «قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ مِنَ الْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَيْنَهُمْ قَرَّبَ لِلصَّنَمِ مُولَكَ أَحَدَ أَبْنَائِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ إِذْ يَرْجُمُهُ شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

“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 وَأَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ وَأَسْتَأْصِلُهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِهِ، لأَنَّهُ قَرَّبَ أَحَدَ أَبْنَائِهِ لِلْوَثَنِ مُولَكَ لِيُنَجِّسَ قُدْسِي وَيُدَنِّسَ اسْمِي الْمُقَدَّسَ.

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 تَغَاضَى شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ، عِنْدَمَا قَرَّبَ لِمُولَكَ أَحَدَ أَبْنَائِهِ، 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 أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ وَعَلَى عَشِيرَتِهِ، وَأَسْتَأْصِلُهُ مَعَ جَمِيعِ الضَّالِّينَ وَرَاءَهُ، الزَّانِينَ مَعَ الصَّنَمِ مُولَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ 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 وَكُلُّ نَفْسٍ غَوَتْ وَرَاءَ أَصْحَابِ الْجَانِّ وَتَعَلَّقَتْ بِالتَّوَابِعِ خِيَانَةً لِي، أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى تِلْكَ النَّفْسِ وَأَسْتَأْصِلُهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ 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 فَتَقَدَّسُوا وَكُونُوا قِدِّيسِينَ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

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

٨ 8 أَطِيعُوا فَرَائِضِي وَاعْمَلُوا بِها، فَأَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي يُقَدِّسُكُمْ.

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

٩ 9 كُلُّ مَنْ شَتَمَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يُقْتَلُ لأَنَّهُ شَتَمَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ، لِذَلِكَ 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 إِذَا زَنَى رَجُلٌ مَعَ امْرَأَةِ قَرِيبِهِ، فَالزَّانِي وَالزَّانِيَةُ يُقْتَلانِ.

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

١١ 11 وَإذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ زَوْجَةَ أَبِيهِ، فَكِلاهُمَا يُقْتَلانِ لأَنَّهُ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أَبِيهِ، وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسَيْهِمَا.

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 وَإذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ كَنَّتَهُ فَكِلاهُمَا يُقْتَلانِ، لأَنَّهُمَا قَدِ اقْتَرَفَا فَاحِشَةً، وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسَيْهِمَا.

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 وَإذَا ضَاجَعَ رَجُلٌ ذَكَراً مُضَاجَعَةَ امْرَأَةٍ، فَكِلاهُمَا يُقْتَلانِ لأَنَّهُمَا ارْتَكَبَا رِجْساً. وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسَيْهِمَا.

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 وَإذَا تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَأُمِّهَا، فَتِلْكَ رَذِيلَةٌ. لِيُحْرَقُوا بِالنَّارِ لِئَلّا تَفْشُوَ 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 وَإذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ بَهِيمَةً فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَهِيمَةُ تُمِيتُونَهَا أَيْضاً

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

١٦ 16 وَإذَا قَارَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ بَهِيمَةً ذَكَراً لِتَنْزُوَهَا فَأَمِتْهُمَا. كِلاهُمَا يُقْتَلانِ، وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسَيْهِمَا.

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 إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ أُخْتَهُ، ابْنَةَ أَبِيهِ أَوِ ابْنَةَ أُمِّهِ، فَذَلِكَ عَارٌ، وَيَجِبُ أَنْ يُسْتَأْصَلا عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ شَعْبِهِ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أُخْتِهِ، وَيُعَاقَبُ بِذَنْبِهِ.

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 إِذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَةً حَائِضاً وَكَشَفَ عَوْرَتَهَا فَقَدْ عَرَّى يَنْبُوعَهَا، وَهِيَ أَيْضاً كَشَفَتْ عَنْهُ. فَيَجِبُ أَنْ يُسْتَأْصَلا كِلاهُمَا مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِهِمَا.

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 إِذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ عَمَّتَهُ أَوْ خَالَتَهُ، يُعَاقَبُ كِلاهُمَا بِذَنْبِهِمَا.

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 وَإذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ زَوْجَةَ عَمِّهِ فَقَدْ كَشَفَ عَوْرَتَهَا، وَيُعَاقَبُ كِلاهُمَا بِذَنْبِهِمَا، وَيَمُوتَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُعْقِبَا نَسْلاً.

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 وَإذَا تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَةَ أَخِيهِ فَذَلِكَ نَجَاسَةٌ لأَنَّهُ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ. كِلاهُمَا يَمُوتَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُعْقِبَا نَسْلاً.

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 أَطِيعُوا جَمِيعَ فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي وَاعْمَلُوا بِها فَلا تَنْبِذَكُمُ الأَرْضُ الَّتِي أَنَا ذَاهِبٌ بِكُمْ إِلَيْهَا لِتُقِيمُوا 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 لَا تُمَارِسُوا عَادَاتِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي سَأَطْرُدُهَا مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، لأَنَّهَا ارْتَكَبَتْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الْقَبَائِحِ، فَكَرِهْتُهَا،

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 وَوَعَدْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَرِثُوا دِيَارَهَا. وَأَنَا أَهَبُكُمْ إِيَّاهَا لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا، أَرْضاً تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً. فَأَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، مَيَّزْتُكُمْ عَنْ بَقِيَّةِ الشُّعُوبِ.

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 مَيِّزُوا الْبَهَائِمَ الطَّاهِرَةَ مِنَ النَّجِسَةِ، وَالطُّيُورَ النَّجِسَةَ مِنَ الطَّاهِرَةِ، فَلا تُدَنِّسُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِالْبَهَائِمِ وَالطُّيُورِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ الَّتِي حَظَرْتُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ.

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 وَكُونُوا قِدِّيسِينَ لأَنِّي أَنَا قُدُّوسٌ، وَقَدْ أَفْرَزْتُكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الشُّعُوبِ لِتَكُونُوا خَاصَّتِي.

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 أَيُّ رَجُلٍ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يُمَارِسُ الْوَسَاطَةَ مَعَ الْجَانِّ أَوْ مُنَاجَاةَ الأَرْوَاحِ، ارْجُمُوهُ وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ».

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.”