< Leviticus 18 >

1 The Lord told Moses,
上主訓示梅瑟說:」
2 “Tell the Israelites: I am the Lord your God.
你告訴以色列子民說:我是上主你們的天主。
3 Don't follow the ways of Egypt where you used to live, and don't follow the ways of Canaan where I'm going to take you. Don't adopt their practices.
你們不要仿效你們註過的埃及地的習慣,也不要仿效我正要領你們去的客納罕地的習慣,不要隨從他們的風俗;
4 Do what I tell you and keep my rules. I am the Lord your God.
應執行我的規定,遵守我的法令,依照遵行:我,上主是你們的天主。
5 If you keep my rules and do what I tell you, you will live. I am the Lord.
你們應遵守我的法令和規定;遵守的人必因此獲得生命:我是上主。婚姻的阻礙
6 Don't have sex with a close relative.
你們中任何人不可親近血親,去揭漏她的下體:我是上主。
7 Don't shame your father by having sex with your mother. She is your mother; don't have sex with her.
你不可揭露你父親得下體和你母親的下體:她是你的母親,不可揭露她的下體。
8 Don't have sex with any of your father's wives and shame your father.
你父親妻子的下體,你不可揭露,那是你父親的下體。
9 Don't have sex with your sister, whether she's your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, or whether she was born in the same house as you or somewhere else.
你姊妹的下體,不論他是你父親的女兒,或你母親的女兒,或在家生的,或在外生的,你不可揭露她們的下體。
10 Don't have sex with your granddaughter, your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, because that would be shameful thing for you.
你兒子的女兒,或你女兒的女兒的下體,你不可揭露,因為她們的下體是你們的下體。
11 Don't have sex with the daughter of any of your father's wives and your father, she is your sister.
你不可揭露你父親妻子的女兒的下體,因為她是你父親所生,是你得姊妹,你不可揭露她的下體。
12 Don't have sex with your father's sister. She is a close relative of your father.
你父親姊妹的下體,你不可揭露,因為她是你父親的骨肉。
13 Don't have sex with your mother's sister. She is a close relative of your mother.
你母親姊妹的下體,你不可揭露,因為她是你母親的骨肉。
14 Don't bring shame on your uncle by having sex with his wife. She is your aunt.
你父親兄弟的下體,你不可揭露,也不可親近他的妻子;她是你的叔伯母。
15 Don't have sex with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife. Don't have sex with her.
你兒媳的下體,你不可揭露。她是你兒子的妻子,你不可揭露她的下體。
16 Don't have sex with your brother's wife and bring shame on your brother.
你兄弟妻子的下體,你不可揭露;那是你兄弟的下體。
17 Don't have sex with both a woman and her daughter. Don't have sex with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They are her close relatives. That is something I loathe.
你不可揭露了一女人的下體又揭露她女兒;不可娶她兒子的女兒,或她女兒的女兒,揭露她的下體,她們都是她的血親:這是醜行。
18 Don't marry your wife's sister and have sex with her while your wife is still alive. They will be hostile wives to one other.
你不可娶一女人又娶他的姊妹,做她的情敵,在她活著的時候,揭露她姊妹的下體。[違犯貞潔的惡行]
19 Don't have sex with a woman during the time she is unclean because of her period.
女人在月經不潔期中,你不可接近,揭露她的下體。
20 Don't commit any sex act with any other man's wife. This would pollute you and make you unclean.
你近人的妻子你不可與她同寢,為她所沾污。
21 Don't give any of your children as a human sacrifice to Molech, for you must not disgrace the character of your God. I am the Lord.
你不可使你任何一個子女經火祭獻給摩肋客,亦不可褻瀆你天主的名:我是上主。
22 Don't have sex with a man as with a woman. That is something disgusting.
你不可與男人同寢,如同與女人同寢一樣:這是醜惡行為。
23 Don't have sex with any animal. This would pollute you and make you unclean.
你不可與任何獸類同寢,為牠所淫污,女人亦不可委身與走獸,同牠交合:這是逆性邪惡。
24 A woman must not give herself to an animal to have sex with it. That is something disgusting. Don't pollute yourselves and make yourselves unclean by doing anything like this. That's the reason I'm expelling these nations from the land—they polluted themselves because of all these practices.
你們不可以任何這樣的事玷污自己,因為這些民足以這一些事玷污了自己,我正要由你們面前將他們驅逐;
25 Even the land has become polluted, so I am punishing it for the sins committed by the people who live there, and the land will vomit them out.
甚至連這地也玷汙了,所以我必追究這地上的罪惡,使這地吐棄地上的居民。
26 You, however, must do what I tell you and keep my rules. You must not do any of these disgusting acts, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.
至於你們,應遵守我的法令和規定;不論是本地人,或是寄居在你們中間的外方人,這樣醜惡的事,一件也不許做,
27 The people who lived in the land before you practiced all these disgusting things, and the land became polluted.
因為在你們以前住在這地上的人,做過這一切醜惡的事,玷污了這地方。
28 If you pollute the land, it will vomit you out just like it did the nations before you.
希望這地不要因你們而再受到玷汙,將你們吐棄,如同吐棄了你們之前的民族。
29 Consequently anyone who does any of these disgusting things must be expelled from their people.
因為,凡做任何一件這樣醜惡的事,這樣的人,都應由民間剷除。
30 You must accept my demand that you don't follow any of these disgusting practices done before you arrived. Don't pollute yourselves and make yourselves unclean. I am the Lord your God.”
所以你們應遵守我的禁令,不可仿效你們以前的人所有的醜惡風俗,免得因此受到玷汙:我,上主是你們的天主。

< Leviticus 18 >