Bawknae 18
1 BAWIPA ni Mosi koe,
The LORD said to Moses,
2 nang ni patuen na dei pouh hane teh, Kai teh nangmae BAWIPA Cathut lah ka o.
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.
3 Nangmouh ni ouk na onae Izip ram e nuencang thoseh, nangmouh na kâen khai nahane ram Kanaan ram e a nuencang thoseh, nangmouh ni na tarawi awh mahoeh. Ahnimae lamthung hai na dawn awh mahoeh.
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.
4 Kai ni kâ na poe e patetlah na tarawi awh vaiteh, Kaie ka phunglam dawk na hring awh han. Kai teh nangmae Cathut Jehovah lah ka o.
You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.
5 Hatdawkvah, Kaie ka phunglamnaw hah tarawi awh. Hote phung ka tarawi e tami teh hote phung lahoi a hring han. Kai teh BAWIPA doeh.
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD.
6 Nangmouh thung dawk apihai ama hoi kâhnai e tami yonkhai mahoeh. Kai teh BAWIPA doeh.
“‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7 Nange na pa hoi kâkuen e na manu na ipkhai mahoeh. Na manu lah ao dawkvah na yonkhai mahoeh.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
8 Na pa e yu koe na hnai mahoeh. Na pa hoi kâkuen e lah ao.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
9 Im touh dawk rei khe e thoseh, alouke kho dawk khe e thoseh, na tawncanu na ipkhai mahoeh.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad.
10 Na minca na ipkhai mahoeh.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness; for theirs is your own nakedness.
11 Manu Alouklouk ei teh, na pa buet touh e na tawncanu na ipkhai mahoeh.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
12 Na mani thoseh,
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman.
13 na manta thoseh,
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.
14 na pa e hmaunawngha hoi kâkuen e a yuca hai thoseh,
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt.
15 na capa e a yu, na langa hai thoseh,
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
16 hmaunawngha hoi dueng kâkuen e na hmaunawngha e a yu hai thoseh, na ipkhai mahoeh.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness.
17 Na yu hoi kâhnai lah kaawm e na yu e canu, na yu e minca na ipkhai mahoeh. Hot patet hateh, kahawihoehe hno doeh.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is wickedness.
18 Na yu a hring navah, runae na poe hoeh nahanlah a nawngha na lat mahoeh.
“‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.
19 Na yu a kampheng lahun nah na ipkhai mahoeh.
“‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
20 Ayâ yu na yonkhai mahoeh. Ayâ yu yonkhainae teh mahoima kâkhinsaknae doeh.
“‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.
21 Na canaw hah Molek koe thuengnae lah na sak mahoeh. Na Cathut e min na pathoe mahoeh. Kai teh BAWIPA doeh.
“‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
22 Napui hoi rei na i e patetlah tongpa hoi rei na ip mahoeh.
“‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.
23 Panuetkatho e hno doeh. Ma kâkhinsaknae doeh. Saring na ka ipkhai mahoeh. Napui hai thoseh, saring hoi na ip sak mahoeh. Panuetkatho e lah ao.
“‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
24 Hot patet e hno hoi namamouh hoi namamouh na kâkhinsak awh mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hete hno a sak awh kecu dawk, nangmae hmalah ka takhoe e miphunnaw ni hottelah a sak awh teh a khin awh toe.
“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
25 Ahnimae ram hai a khin. A khin kecu dawk Kai ni ka toun awh teh hote ram ni amae canaw a palo awh han.
The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
26 Nangmouh teh Kai ni ka dei e phunglamnaw hah na tarawi awh han.
You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you
27 Hote ram ni hmaloe kaawm e miphunnaw a palo e patetlah bout na khin awh vaiteh, na palo awh hoeh nahanlah ram thung e tami thoseh, nangmouh koe kho ka sak e alouke miphunnaw thoseh, hot patet e panuettho e na sak awh mahoeh.
(for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),
28 Hot patet e hno panuettho e saknae lahoi ahnimae ram teh a khin toe.
that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
29 Hot patet e hno panuettho e ka sak e tami teh a miphun dawk hoi takhoe lah ao han.
“‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
30 Hatdawkvah, hmaloe a sak a e panuettho e singyoe, nangmouh ni dawn laihoi na kâkhinsak awh hoeh nahanelah, kâlawk tarawi awh. Kai teh nangmae BAWIPA Cathut doeh telah ati.
Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.’”
