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Laws of Sexual Morality
1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ⚓‘I am the Lord your God.
3⚓According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and ⚓according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances.
4⚓You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the Lord your God.
5You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
6‘None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord.
7The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
8The nakedness of your ⚓father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is your father’s nakedness.
9⚓The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall not uncover.
10The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for theirs is your own nakedness.
11The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your father—she is your sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness.
12⚓You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is near of kin to your father.
13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is near of kin to your mother.
14⚓You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law—she is your son’s wife—you shall not uncover her nakedness.
16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
17You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her ⚓daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near of kin to her. It is wickedness.
18Nor shall you take a woman ⚓as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.
19‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as ⚓long as she is in her ⚓customary impurity.
20⚓Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your ⚓neighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with her.
21And you shall not let any of your descendants ⚓pass through ⚓the fire to ⚓Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
22You shall not lie with ⚓a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.
23Nor shall you mate with any ⚓animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.
24⚓‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; ⚓for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.
25For ⚓the land is defiled; therefore I ⚓visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land ⚓vomits out its inhabitants.
26⚓You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you
27(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),
28lest ⚓the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
29For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30‘Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so ⚓that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: ⚓I am the Lord your God.’ ”
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Txwv tsis txhob ua dev
1Yawmsaub hais rau Mauxe tias,
2“Cia li hais rau cov Yixayee tias, ‘Kuv yog Yawmsaub uas yog nej tus Vajtswv.
3Nej tsis txhob ua raws li uas luag ua hauv Iyi tebchaws uas nej txeev nyob. Thiab nej tsis txhob ua raws li uas luag ua hauv Khana‑as tebchaws uas kuv tabtom coj nej mus nyob. Tsis txhob xyaum raws li lawv tej kab ke.
4Nej yuav tsum ua raws li kuv tej kevcai thiab tuav rawv kuv tej kab ke thiab ua raws nraim. Kuv yog Yawmsaub, yog nej tus Vajtswv.
5Vim li no nej yuav tsum tuav rawv kuv tej kab ke thiab kuv tej kevcai, yog ua raws nraim li ntawd neeg thiaj li muaj txojsia nyob tau. Kuv yog Yawmsaub.
6“ ‘Tsis txhob kheev leejtwg mus ze tej uas txheeb txheeb nws es thws nws qhov chaw txaj muag. Kuv yog Yawmsaub.
7Koj tsis txhob thws koj niam qhov chaw txaj muag vim yog thws koj txiv chaw txaj muag. Nws yog koj niam, koj tsis txhob thws nws qhov chaw txaj muag.
8Koj tsis txhob thws koj txiv tus pojniam qhov chaw txaj muag vim yog thws koj txiv chaw txaj muag.
9Koj tsis txhob thws koj tus muam qhov chaw txaj muag uas yog koj txiv li ntxhais lossis yog koj niam li ntxhais tsis hais tus uas yug hauv tsev lossis coj sab nraud los.
10Koj tsis txhob thws koj tus tub li ntxhais qhov chaw txaj muag lossis thws koj tus ntxhais li ntxhais qhov chaw txaj muag, vim lawv qhov chaw txaj muag kuj yog koj chaw txaj muag ntag.
11Koj tsis txhob thws koj niam tshiab li ntxhais qhov chaw txaj muag uas twb yog koj txiv yug, vim nws kuj yog koj li muam.
12Koj tsis txhob thws koj tug phauj qhov chaw txaj muag vim nws twb yog txheeb ze koj txiv.
13Koj tsis txhob thws koj niam tus niam hluas lossis tus niam laus qhov chaw txaj muag vim nws twb yog txheeb ze koj niam.
14“ ‘Koj tsis txhob thws koj tus txiv hlob lossis koj tus txiv ntxawm qhov chaw txaj muag es mus ze lawv pojniam vim twb yog koj niam hlob lossis koj li niam ntxawm.
15Koj tsis txhob thws koj tus nyab qhov chaw txaj muag vim nws twb yog koj tus tub pojniam, tsis txhob thws nws qhov chaw txaj muag kiag li.
16Koj tsis txhob thws koj tus niam tij lossis koj tus niam ntxawm qhov chaw txaj muag vim twb yog koj kw koj tig qhov chaw txaj muag.
17Koj tsis txhob thws ib tug pojniam qhov chaw txaj muag thiab thws nws tus ntxhais qhov chaw txaj muag, thiab tsis txhob thws nws tus tub li ntxhais qhov chaw txaj muag lossis thws nws tus ntxhais li ntxhais qhov chaw txaj muag vim lawv yog ib co txheeb ze, yog ua li ntawd mas phem kawg li.
18Koj tsis txhob thws koj pojniam tus niam laus lossis tus niam hluas qhov chaw txaj muag coj los sib tw rau thaum koj pojniam tseem muaj txojsia nyob.
19“ ‘Thaum tus pojniam twg tabtom ua pojniam uas nws qias tsis huv mas koj tsis txhob mus ze nws thws nws qhov chaw txaj muag.
20Koj tsis txhob mus nrog kwvtij zej zog tej pojniam pw, thiaj ua rau koj qias tsis huv.
21Koj tsis txhob muab koj tej menyuam hlawv xyeem rau dab Maulej es ua puas tsuas koj tus Vajtswv lub npe poob koob. Kuv yog Yawmsaub.
22Koj tsis txhob nrog tej txivneej pw ua niam txiv yam li tej pojniam, yog yam uas qias vuab tsuab kawg li.
23Koj tsis txhob nrog tej tsiaj txhu pw ua niam txiv ua rau koj qias tsis huv, thiab tej pojniam tsis txhob nrog tsiaj txhu pw ua niam txiv. Ua li no yog kev txhaum kev qias kawg li.
24“ ‘Nej tsis txhob ua tej kev phem kev qias no puas tsuas nej qias tsis huv, vim yog tej haiv neeg uas kuv tabtom ntiab khiav ntawm nej hauv ntej mus ua tej kev phem kev qias no puas tsuas lawv qias tsis huv.
25Mas lub tebchaws thiaj li qias tsis huv, kuv thiaj li rau txim rau lub tebchaws ntawd tej kev txhaum, lub tebchaws thiaj li muab cov neeg ntuav pov tseg.
26Mas nej yuav tsum tuav rawv kuv tej kab ke thiab kuv tej kevcai thiab tsis txhob ua tej kev qias vuab tsuab ntawd, tsis hais nej haiv neeg lossis lwm haiv neeg uas nrog nej nyob,
27rau qhov cov neeg hauv lub tebchaws no uas xub nyob ua nej ntej ua tej kev qias vuab tsuab no mas puas tsuas lub tebchaws qias tsis huv.
28Ntshai tsam nej ua puas tsuas lub tebchaws qias tsis huv es lub tebchaws yuav muab nej ntuav pov tseg ib yam li lub tebchaws twb muab haiv neeg uas xub nyob ua nej ntej ntuav pov tseg.
29Yog leejtwg ua tej kev qias vuab tsuab ntawd mas tus ntawd yuav raug muab txiav tawm hauv nws haiv neeg mus.
30Vim li no nej yuav tsum ua raws nraim li kuv hais, tsis txhob ua raws li tej kev li kev cai uas qias vuab tsuab no uas cov xub nyob ua nej ntej lawd ua, thiab tsis txhob ua tej yam no puas tsuas nej qias tsis huv. Kuv yog Yawmsaub yog nej tus Vajtswv.’ ”