Tim Jo-Lawi 20
1 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya
Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
2 Nyis jo-Israel ni: Ja-Israel moro amora kata jadak moro amora manie dieru manochiw nyathine moro amora ni nyiseche manono miluongo ni Molek, nyaka negi. Oganda jo-Israel duto mondo ogoye gi kite nyaka otho.
“Tell the Israeli people, ‘[This is what Yahweh says]: Any Israeli or any foreigner who is living in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to be an offering to the god Molech must be executed. The people of the town must kill him by throwing stones at him.
3 Anabed jasik ngʼatno kendo anangʼad nyinge oko kuom ogandane; kuom chiwo nyathine ni nyasaye manono miluongo ni Molek, osedwanyo kama ler mar lemo, kendo osechayo nyinga maler.
I will reject [IDM] such people and command that they no longer be allowed to associate with my people.
4 To kapo ni oganda jo-Israel ok odewo wach ngʼat mochiwo achiel kuom nyithinde ne Molek, ma ok ginege,
If the people of that man’s town ignore it when he kills one of his children to offer him as a sacrifice to Molech, and if they do not execute that person,
5 to an awuon ema nabed jasik ngʼatno gi dhoodgi duto. Kargi anangʼad oko kuom ogandagi, kaachiel gi jogo duto maluwe kendo madwanyore kalamo Molek.
I myself will punish that person and his family, and I will command that he no longer be able to associate with my people. And I will do the same thing to any others who do the same thing that he did to worship Molech.
6 Anabed jasik ngʼama oweya modhi odwanyore gi jo-nyakalondo kod lang chunje maricho; kendo anangʼad kare oko kuom ogandagi.
‘will reject [IDM] those who go to those who (consult/talk with) the spirits of dead people and fortune-tellers to seek advice from them. I will command that they no longer be allowed to associate with my people.
7 Pwodhreuru ubed maler nikech An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
‘Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy, [and I want you to be like me].
8 Rituru buchena kendo uluwgi, nimar An e Jehova Nyasaye mapwodhou.
Obey carefully [DOU] all my laws. I am Yahweh, the one will cause you to be holy.
9 Ngʼato angʼata mokwongʼo wuon kata min, nyaka negi; nikech timneno; rembe nodongʼ e wiye owuon.
‘If anyone curses his father or his mother, he must be executed. He himself will be responsible for his own death [MTY].
10 Ka ngʼato oterore gi chi wadgi ma gidakgo, to jochode ariyogo nyaka neg-gi duto.
‘If a man commits adultery with some other man’s wife, both of them, the man and the woman, must be executed.
11 Ka ngʼato oterore gi chi wuon mare, to oseelo dug wuon-gi. Ji ariyogi nyaka neg-gi kendo rembgi nobedi e wigi giwegi.
‘If a man has sex with [EUP] one of his father’s wives, he has disgraced his father. So both that man and that woman must be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
12 Ka ngʼato oterore gi chi wuode to giduto nyaka neg-gi. Gima gitimono en tim makwero to rembgi nobedi e wigi giwegi.
‘If a man has sex with [EUP] his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. What they have done is very perverse; and they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
13 Ka dichwo oterore gi dichwo wadgi. Giduto ji ariyogi gitimo gima kwero kendo giduto nyaka neg-gi to rembgi nobedi e wigi giwegi.
‘If two men have sex together, they have done something detestable. They must both be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
14 Ka ngʼato okendo nyako kaachiel gi min-gi bende okendo, to ma en anjawo. Kargi ji adekgo nyaka wangʼ-gi kod mach, mondo tim marach kik dongʼ e dieru.
‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, that is a wicked thing. All three of them must be burned to death, in order that such a wicked practice will not [continue to be done] among you.
15 Ka ngʼato oterore gi chiayo, ngʼatni nyaka nege, to chiayono bende nyaka negi.
‘If a man has sex with an animal, he must be executed, and you must also kill that animal.
