Tim Jo-Lawi 19
1 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya,
The Lord told Moses,
2 “Wuo gi kanyakla mar Israel duto kendo inyisgi ni: ‘Beduru maler nikech an Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu aler.
“Tell all the Israelites: You must be holy because I am holy; I am the Lord your God.
3 “‘Ngʼato ka ngʼato kuomu nyaka luor min gi wuon kendo nyaka urit Sabato maga. An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
Show respect for your mother and father, and keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
4 “‘Kik uluw bangʼ nyiseche manono, kendo kik ubed gi nyiseche mothedhi mag nyinyo. An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
Don't turn to idols for help or make for metal images of gods. I am the Lord your God.
5 “‘Ka uchiwo misango mar lalruok ne Jehova Nyasaye, to timeuru e yo mowinjore ma Jehova Nyasaye oyiego.
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, make sure you do it correctly so God will accept you.
6 Misangono ibiro chame e odiechiengno muchiwee kata kinyne, to ringʼo mane odongʼ nyaka chiengʼ mar adek nyaka wangʼ e mach.
It needs to be eaten the day you sacrifice it, or the next day. Whatever is left over on the third day must be burned.
7 Ka lemo moro amora kuom ringʼoni ocham chiengʼ mar adek, to Jehova Nyasaye ok noyie kodu nikech en gima kwero.
If you do eat some of it on the third day, the sacrifice becomes repulsive and won't be accepted.
8 Ngʼato angʼata manocham ringʼono nokwan ka jaketho nikech osedwanyo kama ler mar Jehova Nyasaye, kendo ngʼatno nyaka ngʼad kare oko kuom ogandane.
Anyone who eats it eats it will bear responsibility for their guilt, for they have made unclean what is holy to the Lord. They must be expelled from their people.
9 “‘Ka ukayo cham manie puotheu, to kik ugol cham duto nyaka manie giko puodho, kata kik uhul nyaka cham modongʼ.
When you harvest the crops grown on your land, don't harvest right up to the edges of your field, or collect what has been missed.
10 Kupono olembeu mag mzabibu, to kik upon-gi duto, bende mago molwar piny kik ukwany. Mago weuru ni joma odhier kod jodak manie dieru. An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
Don't take every last grape from your vineyard or pick up the ones that have fallen. Leave them for the poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.
11 “‘Kik ikwal. “‘Kik iriambi. “‘Kik iwuond nyawadu.
Don't steal. Don't lie. Don't deceive each other.
12 “‘Kik ikwongʼri gi miriambo ni ngʼato gi nyinga nimar kitimo kamano to ichayo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu. An e Jehova Nyasaye.
Don't swear oaths in my name that are not true, otherwise you defame the character of your God. I am the Lord.
13 “‘Kik ima wadu e yor wuond kata kik imaye gire. “‘Kik itamri chulo ngʼato kuom tich motiyoni kendo nyaka ichule mana godiechiengno.
Don't cheat others or rob them. Don't refuse to pay wages due to workers until the morning.
14 “‘Kik ikwongʼ ngʼama ite odino, kata kik iket gimoro e nyim muofu monyalo chwanyoree, luoruru Nyasachu. An e Jehova Nyasaye.
Don't speak badly about deaf people. Don't put objects in the way of blind people to trip them up. Instead show respect to your God. I am the Lord.
15 “‘Kik iketh buch ngʼato, to ngʼad bura kare ma kik idogne jachan kata luoro wangʼ ngʼama duongʼ, to ngʼadne wadu bura makare kichungʼ e adiera.
Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.
16 “‘Kik iketh nying jowadu koni gi koni e yor kuoth, kendo kik ihangne jowadu wach ma ok nikare. An e Jehova Nyasaye.
Don't go around spreading false rumors about people. Don't keep quiet when the lives of others are at risk. I am the Lord.
17 “‘Kik ibwon owadu gi chunyi. Nyis wadu kethone e wangʼe, mondo kik iriwri kode e richone.
Don't hold onto hateful feelings towards others. Talk honestly with your neighbors, so that you don't sin because of them.
18 “‘Kik idwar chulo kuor, kendo kik ibed ngʼama mon gi jowadgi, to her wadu kaka iherori iwuon. An e Jehova Nyasaye.
