Leviticus 18
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
UThixo wathi kuMosi,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, I [am] the Lord your God.
“Tshela abako-Israyeli ukuthi: ‘NginguThixo uNkulunkulu wenu.
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.
Lingabokwenza lokhu okwenziwa eGibhithe, lapho elalikhona, njalo lingabokwenza abakwenzayo ezweni laseKhenani, lapho engilisa khona. Lingalandeli abakwenzayo.
4 You shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I [am] the Lord your God.
Lalelani imithetho yami njalo linanzelele, lilandele izimiso zami. Mina nginguThixo uNkulunkulu wenu.
5 So you shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the Lord your God.
Gcinani izimiso zami lemithetho yami, ngoba umuntu oyilalelayo uzaphila ngayo. Mina nginguThixo.
6 No man shall draw near to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I [am] the Lord.
Akungabi lamuntu osondela esihlotsheni sakhe esiseduze ukuthi alale laso. Mina nginguThixo.
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.
Ungatheleli uyihlo ihlazo ngokulala lonyoko. Ngunyoko; ungalali laye.
8 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.
Ungalali lomfazi kayihlo; lokho kuthelela uyihlo ihlazo.
9 The nakedness of your sister by your father or by your mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.
Ungalali lodadewenu, loba indodakazi kayihlo loba indodakazi kanyoko, kungakhathalekile ukuthi wazalelwa ekhaya loba kwenye indawo.
10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; because it is your nakedness.
Ungalali lendodakazi yendodana yakho loba indodakazi yendodakazi yakho; lokhu kuzakuthelela ihlazo.
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.
Ungalali lendodakazi yomfazi kayihlo, eyazalwa nguyihlo, ingudadewenu.
12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister, for she is near akin to your father.
Ungalali lodadewabo kayihlo; uyisihlobo sikayihlo esiseduze kakhulu.
13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is near akin to your mother.
Ungalali lodadewabo kanyoko, uyisihlobo sikanyoko esiseduzane kakhulu.
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.
Ungatheleli umfowabo kayihlo ihlazo ngokusondela kumkakhe ukuthi ulale laye, ngoba ungunyoko.
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.
Ungalali lomalokazana wakho, ngumfazi wendodana yakho; ungalali laye.
16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
Ungalali lomfazi womfowenu; kuzathelela umfowenu ihlazo.
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.
Ungalali lowesifazane kanye lendodakazi yakhe. Ungalali lendodakazi yendodana yakhe loba indodakazi yendodakazi yakhe; bayizihlobo zakho eziseduzane. Lokhu kuyikuxhwala.
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.
Ungathathi udadewabo womkakho ukuthi ulale laye nxa umkakho esaphila.
19 And you shall not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.
Ungasondeli kowesifazane ukuthi ulale laye ngesikhathi esemfuleni ngoba ungcolile.
20 And you shall not lie with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.
Ungalali lomfazi kamakhelwane wakho ngoba uyazingcolisa ngaye.
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.
Unganikeli loba nguphi wabantwabakho ukuthi abe ngumhlatshelo kunkulunkulu uMoleki, ngoba akufanelanga ukuthi ungcolise ibizo likaNkulunkulu wakho. Mina nginguThixo.
22 And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.
Ungalali lendoda njengendoda ilala lomfazi; lokhu kuyisinengiso.
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.
Ungafebi lenyamazana, ngoba uyazingcolisa ngalokho. Owesifazane angafebi lenyamazana, lokhu kuyisinengiso.
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,
Lingazingcolisi noma kungayiphi yalezizindlela, ngoba yizo izindlela izizwe engizazidudula phambi kwenu ezazingcolisa ngazo.
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.
Kwaze kwangcola lelizwe; kungakho ngalijezisa ngesono salo, ilizwe ababehlala kulo labakhafula.
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:
Kodwa kumele ligcine izimiso zami lemilayo yami. Lina banikazi belizwe labezizwe abaphakathi kwenu, akufanelanga benze lezizinto ezenyanyekayo,
27 (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled, )
ngoba zonke lezizinto zenziwa ngabantu ababehlala kulelilizwe lina lingakafiki, ngakho ilizwe langcola.
28 and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.
Nxa lingenza amanyala kulelilizwe, lizalikhafula njengendlela elakhafula ngayo izizwe ezalandulelayo.
29 For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people.
Loba ngubani owenza lezizinto ezenyanyekayo, kumele axotshwe ebantwini bakibo.
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.
Gcinani iziqondiso zami, lingalandeli izindlela zamanyala lemikhuba eyayilandelwa ngabantu abalandulelayo, njalo lingazingcolisi ngayo. Mina nginguThixo uNkulunkulu wenu.’”
