اَللَّاوِيِّينَ 18

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

The Lord told Moses,

٢ 2 «كَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

“Tell the Israelites: I am the Lord your God.

٣ 3 مِثْلَ عَمَلِ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ ٱلَّتِي سَكَنْتُمْ فِيهَا لَا تَعْمَلُوا، وَمِثْلَ عَمَلِ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا آتٍ بِكُمْ إِلَيْهَا لَا تَعْمَلُوا، وَحَسَبَ فَرَائِضِهِمْ لَا تَسْلُكُوا.

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.

٤ 4 أَحْكَامِي تَعْمَلُونَ، وَفَرَائِضِي تَحْفَظُونَ لِتَسْلُكُوا فِيهَا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

Do what I tell you and keep my rules. I am the Lord your God.

٥ 5 فَتَحْفَظُونَ فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي، ٱلَّتِي إِذَا فَعَلَهَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ يَحْيَا بِهَا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

If you keep my rules and do what I tell you, you will live. I am the Lord.

٦ 6 «لَا يَقْتَرِبْ إِنْسَانٌ إِلَى قَرِيبِ جَسَدِهِ لِيَكْشِفَ ٱلْعَوْرَةَ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

Don't have sex with a close relative.

٧ 7 عَوْرَةَ أَبِيكَ وَعَوْرَةَ أُمِّكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ. إِنَّهَا أُمُّكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا.

Don't shame your father by having sex with your mother. She is your mother; don't have sex with her.

٨ 8 عَوْرَةَ ٱمْرَأَةِ أَبِيكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ. إِنَّهَا عَوْرَةُ أَبِيكَ.

Don't have sex with any of your father's wives and shame your father.

٩ 9 عَوْرَةَ أُخْتِكَ بِنْتِ أَبِيكَ أَوْ بِنْتِ أُمِّكَ، ٱلْمَوْلُودَةِ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ أَوِ ٱلْمَوْلُودَةِ خَارِجًا، لَا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا.

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.

١٠ 10 عَوْرَةَ ٱبْنَةِ ٱبْنِكَ، أَوِ ٱبْنَةِ بِنْتِكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا. إِنَّهَا عَوْرَتُكَ.

Don't have sex with your granddaughter, your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, because that would be shameful thing for you.

١١ 11 عَوْرَةَ بِنْتِ ٱمْرَأَةِ أَبِيكَ ٱلْمَوْلُودَةِ مِنْ أَبِيكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا. إِنَّهَا أُخْتُكَ.

Don't have sex with the daughter of any of your father's wives and your father, she is your sister.

١٢ 12 عَوْرَةَ أُخْتِ أَبِيكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ. إِنَّهَا قَرِيبَةُ أَبِيكَ.

Don't have sex with your father's sister. She is a close relative of your father.

١٣ 13 عَوْرَةَ أُخْتِ أُمِّكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ. إِنَّهَا قَرِيبَةُ أُمِّكَ.

Don't have sex with your mother's sister. She is a close relative of your mother.

١٤ 14 عَوْرَةَ أَخِي أَبِيكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ. إِلَى ٱمْرَأَتِهِ لَا تَقْتَرِبْ. إِنَّهَا عَمَّتُكَ.

Don't bring shame on your uncle by having sex with his wife. She is your aunt.

١٥ 15 عَوْرَةَ كَنَّتِكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ. إِنَّهَا ٱمْرَأَةُ ٱبْنِكَ. لَا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا.

Don't have sex with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife. Don't have sex with her.

١٦ 16 عَوْرَةَ ٱمْرَأَةِ أَخِيكَ لَا تَكْشِفْ. إِنَّهَا عَوْرَةُ أَخِيكَ.

Don't have sex with your brother's wife and bring shame on your brother.

