Leviticus 18

The Lord said to Moses,

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God.

«أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ

You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.

لَا تَرْتَكِبُوا أَعْمَالَ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ الَّتِي أَقَمْتُمْ فِيهَا، وَلا تَعْمَلُوا صَنِيعَ أَهْلِ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ الَّتِي أَنَا مُدْخِلُكُمْ إِلَيْهَا، وَلا تُمَارِسُوا فَرَائِضَهُمْ،

You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God.

إِنَّمَا تُطَبِّقُونَ أَحْكَامِي وَتَحْفَظُونَ فَرَائِضِي لِتَسْلُكُوا فِيهَا. أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord.

احْفَظُوا فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي الَّتِي إِذَا أَطَاعَهَا الإِنْسَانُ يَحْيَا بِها. أَنَا الرَّبُّ.

“‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

لَا يُقَارِبْ إِنْسَانٌ جَسَدَ مَنْ هُوَ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ وَدَمِهِ لِيُعَاشِرَهُ. أَنَا الرَّبُّ.

“‘Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجْ فَتَاةٌ أَبَاهَا، وَلا ابْنٌ أُمَّهُ إِنَّهَا أُمُّكَ فَلا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجْ امْرَأَةَ أَبِيكَ لأَنَّهَا زَوْجَةُ أَبِيكَ.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجْ أُخْتَكَ بِنْتَ أَبِيكَ، أَوْ بِنْتَ أُمِّكَ، سَوَاءٌ وُلِدَتْ فِي الْبَيْتِ أَمْ بَعِيداً عَنْهُ، وَلا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجِ ابْنَةَ ابْنِكَ أَوِ ابْنَةَ ابْنَتِكَ، وَلا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا لأَنَّهَا عَوْرَتُكَ.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجْ بِنْتَ امْرَأَةِ أَبِيكَ الْمَوْلُودَةَ مِنْ أَبِيكَ، وَلا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا لأَنَّهَا أُخْتُكَ.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجْ أُخْتَ أَبِيكَ. إِنَّهَا عَمَّتُكَ.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجْ أُخْتَ أُمِّكَ. إِنَّهَا خَالَتُكَ.

“‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجْ فَتَاةٌ عَمَّهَا، وَلا تُعَاشِرْ زَوْجَةَ عَمِّكَ. إِنَّهَا عَمَّتُكَ.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجْ كَنَّتَكَ، فَإِنَّهَا امْرَأَةُ ابْنِكَ، وَلا تَكْشِفْ عَوْرَتَهَا.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجِ امْرَأَةَ أَخِيكَ، فَإِنَّهَا عَوْرَةُ أَخِيكَ.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجِ امْرَأَةً وَابْنَتَهَا، وَلا تَتَزَوَّجْ مَعَهَا ابْنَةَ ابْنِهَا أَوِ ابْنَةَ بِنْتِهَا، لأَنَّهُمَا قَرِيبَتَاهَا، وَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ تَرْتَكِبْ رَذِيلَةً.

“‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

لَا تَتَزَوَّجِ امْرَأَةً عَلَى أُخْتِهَا لِتَكُونَ ضَرَّةً مَعَهَا فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاةِ زَوْجَتِكَ.

“‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

لَا تُعَاشِرِ امْرَأَةً وَهِيَ فِي نَجَاسَةِ حَيْضِهَا،

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

وَلا تُقَارِبِ امْرَأَةَ صَاحِبِكَ فَتُعَاشِرَهَا وَتَتَنَجَّسَ بِها.

“‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.

لَا تُجِزْ أَحَدَ أَبْنَائِكَ فِي النَّارِ قُرْبَاناً لِلْوَثَنِ مُولَكَ، لِئَلّا تُدَنِّسَ اسْمَ إِلَهِكَ. أَنَا الرَّبُّ

“‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

لَا تُضَاجِعْ ذَكَراً مُضَاجَعَةَ امْرَأَةٍ. إِنَّهَا رَجَاسَةٌ،

“‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

وَلا تُعَاشِرْ بَهِيمَةً فَتَتَنَجَّسَ بِها، وَلا تَقِفِ امْرَأَةٌ أَمَامَ بَهِيمَةٍ ذَكَرٍ لِتُضَاجِعَهَا. إِنَّهُ فَاحِشَةٌ.

“‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.

لَا تَتَنَجَّسُوا بِكُلِّ هَذِهِ الأَعْمَالِ الْمُشِينَةِ لأَنَّ بِها تَنَجَّسَتِ الشُّعُوبُ الَّتِي سَأَطْرُدُهَا مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ،

Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

فَقَدْ تَنَجَّسَتْ بِها الأَرْضُ، لِهَذَا سَأُعَاقِبُ الأَرْضَ بِذَنْبِهَا فَتَتَقَيَّأُ سُكَّانَهَا.

But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things,

أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فاحْفَظُوا فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي، وَلا تَقْتَرِفُوا شَيْئاً مِنْ هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ، الْمُوَاطِنُ وَالْغَرِيبُ الْمُقِيمُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ.

for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.

لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ قَدِ ارْتَكَبَهَا أَهْلُ الْبِلادِ الَّذِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ، فَتَنَجَّسَتِ الأَرْضُ.

And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

فَلا تُنَجِّسُوا الأَرْضَ بِارْتِكَابِكُمْ إِيَّاهَا، لِئَلّا تَتَقَيَّأَكُمْ كَمَا تَقَيَّأَتِ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي قَبْلَكُمْ.

“‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people.

بَلْ كُلُّ مَنِ اقْتَرَفَ شَيْئاً مِنْ هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ جَمِيعِهَا تُسْتَأْصَلُ تِلْكَ النَّفْسُ الْجَانِيَةُ مِنْ بَيْنِ شَعْبِهَا.

Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.’”

فَاحْفَظُوا شَعَائِرِي لِكَيْ لَا تَرْتَكِبُوا شَيْئاً مِنَ الْمُمَارَسَاتِ الرَّجِسَةِ الَّتِي اقْتُرِفَتْ قَبْلَكُمْ، وَلا تَتَنَجَّسُوا بِها. أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ».