Levitico 18

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:	1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:
2 “ Loquere fi liis Israel et dices ad eos: Ego Dominus Deus vester.	2 'Speak to the Israelites and say: "I am Yahweh 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 must not behave as they do in Egypt where you used to live; you must not behave as they do inCanaan where I am taking you, nor must you fol ow their laws.
4 Facietis iudicia mea et praecepta mea servabitis et ambulabitis in eis. Ego Dominus Deus vester.	4 You must observe my customs and keep my laws, fol owing them. "I, Yahweh, am your God:
5 Custodite leges meas atque iudicia; quae faciens homo vivet in eis. Ego Dominus.	5 hence you wil keep my laws and my customs. Whoever complies with them wil find life in them. "I amYahweh.
6 Omnis homo ad consanguineum suum non accedet, ut revelet turpitudinem eius. Ego Dominus.	6 "None of you wil approach a woman who is closely related to him, to have intercourse with her. I amYahweh.
7 Turpitudinem patris et turpitudinem matris tuae non discooperies: mater tua est, non revelabis turpitudinem eius.	7 "You wil not have intercourse with your father or your mother. She is your mother -- you wil not haveintercourse with her.
8 Turpitudinem uxoris patris tui non discooperies, turpitudo enim patris tui est.	8 "You wil not have intercourse with your father's wife; it is your father's sexual prerogative.
9 Turpitudinem sororis tuae ex patre sive ex matre, quae domi vel foris genita est, non revelabis.	9 "You wil not have intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father's or your mother's daughter.Whether she was born in the same house or elsewhere, you wil not have intercourse with her.
10 Turpitudinem filiae filii tui vel neptis ex filia non revelabis, quia turpitudo tua est.	10 "You will not have intercourse with your son's or your daughter's daughter; for their sexual privacy isyour own.
11 Turpitudinem filiae uxoris patris tui, quam peperit patri tuo et est soror tua, non revelabis.	11 "You will not have intercourse with the daughter of your father's wife, born to your father. She is yoursister; you wil not have intercourse with her.
12 Turpitudinem sororis patris tui non discooperies, quia caro est patris tui.	12 "You will not have intercourse with your father's sister; for she is your father's own flesh and blood.
13 Turpitudinem sororis matris tuae non revelabis, eo quod caro sit matris tuae.	13 "You will not have intercourse with your mother's sister; for she is your mother's own flesh and blood.
14 Turpitudinem patrui tui non revelabis nec accedes ad uxorem eius, quae tibi affinitate coniungitur.	14 "You will not have intercourse with your father's brother; you wil not approach his wife. She is youraunt.
15 Turpitudinem nurus tuae non revelabis, quia uxor filii tui est, nec discooperies ignominiam eius.	15 "You will not have intercourse with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; you wil not haveintercourse with her.
16 Turpitudinem uxoris fratris tui non revelabis, quia turpitudo fratris tui est.	16 "You will not have intercourse with your brother's wife; it is your brother's sexual prerogative.
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 will not have intercourse with a woman and her daughter; nor wil you take her son's or herdaughter's daughter, to have intercourse with them. They are your own flesh and blood; it would be incest.
18 Sororem uxoris tuae aemulam illius non accipies nec revelabis turpitudinem eius, adhuc illa vivente.	18 "You will not take a woman and her sister into your harem at the same time, to have intercourse withthe latter while the former is stil alive.
19 Ad mulierem, quae patitur menstrua, non accedes nec revelabis foeditatem eius.	19 "You will not approach and have intercourse with a woman who is in a state of menstrual pol ution.
20 Cum uxore proximi tui non coibis nec seminis commixtione maculaberis.	20 "Furthermore, you will not have intercourse with your fel ow-citizen's wife; you would become uncleanby doing so.
21 De semine tuo non dabis, ut consecretur idolo Moloch, nec pollues nomen Dei tui. Ego Dominus.	21 "You will not al ow any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, thus profaning the name of yourGod. I am Yahweh.
22 Cum masculo non commisceberis coitu femineo: abominatio est.	22 "You will not have intercourse with a man as you would with a woman. This is a hateful thing.
23 Cum omni pecore non coibis nec maculaberis cum eo. Mulier non succumbet iumento nec miscebitur ei, quia scelus est.	23 "You will not have intercourse with any kind of animal; you would become unclean by doing so. Norwil a woman offer herself to an animal, to have intercourse with it. This would be a violation of nature.
24 Ne polluamini in omnibus his, quibus contaminatae sunt universae gentes, quas ego eiciam ante conspectum vestrum	24 "Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these practices, for it was by such things that the nationsthat I am driving out before you made themselves unclean.
25 et quibus polluta est terra, cuius ego scelera visitavi, et evomuit habitatores suos.	25 The country has become unclean; hence I am about to punish it for its guilt, and the country itself willvomit 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 "You, however, must keep my laws and customs and not do any of these hateful things: none of yourcitizens, none of your resident aliens.
27 Omnes enim execrationes istas fecerunt accolae terrae, qui fuerunt ante vos, et polluerunt eam.	27 For al these hateful things were done by the people who lived in the country before you, and thecountry became unclean.
28 Cavete ergo, ne et vos similiter evomat, cum pollueritis eam, sicut evomuit gentem, quae fuit ante vos.	28 If you make it unclean, wil it not vomit you out as it vomited out the nations there before you?
29 Omnis enim anima, quae fecerit de abominationibus his quippiam, peribit de medio populi sui.	29 Yes, anyone who does any of these hateful things, whatever it may be, any person doing so, wil beoutlawed from his 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 rules and do not observe any of the hateful laws which were in force before you came;then you wil not be made unclean by them. I am Yahweh your God." '