Leviticus 18
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the LORD your God.
“Ƒo nu na Israelviwo, eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelled, shall you not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall you not do: neither shall you walk in their ordinances.
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 shall do my judgments, and keep my ordinances, to walk therein: 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 You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in 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 shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
“‘Mia dometɔ aɖeke megadɔ kple eƒe ƒometɔ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
7 The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, shall you not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
“‘Vinyɔnu mekpɔ mɔ aɖe fofoa o. Nenema ke viŋutsu mekpɔ mɔ aɖe dadaa loo
8 The nakedness of your father’s wife shall you not uncover: it is your father’s nakedness.
alo fofoa srɔ̃ bubuawo dometɔ aɖeke o.
9 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.
“‘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 The nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness.
“‘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 The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
“‘Mègade asi fofowò srɔ̃ ƒe vinyɔnu ŋu o.
12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister: she is your father’s near kinswoman.
“‘Eye mègade asi fofowò nɔvinyɔnu hã ŋu o, elabena edo ƒome kplikplikpli kple fofowò.
13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister: for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.
“‘Mègade asi dawò nɔvinyɔnu ŋu o, elabena edo ƒome kplikplikpli kple dawò.
14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt.
“‘Nenema ke, mègade asi fofowò nɔviŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋuti o, ne fofowò nɔviŋutsu ku alo le agbe o.
15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter in law: she is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
“‘Mègade asi viwò ŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋu o; wò ŋutɔ viwò srɔ̃e; megaɖe amae o.
16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife: it is your brother’s nakedness.
“‘Megade asi nɔviwò ŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋu o, elabena nɔviwò ŋutsu ƒe amae.
17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
“‘Mègade asi nyɔnu aɖe kple via nyɔnu alo mamayɔvia ŋu o, elabena nuwɔna ma nye vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi manyagblɔ aɖe.
18 Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
“‘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 Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
“‘Mègade asi nyɔnu si tsi gbɔto la ŋu o,
20 Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with her.
“‘Megade asi hawòvi srɔ̃ ŋu, ale be màgblẽ kɔ ɖo na ɖokuiwò kple nyɔnu la siaa o.
21 And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you 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 shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
“‘Se sesẽ tsi tsitre ɖe ŋutsu kple ŋutsu ƒe wo nɔewo gbɔ dɔdɔ ŋuti, elabena enye nu vɔ̃ triakɔ le Mawu gbɔ.
23 Neither shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
“‘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 Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
“‘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 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof on it, and the land itself vomits out her 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 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourns 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 all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is 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 That the land spew not you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were 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 For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
“‘Ame sia ame si awɔ ŋunyɔnu siawo dometɔ aɖe la, woaɖe ame ma ɖa le eƒe amewo dome.
30 Therefore shall you keep my ordinance, that you commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you defile not yourselves therein: 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.’”
