Leviticus 18

1 And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 and thou schalt seie to hem, Y am youre Lord God;

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: I [am] your God YHWH;

3 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.

you do not do according to the work of the land of Egypt in which you have dwelt, and you do not do according to the work of the land of Canaan to where I am bringing you in, and you do not walk in their statutes.

4 Ye schulen do my domes, and ye schulen kepe myn heestis, and ye schulen go in tho; Y am youre Lord God.

You do My judgments and you keep My statutes, to walk in them; I [am] your God YHWH.

5 Kepe ye my lawis and domes, whiche a man `schal do, and schal lyue in tho; Y am youre Lord God.

And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.

6 Ech man schal not neiy to the nyy womman of his blood, that he schewe `the filthe of hir; Y am the Lord.

None of you draws near to any relation of his flesh to uncover nakedness; I [am] YHWH.

7 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.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother, she [is] your mother; you do not uncover her nakedness.

8 Thou schalt not vnhile the filthe of the wijf of thi fadir, for it is the filthe of thi fadir.

You do not uncover the nakedness of the wife of your father; it [is] the nakedness of your father.

9 Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi sistir, of fadir `ether of modir, which sister is gendrid at hoome ether without forth.

The nakedness of your sister, daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, born at home or born outside—you do not uncover their nakedness.

10 Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the douyter of thi sone, ether of neece of thi douyter, for it is thi filthe.

The nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter—you do not uncover their nakedness; for theirs [is] your nakedness.

11 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.

The nakedness of a daughter of your father’s wife, begotten of your father, she [is] your sister—you do not uncover her nakedness.

12 Thou schalt not opene the filthe of the `sister of thi fadir, for sche is the fleisch of thi fadir.

You do not uncover the nakedness of a sister of your father; she [is] a relation of your father.

13 Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the sistir of thi modir, for sche is the fleisch of thi modir.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she [is] your mother’s relation.

14 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.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you do not draw near to his wife; she [is] your aunt.

15 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.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she [is] your son’s wife; you do not uncover her nakedness.

16 Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of `the wijf of thi brother, for it is the filthe of thi brothir.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it [is] your brother’s nakedness.

17 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.

You do not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor do you take her son’s daughter and her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they [are] her relations; it [is] wickedness.

18 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.

And you do not take a woman [in addition] to her sister, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

19 Thou schalt not neiye to a womman that suffrith rennyng of blood of monethe, nethir thou schalt schewe hir filthe.

And you do not draw near to a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

20 Thou schalt not do letcherie with `the wijf of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt be defoulid with medlyng of seed.

And you do not give your seed [from] intercourse to the wife of your fellow, to become unclean with her.

21 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.

And you do not give from your seed to pass over to the Molech, nor do you defile the Name of your God; I [am] YHWH.

22 Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.

And you do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it [is] an abomination.

23 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.

And you do not commit your intercourse with any beast, to become unclean with it; and a woman does not stand before a beast to mate with it; it [is] perversion.

24 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,

Do not defile yourselves with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

25 of whiche the lond is defoulid, of which lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewe out hise dwellers.

and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity on it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

26 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.

And you have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not do [any] of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

27 For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor you, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defouliden that lond.

for the men of the land who [are] before you have done all these abominations and the land is defiled,

28 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.

and the land does not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it has vomited out the nation which [is] before you;

29 Ech man that doith ony thing of these abhomynaciouns, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple.

for anyone who does [any] of all these abominations—even the persons who are doing [so]—have been cut off from the midst of their people;

30 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.

and you have kept My charge, so as not to do [any] of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and you do not defile yourselves with them; I [am] your God YHWH.”