Don't look for revenge or hold a grudge against anybody, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
19 “‘Rituru yorena. “‘Kik uwe jamni mopogore opogore luwre ma nywol nyithindo. “‘Kik uriw kodhi e puodho achiel, kendo kik urwak nanga motwangʼ gi usi ariyo mopogore opogore.
Do what I tell you! Don't make different kinds of livestock breed together. Don't sow your fields with two different kinds of seed. Don't wear clothes made of two different kinds of material.
20 “‘Ka ngʼato oterore gi misumba ma nyako mapok okendi mosewinjore gi ngʼama onego kende, kata mapok omi thuolo mar dhi, to wachno nyaka none maber. Kik neg nyakono gi ngʼat moterore kodeno nikech pod en misumba.
If a man has sex with a servant girl promised to become another man's wife, but who hasn't yet been bought or set free, then compensation has to be paid. However, they are not to be killed, because she hadn't been set free.
21 Ngʼat motimo kode tim makamanono nyaka kel im e nyim Jehova Nyasaye e dho Hemb Romo mondo timgo misango mar pwodhruok e ketho.
But the man must bring a ram as his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
22 Jadolo notim misango mar golo richo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye gi imno kuom pwodho ngʼatno e kethone, eka richo mosetimo nowene.
The priest will set things right for him before the Lord using the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.
23 “‘Ka udonjo e pinyno kendo upidho kit yiend olemo moro amora to ukwan olembene ka gik makwero. Kuom higni adek kik umul olembego kendo kik uchamgi.
When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, treat the fruit at first as unclean. For three years you are forbidden to eat it.
24 E higa mar angʼwen to olembege duto nobed maler, ma en chiwo mar pak ni Jehova Nyasaye.
The fourth year all the fruit must be dedicated to the Lord as a praise offering.
25 To e higa mar abich, unyalo chamo olembege. Kuom mano keyo magu nomedre. An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
However, the fifth year you may eat the fruit and in this way you will have an even greater harvest. I am the Lord your God.
26 “‘Kik ucham ringʼo motimo remo. “‘Kik ukor wach kata kik ubed ajuoke mag nyakalondo.
Don't eat meat with blood in it. Don't use fortune-telling or witchcraft.
27 “‘Kik utit yie wiu kata kik utit yie tiku.
Don't cut your hair on the sides of your head or trim the sides of your beard,
28 “‘Kik usar dendu kuywago ngʼama otho, kendo kik usar kido moro amora e dendu. An e Jehova Nyasaye.
don't cut your bodies in some pagan ritual for the dead, and don't get yourselves tattoos. I am the Lord.
29 “‘Kik utime timbe manyalo miyo nyiu bed jochode, nikech mano nyalo kethonu piny makel richo mangʼeny.
Don't bring shame on your daughter by making her a prostitute, otherwise the land will become morally and spiritually depraved.
30 “‘Rituru Sabato maga kendo kama ler mar lemo mara nyaka umi luor mowinjore. An e Jehova Nyasaye.
Keep my Sabbaths and show respect for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
31 “‘Kik udhi upenj wach kuom jo-nyakalondo kata kuom ajuoke mamoko, nikech timo kamano biro miyo ubedo mogak. An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
Don't try and find help from mediums or spiritists—don't even go looking for them, otherwise they will corrupt you. I am the Lord your God.
32 “‘Nyaka ichiw luor kichungone jaduongʼ ma wiye oti lwar kendo uluor Nyasachu. An e Jehova Nyasaye.
Stand up and be respectful of older people. Show reverence for your God. I am the Lord.
33 “‘Ka japiny moro odak e dieru, to kik usande.
Don't mistreat foreigners who live in your country.
34 Japiny moro modak e dieruno nyaka udag kode mana kaka wuodu. Hereuru mana kaka uheroru uwegi nikech ne un jodak e piny Misri. An Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
Treat them in the same way as a fellow citizen, and love them as you love yourself, because you were once foreigners living in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
35 “‘Kik uti gi rapim ma ok nikare ka upimo bor kata pek mar gimoro kata kupimo ngʼeny mare.
Don't use dishonest weights and measures.
36 Tiuru gi rapim ma ok riambi kendo mapimo gimoro makare. An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu mane ogolou e piny Misri.
Make sure your scales and weights are accurate, that your measures of ephah and hin are correct. I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt.
37 “‘Rituru yorena duto kod chikena kendo uluwgi. An e Jehova Nyasaye.’”
Keep all my rules and regulations, and make sure you follow them. I am the Lord.”
