Levítico 18

1 Yahvé dijo a Moisés:

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “Habla a los hijos de Israel y diles: “Yo soy Yahvé, vuestro Dios.

Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

3 No harás lo que hacen en la tierra de Egipto, donde vivías. No haréis como ellos en la tierra de Canaán, adonde os llevo. No seguirás sus estatutos.

You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

4 Harás mis ordenanzas. Guardarán mis estatutos y caminarán en ellos. Yo soy el Señor, tu Dios.

But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.

5 Por lo tanto, guardaréis mis estatutos y mis ordenanzas, los cuales, si el hombre los cumple, vivirá en ellos. Yo soy Yahvé.

So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

6 “‘Ninguno de ustedes se acercará a ningún pariente cercano para descubrir su desnudez: Yo soy Yahvé.

You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.

7 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de tu padre, ni la desnudez de tu madre: ella es tu madre. No descubrirás su desnudez.

You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.

8 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de la mujer de tu padre. Es la desnudez de tu padre.

And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

9 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de tu hermana, de la hija de tu padre o de la hija de tu madre, tanto si ha nacido en casa como si ha nacido fuera.

You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

10 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de la hija de tu hijo o de la hija de tu hija, su desnudez, porque la de ellos es tu propia desnudez.

You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;

11 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de la hija de la mujer de tu padre, concebida por éste, pues es tu hermana.

Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

12 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de la hermana de tu padre. Ella es la pariente cercana de tu padre.

You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

13 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de la hermana de tu madre, porque es pariente cercana de tu madre.

You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.

14 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez del hermano de tu padre. No te acercarás a su mujer. Ella es tu tía.

You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;

15 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de tu nuera. Es la mujer de tu hijo. No descubrirás su desnudez.

Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.

16 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de la mujer de tu hermano. Es la desnudez de tu hermano.

You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

17 “‘No descubrirás la desnudez de una mujer y de su hija. No tomarás a la hija de su hijo, ni a la hija de su hija, para descubrir su desnudez. Son parientes cercanos. Es una maldad.

You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

18 “‘No tomarás una esposa además de su hermana, para ser rival, para descubrir su desnudez, mientras su hermana esté viva.

And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

19 “‘No te acercarás a una mujer para descubrir su desnudez, mientras esté impura por su impureza.

And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.

20 “‘No te acostarás carnalmente con la mujer de tu prójimo, ni te contaminarás con ella.

And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

21 “‘No darás a ninguno de tus hijos como sacrificio a Moloc. No profanarás el nombre de tu Dios. Yo soy Yahvé.

And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

22 “‘No te acostarás con un hombre como con una mujer. Eso es detestable.

You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.

23 “‘No te acostarás con ningún animal para contaminarte con él. Ninguna mujer puede entregarse a un animal para acostarse con él: es una perversión.

And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.

24 “‘No os contaminéis en ninguna de estas cosas; porque en todas ellas se contaminaron las naciones que estoy echando delante de vosotros.

Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

25 La tierra se contaminó. Por eso castigué su iniquidad, y la tierra vomitó a sus habitantes.

And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.

26 Guardad, pues, mis estatutos y mis ordenanzas, y no hagáis ninguna de estas abominaciones; ni el nativo, ni el extranjero que vive como forastero entre vosotros

So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

27 (porque los hombres de la tierra que estaban antes de vosotros habían hecho todas estas abominaciones, y la tierra se contaminó),

(For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them; )

28 para que la tierra no os vomite también a vosotros, cuando la contaminéis, como vomitó a la nación que estaba antes de vosotros.

So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.

29 “‘Porque cualquiera que haga alguna de estas abominaciones, las almas que las hagan serán cortadas de entre su pueblo.

For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.

30 Por lo tanto, guardarán mis requisitos, para que no practiquen ninguna de estas costumbres abominables que se practicaban antes de ustedes, y para que no se contaminen con ellas. Yo soy Yahvé, vuestro Dios”.

So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.