Leviticus 18
1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
2 “Speak to the Israeli people and tell them [that I, Yahweh, say this] this: I am Yahweh, your God.
Tshono ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli uthi kubo: NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.
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.
Lingenzi njengokwemisebenzi yelizwe leGibhithe lapho elalihlala khona, lingenzi futhi njengokwemisebenzi yelizwe leKhanani engililetha kulo. Lingahambi ngemithetho yabo.
4 You must obey all of my laws [DOU], because it is I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those laws].
Lizakwenza izahlulelo zami ligcine izimiso zami, ukuhamba kuzo. NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.
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]:
Ngakho lizagcina izimiso zami lezahlulelo zami; okuthi uba umuntu ezenza uzaphila ngazo. NgiyiNkosi.
6 “Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. It is I, Yahweh, [who am commanding that].
Kakungasondeli lamuntu lakusiphi isihlobo senyama yakhe ukwembula ubunqunu baso. NgiyiNkosi.
7 “Do not disgrace your father by having sex with your mother [DOU].
Ungembuli ubunqunu bukayihlo lobunqunu bukanyoko; ungunyoko, ungembuli ubunqunu bakhe.
8 “Do not have sex with any of your father’s [other] wives, because that would disgrace your father.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bomkayihlo, buyibunqunu bukayihlo.
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.
Ubunqunu bukadadewenu, indodakazi kayihlo loba indodakazi kanyoko, ezelwe ekhaya loba ezelwe ngaphandle, ungembuli ubunqunu babo.
10 “Do not have sex with your granddaughter, because that would disgrace you.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bendodakazi yendodana yakho, loba bendodakazi yendodakazi yakho, ngoba bayibunqunu bakho.
11 “Do not have sex with your half-sister, because she is your sister.
Ubunqunu bendodakazi yomkayihlo ezelwe nguyihlo, ingudadewenu, ungembuli ubunqunu bayo.
12 “Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bukadadewabo kayihlo, ngoba eyisihlobo sikayihlo.
13 “Do not have sex with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bukadadewabo kanyoko, ngoba eyisihlobo sikanyoko.
14 “Do not disgrace your (uncle/father’s brother) by having sex with his wife, because she is your aunt.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bomfowabo kayihlo; ungasondeli kumkakhe, ngoba enguyihlokazi.
15 “Do not have sex with [DOU] your daughter-in-law, because she is your son’s wife.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bukamalokozana; ungumkandodana yakho, ungembuli ubunqunu bakhe.
16 “Do not have sex with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bomkamfowenu, buyibunqunu bomfowenu.
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.
Ungembuli ubunqunu bowesifazana lobendodakazi yakhe; ungathathi indodakazi yendodana yakhe loba indodakazi yendodakazi yakhe, ukwembula ubunqunu bayo; bayizihlobo; kuyinkohlakalo.
18 “While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.
Ungathathi owesifazana kanye lodadewabo ukumhlupha, ukwembula ubunqunu bakhe kanye laye empilweni yakhe.
19 “Do not have sex with any woman while she is having her monthly menstrual period.
Ungasondeli kowesifazana ekwehlukanisweni kokungcola kwakhe ukwembula ubunqunu bakhe.
20 “Do not (defile yourself/make yourself unacceptable to me) by having sex with someone else’s wife.
Ungalali lomkamakhelwane wakho ukungcola ngaye.
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.
Unganiki okwenzalo yakho ukuthi ukudabulisele kuMoleki; ungangcolisi ibizo likaNkulunkulu wakho. NgiyiNkosi.
22 “No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable.
Ungalali lowesilisa njengokulala lowesifazana; kuyisinengiso.
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.
Ungalali laloba yiyiphi inyamazana ukungcola ngayo; futhi owesifazana angemi phambi kwenyamazana ukulala layo; kuyingxube elihlazo.
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).
Lingazingcolisi langenye yalezizinto, ngoba ngazo zonke lezizinto izizwe ziyangcoliswa engizixotsha phambi kwenu.
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.
Ngalokho ilizwe lingcolile; ngakho ngiphindisela ububi balo phezu kwalo, lelizwe liyabahlanza abahlali balo.
26 You must all obey my laws and decrees. That includes you people who were born here and the foreigners who live among you.
Ngakho lina lizagcina izimiso zami lezahlulelo zami, lingenzi okwazo zonke lezizinengiso; owokuzalwa elizweni loba owemzini ohlala njengowezizwe phakathi kwenu.
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.
Ngoba zonke lezizinengiso bazenza abantu balelolizwe ababekhona ngaphambi kwenu, ngakho ilizwe langcola.
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.
Ukuze ilizwe lingalihlanzi lapho lilingcolisa, njengalokhu lahlanza isizwe esasikhona ngaphambi kwenu.
29 “You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you who are my people.
Ngoba wonke owenza okwalezizinengiso, imiphefumulo ekwenzayo izaqunywa isuke ebantwini bayo.
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].”
Ngakho lizagcina umlayo wami, ukuze lingenzi okwalezozimiso eziyisinengiso ezenziwa ngaphambi kwenu, ukuthi lingazingcolisi ngazo. NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu.