16 Ka dhako osudo machiegni gi chiayo mondo oterre kode, giduto nyaka neg-gi kendo rembgi obed e wigi giwegi.
‘[Similarly], if a woman has sex with an animal, both the woman and that animal must be killed [DOU]; they are responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
17 Ka ngʼato okendo nyamin mare ma nyar wuon kata ma nyar min, ma giterore kode, to otimo gima kwero. Nyaka neg-gi ka ji duto neno nikech oterore gi nyamin, koro nyaka oyud kum.
‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his mother or his father, and they have sex together, that is disgraceful. They must not be allowed to continue to associate with my people. And because he has disgraced his sister, he must be punished.
18 Ka ngʼato oterore gi dhako manie dwe, mano okuodo wi dhakono, nikech oele nyaka kama rembe wuokie, dhakono bende oseyie moel nyaka kama rembe wuokie. Giduto nyaka riembgi gia e dier ogandagi.
‘If a man has sex with [EUP, DOU] a woman during her monthly menstrual period, they have both revealed why she was bleeding, so both of them must not be allowed to associate with my people any more.
19 Ok oyieni mondo iterri gi nyamin mamau, nikech mano en tim maketho wat. Joma timo timbegi nyaka migi kum.
‘Do not have sex with the sister of either your father or your mother, because that would be disgracing someone who is a close relative. And you and the woman must both be punished.
20 Ka ngʼato oterore gi nyamin wuon, ngʼatni okuodo wi wuon mareno, omiyo nyaka giyud kum, kendo mondo oneg-gi ma nying-gi lal chuth e dier ogandagi.
‘If a man has sex [EUP] with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. I will punish both of them by causing them to die without having any children.
21 Ka ngʼato oterore gi chi owadgi, to mano en dwanyruok nikech oelo dug owadgi, kendo ok giniyud nyithindo.
‘If a man marries his brother’s wife [while his brother is still living], that is disgraceful. He has dishonored his brother; and they both will die without having any children.
22 Un nyaka koro urit chikena gi buchena kendo umak-gi, mi uluwgi duto, eka piny mamiyou mondo udagieno ok nongʼogu oko.
‘Obey all my laws/decrees [DOU] carefully, in order that you will not be forced to leave [MET] the land to which I am bringing you.
23 Kik uluw timbe oganda mudak e diergi madhi riembonu oko-gi. Nikech gigi mane gitimo nomiyo aol kodgi.
Do not imitate/adopt the customs of the people of the land from which I will expel them as you advance. I hated them because they did all those things.
24 Kendo ne awachonegi niya, “Abiro kawo pinygi kendo abiro miyougo kaka girkeni, ma en piny mopongʼ gi chak kod mor kich.” An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu mosepogou gi ogendini mamoko.
But I said to you, “You will take their land from them; I will give it to you to be yours, a land that is very fertile [IDM]. I am Yahweh your God, who has set you apart from the people of other nations.”
25 Nyaka uket pogruok e kind le michamo gi ma ok cham, kendo e kind winy michamo to gi ma ok cham. Kik udok mogak nikech le moro amora kata winyo kata gimoro amora mamol e lowo ma gin gik masewalo tenge nochido.
‘So you must distinguish between birds and animals that are unacceptable to me and those that are acceptable to me. Do not defile yourselves by [eating] birds or animals, or anything that scurries across the ground, that I have said are unacceptable for you.
26 Nyaka ubed maler e nyima nikech an Jehova Nyasaye aler, kendo asewalou e kind ogendini mondo ubed joga awuon.
You must behave in ways that I consider to be holy, because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the [ungodly people of other] nations to belong to me.
27 Ngʼato angʼata kuomu madichwo kata madhako ma en ajuok nyakalondo kata ma ajwoga moro amora, to ugo gi kite nyaka otho. Giduto nyaka ugogi gi kite kendo rembgi nobedi e wigi giwegi.
‘You must execute any man or woman among you who (consults/talks with) the spirits of dead people or who is a fortune-teller. Kill them by [throwing] stones at them; but they will be responsible for their own deaths.’”
