Leviticus 18
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
1Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: I am the LORD your God.
2Loquere filiis Israël, et dices ad eos: Ego Dominus Deus vester:
3After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.
3juxta consuetudinem terræ Ægypti, in qua habitastis, non facietis: et juxta morem regionis Chanaan, ad quam ego introducturus sum vos, non agetis, nec in legitimis eorum ambulabitis.
4Mine ordinances shall ye do, and My statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
4Facietis judicia mea, et præcepta mea servabitis, et ambulabitis in eis. Ego Dominus Deus vester.
5Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.
5Custodite leges meas atque judicia, quæ faciens homo, vivet in eis. Ego Dominus.
6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness. I am the LORD.
6Omnis homo ad proximam sanguinis sui non accedet, ut revelet turpitudinem ejus. Ego Dominus.
7The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
7Turpitudinem patris tui et turpitudinem matris tuæ non discooperies: mater tua est: non revelabis turpitudinem ejus.
8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
8Turpitudinem uxoris patris tui non discooperies: turpitudo enim patris tui est.
9The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
9Turpitudinem sororis tuæ ex patre sive ex matre, quæ domi vel foris genita est, non revelabis.
10The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; for theirs is thine own nakedness.
10Turpitudinem filiæ filii tui vel neptis ex filia non revelabis: quia turpitudo tua est.
11The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
11Turpitudinem filiæ uxoris patris tui, quam peperit patri tuo, et est soror tua, non revelabis.
12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
12Turpitudinem sororis patris tui non discooperies: quia caro est patris tui.
13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister; for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
13Turpitudinem sororis matris tuæ non revelabis, eo quod caro sit matris tuæ.
14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy fathers brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
14Turpitudinem patrui tui non revelabis, nec accedes ad uxorem ejus, quæ tibi affinitate conjungitur.
15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son' wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
15Turpitudinem nurus tuæ non revelabis, quia uxor filii tui est: nec discooperies ignominiam ejus.
16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
16Turpitudinem uxoris fratris tui non revelabis: quia turpitudo fratris tui est.
17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are near kinswomen; it is lewdness.
17Turpitudinem uxoris tuæ et filiæ ejus non revelabis. Filiam filii ejus, et filiam filiæ illius non sumes, ut reveles ignominiam ejus: quia caro illius sunt, et talis coitus incestus est.
18And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.
18Sororem uxoris tuæ in pellicatum illius non accipies, nec revelabis turpitudinem ejus adhuc illa vivente.
19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
19Ad mulierem quæ patitur menstrua non accedes, nec revelabis fœditatem ejus.
20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
20Cum uxore proximi tui non coibis, nec seminis commistione maculaberis.
21And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
21De semine tuo non dabis ut consecretur idolo Moloch, nec pollues nomen Dei tui. Ego Dominus.
22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.
22Cum masculo non commiscearis coitu femineo, quia abominatio est.
23And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion.
23Cum omni pecore non coibis, nec maculaberis cum eo. Mulier non succumbet jumento, nec miscebitur ei, quia scelus est.
24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out from before you.
24Nec polluamini in omnibus his quibus contaminatæ sunt universæ gentes, quas ego ejiciam ante conspectum vestrum,
25And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
25et quibus polluta est terra: cujus ego scelera visitabo, ut evomat habitatores suos.
26Ye therefore shall keep My statutes and Mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you —
26Custodite legitima mea atque judicia, et non faciatis ex omnibus abominationibus istis, tam indigena quam colonus qui peregrinantur apud vos.
27for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled —
27Omnes enim execrationes istas fecerunt accolæ terræ qui fuerunt ante vos, et polluerunt eam.
28that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
28Cavete ergo ne et vos similiter evomat, cum paria feceritis, sicut evomuit gentem, quæ fuit ante vos.
29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
29Omnis anima, quæ fecerit de abominationibus his quippiam, peribit de medio populi sui.
30Therefore shall ye keep My charge, that ye do not any of these abominable customs, which were done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
30Custodite mandata mea. Nolite facere quæ fecerunt hi qui fuerunt ante vos, et ne polluamini in eis. Ego Dominus Deus vester.
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