लेवीहरू 18

1 परमप्रभुले मोशालाई भन्‍नुभयो,

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

2 “इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई यसो भन्, ‘म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर हुँ ।

“Speak to the Israeli people and tell them [that I, Yahweh, say this] this: I am Yahweh, your God.

3 तिमीहरू पहिले बसोबास गर्ने मिश्रका मानिसहरूले त्यहाँ जे गर्थे ती तिमीहरूले नगर्नू । मैले तिमीहरूलाई लैजान लागेको देश अर्थात् कनानका मानिसहरूले त्यहाँ जे गर्थे ती तिमीहरूले नगर्नू । तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूका रीतिरिवाजहरू नपछ्‍याउनू ।

[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 मेरो व्यवस्था तिमीहरूले पालन गर्नू, र मेरा आज्ञाहरू मान्‍नू, र तीअनुसार तिमीहरू हिँड्नू, किनभने म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर हुँ ।

You must obey all of my laws [DOU], because it is I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those laws].

5 यसैकारण तिमीहरूले मेरा आज्ञाहरू मान्‍नू र मेरा व्यवस्था पालन गर्नू । ती पालन गर्ने मानिस तीद्वारा नै बाँच्‍दछ । म परमप्रभु हुँ ।

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 आफ्नो नजिकको नातेदारसँग सुतेर कसैले पनि आफ्नो नग्‍नता नदेखाओस् । म परमप्रभु हुँ ।

“Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. It is I, Yahweh, [who am commanding that].

7 आफ्नी आमासँग सुतेर आफ्ना बुबाको अनादार नगर्नू । त्यो तेरी आमा हो! तैँले त्यसलाई अनादर नगर् ।

“Do not disgrace your father by having sex with your mother [DOU].

8 आफ्ना बुबाकी कुनै पत्‍नीसँग पनि नसुत् । त्यस्तो काम गरेर आफ्ना बुबाको अनादर नगर् ।

“Do not have sex with any of your father’s [other] wives, because that would disgrace your father.

9 आफ्नी कुनै दिदी-बहिनीसँग नसुत्, चाहे त्यो तेरो बुबाकी छोरी वा आमाकी छोरी होस्, चाहे त्यो तेरो घरमा वा घरबाट टाढा हुर्काइएकी होस् । आफ्नी दिदी-बहिनीसँग नसुत् ।

“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 आफ्नो छोरा वा छोरीको छोरीसँग नसुत् । त्यो तेरो निम्ति शर्मको कुरा हो ।

“Do not have sex with your granddaughter, because that would disgrace you.

11 आफ्ना बुबाकी पत्‍नीकी छोरीसँग नसुत्, जो तेरो बुबाबाट जन्मेकी थिई । त्यो तेरो बहिनी हो, र तँ त्योसँग नसुत् ।

“Do not have sex with your half-sister, because she is your sister.

12 आफ्ना बुबाकी दिदी-बहिनीसँग नसुत् । त्यो तेरो बुबाको नजिकको नातेदार हो ।

“Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.

13 आफ्नी आमाकी दिदी-बहिनीसँग नसुत् । त्यो तेरी आमाको नजिकको नातेदार हो ।

“Do not have sex with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.

14 आफ्ना बुबाको दाजु वा भाइकी पत्‍नीसँग सुतेर त्यसको अनादर नगर् । त्यस्तो कामको निम्ति त्यसको नजिक नजा, त्यो तेरी काकी हो ।

“Do not disgrace your (uncle/father’s brother) by having sex with his wife, because she is your aunt.

15 आफ्नी बुहारीसँग नसुत् । त्यो तेरो छोरोकी पत्‍नी हो, त्योसँग नसुत् ।

“Do not have sex with [DOU] your daughter-in-law, because she is your son’s wife.

16 आफ्नो दाजु वा भाइकी पत्‍नीसँग नसुत् । यस्तो काम गरेर त्यसको अनादर नगर् ।

“Do not have sex with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother.

