Leviticus 18
1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel,
2 “Speak to the Israeli people and tell them [that I, Yahweh, say this] this: I am Yahweh, your God.
and thou schalt seie to hem, Y am youre Lord God;
3 [So you must do what I want you to do]; you must not do the things that the people in Egypt, where you lived previously, do; and you must not do what is done by the people in Canaan, the land to which I am taking you. Do not imitate their behavior.
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 must obey all of my laws [DOU], because it is I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those laws].
Ye schulen do my domes, and ye schulen kepe myn heestis, and ye schulen go in tho; Y am youre Lord God.
5 If you obey all my laws and decrees, you will continue to remain alive [for a long time]. I, Yahweh, [am the one who is promising that to you]. [These are some of my laws]:
Kepe ye my lawis and domes, whiche a man `schal do, and schal lyue in tho; Y am youre Lord God.
6 “Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. It is I, Yahweh, [who am commanding that].
Ech man schal not neiy to the nyy womman of his blood, that he schewe `the filthe of hir; Y am the Lord.
7 “Do not disgrace your father by having sex with your mother [DOU].
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 “Do not have sex with any of your father’s [other] wives, because that would disgrace your father.
Thou schalt not vnhile the filthe of the wijf of thi fadir, for it is the filthe of thi fadir.
9 “Do not have sex with your sister or your stepsister; it does not matter whether she was born in your house or somewhere else.
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi sistir, of fadir `ether of modir, which sister is gendrid at hoome ether without forth.
10 “Do not have sex with your granddaughter, because that would disgrace you.
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the douyter of thi sone, ether of neece of thi douyter, for it is thi filthe.
11 “Do not have sex with your half-sister, because she is your sister.
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 “Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.
Thou schalt not opene the filthe of the `sister of thi fadir, for sche is the fleisch of thi fadir.
13 “Do not have sex with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the sistir of thi modir, for sche is the fleisch of thi modir.
14 “Do not disgrace your (uncle/father’s brother) by having sex with his wife, because she is your 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 “Do not have sex with [DOU] your daughter-in-law, because she is your son’s wife.
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 “Do not have sex with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother.
Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of `the wijf of thi brother, for it is the filthe of thi brothir.
17 “Do not have sex with the daughter or granddaughter of any woman whom you have previously had sex with; they are [her] (OR, [your]) close relatives. Having sex with any of them would be a wicked thing to do.
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 “While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.
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 “Do not have sex with any woman while she is having her monthly menstrual period.
Thou schalt not neiye to a womman that suffrith rennyng of blood of monethe, nethir thou schalt schewe hir filthe.
20 “Do not (defile yourself/make yourself unacceptable to me) by having sex with someone else’s wife.
Thou schalt not do letcherie with `the wijf of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt be defoulid with medlyng of seed.
21 “Do not give any of your children to be burned to be a sacrifice to the god Molech, because that would show that you do not revere me [MTY], Yahweh, your God.
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 “No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable.
Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.
23 “No one, man or woman, should (defile himself/cause himself to become unacceptable to me) by having sex with an animal; that is a perverse act.
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/cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me) in any of those ways, because doing those things is how the people of the nations that I expelled as you advanced became (unacceptable to me/defiled).
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 They even caused the land to become defiled, so I punished them for their sins, and [it was as though] the land vomited out the people who lived there.
of whiche the lond is defoulid, of which lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewe out hise dwellers.
26 You must all obey my laws and decrees. That includes you people who were born here and the foreigners who live 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 All those detestable things were done by the people who lived in this land before you came here, and they caused the land to become defiled.
For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor you, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defouliden that lond.
28 So if you defile the land, I will get rid of [MET] you like I got rid of the people of those nations that were here before you came.
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 “You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you who are my people.
Ech man that doith ony thing of these abhomynaciouns, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple.
30 Obey everything that I command you to do, and do not defile yourselves by practicing any of the detestable customs that were practiced [by the people who were there] before you came. I, Yahweh your God, [am the one who is commanding these things].”
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.
