20
死刑に当たる罪
1-2主はイスラエルの民のために、さらに次のような指示をモーセに与えました。「イスラエル人でも在留外国人でも、わが子を異教の神モレクのいけにえとする者は、必ず同胞の手で石打ちの刑に処せられる。 3わたしもその者から顔をそむけ、イスラエルから断つ。わが子をモレクにささげることによって、わたしの名を汚し、わたしの聖所を汚したからだ。 4たとえ全国民がそのことに目をつぶり、処刑を拒んでも、 5わたしは決して赦さない。本人ばかりか家族からも顔をそむけ、モレクを求めて不道徳なことを行うすべての者を、イスラエルから断つ。
6わたしの代わりに霊媒や口寄せなどに頼る者からもわたしは顔をそむけ、イスラエルから断つ。 7だから、自分をきよめて聖なる者になりなさい。わたしはあなたがたの神、主だからだ。 8わたしのおきてを忠実に守りなさい。わたしはあなたがたを聖なる者とする主である。
9自分の両親をのろう者は必ず死刑に処せられる。それが当然の報いである。
10人妻と姦淫を犯せば、男も女も共に死刑に処せられる。 11父の妻（継母）と性的に関係する者は父を辱めたので、当然の報いとして男も女も死刑に処せられる。 12義理の娘と関係すれば二人とも死刑に処せられる。互いの責任で道ならぬことをし、この結果を招いたのである。 13同性愛にふける者は、二人とも死刑に処せられる。それは彼らの責任である。 14娘と母親の両方と関係することは、重い罪である。三人とも火あぶりにし、悪をぬぐい去りなさい。
15動物と性行為を行う者は死刑にし、動物も殺してしまいなさい。 16女の場合も同じだ。女も動物も殺しなさい。当然の報いである。
17たとえどちらかの親が違っても自分の姉妹と関係することは、恥ずべき行為である。二人とも公にイスラエルから追放される。それだけの罪を犯したからである。 18生理中の女と関係すれば、二人とも追放される。女の身の汚れを人前にさらしたからだ。
19父方でも母方でも、おばと関係してはならない。近親者だからだ。この戒めを破った者は必ず罰を受ける。 20おばと関係する者は、おじのものを奪うのである。二人は当然の罰を受け、子を残さずに死ぬ。 21兄弟の妻と結婚するのは恥ずべきことである。兄弟のものを奪うからだ。彼らには子は生まれない。
22わたしのすべてのおきてと定めに従わなければならない。きちんと守りさえすれば、新しく住む国から放り出されることはないだろう。 23これからあなたがたの前から追い出す国々の習慣に従ってはならない。彼らは、わたしがしてはならないと警告したことを平気な顔でやっている。わたしはそんな者たちを激しく嫌う。 24約束どおりあなたがたにあの国々を与えよう。そこは乳とみつの流れる地だ。あなたがたは、ほかのどんな国民とも違う。わたしが特別に選び、わたしがあなたがたの神、主となったからだ。
25鳥でも動物でもわたしの命令どおり、食べられるものと、そうでないものをはっきり区別しなさい。どれほどたくさんいても、禁じたものは食べてはならない。食べ物のことで身を汚し、わたしに嫌われないようにしなさい。 26主であるわたしが聖なる者だから、あなたがたも聖なる者となりなさい。あなたがたはほかの国民とは違う。わたしが選び出してわたしの国民としたからだ。
27霊媒や口寄せを行う者は、男であっても女であっても石で打ち殺される。それが当然の報いである。」
Israel Will Be Punished for Their Sins
1The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 2“Say to the Israelites, ‘Suppose a person sacrifices one of his children to the god Molek. It does not matter whether that person is an Israelite or an outsider who lives in Israel. He must be put to death. The members of the community must kill him by throwing stones at him. 3I will turn against that man. I will separate him from his people. That’s because he has sacrificed his child to Molek. He has made my sacred tent “unclean.” He has treated my name as if it were not holy. 4Suppose the members of the community act like they don’t know that the man has sacrificed his child to Molek. And suppose they don’t put him to death. 5Then I will turn against that man and his family. I will separate them from their people. I will also separate all those who follow him by joining themselves to Molek. They are not faithful to me.
6“ ‘Suppose someone looks for advice from people who get messages from those who have died. Or they go to people who talk to the spirits of the dead. And they do what those people say. Then they have not been faithful to me. So I will turn against them. I will separate them from their people.
7“ ‘Set yourselves apart for me. Be holy, because I am the Lord your God. 8Obey my rules. Follow them. I am the Lord. I make you holy.
9“ ‘Anyone who asks for bad things to happen to their father or mother must be put to death. They have cursed their father or mother. So anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
10“ ‘Suppose a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife. Then the man and the woman must be put to death.
11“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with his father’s wife. Then he has brought shame on his father. The man and the woman must be put to death. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
12“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with his daughter-in-law. Then they must be put to death. They have used sex in the wrong way. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
13“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with another man as he would have sex with a woman. I hate what they have done. They must be put to death. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
14“ ‘Suppose a man gets married to both a woman and her mother. That is evil. All of them must be burned to death. Then there will not be any evil among you.
15“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with an animal. Then he must be put to death. You must also kill the animal.
16“ ‘Suppose a woman has sex with an animal. Then kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
17“ ‘Suppose a man gets married to his sister and has sex with her. That is a shameful thing to do. It does not matter whether she is the daughter of his father or of his mother. They must be separated from their community in front of everyone. That man has brought shame on his sister. He will be responsible for what he has done.
18“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with a woman during her monthly period. He has uncovered the place where her bleeding was coming from. And she has let him do it. So both of them must be separated from their people.
19“ ‘Do not have sex with the sister of either your mother or your father. That would bring shame on a close relative. Both of you would be held responsible for what you have done.
20“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with his aunt. Then he has brought shame on his uncle. Both of them will be held accountable for what they have done. They will die without having any children.
21“ ‘Suppose a man gets married to his brother’s wife. That is something that should never be done. He has brought shame on his brother. Neither of them will have any children.
22“ ‘Obey all my rules and laws. Follow them. Then the land where I am bringing you to live will not throw you out. 23To make room for you, I am going to drive out the nations that are in the land. You must not follow the practices of those nations. I hated those nations because they did all those things. 24But I said to you, “You will take over their land as your own. I will give it to you. It will belong to you. It is a land that has plenty of milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God. I have set you apart from the other nations.
25“ ‘So you must be able to tell the difference between animals that are “clean” and those that are not. You must know which birds are “clean” and which are not. Do not make yourselves “unclean” by eating any “unclean” animal or bird. Do not make yourselves “unclean” by eating anything that moves along the ground. I have set all of them apart as “unclean” for you. 26You must be holy. You must be set apart to me. I am the Lord. I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations to be my own people.
27“ ‘Suppose a man or woman gets messages from those who have died. Or suppose a man or woman talks to the spirits of the dead. Then you must put that man or woman to death. You must kill them by throwing stones at them. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.’ ”
