Levitikọs 18

1 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya,

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Gwa ụmụ Izrel okwu ndị a sị ha, ‘Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the LORD your God.

3 Ya mere, ọ bụ ezie na unu ebiela nʼetiti ndị Ijipt, ma unu ekwesighị ibi ndụ unu dịka ha si ebi. Unu ekwesịkwaghị ibi ndụ dịka ndị Kenan ebe m na-akpọbata unu. Unu agbasola omenaala ha.

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelled, shall you not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall you not do: neither shall you walk in their ordinances.

4 Unu ga-edebe iwu m niile, gbasookwa ụkpụrụ m niile nʼihi na abụ m Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.

You shall do my judgments, and keep my ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

5 Debenụ iwu m na ụkpụrụ m, nʼihi na onye na-edebe ha ga-adị ndụ site na ha. Abụ m Onyenwe anyị.

You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

6 “‘Onye ọbụla ya na mmadụ bụ nwanne e jekwurukwala ya ka ha nwe mmekọ edina, i ji kpughee ọtọ ya. Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

7 “‘Ị gaghị eleda nna gị anya site na i jekwuru nne gị ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina. Nne gị ka ọ bụ; gị na ya agaghị enwe ụdị mmekọ dị otu a.

The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, shall you not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

8 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwunye nna gị ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina. Nke a bụ ileda nna gị anya.

The nakedness of your father’s wife shall you not uncover: it is your father’s nakedness.

9 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwanne gị nwanyị ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina, maọbụ nwa nwanyị nke a mụụrụ nna gị, maọbụ nwa nwanyị nke nne gị mụrụ, ma a mụrụ ya nʼụlọ ma a mụrụ nʼama.

The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.

10 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwa nwanyị nke nwa gị nwoke mụrụ, maọbụ nwa nwanyị nke nwa gị nwanyị mụrụ i nwe mmekọ edina; nʼihi na nke a ga-eweta nleda anya nye gị.

The nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness.

11 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwa nwanyị nwunye nna gị mụrụ, ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina, nʼihi na ọ bụ nwa nna gị mụrụ; nwanne gị nwanyị ka ọ bụ.

The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

12 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwanne nwanyị nna gị ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina, nʼihi na ọbara jịkọrọ ya na nna gị, ha bụ otu ahụ.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister: she is your father’s near kinswoman.

13 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwanne nne gị nke nwanyị, ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina, nʼihi na ọbara jịkọrọ ya na nne gị, ha bụ otu ahụ.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister: for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.

14 “‘Ị gaghị eleda nwanne nna gị nke nwoke anya, site nʼijekwuru nwunye ya, ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina. Nʼihi na nwunye nwanna gị ka ọ bụ.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt.

15 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwunye nwa gị nwoke ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina; nwunye nwa gị nwoke ka ọ bụ; gị na ya agaghị enwe mmekọrịta ọbụla gosiri mkpughe ọtọ ya.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter in law: she is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

16 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwunye nwanne gị nwoke ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina, nʼihi na nke a bụ omume nleda anya nye nwanne gị nwoke.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife: it is your brother’s nakedness.

17 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwanyị na nwa ya nwanyị ka gị na ha nwe mmekọ edina. Ị gaghị akpọrọ nwa nwanyị nwa ya nwoke, maọbụ nwa nwanyị nke nwa ya nwanyị mụrụ dinaa ya; nʼihi na otu ọbara ka ha bụ. Ihe dị otu a bụ arụ.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

18 “‘Ị gaghị alụ nwanne nwanyị nwunye gị, dịka nwunye ọzọ gị, nʼihi ịkpagbu ya, gị na ya a na-enwe mmekọrịta edina, ị na-ekpughe ọtọ nwunye gị mgbe ọ ka dị ndụ.

Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

19 “‘E jekwurukwala nwanyị ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina, mgbe ọ nọ nʼọnọdụ adịghị ọcha nke (ịsọ ụba) nsọ nwanyị ya nʼoge a kara aka.

Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

20 “‘A kpọrọkwala nwunye onye agbataobi gị idina ya, si otu a merụọ onwe gị nʼihi mmekọ dị otu a.

Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with her.

21 “‘Ị gaghị enye nwa gị ka e jiri ya chụọrọ Molek aja. Nʼihi na i kwesighị imerụ aha Chineke gị. Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.

And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

22 “‘Gị na nwoke edinala, dịka nwanyị na nwoke si edina. Ihe akpọrọ asị ka ọ bụ.

You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

23 “‘Gị na anụmanụ ọbụla edinakwala, site otu a merụọ onwe gị. Nwanyị agakwaghị ewere onwe ya nye ka ya na oke anụmanụ nwee mmekọrịta, arụ a na-adịghị eme eme ka ọ bụ.

Neither shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

24 “‘Unu emerụkwala onwe unu site na-ime ihe ndị a, nʼihi na ihe ndị a bụ ihe mba ndị ahụ na-eme. Ọ bụkwa nʼihi ya ka m ga-eji chụpụ ha site nʼala ahụ m ga-enye unu.

Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

25 Ọ bụladị ala ahụ niile ghọrọ ihe rụrụ arụ site nʼomume ndị a. Ọ bụ nke a mere m ji ata ndị bi nʼime ya ahụhụ nʼihi mmehie ha. Ala ahụ meghere ọnụ ya gbọpụta ndị bi nʼime ya.

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof on it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants.

26 Unu ga-edebe iwu m na ụkpụrụ m ndị a niile. Unu emekwala ihe arụ ndị a, ma ndị amụrụ nʼala ma ndị ọbịa niile bi nʼetiti unu.

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourns among you:

27 Ala m na-aga inye unu rụrụ arụ nʼihi na ndị bi nʼime ya na-eme omume ndị a rụrụ arụ.

(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled; )

28 Unu emekwala ihe arụ ndị a, nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na unu emee ha, ọ ga-emeghe ọnụ ya gbọpụta unu, dịka o si mee mba niile bụ ndị buru unu ụzọ biri nʼime ya.

That the land spew not you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.

29 “‘Onye ọbụla nʼetiti unu mere ihe arụ ndị a, ka a ga-ekewapụ site nʼetiti ndị ya.

For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

30 Nʼihi ya, lezienụ anya ka unu debe iwu m, ka unu ghara ime ihe arụ ndị a, nke ndị buru unu ụzọ biri nʼala ahụ mere. Ka unu gharakwa imerụ onwe unu site nʼomume arụ ndị a. Abụ m Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.’”

Therefore shall you keep my ordinance, that you commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.