Levitikọs 18
1 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
2 “Gwa ụmụ Izrel okwu ndị a sị ha, ‘Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: I [am] your God YHWH;
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.
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 Unu ga-edebe iwu m niile, gbasookwa ụkpụrụ m niile nʼihi na abụ m Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.
You do My judgments and you keep My statutes, to walk in them; I [am] your God YHWH.
5 Debenụ iwu m na ụkpụrụ m, nʼihi na onye na-edebe ha ga-adị ndụ site na ha. Abụ m Onyenwe anyị.
And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.
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 draws near to any relation of his flesh to uncover nakedness; I [am] YHWH.
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.
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 “‘Ị gaghị e jekwuru nwunye nna gị ka gị na ya nwe mmekọ edina. Nke a bụ ileda nna gị anya.
You do not uncover the nakedness of the wife of your father; it [is] the nakedness of your father.
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, daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, born at home or born outside—you do not uncover their nakedness.
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—you do not uncover their nakedness; for theirs [is] your 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 a daughter of your father’s wife, begotten of your father, she [is] your sister—you do 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 do not uncover the nakedness of a sister of your father; she [is] a relation of your father.
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 do not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she [is] your mother’s relation.
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 do not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you do not draw near 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 do not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she [is] your son’s wife; you do 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 do 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 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 “‘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.
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 “‘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.
And you do not draw near to a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.
20 “‘A kpọrọkwala nwunye onye agbataobi gị idina ya, si otu a merụọ onwe gị nʼihi mmekọ dị otu a.
And you do not give your seed [from] intercourse to the wife of your fellow, to become unclean 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 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 “‘Gị na nwoke edinala, dịka nwanyị na nwoke si edina. Ihe akpọrọ asị ka ọ bụ.
And you do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it [is] an 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.
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 “‘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.
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 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, and I charge its iniquity on it, and the land vomits out its 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.
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 Ala m na-aga inye unu rụrụ arụ nʼihi na ndị bi nʼime ya na-eme omume ndị a rụrụ arụ.
for the men of the land who [are] before you have done all these abominations 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.
and the land does not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it has vomited out the nation which [is] before you;
29 “‘Onye ọbụla nʼetiti unu mere ihe arụ ndị a, ka a ga-ekewapụ site nʼetiti ndị ya.
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 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.’”
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.”
