Thothuengnah 18
1 Moses te BOEIPA loh a voek tih,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 “Israel carhoek te voek lamtah thui pah. Kai tah BOEIPA na Pathen ni.
“Speak to the Israeli people and tell them [that I, Yahweh, say this] this: I am Yahweh, your God.
3 Egypt kho ah na om uh vaengkah bibi bangla saii uh boeh. Te phoeiah kai. loh nangmih kam pha sak Kanaan kho kah khoboe bangla om uh boel lamtah amih kah khosing te awt uh boeh.
[So you must do what I want you to do]; you must not do the things that the people in Egypt, where you lived previously, do; and you must not do what is done by the people in Canaan, the land to which I am taking you. Do not imitate their behavior.
4 Kai kah laitloeknah he ngai uh lamtah ka khosing te vai ham ngaithuen uh. Kai tah nangmih kah Pathen Yahweh ni.
You must obey all of my laws [DOU], because it is I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those laws].
5 Te dongah kai kah khosing aka ngaithuen tih ka laitloeknah aka ngai hlang te tah tekah khosing dongah hing van ni. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
If you obey all my laws and decrees, you will continue to remain alive [for a long time]. I, Yahweh, [am the one who is promising that to you]. [These are some of my laws]:
6 Hlang la aka om hlang long tah amah kah a pum a saa boeih te ayah hliphen ham paan boel saeh. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
“Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. It is I, Yahweh, [who am commanding that].
7 Na pa kah a yah khaw, na nu kah a yah khaw, na manu khaw hliphen boeh. A yah khaw hliphen pah boeh.
“Do not disgrace your father by having sex with your mother [DOU].
8 Na pa yuu kah a yah, na pa kah a yahte hliphen pah boeh.
“Do not have sex with any of your father’s [other] wives, because that would disgrace your father.
9 Na ngannu, na pa kah a ngannu, na nu kah a tanu kah a yah khaw, im kah pacaboeina neh kholong kah pacaboeina yah khaw hliphen boeh.
“Do not have sex with your sister or your stepsister; it does not matter whether she was born in your house or somewhere else.
10 Na capa canu neh na canu canu kah a yah khaw namah kah a yah la a om boeiloeih dongah amih kah a yahte hliphen boeh.
“Do not have sex with your granddaughter, because that would disgrace you.
11 Na pa yuu canu kah a yah khaw, na pa kah pacaboeina, na ngannu kah a yah khaw hliphen boeh.
“Do not have sex with your half-sister, because she is your sister.
12 Na pa ngannu kah, na pa huiko kah a yah khaw hliphen pah boeh.
“Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.
13 Na nu kah a tanu, na nu huiko kah a yah khaw hliphen pah boeh.
“Do not have sex with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
14 Na pa manuca kah a yah khaw hliphen boeh. Anih yuu neh na pi khaw paan pah boeh.
“Do not disgrace your (uncle/father’s brother) by having sex with his wife, because she is your aunt.
15 Na langa kah a yahte hliphen pah boeh. Na ca yuu kah a yah khaw hliphen pah boeh.
“Do not have sex with [DOU] your daughter-in-law, because she is your son’s wife.
16 Na manuca yuu kah a yah, na manuca kah a yahte hliphen pah boeh.
“Do not have sex with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother.
17 Na yuu neh a canu, a capa canu neh a canu canu kah a yahte hliphen pah boeh. Na thii na saa kah a yah hliphen pah ham lo boeh. Te bang te khonuen rhamtat ni.
“Do not have sex with the daughter or granddaughter of any woman whom you have previously had sex with; they are [her] (OR, [your]) close relatives. Having sex with any of them would be a wicked thing to do.
18 Na yuu amah a hing lalah a yah hliphen pah ham neh daengdaeh ham a tanu te lo boeh.
“While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.
19 Te phoeiah huta te a ti a hnai neh pumom tue vaengah a yah hliphen pah ham paan boeh.
“Do not have sex with any woman while she is having her monthly menstrual period.
20 Na imben kah a yuu aka poeih ham khaw na tamtah tii te khueh boeh.
“Do not (defile yourself/make yourself unacceptable to me) by having sex with someone else’s wife.
21 Na tiingan te Molek taengah khumpael sak ham pae boeh. Te dongah na Pathen ming te poeih boeh. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
“Do not give any of your children to be burned to be a sacrifice to the god Molech, because that would show that you do not revere me [MTY], Yahweh, your God.
22 tongpa puei khaw huta thingkong bangla yalh puei boeh. Te ta tueilaehkoi ni.
“No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable.
23 Rhamsa khat khat neh aka poeih uh ham khaw na tamtah khueh boeh. Huta long khaw rhamsa neh pitpom tih, anih kui hamla duen boel saeh.
“No one, man or woman, should (defile himself/cause himself to become unacceptable to me) by having sex with an animal; that is a perverse act.
24 He boeih nen he poeih uh boeh. Namtomrhoekkhaw he boeih nen he a poeih uh dongah ni nangmih mikhmuh ah ka haek.
“Do not (defile yourselves/cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me) in any of those ways, because doing those things is how the people of the nations that I expelled as you advanced became (unacceptable to me/defiled).
25 Khohmuen pataeng a poeih uh dongah amah kathaesainah te ka cawh pah tih, khohmuen kah khosa rhoek khaw a lok thil.
They even caused the land to become defiled, so I punished them for their sins, and [it was as though] the land vomited out the people who lived there.
26 Tedae nangmih. loh ka khosing neh ka laitloeknah he ngaithuen uh. Te dongah te bang tueilaehkoi boeih te tolrhum mupoe long khaw, nangmih taengah aka bakuep yinlai long khaw saii boel saeh.
You must all obey my laws and decrees. That includes you people who were born here and the foreigners who live among you.
27 Nangmih mikhmuh kah tolrhum hlang rhoek loh he rhoek kah tueilaehkoi boeih he a saii uh dongah khohmuen khaw a poeih uh.
All those detestable things were done by the people who lived in this land before you came here, and they caused the land to become defiled.
28 Te dongah nangmih mikhmuh kah namtom a tha bangla na khohmuen na poeih uh van tih nangmih khaw khohmuen loh n'tha boel saeh.
So if you defile the land, I will get rid of [MET] you like I got rid of the people of those nations that were here before you came.
29 U hlang khaw he rhoek kah tueilaehkoi hno khat khat a saii atah aka saii hlanghing boeihte pilnam lamkah hnawt saeh.
“You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you who are my people.
30 Te dongah nangmih mikhmuh kah tueilaehkoi khosing aka saiirhoek te vai pawt ham kamah loh ka kuek te ngaithuen uh. Te daengah ni amih taengah pum te na poeih uh pawt eh. Kai tah nangmih kah Pathen BOEIPA ni,” a ti nah.
Obey everything that I command you to do, and do not defile yourselves by practicing any of the detestable customs that were practiced [by the people who were there] before you came. I, Yahweh your God, [am the one who is commanding these things].”
