Leviticus 18
1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
“Ƒo nu na Israelviwo, eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
3 You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
Mele be miawɔ nu abe ale si wowɔna le Egipte, afi si mienɔ la ene o. Nenema ke mele be miawɔ nu abe ale si wowɔna le Kanaan, afi si mele mia kplɔm le yiyim la ene o. Migawɔ woƒe wɔnawo o.
4 You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
Ele be miawɔ nye sewo dzi, eye miakpɔ egbɔ be yewozɔ ɖe nye ɖoɖowo nu. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
5 Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Milé nye ɖoɖowo kple nye sewo me ɖe asi, elabena ame si léa wo me ɖe asi la, anɔ agbe ɖe wo nu. Nyee nye Yehowa.
6 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
“‘Mia dometɔ aɖeke megadɔ kple eƒe ƒometɔ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
7 You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
“‘Vinyɔnu mekpɔ mɔ aɖe fofoa o. Nenema ke viŋutsu mekpɔ mɔ aɖe dadaa loo
8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
alo fofoa srɔ̃ bubuawo dometɔ aɖeke o.
9 You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
“‘Gawu la, mekpɔ mɔ aɖe nɔvia nyɔnu, dadaa ƒe vinyɔnu alo fofoa ƒe vinyɔnu ne wodzi wo le aƒe ɖeka me loo alo le teƒe bubuwo o.
10 You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
“‘Mègade asi wò tɔgbuiyɔvi nyɔnu si nye viwò ŋutsu ƒe vi alo viwò nyɔnu ƒe vi la ŋu o, elabena woƒe amamae nye wò hã tɔ.
11 You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
“‘Mègade asi fofowò srɔ̃ ƒe vinyɔnu ŋu o.
12 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
“‘Eye mègade asi fofowò nɔvinyɔnu hã ŋu o, elabena edo ƒome kplikplikpli kple fofowò.
13 You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
“‘Mègade asi dawò nɔvinyɔnu ŋu o, elabena edo ƒome kplikplikpli kple dawò.
14 You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
“‘Nenema ke, mègade asi fofowò nɔviŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋuti o, ne fofowò nɔviŋutsu ku alo le agbe o.
15 You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
“‘Mègade asi viwò ŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋu o; wò ŋutɔ viwò srɔ̃e; megaɖe amae o.
16 You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
“‘Megade asi nɔviwò ŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋu o, elabena nɔviwò ŋutsu ƒe amae.
17 You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
“‘Mègade asi nyɔnu aɖe kple via nyɔnu alo mamayɔvia ŋu o, elabena nuwɔna ma nye vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi manyagblɔ aɖe.
18 You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
“‘Mègaɖe nɔvinyɔnu eve o, ne menye nenema o la, woanɔ ŋui ɖom wo nɔewo. Gake ne srɔ̃wò ku la, àte ŋu aɖe nɔvia nyɔnu faa.
19 You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
“‘Mègade asi nyɔnu si tsi gbɔto la ŋu o,
20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
“‘Megade asi hawòvi srɔ̃ ŋu, ale be màgblẽ kɔ ɖo na ɖokuiwò kple nyɔnu la siaa o.
21 You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
“‘Mègatsɔ viwò aɖeke na Molek o; atsɔe asa vɔe le eƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi. Mègaƒo ɖi wò Mawu ƒe ŋkɔ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
“‘Se sesẽ tsi tsitre ɖe ŋutsu kple ŋutsu ƒe wo nɔewo gbɔ dɔdɔ ŋuti, elabena enye nu vɔ̃ triakɔ le Mawu gbɔ.
23 You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
“‘Ŋutsu aɖeke mekpɔ mɔ adɔ lãnɔ aɖeke gbɔ, eye wòaƒo ɖi eɖokui o. Nenema ke nyɔnu aɖeke mekpɔ mɔ alɔ̃ lãtsu aɖeke nayɔ asii o. Esia nye ŋukpenanu gã aɖe ŋutɔ.
24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
“‘Migaƒo ɖi mia ɖokuiwo to mɔ siawo dometɔ aɖeke dzi o, elabena nu siawoe dukɔwo bubuwo wɔna. Esi wowɔa nu siawo ta la, manya wo ɖa le anyigba si dzi yim miele la dzi.
25 Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
Woƒo ɖi anyigba blibo la kple nuwɔna siawo, eya ta mele to hem na ame siwo le afi ma, eye anyigba la atu edzinɔlawo aƒu gbe.
26 But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
Ele be miazɔ ɖe nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo nu tututu, eye mele be miawɔ nu vɔ̃ siawo dometɔ aɖeke o. Ele be Israelvi dzɔleaƒeawo kple amedzro siwo le mia dome siaa la nalé se siawo me ɖe asi sesĩe.
27 For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
Ɛ̃, ame siwo le anyigba si dzi mele mia kplɔm le yiyim dzi la wɔa nu vɔ̃ siawo madzudzɔmadzudzɔe ale gbegbe be anyigba blibo la gblẽ.
28 So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
Migawɔ nu siawo o. Ne miewɔ nu siawo la, anyigba la atu mi aƒu gbe abe ale si wòatu dukɔ siwo le afi ma fifia la aƒu gbe ene.
29 Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
“‘Ame sia ame si awɔ ŋunyɔnu siawo dometɔ aɖe la, woaɖe ame ma ɖa le eƒe amewo dome.
30 You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
Milé nye ɖoɖowo me ɖe asi, migadze kɔnu nyɔŋu siwo wowɔna hafi mieva la yome o, eye migatsɔ wo do gu mia ɖokuiwo o. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.’”
