Levitike 18
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 « Yebisa bana ya Isalaele: ‹ Ngai nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
“Speak to the Israeli people and tell them [that I, Yahweh, say this] this: I am Yahweh, your God.
3 Bokoki te kosala makambo ndenge esalemaka na Ejipito epai wapi bozalaki kovanda to na Kanana epai wapi nazali komema bino.
[So you must do what I want you to do]; you must not do the things that the people in Egypt, where you lived previously, do; and you must not do what is done by the people in Canaan, the land to which I am taking you. Do not imitate their behavior.
4 Bosengeli kotosa bobele mibeko mpe bikateli na Ngai. Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
You must obey all of my laws [DOU], because it is I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those laws].
5 Bobatela mitindo mpe mibeko na Ngai, pamba te moto oyo akosalela yango akobika bomoi na ye na nzela na yango. Nazali Yawe.
If you obey all my laws and decrees, you will continue to remain alive [for a long time]. I, Yahweh, [am the one who is promising that to you]. [These are some of my laws]:
6 Mobali moko te akosangisa nzoto na mwasi ya libota na ye penza. Nazali Yawe.
“Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. It is I, Yahweh, [who am commanding that].
7 Okosambwisa te tata na yo na kosangisa nzoto na mama na yo. Lokola azali mama na yo, kosambwisa ye te.
“Do not disgrace your father by having sex with your mother [DOU].
8 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwasi mosusu ya tata na yo, soki te okosambwisa tata na yo.
“Do not have sex with any of your father’s [other] wives, because that would disgrace your father.
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.
“Do not have sex with your sister or your stepsister; it does not matter whether she was born in your house or somewhere else.
10 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwana mwasi ya mwana na yo ya mobali to ya mwasi; kosambwisa ye te.
“Do not have sex with your granddaughter, because that would disgrace you.
11 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwana mwasi ya mwasi ya tata na yo, azali ndeko na yo ya mwasi.
“Do not have sex with your half-sister, because she is your sister.
12 Okosangisa nzoto te na ndeko mwasi ya tata na yo, azali tata mwasi na yo.
“Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.
13 Okosangisa nzoto te na ndeko mwasi ya mama na yo, azali mama leki to mama kulutu na yo.
“Do not have sex with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
14 Okosambwisa te ndeko mobali ya tata na yo na kosangisa nzoto na mwasi na ye. Azali mama na yo.
“Do not disgrace your (uncle/father’s brother) by having sex with his wife, because she is your aunt.
15 Okosangisa nzoto te na bokilo na yo. Azali mwasi ya mwana na yo, kosangisa na ye nzoto te.
“Do not have sex with [DOU] your daughter-in-law, because she is your son’s wife.
16 Okosambwisa te ndeko na yo ya mobali na kosangisa nzoto na mwasi na ye.
“Do not have sex with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother.
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.
“Do not have sex with the daughter or granddaughter of any woman whom you have previously had sex with; they are [her] (OR, [your]) close relatives. Having sex with any of them would be a wicked thing to do.
18 Okosangisa nzoto te na ndeko mwasi ya mwasi na yo, wana mwasi na yo azali nanu na bomoi, noki te ekoyeisa bombanda.
“While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.
19 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwasi oyo azali komona makila na ye ya sanza, pamba te azali mbindo.
“Do not have sex with any woman while she is having her monthly menstrual period.
20 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwasi ya moninga na yo, noki te okokoma mbindo elongo na ye.
“Do not (defile yourself/make yourself unacceptable to me) by having sex with someone else’s wife.
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.
“Do not give any of your children to be burned to be a sacrifice to the god Molech, because that would show that you do not revere me [MTY], Yahweh, your God.
22 Okosangisa nzoto te na mwana mobali ndenge basangisaka nzoto na mwana mwasi; ezali likambo ya nkele.
“No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable.
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.
“No one, man or woman, should (defile himself/cause himself to become unacceptable to me) by having sex with an animal; that is a perverse act.
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 yourselves/cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me) in any of those ways, because doing those things is how the people of the nations that I expelled as you advanced became (unacceptable to me/defiled).
25 Lokola mboka yango moko mpe ekomaki mbindo, napesaki yango mpe etumbu mpo na lisumu na yango; bongo esanzaki bavandi na yango.
They even caused the land to become defiled, so I punished them for their sins, and [it was as though] the land vomited out the people who lived there.
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.
You must all obey my laws and decrees. That includes you people who were born here and the foreigners who live among you.
27 Pamba te bato oyo bazalaki kovanda na mboka oyo liboso na bino babandaki kosala makambo oyo nyonso, bongo mboka ekomaki mbindo.
All those detestable things were done by the people who lived in this land before you came here, and they caused the land to become 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.
So if you defile the land, I will get rid of [MET] you like I got rid of the people of those nations that were here before you came.
29 Moto nyonso oyo akosala moko ya makambo oyo ya nkele na miso ya Nzambe, esengeli balongola ye kati na bato na ye.
“You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you who are my 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. › »
Obey everything that I command you to do, and do not defile yourselves by practicing any of the detestable customs that were practiced [by the people who were there] before you came. I, Yahweh your God, [am the one who is commanding these things].”
