Leviticus 18
1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses
2 “Speak to the Israeli people and tell them [that I, Yahweh, say this] this: I am Yahweh, your God.
elan fahkang nu sin mwet Israel, “Nga pa LEUM GOD lowos.
3 [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.
Nik kowos oru ouiya lun mwet Egypt, yen ma kowos tuh muta we meet, ku ouiya lun mwet in acn Canaan, yen su nga ac us kowos nu we.
4 You must obey all of my laws [DOU], because it is I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those laws].
Akos ma sap luk, ac oru ma nga sapkin. Nga pa LEUM GOD lowos.
5 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]:
Fahsr tukun oakwuk ac ma sap su nga sot nu suwos. Kowos fin oru ouinge, kowos ac fah moul. Nga pa LEUM GOD.”
6 “Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. It is I, Yahweh, [who am commanding that].
Nikmet orek kosro nu sin kutena mwet in sou lowos.
7 “Do not disgrace your father by having sex with your mother [DOU].
Nikmet akmwekinye papa tomom ke kom orek kosro nu sin nina kiom. Kom fah tiana akmwekinye nina kiom sifacna.
8 “Do not have sex with any of your father’s [other] wives, because that would disgrace your father.
Nikmet akmwekinye papa tomom ke kom orek kosro nu sin kutena sin mutan kial saya.
9 “Do not have sex with your sister or your stepsister; it does not matter whether she was born in your house or somewhere else.
Nik kom orek kosro nu sin tamtael lom, ku nu sin acn nutin papa tomom ku nina kiom saya — el finne wi kom matula in lohm sum, ku tia.
10 “Do not have sex with your granddaughter, because that would disgrace you.
Nikmet orek kosro nu sin acn nutin wen nutum ku acn nutin acn nutum — ma inge ac fah sie mwe akmwekin nu sum.
11 “Do not have sex with your half-sister, because she is your sister.
Nikmet orek kosro nu sin acn nutin mutan kien papa tomom — el ma pacna wiom.
12 “Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.
Kom fah tiana orek kosro nu sin tamtael lun papa tomom, mweyen el ikwen pacna papa tomom.
13 “Do not have sex with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
Kom fah tiana orek kosro nu sin tamtael lun nina kiom, mweyen el ikwen pacna nina kiom.
14 “Do not disgrace your (uncle/father’s brother) by having sex with his wife, because she is your aunt.
Nik kom orek kosro nu sin mutan kien tamulel lun papa tomom — el oapana nina se kiom.
15 “Do not have sex with [DOU] your daughter-in-law, because she is your son’s wife.
Nik kom orek kosro nu sin mutan kien wen nutum,
16 “Do not have sex with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother.
ku nu sin mutan kien tamulel lom.
17 “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.
Nik kom orek kosro nu sin sie mutan nutin sie mutan su kom orek kosro nu se meet, ku nu sin tulik nutin natu. Sahp elos ac sou lom — ac tuh pwanang kom orek pukasr.
18 “While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.
Nik kom payuk sin tamtael lun mutan kiom, ke lusenna pacl mutan kiom el srakna moul.
19 “Do not have sex with any woman while she is having her monthly menstrual period.
Nik kom orek kosro nu sin kutena mutan su oasr ke musen malem lal, mweyen el tia nasnas.
20 “Do not (defile yourself/make yourself unacceptable to me) by having sex with someone else’s wife.
Nik kom orek kosro nu sin mutan kien siena mwet. Ma se inge ac fah akfohkfokye kom.
21 “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.
Nikmet sang kutena sin tulik nutum in kisakinyuk nu sin god Molech, mweyen ouiya sacn ac aklusrongtenye Inen LEUM GOD.
22 “No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable.
Wangin sie mukul ac fah oru inkanek in kosro nu sin siepah mukul — God El kwase ouiya sacn.
23 “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.
Wangin mukul ku mutan ac fah orek kosro nu sin kutena ma orakrak. Kain in elah fohkfok inge ac fah akfohkfokye kom.
24 “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).
Nik kowos akfohkfokye kowos sifacna ke kain in ouiya inge, tuh pa inge ouiya ma akfohkfokye mwet pegan su muta in acn inge meet liki kowos, su LEUM GOD El ac lusak tuh kowos in ku in utyak nu in acn selos.
25 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.
Orekma lalos akfohkfokyela acn uh, ouinge LEUM GOD El kalyei acn uh, ac oru tuh acn uh in wotela mwet su tuh muta we.
26 You must all obey my laws and decrees. That includes you people who were born here and the foreigners who live among you.
Tusruktu kowos, mwet Israel oayapa mwetsac nukewa su muta inmasrlowos, fah liyaung ma nga sapkin ac oakwuk luk, ac tia oru kutena sin ouiya koluk inge.
27 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.
(Mweyen mwet ma tuh muta fin acn se inge meet liki kowos, elos tuh oru ouiya koluk inge, pwanang kolukla acn se inge.)
28 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.
Fin ouinge, acn uh ac fah tia siskowosla, oana ke el tuh sisla mwet pegan su muta we meet liki kowos.
29 “You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you who are my people.
Kowos etu lah kutena mwet su oru kutena sin ouiya koluk inge ac fah tia sifil pangpang sie sin mwet lun God.
30 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].”
Ac LEUM GOD El fahk, “Akos oakwuk ma nga sot, ac tia fahsr tukun ouiya lun mwet su tuh muta fin acn se inge meet liki kowos, ac nikmet oru kutena sin ma inge in akfohkfokye kowos sifacna. Nga LEUM GOD lowos.”
