Leviticus 利未记20
英语课
20The Lord said to Moses,
2"Say to the Israelites: 'Any Israelite or any alien living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the community are to stone him.
3I will set my face against that man and I will cut him off from his people; for by giving his children to Molech, he has defiled 2 my sanctuary 3 and profaned 4 my holy name.
4If the people of the community close their eyes when that man gives one of his children to Molech and they fail to put him to death,
5I will set my face against that man and his family and will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molech.
6" 'I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute himself by following them, and I will cut him off from his people.
7" 'Consecrate 5 yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.
8Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord , who makes you holy.
9" 'If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head.
10" 'If a man commits adultery with another man's wife-with the wife of his neighbor-both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11" 'If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
12" 'If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is a perversion 6; their blood will be on their own heads.
13" 'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14" 'If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
15" 'If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16" 'If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
17" 'If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off before the eyes of their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.
18" 'If a man lies with a woman during her monthly period and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them must be cut off from their people.
19" 'Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
20" 'If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.
21" 'If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity 7; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
22" 'Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit 8 you out.
23You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred 9 them.
24But I said to you, "You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
25" 'You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile 1 yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground-those which I have set apart as unclean for you.
26You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord , am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
27" 'A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.' "
2"Say to the Israelites: 'Any Israelite or any alien living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the community are to stone him.
3I will set my face against that man and I will cut him off from his people; for by giving his children to Molech, he has defiled 2 my sanctuary 3 and profaned 4 my holy name.
4If the people of the community close their eyes when that man gives one of his children to Molech and they fail to put him to death,
5I will set my face against that man and his family and will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molech.
6" 'I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute himself by following them, and I will cut him off from his people.
7" 'Consecrate 5 yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.
8Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord , who makes you holy.
9" 'If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head.
10" 'If a man commits adultery with another man's wife-with the wife of his neighbor-both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11" 'If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
12" 'If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is a perversion 6; their blood will be on their own heads.
13" 'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14" 'If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
15" 'If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16" 'If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
17" 'If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off before the eyes of their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.
18" 'If a man lies with a woman during her monthly period and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them must be cut off from their people.
19" 'Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
20" 'If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.
21" 'If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity 7; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
22" 'Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit 8 you out.
23You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred 9 them.
24But I said to you, "You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
25" 'You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile 1 yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground-those which I have set apart as unclean for you.
26You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord , am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
27" 'A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.' "
1 defile
v.弄污,弄脏;n.(山间)小道
- Don't defile the land of our ancestors!再不要污染我们先祖们的大地!
- We respect the faith of Islam, even as we fight those whose actions defile that faith.我们尊重伊斯兰教的信仰,并与玷污伊斯兰教的信仰的行为作斗争。
2 defiled
v.玷污( defile的过去式和过去分词 );污染;弄脏;纵列行进
- Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled. 许多家门被撬的人都感到自己的家被玷污了。
- I felt defiled by the filth. 我觉得这些脏话玷污了我。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 sanctuary
n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
- There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
- Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
4 profaned
v.不敬( profane的过去式和过去分词 );亵渎,玷污
- They have profaned the long upheld traditions of the church. 他们亵渎了教会长期沿袭的传统。 来自辞典例句
- Their behaviour profaned the holy place. 他们的行为玷污了这处圣地。 来自辞典例句
5 consecrate
v.使圣化,奉…为神圣;尊崇;奉献
- Consecrate your life to the church.把你的生命奉献给教堂吧。
- The priest promised God he would consecrate his life to helping the poor.牧师对上帝允诺他将献身帮助穷人。
6 perversion
n.曲解;堕落;反常
- In its most general sense,corruption means the perversion or abandonment.就其最一般的意义上说,舞弊就是堕落,就是背离准则。
- Her account was a perversion of the truth.她所讲的歪曲了事实。
7 impurity
n.不洁,不纯,杂质
- The oxygen reacts vigorously with the impurity in the iron.氧气与铁中的杂质发生剧烈的化学反应。
- The more general impurity acid corrosion faster.一般来说杂质越多酸蚀速度越快。