Leviticus 18
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
and thou schalt seie to hem, Y am youre Lord God;
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their customs.
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 Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah 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 And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.
Kepe ye my lawis and domes, whiche a man `schal do, and schal lyue in tho; Y am youre Lord God.
6 No one shall approach to any that is his near relation, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah.
Ech man schal not neiy to the nyy womman of his blood, that he schewe `the filthe of hir; Y am the Lord.
7 The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother: thou shalt 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 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy 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 thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home, or born abroad — their nakedness shalt thou 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 thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter — their nakedness shalt thou not uncover; for theirs is thy 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 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father: she is thy sister: thou shalt 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 The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation.
Thou schalt not opene the filthe of the `sister of thi fadir, for sche is the fleisch of thi fadir.
13 The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation.
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the sistir of thi modir, for sche is the fleisch of thi modir.
14 The nakedness of thy father's brother shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not approach his wife: she is thine aunt.
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 The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law shalt thou not uncover: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt 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 The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy 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 shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, nor her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are her near relations: it is wickedness.
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 And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.
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 thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of 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 thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.
Thou schalt not do letcherie with `the wijf of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt be defoulid with medlyng of seed.
21 And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
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 thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.
Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.
23 And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.
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 Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean.
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 hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.
of whiche the lond is defoulid, of which lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewe out hise dwellers.
26 But ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among 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 have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);
For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor you, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defouliden that lond.
28 that the land vomit you not out, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was 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 committeth any of these abominations, ...the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
Ech man that doith ony thing of these abhomynaciouns, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple.
30 And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not [any] of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah 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.
