Levítico 20

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, ‘Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his offspring*20:2 or, seed to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone that person with stones. 3 I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put him to death, 5 then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.

6 "‘The person that turns to those who are mediums and wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

7 "‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God. 8 You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

9 "‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.

10 "‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

11 "‘The man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon themselves.

12 "‘If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have committed a perversion. Their blood shall be upon themselves.

13 "‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon themselves.

14 "‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you.

15 "‘If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal.

16 "‘If a woman approaches any animal and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

17 "‘If a man takes his sister—his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter—and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a shameful thing. They shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness. He shall bear his iniquity.

18 "‘If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness, he has made her fountain naked, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

19 "‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, nor of your father’s sister, for he has made his close relative naked. They shall bear their iniquity. 20 If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin. They shall die childless.

21 "‘If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.

22 "‘You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out. 23 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

25 "‘You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean. You shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you. 26 You shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

27 "‘A man or a woman that is a medium or is a wizard shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones. Their blood shall be upon themselves.’"

He Whiunga mō te Whakanoa o te Tapu

1 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, i mea: 2 "Me kōrero anō koe ki ngā tama a Īharaira: Ahakoa nō ngā tama a Īharaira, nō te manene rānei e noho ana i a Īharaira, te tangata i hoatu e ia tōna uri ki a Moreke, inā, me whakamate ia; me āki e ngā tāngata whenua ki te kōhatu. 3 Ka ū atu anō hoki tōku mata ki taua tangata, ā, ka hātepea atu e ahau i roto i tōna iwi; mōna i hoatu i tōna uri ki a Moreke, whakapoke ai i tōku wāhi tapu, whakanoa ai hoki i tōku ingoa tapu. 4 Ā, ki te hunā e ngā tāngata whenua ō rātou kanohi, kei kite i taua tangata, ina hoatu e ia tōna uri ki a Moreke, ā, e kore e whakamate i a ia; 5 ko reira ū atu ai tōku mata ki taua tangata, ki ōna whanaunga hoki, ā, ka hātepea atu e ahau i roto i tō rātou iwi, a ia, me ngā tāngata katoa e whai ana i a ia, pūremu atu ai, pūremu ai ki a Moreke.

6 "Ki te tahuri anō tētahi wairua ki ngā waka atua, ki ngā mata māori, whai atu ai, pūremu atu ai ki a rātou, ka ū atu anō tōku mata ki taua wairua, ā, ka hātepea atu i roto i tōna iwi.

7 "Engari whakatapua koutou, kia tapu anō hoki; ko Ihowā hoki ahau, ko tō koutou Atua. 8 Ā, kia mau ki āku tikanga, me mahi anō hoki; ko Ihowā ahau e whakatapu nei i a koutou.

9 "Ki te kangā hoki e tētahi tōna pāpā, tōna whaea rānei, me whakamate rawa; kua kanga e ia tōna pāpā, whaea rānei; ko runga anō i a ia ōna toto.

10 "Ā, ki te pūremu tētahi ki te wahine a te tangata, me whakamate rawa te kaipūremu ki te wahine a tōna hoa, te kaipūremu rāua ko te wahine i pūremutia.

11 "Me te tangata hoki i takoto ki te wahine a tōna pāpā, kua hurahia e ia tōna pāpā kia takoto tahanga; me whakamate rāua tokorua, ko runga i a rāua ō rāua toto.

12 "Ki te takoto hoki te tangata ki tāna hunaonga wahine, me whakamate rawa rāua tokorua; he mahi anuanu tā rāua; ko runga i a rāua ō rāua toto.

13 "Ki te takoto hoki he tāngata ki a rāua whakatāne ki te pērā me te takoto ki te wahine, he mahi whakarihariha tā rāua, me whakamate rawa rāua; ko runga i a rāua ō rāua toto.

14 "Ki te tango hoki te tangata i te wahine rāua ko tōna whaea, he mea kino tēnā. Me tahu rātou ki te ahi, te tāne me ngā wāhine; kei whai kino koutou i roto i a koutou.

15 "Ki te takoto hoki te tangata ki te kararehe, me whakamate rawa ia; me whakamate anō hoki te kararehe.

16 "Ki te whakatata hoki te wahine ki tētahi kararehe, ā, ka takoto ki a ia, me whakamate e koe te wahine rāua ko te kararehe; me whakamate rawa rāua, ko runga i a rāua ō rāua toto.

17 "Ki te tango hoki te tangata i tōna tuahine, i te tamāhine a tōna pāpā, i te tamāhine rānei a tōna whaea, ā, ka kite i a ia e takoto tahanga ana, ā, ka kite anō te wahine i a ia e takoto tahanga ana. He mea kino tēnā; ā, ka hātepea atu rāua i te tirohanga a ngā tamariki o tō rāua iwi. Nāna hoki i hura tōna tuahine kia takoto tahanga; ka waha e ia tōna kino.

18 "Ki te takoto hoki te tangata ki te wahine i a ia e paheke ana, ā, ka hura i a ia kia takoto tahanga; kua takoto kau i a ia tōna puna, kua whakaaturia anō e te wahine te puna o ōna toto; ā, ka hātepea atu rāua i roto i tō rāua iwi.

19 "Kaua anō e hurahia kia takoto tahanga te teina, tuakana rānei, o tōu whaea, te tuahine rānei o tōu pāpā. E hurahia ana hoki e ia tōna whanaunga tupu; ka waha e rāua tō rāua kino.

20 "Ki te takoto hoki he tangata ki te wahine a tōna matua kēkē, kua hurahia e ia kia takoto tahanga tōna matua kēkē. Ka waha e rāua tō rāua hara; ka mate urikore rāua.

21 "Ki te tango hoki te tangata i te wahine a tōna tuakana, teina rānei, he mea poke tēnā. Kua hurahia e ia tōna tuakana, teina rānei, kia takoto tahanga; e kore rāua e whai tamariki.

22 "Engari kia mau ki āku tikanga katoa me āku whakaritenga katoa, me mahi anō hoki; kei whakaruakina koutou e te whenua ka kawea nei koutou e ahau ki reira noho ai. 23 Kaua anō e haere i runga i ngā ritenga o te iwi ka peia nei e ahau i tō koutou aroaro; nā rātou hoki ēnei mahi katoa, koia i whakarihariha ai ahau ki a rātou, 24 i mea ai hoki ki a koutou: Ka riro tō rātou whenua i a koutou, ka hoatu hoki e ahau ki a koutou hei kāinga pūmau, he whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi. Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Atua, i wehe mai nei i a koutou i roto i ngā iwi.

25 "Mō reira me wehe kē e koutou ngā kararehe pokekore me ngā mea poke, ngā manu hoki, ngā mea poke me ngā mea pokekore kei ai hei take whakarihariha mō ō koutou wairua tētahi kararehe, manu rānei, tētahi mea rānei e ngahue ana i te whenua, o ngā mea i wehea atu e ahau i a koutou hei mea poke. 26 Ā, ka tapu koutou ki ahau; nō te mea he tapu ahau, a Ihowā, ā, kua wehea mai koutou e ahau i roto i ngā iwi, kia waiho māku.

27 "Me whakamate rawa anō hoki te tangata, te wahine rānei, he atua māori tōna; me te mata māori hoki. Me āki rāua ki te kōhatu; ko runga i a rāua ō rāua toto."