< 利未記 18 >
And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel,
and thou schalt seie to hem, Y am youre Lord God;
3 你們不要仿效你們註過的埃及地的習慣,也不要仿效我正要領你們去的客納罕地的習慣,不要隨從他們的風俗;
ye schulen not do by the custom of the lond of Egipt, in which ye dwelliden; ye schulen not do bi the custom of the cuntrei of Canaan, `to which Y schal brynge you yn, nethir ye schulen go in the lawful thingis of hem.
4 應執行我的規定,遵守我的法令,依照遵行:我,上主是你們的天主。
Ye schulen do my domes, and ye schulen kepe myn heestis, and ye schulen go in tho; Y am youre Lord God.
5 你們應遵守我的法令和規定;遵守的人必因此獲得生命:我是上主。婚姻的阻礙
Kepe ye my lawis and domes, whiche a man `schal do, and schal lyue in tho; Y am youre Lord God.
6 你們中任何人不可親近血親,去揭漏她的下體:我是上主。
Ech man schal not neiy to the nyy womman of his blood, that he schewe `the filthe of hir; Y am the Lord.
7 你不可揭露你父親得下體和你母親的下體:她是你的母親,不可揭露她的下體。
Thou schalt not diskyuere the filthe of thi fadir and the filthe of thi modir; sche is thi modir, thou schalt not schewe hir filthe.
8 你父親妻子的下體,你不可揭露,那是你父親的下體。
Thou schalt not vnhile the filthe of the wijf of thi fadir, for it is the filthe of thi fadir.
9 你姊妹的下體,不論他是你父親的女兒,或你母親的女兒,或在家生的,或在外生的,你不可揭露她們的下體。
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi sistir, of fadir `ether of modir, which sister is gendrid at hoome ether without forth.
10 你兒子的女兒,或你女兒的女兒的下體,你不可揭露,因為她們的下體是你們的下體。
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the douyter of thi sone, ether of neece of thi douyter, for it is thi filthe.
11 你不可揭露你父親妻子的女兒的下體,因為她是你父親所生,是你得姊妹,你不可揭露她的下體。
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the douyter of the wijf of thi fadir, which sche childide to thi fadir, and is thi sistir.
12 你父親姊妹的下體,你不可揭露,因為她是你父親的骨肉。
Thou schalt not opene the filthe of the `sister of thi fadir, for sche is the fleisch of thi fadir.
13 你母親姊妹的下體,你不可揭露,因為她是你母親的骨肉。
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the sistir of thi modir, for sche is the fleisch of thi modir.
14 你父親兄弟的下體,你不可揭露,也不可親近他的妻子;她是你的叔伯母。
Thou schalt not shewe the filthe of the brothir of thi fadir, nethir thou schalt neiye to his wijf, which is ioyned to thee bi affinyte.
15 你兒媳的下體,你不可揭露。她是你兒子的妻子,你不可揭露她的下體。
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi sones wijf, for sche is the wijf of thi sone, nether thou schalt diskiuere hir schenschip; and no man take his brotheris wijf.
16 你兄弟妻子的下體,你不可揭露;那是你兄弟的下體。
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of `the wijf of thi brother, for it is the filthe of thi brothir.
17 你不可揭露了一女人的下體又揭露她女兒;不可娶她兒子的女兒,或她女兒的女兒,揭露她的下體,她們都是她的血親:這是醜行。
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi wijf, and of hir douyter; thou schalt not take the douytir of hir sone, and the douytir of hir douyter, that thou schewe hir schenschip; thei ben the fleisch of hir, and siche letcherie is incest.
18 你不可娶一女人又娶他的姊妹,做她的情敵,在她活著的時候,揭露她姊妹的下體。[違犯貞潔的惡行]
Thou schalt not take `the sister of thi wijf, in to concubynage of hir, nethir thou schalt schewe `the filthe of hir, while thi wijf lyueth yit.
19 女人在月經不潔期中,你不可接近,揭露她的下體。
Thou schalt not neiye to a womman that suffrith rennyng of blood of monethe, nethir thou schalt schewe hir filthe.
Thou schalt not do letcherie with `the wijf of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt be defoulid with medlyng of seed.
21 你不可使你任何一個子女經火祭獻給摩肋客,亦不可褻瀆你天主的名:我是上主。
Thou schalt not yyue of thi seed, that it be offrid to the idol Moloch, nether thou schalt defoule the name of thi God; Y am the Lord.
22 你不可與男人同寢,如同與女人同寢一樣:這是醜惡行為。
Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.
23 你不可與任何獸類同寢,為牠所淫污,女人亦不可委身與走獸,同牠交合:這是逆性邪惡。
Thou schalt not do letcherie with ony beeste, nethir thou schalt be defoulid with it. A womman schal not ligge vnder a beeste, nether schal be medlid therwith, for it is greet synne.
24 你們不可以任何這樣的事玷污自己,因為這些民足以這一些事玷污了自己,我正要由你們面前將他們驅逐;
Be ye not defoulid in alle these thingis, in whiche alle `folkis, ether hethen men, ben defoulid, whiche folkis Y schal caste out bifor youre siyt,
25 甚至連這地也玷汙了,所以我必追究這地上的罪惡,使這地吐棄地上的居民。
of whiche the lond is defoulid, of which lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewe out hise dwellers.
26 至於你們,應遵守我的法令和規定;不論是本地人,或是寄居在你們中間的外方人,這樣醜惡的事,一件也不許做,
Kepe ye my lawful thingis and domes, that ye do not of alle these abhomynaciouns, as wel a man borun in the lond as a comelyng which is a pilgrym at you.
27 因為在你們以前住在這地上的人,做過這一切醜惡的事,玷污了這地方。
For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor you, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defouliden that lond.
28 希望這地不要因你們而再受到玷汙,將你們吐棄,如同吐棄了你們之前的民族。
Therfor be ye war, lest it caste out viliche also you in lijk manere, whanne ye han do lijk synnes, as it castide out vileche the folk, that was bifor you.
29 因為,凡做任何一件這樣醜惡的事,這樣的人,都應由民間剷除。
Ech man that doith ony thing of these abhomynaciouns, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple.
30 所以你們應遵守我的禁令,不可仿效你們以前的人所有的醜惡風俗,免得因此受到玷汙:我,上主是你們的天主。
Kepe ye myn heestis; nyle ye do tho thingis, whiche thei that weren bifor you diden, and be ye not defoulid in tho; Y am youre Lord God.