Liber Leviticus, 18

1. Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

1. And the LORD said to Moses,

2. “Loquere fi liis Israel et dices ad eos: Ego Dominus Deus vester.

2. "Say to the people of Israel, I am the LORD your God.

3. Iuxta consuetudinem terrae Aegypti, in qua habitastis, non facietis; et iuxta morem regionis Chanaan, ad quam ego introducturus sum vos, non agetis nec in legitimis eorum ambulabitis.

3. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.

4. Facietis iudicia mea et praecepta mea servabitis et ambulabitis in eis. Ego Dominus Deus vester.

4. You shall do my ordinances and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.

5. Custodite leges meas atque iudicia; quae faciens homo vivet in eis. Ego Dominus.

5. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, by doing which a man shall live: I am the LORD.

6. Omnis homo ad consanguineum suum non accedet, ut revelet turpitudinem eius. Ego Dominus.

6. "None of you shall approach any one near of kin to him to uncover nakedness. I am the LORD.

7. Turpitudinem patris et turpitudinem matris tuae non discooperies: mater tua est, non revelabis turpitudinem eius.

7. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

8. Turpitudinem uxoris patris tui non discooperies, turpitudo enim patris tui est.

8. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.

9. Turpitudinem sororis tuae ex patre sive ex matre, quae domi vel foris genita est, non revelabis.

9. 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. Turpitudinem filiae filii tui vel neptis ex filia non revelabis, quia turpitudo tua est.

10. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.

11. Turpitudinem filiae uxoris patris tui, quam peperit patri tuo et est soror tua, non revelabis.

11. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, since she is your sister.

12. Turpitudinem sororis patris tui non discooperies, quia caro est patris tui.

12. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's near kinswoman.

13. Turpitudinem sororis matris tuae non revelabis, eo quod caro sit matris tuae.

13. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

14. Turpitudinem patrui tui non revelabis nec accedes ad uxorem eius, quae tibi affinitate coniungitur.

14. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

15. Turpitudinem nurus tuae non revelabis, quia uxor filii tui est, nec discooperies ignominiam eius.

15. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

16. Turpitudinem uxoris fratris tui non revelabis, quia turpitudo fratris tui est.

16. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; she is your brother's nakedness.

17. Turpitudinem mulieris et filiae eius non revelabis. Filiam filii eius et filiam filiae illius non sumes, ut reveles ignominiam eius, quia caro illius sunt: nefas est.

17. You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are your near kinswomen; it is wickedness.

18. Sororem uxoris tuae aemulam illius non accipies nec revelabis turpitudinem eius, adhuc illa vivente.

18. And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is yet alive.

19. Ad mulierem, quae patitur menstrua, non accedes nec revelabis foeditatem eius.

19. "You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.

20. Cum uxore proximi tui non coibis nec seminis commixtione maculaberis.

20. And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

21. De semine tuo non dabis, ut consecretur idolo Moloch, nec pollues nomen Dei tui. Ego Dominus.

21. You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

22. Cum masculo non commisceberis coitu femineo: abominatio est.

22. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

23. Cum omni pecore non coibis nec maculaberis cum eo. Mulier non succumbet iumento nec miscebitur ei, quia scelus est.

23. And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself to a beast to lie with it: it is perversion.

24. Ne polluamini in omnibus his, quibus contaminatae sunt universae gentes, quas ego eiciam ante conspectum vestrum

24. "Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before you defiled themselves;

25. et quibus polluta est terra, cuius ego scelera visitavi, et evomuit habitatores suos.

25. and the land became defiled, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

26. Vos autem custodite legitima mea atque iudicia et non faciatis ex omnibus abominationibus istis tam indigena quam colonus, qui peregrinatur apud vos.

26. But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you

27. Omnes enim execrationes istas fecerunt accolae terrae, qui fuerunt ante vos, et polluerunt eam.

27. (for all of these abominations the men of the land did, who were before you, so that the land became defiled);

28. Cavete ergo, ne et vos similiter evomat, cum pollueritis eam, sicut evomuit gentem, quae fuit ante vos.

28. lest the land vomit you out, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

29. Omnis enim anima, quae fecerit de abominationibus his quippiam, peribit de medio populi sui.

29. For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the persons that do them shall be cut off from among their people.

30. Custodite mandata mea. Nolite facere legitima abominabilia, quae fecerunt hi, qui fuerunt ante vos, et ne polluamini in eis. Ego Dominus Deus vester”.

30. So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and never to defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God."