Leviticus 18

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, I [am] the Lord your God.

and thou schalt seie to hem, Y am youre Lord God;

3 You shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which you lived: and according to the devices of the land of Chanaan, into which I bring you, you shall not do; and you shall not walk in their ordinances.

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 You shall observe my judgements, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I [am] the Lord your God.

Ye schulen do my domes, and ye schulen kepe myn heestis, and ye schulen go in tho; Y am youre Lord God.

5 So you shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgements, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the Lord your God.

Kepe ye my lawis and domes, whiche a man `schal do, and schal lyue in tho; Y am youre Lord God.

6 No man shall draw near to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I [am] the Lord.

Ech man schal not neiy to the nyy womman of his blood, that he schewe `the filthe of hir; Y am the Lord.

7 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, for she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

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 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.

Thou schalt not vnhile the filthe of the wijf of thi fadir, for it is the filthe of thi fadir.

9 The nakedness of your sister by your father or by your mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi sistir, of fadir `ether of modir, which sister is gendrid at hoome ether without forth.

10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; because it is your nakedness.

Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the douyter of thi sone, ether of neece of thi douyter, for it is thi filthe.

11 You shall not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of your father's wife; she is your sister by the same father: you shall not uncover her nakedness.

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 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister, for she is near akin to your father.

Thou schalt not opene the filthe of the `sister of thi fadir, for sche is the fleisch of thi fadir.

13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is near akin to your mother.

Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the sistir of thi modir, for sche is the fleisch of thi modir.

14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, and you shall not go in to his wife; for she is your relation.

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 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

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 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of `the wijf of thi brother, for it is the filthe of thi brothir.

17 The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shall you not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter, shall you not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are your kinswomen: it is impiety.

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 You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.

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 And you shall not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.

Thou schalt not neiye to a womman that suffrith rennyng of blood of monethe, nethir thou schalt schewe hir filthe.

20 And you shall not lie with your neighbour's wife, to defile yourself with her.

Thou schalt not do letcherie with `the wijf of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt be defoulid with medlyng of seed.

21 And you shall not give of your seed to serve a ruler; and you shall not profane my holy name; I [am] the Lord.

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 And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.

23 Neither shall you lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an abomination.

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 Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

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 and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

of whiche the lond is defoulid, of which lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewe out hise dwellers.

26 And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:

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 (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled, )

For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor you, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defouliden that lond.

28 and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.

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 For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from amongst their people.

Ech man that doith ony thing of these abhomynaciouns, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple.

30 And you shall keep mine ordinances, that you may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and you shall not be polluted in them; for I [am] the Lord your God.

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.