17 कुनै स्‍त्री र त्यसकी छोरी दुवैसँग नसुत्, वा त्यसको छोराकी छोरीसँग वा त्यसकी छोरीकी छोरीसँग नसुत् । तिनीहरू त्यस स्‍त्रीका नजिकका नातेदार हुन् र तिनीहरूसँग सुत्‍नु दुष्‍टता हो ।

“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 आफ्नी पत्‍नीकी दिदी वा बहिनीलाई विवाह नगर् र आफ्नो पहिलेकी पत्‍नी जीवितै हुँदासम्‍म त्यसकी दिदी वा बहिनीसँग नसुत् ।

“While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.

19 कुनै स्‍त्रीको रजस्‍वलाको समयमा त्योसँग सहवास नगर् । त्यो समयमा त्यो अशुद्ध हुन्छे ।

“Do not have sex with any woman while she is having her monthly menstrual period.

20 आफ्नो छिमेकीकी पत्‍नीसँग नसुत् र यसरी आफैलाई अशुद्ध नबना ।

“Do not (defile yourself/make yourself unacceptable to me) by having sex with someone else’s wife.

21 आफ्ना छोराछोरीहरूलाई मोलोखको निम्ति बलि गर्नलाई तिनीहरूलाई आगोमा नहाल्नू, किनभने तिमीहरूले यसो गरेर आफ्ना परमेश्‍वरको नाउँलाई अपवित्र नबनाउनू । म परमप्रभु हुँ ।

“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 स्‍त्रीसँगझैँ गरी अरू पुरुषहरूसँग नसुत्‍नू । यो दुष्‍टता हो ।

“No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable.

23 कुनै पशुसँग सहवास गरेर आफैलाई अशुद्ध नबनाउनू । कुनै पनि स्‍त्री कुनै पशुसँग नसुत्‍नू । यो अस्वाभाविक दुराचरण हो ।

“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 यस्ता कामहरू गरेर आफैलाई अपवित्र नबनाउनू, किनभने जुन जातिहरूलाई मैले तिमीहरूका सामुबाट निकाल्दै छु ती यी सबै कारणले अपवित्र भएका छन् ।

“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 तिनीहरूको भूमि अपवित्र भयो, र यसैकारण मैले तिनीहरूका पापको दण्ड दिएँ, र त्यस भूमिले त्यसका बासिन्दाहरूलाई उकेलेर निकालिदियो ।

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 यसैकारण, तिमीहरूले मेरा आज्ञाहरू र विधिहरू पालन गर्नू, र इस्राएलका स्वदेशी वा तिमीहरूका बिचमा बसोबास गर्ने परदेशी जोकोहीले कुनै पनि यस्ता घृणास्‍पद काम नगर्नू ।

You must all obey my laws and decrees. That includes you people who were born here and the foreigners who live among you.

27 तिमीहरूभन्दा अगि यस भूमिमा बसोबास गर्ने मानिसहरूले यस्तै दुष्‍ट काम गरे, र यसैकारण सारा देश नै अपवित्र भयो ।

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 तिमीहरूका अपवित्रताका कारण तिमीहरूभन्दा अगिका मानिसहरूलाई झैँ त्यस भूमिले तिमीहरूलाई पनि उकेलेर बाहिर ननिकालोस् ।

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 तिमीहरूमध्ये जो कोहीले यस्ता घृणास्पद कामहरू गर्दछन् भने, तिनीहरू आफ्ना मानिसहरूबाट बहिष्‍कृत हुने छन् ।

“You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you who are my people.

30 तिमीहरूभन्दा अगि यहाँ अभ्यास हुने गरेका कुनै यस्ता घृणास्‍पद रीतिरिवाजहरूलाई तिमीहरूले अभ्यास नगरेर मेरो आज्ञा पालन गर्नू अनि यसरी तिमीहरूले यस्ता कामले आफैलाई अपवित्र बनाउने छैनौ । म परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर हुँ’ ।”

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].”