١٧ 17 عَوْرَةَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ وَبِنْتِهَا لَا تَكْشِفْ. وَلَا تَأْخُذِ ٱبْنَةَ ٱبْنِهَا، أَوِ ٱبْنَةَ بِنْتِهَا لِتَكْشِفَ عَوْرَتَهَا. إِنَّهُمَا قَرِيبَتَاهَا. إِنَّهُ رَذِيلَةٌ.

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.

١٨ 18 وَلَا تَأْخُذِ ٱمْرَأَةً عَلَى أُخْتِهَا لِلضِّرِّ لِتَكْشِفَ عَوْرَتَهَا مَعَهَا فِي حَيَاتِهَا.

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.

١٩ 19 «وَلَا تَقْتَرِبْ إِلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ فِي نَجَاسَةِ طَمْثِهَا لِتَكْشِفَ عَوْرَتَهَا.

Don't have sex with a woman during the time she is unclean because of her period.

٢٠ 20 وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱمْرَأَةِ صَاحِبِكَ مَضْجَعَكَ لِزَرْعٍ، فَتَتَنَجَّسَ بِهَا.

Don't commit any sex act with any other man's wife. This would pollute you and make you unclean.

٢١ 21 وَلَا تُعْطِ مِنْ زَرْعِكَ لِلْإِجَازَةِ لِمُولَكَ لِئَلَّا تُدَنِّسَ ٱسْمَ إِلَهِكَ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

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.

٢٢ 22 وَلَا تُضَاجِعْ ذَكَرًا مُضَاجَعَةَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ. إِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ.

Don't have sex with a man as with a woman. That is something disgusting.

٢٣ 23 وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ بَهِيمَةٍ مَضْجَعَكَ فَتَتَنَجَّسَ بِهَا. وَلَا تَقِفِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ أَمَامَ بَهِيمَةٍ لِنِزَائِهَا. إِنَّهُ فَاحِشَةٌ.

Don't have sex with any animal. This would pollute you and make you unclean.

٢٤ 24 «بِكُلِّ هَذِهِ لَا تَتَنَجَّسُوا، لِأَنَّهُ بِكُلِّ هَذِهِ قَدْ تَنَجَّسَ ٱلشُّعُوبُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنَا طَارِدُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ

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.

٢٥ 25 فَتَنَجَّسَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ. فَأَجْتَزِي ذَنْبَهَا مِنْهَا، فَتَقْذِفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ سُكَّانَهَا.

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.

٢٦ 26 لَكِنْ تَحْفَظُونَ أَنْتُمْ فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي، وَلَا تَعْمَلُونَ شَيْئًا مِنْ جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ ٱلرَّجَسَاتِ، لَا ٱلْوَطَنِيُّ وَلَا ٱلْغَرِيبُ ٱلنَّازِلُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ،

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.

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ ٱلرَّجَسَاتِ قَدْ عَمِلَهَا أَهْلُ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَتَنَجَّسَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ.

The people who lived in the land before you practiced all these disgusting things, and the land became polluted.

٢٨ 28 فَلَا تَقْذِفُكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِتَنْجِيسِكُمْ إِيَّاهَا كَمَا قَذَفَتِ ٱلشُّعُوبَ ٱلَّتِي قَبْلَكُمْ.

If you pollute the land, it will vomit you out just like it did the nations before you.

٢٩ 29 بَلْ كُلُّ مَنْ عَمِلَ شَيْئًا مِنْ جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ ٱلرَّجَسَاتِ تُقْطَعُ ٱلْأَنْفُسُ ٱلَّتِي تَعْمَلُهَا مِنْ شَعْبِهَا.

Consequently anyone who does any of these disgusting things must be expelled from their people.

٣٠ 30 فَتَحْفَظُونَ شَعَائِرِي لِكَيْ لَا تَعْمَلُوا شَيْئًا مِنَ ٱلرُّسُومِ ٱلرَّجِسَةِ ٱلَّتِي عُمِلَتْ قَبْلَكُمْ وَلَا تَتَنَجَّسُوا بِهَا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ».

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.”