Alawii 18
1 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 “Arĩria andũ a Isiraeli, ũmeere atĩrĩ: ‘Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.
Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.
3 Mũtikaneke maũndũ marĩa andũ a Misiri, kũrĩa mwatũũraga, meekaga, na mũtikaneke maũndũ marĩa mekagwo bũrũri wa Kaanani, kũrĩa ndĩramũtwara. Mũtikarũmĩrĩre mĩthiĩre yao.
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 No nginya mwathĩkagĩre mawatho makwa na mũmenyagĩrĩre gwathĩkĩra kĩrĩra kĩa watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.
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 Tũũrai mũrũmĩtie kĩrĩra kĩa watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho makwa, nĩgũkorwo mũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩĩmathĩkagĩra nĩarĩtũũrio muoyo nĩmo. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.
So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
6 “‘Gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũgaathengerera mũndũ wa nyũmba yake nĩguo makomanie; niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.
You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
7 “‘Ndũkanaconorithie thoguo nĩ ũndũ wa gũkoma na nyũkwa. Ũcio nĩ nyũkwa; ndũkanakome nake.
You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.
8 “‘Ndũkanakome na mũtumia wa thoguo; ũguo nĩ gũconorithia thoguo.
And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
9 “‘Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa nyũkwa, kana mwarĩ wa thoguo ũrĩa mũciarĩtwo nĩ ithe ũmwe kana mwarĩ wa nyũkwa ũrĩa mũtarĩ a ithe ũmwe.
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 “‘Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa mũrũguo kana mwarĩ wa mwarĩguo; ũguo nĩ gwĩconorithia.
You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;
11 “‘Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa mũndũ-wa-nja wa thoguo, ũrĩa ũciarĩtwo nĩ thoguo; ũcio no ta mwarĩ wa nyũkwa.
Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.
12 “‘Ndũkanakome na mwarĩ wa nyina na thoguo; ũcio nĩ mũndũ wa nyũmba ya thoguo.
You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.
13 “‘Ndũkanakome na tataguo, ũcio nĩ mũndũ wa nyũmba ĩmwe na nyũkwa.
You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.
14 “‘Ndũkanaconorithie mũrũ wa nyina na thoguo, na ũndũ wa gũthengerera mũtumia wake nĩguo mũkomanie; ũcio nĩ tataguo.
You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;
15 “‘Ndũkanakome na mũtumia wa mũrũguo. Ũcio nĩ mũtumia wa mũrũguo; ndũkanakome nake.
Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.
16 “‘Ndũkanakome na mũtumia wa mũrũ wa nyũkwa; ũguo nĩgũconorithia mũrũ wa nyũkwa.
You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.
17 “‘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.
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 “‘Ndũkanahikie mwarĩ wa nyina na mũtumia waku atuĩke mũiru wa mũtumia waku, ũkomage nake mũtumia waku arĩ muoyo.
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 “‘Ndũkanathengerere mũndũ-wa-nja mũkomanie rĩrĩa arĩ na thaahu wa hĩndĩ yake ya mweri.
And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.
20 “‘Ndũkanakome na mũtumia wa mũndũ ũngĩ, ndũgethaahie nake.
And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.
21 “‘Mũtikananeane ciana cianyu irutĩrwo Moleku igongona, mũtikanathaahie rĩĩtwa rĩa Ngai wanyu. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.
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 “‘Ndũkanakome na mũndũ mũrũme ta ũrĩa mũndũ akomaga na mũndũ-wa-nja; ũndũ ũcio ũrĩ magigi.
You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
23 “‘Ndũkanakome na nyamũ nawe wĩthaahie nayo. Mũndũ-wa-nja ndakanetware harĩ nyamũ akome nayo; gwĩka ũguo nĩ waganu mũkĩru njano.
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 “‘Mũtikanethaahie na ũndũ o na ũmwe wa macio, tondũ ũguo nĩguo ndũrĩrĩ iria ngũingata imweherere ciethaahirie.
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 O naguo bũrũri nĩwathaahirio; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩũherithĩria mehia maguo, naguo bũrũri ũcio ũgĩtahĩka arĩa maatũũraga kuo.
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 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,
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 nĩgũkorwo maũndũ macio mothe nĩmo meekagwo nĩ andũ arĩa maatũũraga bũrũri ũcio mbere yanyu, naguo bũrũri ũcio ũkĩnyiitwo nĩ thaahu.
(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 O na inyuĩ mũngĩgwatia bũrũri ũcio thaahu, nĩũkamũtahĩka o ta ũrĩa watahĩkire arĩa maatũũraga kuo mbere yanyu.
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 “‘Mũndũ o wothe ũngĩka ũndũ o na ũmwe wa maũndũ macio marĩ magigi, andũ ta acio no nginya maingatwo kuuma kũrĩ andũ ao.
For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.
30 Rũmiai maũndũ marĩa ndĩmwathĩte na mũtikanarũmĩrĩre mĩtugo ĩyo ĩrĩ magigi, ĩrĩa yekagwo mũtaanoka, na mũtikanethaahie nayo. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.’”
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.
