Leviticus 18
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, I am Jehovah your God.
Tshono ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli uthi kubo: NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.
3 Ye shall not do after the doings of the land of Egypt, in which ye dwelt, and ye shall not do after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, nor shall ye walk in their statutes.
Lingenzi njengokwemisebenzi yelizwe leGibhithe lapho elalihlala khona, lingenzi futhi njengokwemisebenzi yelizwe leKhanani engililetha kulo. Lingahambi ngemithetho yabo.
4 Ye shall do my ordinances, and ye shall keep my statutes, to walk therein. I am Jehovah your God.
Lizakwenza izahlulelo zami ligcine izimiso zami, ukuhamba kuzo. NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.
5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Jehovah.
Ngakho lizagcina izimiso zami lezahlulelo zami; okuthi uba umuntu ezenza uzaphila ngazo. NgiyiNkosi.
6 None of you shall approach to any who are near of kin to him, to uncover nakedness. I am Jehovah.
Kakungasondeli lamuntu lakusiphi isihlobo senyama yakhe ukwembula ubunqunu baso. NgiyiNkosi.
7 The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, thou shall not uncover. She is thy mother. Thou shall not uncover her nakedness,
Ungembuli ubunqunu bukayihlo lobunqunu bukanyoko; ungunyoko, ungembuli ubunqunu bakhe.
8 the nakedness of thy father's wife. It is thy father's nakedness.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bomkayihlo, buyibunqunu bukayihlo.
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shall not uncover.
Ubunqunu bukadadewenu, indodakazi kayihlo loba indodakazi kanyoko, ezelwe ekhaya loba ezelwe ngaphandle, ungembuli ubunqunu babo.
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shall not uncover, for theirs is thine own nakedness.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bendodakazi yendodana yakho, loba bendodakazi yendodakazi yakho, ngoba bayibunqunu bakho.
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shall not uncover her nakedness.
Ubunqunu bendodakazi yomkayihlo ezelwe nguyihlo, ingudadewenu, ungembuli ubunqunu bayo.
12 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister. She is thy father's near kinswoman.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bukadadewabo kayihlo, ngoba eyisihlobo sikayihlo.
13 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bukadadewabo kanyoko, ngoba eyisihlobo sikanyoko.
14 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother. Thou shall not approach to his wife. She is thine aunt.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bomfowabo kayihlo; ungasondeli kumkakhe, ngoba enguyihlokazi.
15 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law. She is thy son's wife. Thou shall not uncover her nakedness.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bukamalokozana; ungumkandodana yakho, ungembuli ubunqunu bakhe.
16 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife. It is thy brother's nakedness.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bomkamfowenu, buyibunqunu bomfowenu.
17 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. Thou shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is iniquity.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bowesifazana lobendodakazi yakhe; ungathathi indodakazi yendodana yakhe loba indodakazi yendodakazi yakhe, ukwembula ubunqunu bayo; bayizihlobo; kuyinkohlakalo.
18 And thou shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.
Ungathathi owesifazana kanye lodadewabo ukumhlupha, ukwembula ubunqunu bakhe kanye laye empilweni yakhe.
19 And thou shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
Ungasondeli kowesifazana ekwehlukanisweni kokungcola kwakhe ukwembula ubunqunu bakhe.
20 And thou shall not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.
Ungalali lomkamakhelwane wakho ukungcola ngaye.
21 And thou shall not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall thou profane the name of thy God. I am Jehovah.
Unganiki okwenzalo yakho ukuthi ukudabulisele kuMoleki; ungangcolisi ibizo likaNkulunkulu wakho. NgiyiNkosi.
22 Thou shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind. It is abomination.
Ungalali lowesilisa njengokulala lowesifazana; kuyisinengiso.
23 And thou shall not lie with any beast to defile thyself with it, nor shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down with it. It is a perversion.
Ungalali laloba yiyiphi inyamazana ukungcola ngayo; futhi owesifazana angemi phambi kwenyamazana ukulala layo; kuyingxube elihlazo.
24 Do not defile ye yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you,
Lingazingcolisi langenye yalezizinto, ngoba ngazo zonke lezizinto izizwe ziyangcoliswa engizixotsha phambi kwenu.
25 and the land is defiled. Therefore I visit the iniquity of it upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.
Ngalokho ilizwe lingcolile; ngakho ngiphindisela ububi balo phezu kwalo, lelizwe liyabahlanza abahlali balo.
26 Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourns among you,
Ngakho lina lizagcina izimiso zami lezahlulelo zami, lingenzi okwazo zonke lezizinengiso; owokuzalwa elizweni loba owemzini ohlala njengowezizwe phakathi kwenu.
27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and the land is defiled),
Ngoba zonke lezizinengiso bazenza abantu balelolizwe ababekhona ngaphambi kwenu, ngakho ilizwe langcola.
28 that the land not vomit you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
Ukuze ilizwe lingalihlanzi lapho lilingcolisa, njengalokhu lahlanza isizwe esasikhona ngaphambi kwenu.
29 For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
Ngoba wonke owenza okwalezizinengiso, imiphefumulo ekwenzayo izaqunywa isuke ebantwini bayo.
30 Therefore ye shall keep my charge, that ye not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that ye not defile yourselves in it. I am Jehovah your God.
Ngakho lizagcina umlayo wami, ukuze lingenzi okwalezozimiso eziyisinengiso ezenziwa ngaphambi kwenu, ukuthi lingazingcolisi ngazo. NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.
