Levitike 18
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 « Yebisa bana ya Isalaele: ‹ Ngai nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, I am Jehovah your God.
3 Bokoki te kosala makambo ndenge esalemaka na Ejipito epai wapi bozalaki kovanda to na Kanana epai wapi nazali komema bino.
Ye shall not do after the doings of the land of Egypt, in which ye dwelt, and ye shall not do after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, nor shall ye walk in their statutes.
4 Bosengeli kotosa bobele mibeko mpe bikateli na Ngai. Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
Ye shall do my ordinances, and ye shall keep my statutes, to walk therein. I am Jehovah your God.
5 Bobatela mitindo mpe mibeko na Ngai, pamba te moto oyo akosalela yango akobika bomoi na ye na nzela na yango. Nazali Yawe.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Jehovah.
6 Mobali moko te akosangisa nzoto na mwasi ya libota na ye penza. Nazali Yawe.
None of you shall approach to any who are near of kin to him, to uncover nakedness. I am Jehovah.
7 Okosambwisa te tata na yo na kosangisa nzoto na mama na yo. Lokola azali mama na yo, kosambwisa ye te.
The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, thou shall not uncover. She is thy mother. Thou shall not uncover her nakedness,
8 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwasi mosusu ya tata na yo, soki te okosambwisa tata na yo.
the nakedness of thy father's wife. It is thy father's nakedness.
9 Okosangisa nzoto te na ndeko na yo ya mwasi, ezala na mwana mwasi ya tata na yo to ya mama na yo, oyo abotami na ndako to na libanda ya ndako.
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shall not uncover.
10 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwana mwasi ya mwana na yo ya mobali to ya mwasi; kosambwisa ye te.
The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shall not uncover, for theirs is thine own nakedness.
11 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwana mwasi ya mwasi ya tata na yo, azali ndeko na yo ya mwasi.
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shall not uncover her nakedness.
12 Okosangisa nzoto te na ndeko mwasi ya tata na yo, azali tata mwasi na yo.
Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister. She is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Okosangisa nzoto te na ndeko mwasi ya mama na yo, azali mama leki to mama kulutu na yo.
Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Okosambwisa te ndeko mobali ya tata na yo na kosangisa nzoto na mwasi na ye. Azali mama na yo.
Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother. Thou shall not approach to his wife. She is thine aunt.
15 Okosangisa nzoto te na bokilo na yo. Azali mwasi ya mwana na yo, kosangisa na ye nzoto te.
Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law. She is thy son's wife. Thou shall not uncover her nakedness.
16 Okosambwisa te ndeko na yo ya mobali na kosangisa nzoto na mwasi na ye.
Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife. It is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Okosangisa nzoto te na mama mpe na mwana na ye ya mwasi to na mwana mwasi ya mwana na ye ya mobali mpe ya mwasi; pamba te bazali makila moko mpe ekozala likambo ya nkele penza na miso ya Nzambe.
Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. Thou shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is iniquity.
18 Okosangisa nzoto te na ndeko mwasi ya mwasi na yo, wana mwasi na yo azali nanu na bomoi, noki te ekoyeisa bombanda.
And thou shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.
19 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwasi oyo azali komona makila na ye ya sanza, pamba te azali mbindo.
And thou shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
20 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwasi ya moninga na yo, noki te okokoma mbindo elongo na ye.
And thou shall not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.
21 Okopesa moko kati na bana na yo te lokola mbeka epai ya nzambe Moloki, pamba te osengeli te kobebisa lokumu ya Kombo ya Nzambe na yo. Ngai nazali Yawe.
And thou shall not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall thou profane the name of thy God. I am Jehovah.
22 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwana mobali ndenge basangisaka nzoto na mwana mwasi; ezali likambo ya nkele.
Thou shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind. It is abomination.
23 Okosangisa nzoto te na nyama, noki te okokoma mbindo elongo na yango. Ndenge moko mpe mwasi akosangisa nzoto te na nyama: ezali kotiola Nzambe.
And thou shall not lie with any beast to defile thyself with it, nor shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down with it. It is a perversion.
24 Bomikomisa mbindo te na moko ya makambo oyo, pamba te ezali na nzela na yango nde bato ya bikolo oyo nazali kobengana liboso na bino bamikomisaki mbindo.
Do not defile ye yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you,
25 Lokola mboka yango moko mpe ekomaki mbindo, napesaki yango mpe etumbu mpo na lisumu na yango; bongo esanzaki bavandi na yango.
and the land is defiled. Therefore I visit the iniquity of it upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.
26 Kasi, ezala mwana mboka to mopaya oyo bazali kati na bino, bosengeli kotosa malako mpe bikateli na Ngai; mpe bosengeli koboya kosala makambo nyonso oyo ya nkele na miso ya Nzambe.
Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourns among you,
27 Pamba te bato oyo bazalaki kovanda na mboka oyo liboso na bino babandaki kosala makambo oyo nyonso, bongo mboka ekomaki mbindo.
(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and the land is defiled),
28 Bino bokeba ete bokomisa mboka mbindo te, mpo ete yango esanza bino te ndenge esanzaki bato ya bikolo oyo bazalaki liboso na bino.
that the land not vomit you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
29 Moto nyonso oyo akosala moko ya makambo oyo ya nkele na miso ya Nzambe, esengeli balongola ye kati na bato na ye.
For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
30 Boye, bobatela malako na Ngai mpe bolanda ata likambo moko te kati na makambo mabe oyo ezalaki kosalema liboso ete bino boya, mpo ete bomikomisa mbindo te na nzela na yango. Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino. › »
Therefore ye shall keep my charge, that ye not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that ye not defile yourselves in it. I am Jehovah your God.
