Leviticus 20
1 Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
| وَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلاً: | ١ |
2 “Tell the Israeli people, ‘[This is what Yahweh says]: Any Israeli or any foreigner who is living in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to be an offering to the god Molech must be executed. The people of the town must kill him by throwing stones at him.
| «قُلْ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ مِنَ الْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَيْنَهُمْ قَرَّبَ لِلصَّنَمِ مُولَكَ أَحَدَ أَبْنَائِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ إِذْ يَرْجُمُهُ شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ بِالْحِجَارَةِ. | ٢ |
3 I will reject [IDM] such people and command that they no longer be allowed to associate with my people.
| وَأَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ وَأَسْتَأْصِلُهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِهِ، لأَنَّهُ قَرَّبَ أَحَدَ أَبْنَائِهِ لِلْوَثَنِ مُولَكَ لِيُنَجِّسَ قُدْسِي وَيُدَنِّسَ اسْمِي الْمُقَدَّسَ. | ٣ |
4 If the people of that man’s town ignore it when he kills one of his children to offer him as a sacrifice to Molech, and if they do not execute that person,
| وَإِنْ تَغَاضَى شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ، عِنْدَمَا قَرَّبَ لِمُولَكَ أَحَدَ أَبْنَائِهِ، فَلَمْ يَقْتُلُوهُ، | ٤ |
5 I myself will punish that person and his family, and I will command that he no longer be able to associate with my people. And I will do the same thing to any others who do the same thing that he did to worship Molech.
| فَإِنِّي أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ وَعَلَى عَشِيرَتِهِ، وَأَسْتَأْصِلُهُ مَعَ جَمِيعِ الضَّالِّينَ وَرَاءَهُ، الزَّانِينَ مَعَ الصَّنَمِ مُولَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِهِمْ. | ٥ |
6 ‘will reject [IDM] those who go to those who (consult/talk with) the spirits of dead people and fortune-tellers to seek advice from them. I will command that they no longer be allowed to associate with my people.
| وَكُلُّ نَفْسٍ غَوَتْ وَرَاءَ أَصْحَابِ الْجَانِّ وَتَعَلَّقَتْ بِالتَّوَابِعِ خِيَانَةً لِي، أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى تِلْكَ النَّفْسِ وَأَسْتَأْصِلُهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِهَا. | ٦ |
7 ‘Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy, [and I want you to be like me].
| فَتَقَدَّسُوا وَكُونُوا قِدِّيسِينَ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ. | ٧ |
8 Obey carefully [DOU] all my laws. I am Yahweh, the one will cause you to be holy.
| أَطِيعُوا فَرَائِضِي وَاعْمَلُوا بِها، فَأَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي يُقَدِّسُكُمْ. | ٨ |
9 ‘If anyone curses his father or his mother, he must be executed. He himself will be responsible for his own death [MTY].
| كُلُّ مَنْ شَتَمَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يُقْتَلُ لأَنَّهُ شَتَمَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ، لِذَلِكَ دَمُهُ عَلَيْهِ. | ٩ |
10 ‘If a man commits adultery with some other man’s wife, both of them, the man and the woman, must be executed.
| إِذَا زَنَى رَجُلٌ مَعَ امْرَأَةِ قَرِيبِهِ، فَالزَّانِي وَالزَّانِيَةُ يُقْتَلانِ. | ١٠ |
11 ‘If a man has sex with [EUP] one of his father’s wives, he has disgraced his father. So both that man and that woman must be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
| وَإذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ زَوْجَةَ أَبِيهِ، فَكِلاهُمَا يُقْتَلانِ لأَنَّهُ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أَبِيهِ، وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسَيْهِمَا. | ١١ |
12 ‘If a man has sex with [EUP] his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. What they have done is very perverse; and they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
| وَإذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ كَنَّتَهُ فَكِلاهُمَا يُقْتَلانِ، لأَنَّهُمَا قَدِ اقْتَرَفَا فَاحِشَةً، وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسَيْهِمَا. | ١٢ |
13 ‘If two men have sex together, they have done something detestable. They must both be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
| وَإذَا ضَاجَعَ رَجُلٌ ذَكَراً مُضَاجَعَةَ امْرَأَةٍ، فَكِلاهُمَا يُقْتَلانِ لأَنَّهُمَا ارْتَكَبَا رِجْساً. وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسَيْهِمَا. | ١٣ |
14 ‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, that is a wicked thing. All three of them must be burned to death, in order that such a wicked practice will not [continue to be done] among you.
| وَإذَا تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَأُمِّهَا، فَتِلْكَ رَذِيلَةٌ. لِيُحْرَقُوا بِالنَّارِ لِئَلّا تَفْشُوَ رَذِيلَةٌ بَيْنَكُمْ. | ١٤ |
15 ‘If a man has sex with an animal, he must be executed, and you must also kill that animal.
| وَإذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ بَهِيمَةً فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَهِيمَةُ تُمِيتُونَهَا أَيْضاً | ١٥ |
16 ‘[Similarly], if a woman has sex with an animal, both the woman and that animal must be killed [DOU]; they are responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
| وَإذَا قَارَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ بَهِيمَةً ذَكَراً لِتَنْزُوَهَا فَأَمِتْهُمَا. كِلاهُمَا يُقْتَلانِ، وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسَيْهِمَا. | ١٦ |
17 ‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his mother or his father, and they have sex together, that is disgraceful. They must not be allowed to continue to associate with my people. And because he has disgraced his sister, he must be punished.
| إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ أُخْتَهُ، ابْنَةَ أَبِيهِ أَوِ ابْنَةَ أُمِّهِ، فَذَلِكَ عَارٌ، وَيَجِبُ أَنْ يُسْتَأْصَلا عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ شَعْبِهِ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أُخْتِهِ، وَيُعَاقَبُ بِذَنْبِهِ. | ١٧ |
18 ‘If a man has sex with [EUP, DOU] a woman during her monthly menstrual period, they have both revealed why she was bleeding, so both of them must not be allowed to associate with my people any more.
| إِذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَةً حَائِضاً وَكَشَفَ عَوْرَتَهَا فَقَدْ عَرَّى يَنْبُوعَهَا، وَهِيَ أَيْضاً كَشَفَتْ عَنْهُ. فَيَجِبُ أَنْ يُسْتَأْصَلا كِلاهُمَا مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِهِمَا. | ١٨ |
19 ‘Do not have sex with the sister of either your father or your mother, because that would be disgracing someone who is a close relative. And you and the woman must both be punished.
| إِذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ عَمَّتَهُ أَوْ خَالَتَهُ، يُعَاقَبُ كِلاهُمَا بِذَنْبِهِمَا. | ١٩ |
20 ‘If a man has sex [EUP] with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. I will punish both of them by causing them to die without having any children.
| وَإذَا عَاشَرَ رَجُلٌ زَوْجَةَ عَمِّهِ فَقَدْ كَشَفَ عَوْرَتَهَا، وَيُعَاقَبُ كِلاهُمَا بِذَنْبِهِمَا، وَيَمُوتَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُعْقِبَا نَسْلاً. | ٢٠ |
21 ‘If a man marries his brother’s wife [while his brother is still living], that is disgraceful. He has dishonored his brother; and they both will die without having any children.
| وَإذَا تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَةَ أَخِيهِ فَذَلِكَ نَجَاسَةٌ لأَنَّهُ كَشَفَ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ. كِلاهُمَا يَمُوتَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُعْقِبَا نَسْلاً. | ٢١ |
22 ‘Obey all my laws/decrees [DOU] carefully, in order that you will not be forced to leave [MET] the land to which I am bringing you.
| أَطِيعُوا جَمِيعَ فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي وَاعْمَلُوا بِها فَلا تَنْبِذَكُمُ الأَرْضُ الَّتِي أَنَا ذَاهِبٌ بِكُمْ إِلَيْهَا لِتُقِيمُوا فِيهَا. | ٢٢ |
23 Do not imitate/adopt the customs of the people of the land from which I will expel them as you advance. I hated them because they did all those things.
| لَا تُمَارِسُوا عَادَاتِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي سَأَطْرُدُهَا مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، لأَنَّهَا ارْتَكَبَتْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الْقَبَائِحِ، فَكَرِهْتُهَا، | ٢٣ |
24 But I said to you, “You will take their land from them; I will give it to you to be yours, a land that is very fertile [IDM]. I am Yahweh your God, who has set you apart from the people of other nations.”
| وَوَعَدْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَرِثُوا دِيَارَهَا. وَأَنَا أَهَبُكُمْ إِيَّاهَا لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا، أَرْضاً تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً. فَأَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، مَيَّزْتُكُمْ عَنْ بَقِيَّةِ الشُّعُوبِ. | ٢٤ |
25 ‘So you must distinguish between birds and animals that are unacceptable to me and those that are acceptable to me. Do not defile yourselves by [eating] birds or animals, or anything that scurries across the ground, that I have said are unacceptable for you.
| مَيِّزُوا الْبَهَائِمَ الطَّاهِرَةَ مِنَ النَّجِسَةِ، وَالطُّيُورَ النَّجِسَةَ مِنَ الطَّاهِرَةِ، فَلا تُدَنِّسُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِالْبَهَائِمِ وَالطُّيُورِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ الَّتِي حَظَرْتُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ. | ٢٥ |
26 You must behave in ways that I consider to be holy, because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the [ungodly people of other] nations to belong to me.
| وَكُونُوا قِدِّيسِينَ لأَنِّي أَنَا قُدُّوسٌ، وَقَدْ أَفْرَزْتُكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الشُّعُوبِ لِتَكُونُوا خَاصَّتِي. | ٢٦ |
27 ‘You must execute any man or woman among you who (consults/talks with) the spirits of dead people or who is a fortune-teller. Kill them by [throwing] stones at them; but they will be responsible for their own deaths.’”
| أَيُّ رَجُلٍ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يُمَارِسُ الْوَسَاطَةَ مَعَ الْجَانِّ أَوْ مُنَاجَاةَ الأَرْوَاحِ، ارْجُمُوهُ وَيَكُونُ دَمُهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ». | ٢٧ |
