Mose 3 18
1 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 “Ƒo nu na Israelviwo, eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.
3 Mele be miawɔ nu abe ale si wowɔna le Egipte, afi si mienɔ la ene o. Nenema ke mele be miawɔ nu abe ale si wowɔna le Kanaan, afi si mele mia kplɔm le yiyim la ene o. Migawɔ woƒe wɔnawo o.
You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.
4 Ele be miawɔ nye sewo dzi, eye miakpɔ egbɔ be yewozɔ ɖe nye ɖoɖowo nu. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.
5 Milé nye ɖoɖowo kple nye sewo me ɖe asi, elabena ame si léa wo me ɖe asi la, anɔ agbe ɖe wo nu. Nyee nye Yehowa.
So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
6 “‘Mia dometɔ aɖeke megadɔ kple eƒe ƒometɔ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
7 “‘Vinyɔnu mekpɔ mɔ aɖe fofoa o. Nenema ke viŋutsu mekpɔ mɔ aɖe dadaa loo
You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.
8 alo fofoa srɔ̃ bubuawo dometɔ aɖeke o.
And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
9 “‘Gawu la, mekpɔ mɔ aɖe nɔvia nyɔnu, dadaa ƒe vinyɔnu alo fofoa ƒe vinyɔnu ne wodzi wo le aƒe ɖeka me loo alo le teƒe bubuwo o.
You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.
10 “‘Mègade asi wò tɔgbuiyɔvi nyɔnu si nye viwò ŋutsu ƒe vi alo viwò nyɔnu ƒe vi la ŋu o, elabena woƒe amamae nye wò hã tɔ.
You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;
11 “‘Mègade asi fofowò srɔ̃ ƒe vinyɔnu ŋu o.
Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.
12 “‘Eye mègade asi fofowò nɔvinyɔnu hã ŋu o, elabena edo ƒome kplikplikpli kple fofowò.
You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.
13 “‘Mègade asi dawò nɔvinyɔnu ŋu o, elabena edo ƒome kplikplikpli kple dawò.
You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.
14 “‘Nenema ke, mègade asi fofowò nɔviŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋuti o, ne fofowò nɔviŋutsu ku alo le agbe o.
You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;
15 “‘Mègade asi viwò ŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋu o; wò ŋutɔ viwò srɔ̃e; megaɖe amae o.
Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.
16 “‘Megade asi nɔviwò ŋutsu srɔ̃ ŋu o, elabena nɔviwò ŋutsu ƒe amae.
You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.
17 “‘Mègade asi nyɔnu aɖe kple via nyɔnu alo mamayɔvia ŋu o, elabena nuwɔna ma nye vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi manyagblɔ aɖe.
You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.
18 “‘Mègaɖe nɔvinyɔnu eve o, ne menye nenema o la, woanɔ ŋui ɖom wo nɔewo. Gake ne srɔ̃wò ku la, àte ŋu aɖe nɔvia nyɔnu faa.
And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
19 “‘Mègade asi nyɔnu si tsi gbɔto la ŋu o,
And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.
20 “‘Megade asi hawòvi srɔ̃ ŋu, ale be màgblẽ kɔ ɖo na ɖokuiwò kple nyɔnu la siaa o.
And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.
21 “‘Mègatsɔ viwò aɖeke na Molek o; atsɔe asa vɔe le eƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi. Mègaƒo ɖi wò Mawu ƒe ŋkɔ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
22 “‘Se sesẽ tsi tsitre ɖe ŋutsu kple ŋutsu ƒe wo nɔewo gbɔ dɔdɔ ŋuti, elabena enye nu vɔ̃ triakɔ le Mawu gbɔ.
You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
23 “‘Ŋutsu aɖeke mekpɔ mɔ adɔ lãnɔ aɖeke gbɔ, eye wòaƒo ɖi eɖokui o. Nenema ke nyɔnu aɖeke mekpɔ mɔ alɔ̃ lãtsu aɖeke nayɔ asii o. Esia nye ŋukpenanu gã aɖe ŋutɔ.
And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.
24 “‘Migaƒo ɖi mia ɖokuiwo to mɔ siawo dometɔ aɖeke dzi o, elabena nu siawoe dukɔwo bubuwo wɔna. Esi wowɔa nu siawo ta la, manya wo ɖa le anyigba si dzi yim miele la dzi.
Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:
25 Woƒo ɖi anyigba blibo la kple nuwɔna siawo, eya ta mele to hem na ame siwo le afi ma, eye anyigba la atu edzinɔlawo aƒu gbe.
And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.
26 Ele be miazɔ ɖe nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo nu tututu, eye mele be miawɔ nu vɔ̃ siawo dometɔ aɖeke o. Ele be Israelvi dzɔleaƒeawo kple amedzro siwo le mia dome siaa la nalé se siawo me ɖe asi sesĩe.
So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:
27 Ɛ̃, ame siwo le anyigba si dzi mele mia kplɔm le yiyim dzi la wɔa nu vɔ̃ siawo madzudzɔmadzudzɔe ale gbegbe be anyigba blibo la gblẽ.
(For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them; )
28 Migawɔ nu siawo o. Ne miewɔ nu siawo la, anyigba la atu mi aƒu gbe abe ale si wòatu dukɔ siwo le afi ma fifia la aƒu gbe ene.
So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.
29 “‘Ame sia ame si awɔ ŋunyɔnu siawo dometɔ aɖe la, woaɖe ame ma ɖa le eƒe amewo dome.
For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.
30 Milé nye ɖoɖowo me ɖe asi, migadze kɔnu nyɔŋu siwo wowɔna hafi mieva la yome o, eye migatsɔ wo do gu mia ɖokuiwo o. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.’”
So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.
