Revhitiko 18
1 Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi,
The Lord told Moses,
2 “Taura kuvaIsraeri uti kwavari, ‘Ndini Jehovha Mwari wenyu.
“Tell the Israelites: I am the Lord your God.
3 Hamufaniri kuita sezvavanoita kuIjipiti, kwamaigara uye hamufaniri kuita sezvavanoita kuKenani, kwandiri kukuendesai. Musatevera zviito zvavo.
Don't follow the ways of Egypt where you used to live, and don't follow the ways of Canaan where I'm going to take you. Don't adopt their practices.
4 Munofanira kutevera mitemo yangu uye mugochenjerera kuti mutevere mirayiro yangu. Ndini Jehovha Mwari wenyu.
Do what I tell you and keep my rules. I am the Lord your God.
5 Chengetai mirayiro nemitemo yangu nokuti munhu anoiteerera achararama nayo. Ndini Jehovha.
If you keep my rules and do what I tell you, you will live. I am the Lord.
6 “‘Hapana anofanira kuswedera kuhama yepedyo kuti avate naye. Ndini Jehovha.
Don't have sex with a close relative.
7 “‘Usazvidza baba vako nokusangana namai vako. Ndimai vako usasangana navo.
Don't shame your father by having sex with your mother. She is your mother; don't have sex with her.
8 “‘Usasangana nomukadzi wababa vako, izvi zvingazvidza baba vako.
Don't have sex with any of your father's wives and shame your father.
9 “‘Usasangana nehanzvadzi yako kana mwanasikana wababa vako kana mwanasikana wamai vako, zvisinei kuti akaberekwa mumba mumwe chete kana kumwewo.
Don't have sex with your sister, whether she's your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, or whether she was born in the same house as you or somewhere else.
10 “‘Usasangana nomwanasikana womwanakomana wako kana mwanasikana womwanasikana wako; izvi zvingauyisa kuzvidzwa kwauri.
Don't have sex with your granddaughter, your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, because that would be shameful thing for you.
11 “‘Usasangana nomwanasikana womukadzi wababa vako akaberekwa nababa vako, ihanzvadzi yako.
Don't have sex with the daughter of any of your father's wives and your father, she is your sister.
12 “‘Usasangana nehanzvadzi yababa vako, ihama yababa vako yepedyo.
Don't have sex with your father's sister. She is a close relative of your father.
13 “‘Usasangana nomukoma kana mununʼuna wamai vako nokuti ihama yamai vako yepedyo.
Don't have sex with your mother's sister. She is a close relative of your mother.
14 “‘Usazvidza mununʼuna kana mukoma wababa vako nokuswedera kumukadzi wavo kuti uvate naye; nokuti ndimaiguru kana mainini.
Don't bring shame on your uncle by having sex with his wife. She is your aunt.
15 “‘Usasangana nomuroora wako, mukadzi womwanakomana wako; usasangana naye.
Don't have sex with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife. Don't have sex with her.
16 “‘Usasangana nomukadzi womukoma kana mununʼuna wako; izvi zvingauyisa kuzvidzwa kwomukoma kana mununʼuna wako.
Don't have sex with your brother's wife and bring shame on your brother.
17 “‘Usasangana nomukadzi pamwe chete nomwanasikana wake. Usasangana nomwanasikana womwanakomana wake kana mwanasikana womwanasikana wake; ihama dzake dzepedyo. Zvakaipa izvozvo.
Don't have sex with both a woman and her daughter. Don't have sex with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They are her close relatives. That is something I loathe.
18 “‘Usatora mununʼuna womukadzi wako kuti ave mukadzinyina, varwisane, ugosangana naye mukadzi wako achiri mupenyu.
Don't marry your wife's sister and have sex with her while your wife is still alive. They will be hostile wives to one other.
19 “‘Usaswedera kumukadzi kuti usangane naye panguva yokusachena kwokuenda kumwedzi kwake.
Don't have sex with a woman during the time she is unclean because of her period.
20 “‘Usasangana nomukadzi womuvakidzani wako ugozvisvibisa naye.
Don't commit any sex act with any other man's wife. This would pollute you and make you unclean.
21 “‘Usapa ani zvake pakati pavana vako kuti vabayirwe kuna Moreki nokuti haufaniri kumhura zita raJehovha. Ndini Jehovha.
Don't give any of your children as a human sacrifice to Molech, for you must not disgrace the character of your God. I am the Lord.
22 “‘Usavata nomurume somurume anovata nomukadzi; zvinonyangadza.
Don't have sex with a man as with a woman. That is something disgusting.
23 “‘Usasangana nemhuka uye ugozvisvibisa nayo. Mukadzi haafaniri kuzvipa kumhuka kuti asangane nayo; uku kunyangadza kukuru.
Don't have sex with any animal. This would pollute you and make you unclean.
24 “‘Musazvisvibisa neimwe yenzira idzi nokuti ndudzi dzandichadzinga pamberi penyu dzakazvisvibisa naizvozvo.
A woman must not give herself to an animal to have sex with it. That is something disgusting. Don't pollute yourselves and make yourselves unclean by doing anything like this. That's the reason I'm expelling these nations from the land—they polluted themselves because of all these practices.
25 Kunyange nyika yakasvibiswa; naizvozvo ndakairanga nokuda kwezvakaipa zvayo uye nyika yakarutsa vagari vayo.
Even the land has become polluted, so I am punishing it for the sins committed by the people who live there, and the land will vomit them out.
26 Asi imi munofanira kuchengeta mirayiro yangu nemitemo yangu. Zvizvarwa zvenyu navatorwa vagere pakati penyu havafaniri kuita kana chimwe chezvinhu zvinonyangadza izvi,
You, however, must do what I tell you and keep my rules. You must not do any of these disgusting acts, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.
27 nokuti zvinhu zvose izvi zvakaitwa navanhu vaigara munyika iyoyo musati mavamo, uye nyika ikasvibiswa.
The people who lived in the land before you practiced all these disgusting things, and the land became polluted.
28 Uye kana mukasvibisa nyika, ichakurutsirai kunze sokurutsa kwayakaita ndudzi dzaigaramo imi musati mavamo.
If you pollute the land, it will vomit you out just like it did the nations before you.
29 “‘Ani naani anoita zvinonyangadza izvi, vanhu vakadaro vanofanira kubviswa kubva pavanhu vokwavo.
Consequently anyone who does any of these disgusting things must be expelled from their people.
30 Chengetai zvandakakurayirai uye musatevedzera kana imwe yetsika dzinonyangadza dzaiitwa musati mauya, uye musazvisvibisa nadzo. Ndini Jehovha Mwari wenyu.’”
You must accept my demand that you don't follow any of these disgusting practices done before you arrived. Don't pollute yourselves and make yourselves unclean. I am the Lord your God.”
