1Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:

2Loquere filiis Israël,Speak to the sons of Israel,et dices ad eos:and you shall say to them:Ego Dominus Deus vester:I am the Lord your God.

3juxta consuetudinem terræ Ægypti, in qua habitastis,You shall not act according to the custom of the land of Egypt,non facietis:in which you have lived;et juxta morem regionis Chanaan, ad quam ego introducturus sum vos,nor shall you behave according to the habit of the region of Canaan,non agetis, nec in legitimis eorum ambulabitis.into which I will lead you; neither shall you walk in their ordinances.

4Facietis judicia mea,You shall accomplish my judgments,et præcepta mea servabitis,and you shall observe my precepts,et ambulabitis in eis.and you shall walk in them.Ego Dominus Deus vester.I am the Lord your God.

5Custodite leges meas atque judicia,Keep my laws and judgments;quæ faciens homo,when a man does these,vivet in eis.he shall live by them.Ego Dominus.I am the Lord.

6Omnis homo ad proximam sanguinis sui non accedet,No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him,ut revelet turpitudinem ejus.so as to uncover her nakedness.Ego Dominus.I am the Lord.

7Turpitudinem patris tuiYou shall not expose the nakedness of your father,et turpitudinem matris tuæ non discooperies:or the nakedness of your mother.mater tua est:She is your mother;non revelabis turpitudinem ejus.you shall not uncover her nakedness.

8Turpitudinem uxoris patris tui non discooperies:You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife;turpitudo enim patris tui est.for it is the nakedness of your father.

9Turpitudinem sororis tuæ ex patre sive ex matre,You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister,quæ domi vel foris genita est,whether from father or from mother,non revelabis.whether she was born at home or abroad.

10Turpitudinem filiæ filii tuiYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter,vel neptis ex filia non revelabis:or your daughter’s daughter;quia turpitudo tua est.for it is your own nakedness.

11Turpitudinem filiæ uxoris patris tui, quam peperit patri tuo,You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter,et est soror tua,whom she bore to your father,non revelabis.and who is your sister.

12Turpitudinem sororis patris tui non discooperies:You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s sister;quia caro est patris tui.for she is the flesh of your father.

13Turpitudinem sororis matris tuæ non revelabis,You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister,eo quod caro sit matris tuæ.because she is the flesh of your mother.

14Turpitudinem patrui tui non revelabis,You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother,nec accedes ad uxorem ejus,nor shall you approach his wife,quæ tibi affinitate conjungitur.who is joined to you by affinity.

15Turpitudinem nurus tuæ non revelabis,You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law,quia uxor filii tui est:for she is your son’s wife;nec discooperies ignominiam ejus.neither shall you expose her dishonor.

16Turpitudinem uxoris fratris tui non revelabis:You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife;quia turpitudo fratris tui est.for it is the nakedness of your brother.

17Turpitudinem uxoris tuæ et filiæ ejus non revelabis.You shall not uncover the nakedness of your wife and her daughter.Filiam filii ejus, et filiam filiæ illius non sumes,You shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter,ut reveles ignominiam ejus:so as to uncover her dishonor;quia caro illius sunt,for they are her flesh,et talis coitus incestus est.and such sexual intercourse is incest.

18Sororem uxoris tuæ in pellicatum illius non accipies,You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress;nec revelabis turpitudinem ejus adhuc illa vivente.nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living.

19Ad mulierem quæ patitur menstrua non accedes,You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation,nec revelabis fœditatem ejus.nor shall you uncover her foulness.

20Cum uxore proximi tui non coibis,You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife,nec seminis commistione maculaberis.nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed.

21De semine tuo non dabis ut consecretur idolo Moloch,You shall not give some of your seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch,nec pollues nomen Dei tui.nor to pollute the name of your God.Ego Dominus.I am the Lord.

22Cum masculo non commiscearis coitu femineo,You shall not commit sexual acts with a male, in place of sexual intercourse with a female,quia abominatio est.for this is an abomination.

23Cum omni pecore non coibis,You shall not commit sexual acts with any animal,nec maculaberis cum eo.nor shall you be defiled by it.Mulier non succumbet jumento,A woman shall not lie down with a beast,nec miscebitur ei,nor commit sexual acts with it;quia scelus est.for this is wickedness.

24Nec polluamini in omnibus his quibus contaminatæ sunt universæ gentes,Do not pollute yourselves with any of these things, by which all of the nations,quas ego ejiciam ante conspectum vestrum,which I will cast out in your sight, have been contaminated

25et quibus polluta est terra:and by which the land has been polluted.cujus ego scelera visitabo,I will visit the wickedness of the land,ut evomat habitatores suos.so that it may vomit out its inhabitants.

26Custodite legitima mea atque judicia,Keep my ordinances and judgments,et non faciatis ex omnibus abominationibus istis,and do not do any of these abominations: the native born,tam indigena quam colonus qui peregrinantur apud vos.as well as the settler, who sojourns among you.

27Omnes enim execrationes istas fecerunt accolæ terræ qui fuerunt ante vos,For all these detestable things were done by the inhabitants of the land who were here before you,et polluerunt eam.and they have polluted it.

28Cavete ergo ne et vos similiter evomat,Therefore, beware, lest in a similar manner,cum paria feceritis,it may vomit you out as well,sicut evomuit gentem, quæ fuit ante vos.if you do these same things, just as it vomited out the people who were before you.

29Omnis anima, quæ fecerit de abominationibus his quippiam, peribit de medio populi sui.Every soul who shall commit any of these abominations shall perish from the midst of his people.

30Custodite mandata mea.Keep my commandments.Nolite facere quæ fecerunt hi qui fuerunt ante vos,Do not be willing to do the things which have been done by those who were before you,et ne polluamini in eis.and do not be polluted by these things.Ego Dominus Deus vester.I am the Lord your God.