Leviticus 18
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Nake Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.
“Arĩria andũ a Isiraeli, ũmeere atĩrĩ: ‘Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.
3 You must not do the things that the people do in Egypt, where you lived previously. You must not do the things that the people do in Canaan, the land to which I am taking you. Do not follow their customs.
Mũtikaneke maũndũ marĩa andũ a Misiri, kũrĩa mwatũũraga, meekaga, na mũtikaneke maũndũ marĩa mekagwo bũrũri wa Kaanani, kũrĩa ndĩramũtwara. Mũtikarũmĩrĩre mĩthiĩre yao.
4 My laws are what you must do, and my commandments are what you must keep, so that you walk in them, because I am Yahweh your God.
No nginya mwathĩkagĩre mawatho makwa na mũmenyagĩrĩre gwathĩkĩra kĩrĩra kĩa watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.
5 Therefore you must keep my decrees and my laws. If a person obeys them, he will live because of them. I am Yahweh.
Tũũrai mũrũmĩtie kĩrĩra kĩa watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho makwa, nĩgũkorwo mũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩĩmathĩkagĩra nĩarĩtũũrio muoyo nĩmo. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.
6 No one must sleep with any close relative to uncover his nakedness. I am Yahweh.
“‘Gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũgaathengerera mũndũ wa nyũmba yake nĩguo makomanie; niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.
7 Do not dishonor your father by sleeping with your mother. She is your mother! You must not dishonor her.
“‘Ndũkanaconorithie thoguo nĩ ũndũ wa gũkoma na nyũkwa. Ũcio nĩ nyũkwa; ndũkanakome nake.
8 Do not sleep with any of your father's wives; you must not dishonor your father like that.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mũtumia wa thoguo; ũguo nĩ gũconorithia thoguo.
9 Do not sleep with any sister of yours, whether she is the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether she was raised at your home or distant from you. You must not sleep with your sisters.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa nyũkwa, kana mwarĩ wa thoguo ũrĩa mũciarĩtwo nĩ ithe ũmwe kana mwarĩ wa nyũkwa ũrĩa mũtarĩ a ithe ũmwe.
10 Do not sleep with your son's daughter or with your daughter's daughter. That would be your own shame.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa mũrũguo kana mwarĩ wa mwarĩguo; ũguo nĩ gwĩconorithia.
11 Do not sleep with your father's wife's daughter, who was born of your father. She is your sister, and you must not sleep with her.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa mũndũ-wa-nja wa thoguo, ũrĩa ũciarĩtwo nĩ thoguo; ũcio no ta mwarĩ wa nyũkwa.
12 Do not sleep with your father's sister. She is a close relative to your father.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa nyina na thoguo; ũcio nĩ mũndũ wa nyũmba ya thoguo.
13 Do not sleep with your mother's sister. She is a close relative to your mother.
“‘Ndũkanakome na tataguo, ũcio nĩ mũndũ wa nyũmba ĩmwe na nyũkwa.
14 Do not dishonor the brother of your father by sleeping with his wife. Do not go near her for that purpose; she is your aunt.
“‘Ndũkanaconorithie mũrũ wa nyina na thoguo, na ũndũ wa gũthengerera mũtumia wake nĩguo mũkomanie; ũcio nĩ tataguo.
15 Do not sleep with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; do not sleep with her.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mũtumia wa mũrũguo. Ũcio nĩ mũtumia wa mũrũguo; ndũkanakome nake.
16 Do not sleep with your brother's wife; do not dishonor him in this way.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mũtumia wa mũrũ wa nyũkwa; ũguo nĩgũconorithia mũrũ wa nyũkwa.
17 Do not sleep with a woman and her daughter, or with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They are close relatives to her, and sleeping with them would be wicked.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mũndũ-wa-nja ũcooke ũkome na mwarĩ. Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa mũriũ, kana mwarĩ wa mwarĩ; acio nĩ andũ a nyũmba yake. Ũcio nĩ waganu.
18 You must not marry your wife's sister as a second wife and sleep with her while your first wife is alive.
“‘Ndũkanahikie mwarĩ wa nyina na mũtumia waku atuĩke mũiru wa mũtumia waku, ũkomage nake mũtumia waku arĩ muoyo.
19 Do not sleep with a woman during her menstruation. She is unclean during that time.
“‘Ndũkanathengerere mũndũ-wa-nja mũkomanie rĩrĩa arĩ na thaahu wa hĩndĩ yake ya mweri.
20 Do not sleep with your neighbor's wife and defile yourself with her in this way.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mũtumia wa mũndũ ũngĩ, ndũgethaahie nake.
21 You must not give any of your children to put them into the fire, so that you sacrifice them to Molech, because you must not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
“‘Mũtikananeane ciana cianyu irutĩrwo Moleku igongona, mũtikanathaahie rĩĩtwa rĩa Ngai wanyu. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.
22 Do not sleep with other men as with a woman. This would be wicked.
“‘Ndũkanakome na mũndũ mũrũme ta ũrĩa mũndũ akomaga na mũndũ-wa-nja; ũndũ ũcio ũrĩ magigi.
23 Do not sleep with any animal and defile yourself with it. No woman must consider sleeping with any animal. This would be perversion.
“‘Ndũkanakome na nyamũ nawe wĩthaahie nayo. Mũndũ-wa-nja ndakanetware harĩ nyamũ akome nayo; gwĩka ũguo nĩ waganu mũkĩru njano.
24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these ways the nations are defiled, the nations that I will drive out from before you.
“‘Mũtikanethaahie na ũndũ o na ũmwe wa macio, tondũ ũguo nĩguo ndũrĩrĩ iria ngũingata imweherere ciethaahirie.
25 The land became defiled, so I punished their sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
O naguo bũrũri nĩwathaahirio; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩũherithĩria mehia maguo, naguo bũrũri ũcio ũgĩtahĩka arĩa maatũũraga kuo.
26 You, therefore, must keep my commandments and decrees, and you must not do any of these detestable things, neither the native-born Israelite nor the foreigner who lives among you.
No inyuĩ, no nginya mũrũmie kĩrĩra kĩa watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho makwa. Andũ arĩa maciarĩirwo bũrũri wanyu, kana ageni arĩa matũũranagia na inyuĩ, matikaneke ũndũ o na ũrĩkũ wa macio marĩ magigi,
27 For this is the wickedness that the people in the land have committed, those who lived here before you, and now the land is defiled.
nĩgũkorwo maũndũ macio mothe nĩmo meekagwo nĩ andũ arĩa maatũũraga bũrũri ũcio mbere yanyu, naguo bũrũri ũcio ũkĩnyiitwo nĩ thaahu.
28 Therefore be careful so that the land does not vomit you up also after you have defiled it, as it vomited out the people who were before you.
O na inyuĩ mũngĩgwatia bũrũri ũcio thaahu, nĩũkamũtahĩka o ta ũrĩa watahĩkire arĩa maatũũraga kuo mbere yanyu.
29 Whoever does any of these detestable things, the persons who do such things will be cut off from among their people.
“‘Mũndũ o wothe ũngĩka ũndũ o na ũmwe wa maũndũ macio marĩ magigi, andũ ta acio no nginya maingatwo kuuma kũrĩ andũ ao.
30 Therefore you must keep my command not to practice any of these detestable customs which were practiced here before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am Yahweh your God.'”
Rũmiai maũndũ marĩa ndĩmwathĩte na mũtikanarũmĩrĩre mĩtugo ĩyo ĩrĩ magigi, ĩrĩa yekagwo mũtaanoka, na mũtikanethaahie nayo. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.’”
