Eksodo 21
1 “Uwawuze Aisraeli malamulo awa:
These are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2 “Mukagula kapolo wa Chihebri, azikugwirirani ntchito zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi. Koma mʼchaka cha chisanu ndi chiwiri muzimumasula, ndipo asalipire kanthu.
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3 Ngati anabwera yekha, amasulidwenso yekha. Koma ngati anali ndi mkazi pamene ankabwera, mkaziyo apite nayenso.
With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him.
4 Ngati bwana wake amupatsa mkazi ndipo mkaziyo anabereka ana aamuna kapena aakazi, mkazi ndi anawo adzakhala a bwanayo ndipo mwamuna yekhayo ndiye adzamasulidwe.
But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters: the woman and her children shall be her master’s: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.
5 “Koma ngati kapoloyo alengeza kuti, ‘Ine sindikufuna kumasulidwa chifukwa ndimakonda mbuye wanga, mkazi wanga ndi ana,’
And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:
6 mbuye wakeyo abwere naye kwa Yehova. Abwere naye pa chitseko kapena pa mphuthu zachitseko ndipo abowole khutu lake ndi chitsulo. Ndipo iye adzakhala kapolo wake moyo wake wonse.
His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.
7 “Ngati munthu agulitsa mwana wake wamkazi kukhala mdzakazi, mwanayo asamasulidwe monga achitira ndi akapolo aamuna.
If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out.
8 Koma ngati mkaziyo sakukondweretsa bwana wake amene wamusankha kuti amukwatire, amulole kuti awomboledwe. Bwanayo alibe mphamvu zomugulitsa kwa anthu achilendo, chifukwa iyeyo waphwanya pangano lake lomukwatira iye.
If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.
9 Ngati anamusankha kuti akhale mkazi wa mwana wake, ayenera kumusunga ngati mwana wake wamkazi.
But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10 Ngati akwatira mkazi wina, asamumane woyambayo chakudya ngakhale chovala ndipo apiritirize kugona naye ngati mkazi wake.
And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity.
11 Koma ngati sangathe kumuchitira zonsezi, ndiye amuleke apite popanda kulipira kanthu.
If he do not these three things, she shall go out free without money.
12 “Munthu aliyense amene amenya mnzake namupha, iyenso ayenera kuphedwa.
He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death.
13 Koma ngati sanachite dala, ndipo Mulungu analola kuti zichitike, iyeyo athawire ku malo kumene ndidzakupatsani.
But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.
14 Koma ngati munthu akonza chiwembu ndi kupha mnzake mwadala, ameneyo muchotseni ngakhale ku guwa langa lansembe ndipo aphedwe.
If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die.
15 “Munthu aliyense amene amenya abambo ake kapena mayi ake ayenera kuphedwa.
He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.
16 “Munthu aliyense amene aba munthu mnzake, ndi kukamugulitsa, kapena kumangomusunga, ayenera kuphedwa.
He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.
17 “Aliyense amene atemberera abambo ake kapena amayi ake ayenera kuphedwa.
He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the death.
18 “Ngati anthu awiri akangana ndipo wina amenya mnzake ndi mwala kapena nkhonya koma wosamupha, womenyedwayo akadwala nagona pa bedi,
If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19 kenaka nachira ndi kuyamba kuyenda ndi ndodo kutuluka kunja kwa nyumba yake, ndiye kuti womenya mnzakeyo sadzayimbidwa mlandu. Komabe adzayenera kulipira womenyedwayo chifukwa cha nthawi imene anagona pa bedi ija, ndiponso ayenera kumusala mpaka atachiritsitsa.
If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.
20 “Ngati munthu amenya kapolo wake wamwamuna kapena mdzakazi ndi ndodo, kapolo uja ndikufa chifukwa cha kumenyedwako, munthuyo ayenera kulangidwa.
He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.
21 Koma ngati kapolo uja akhala ndi moyo tsiku lonse kapena masiku awiri, ndiye kuti mbuye uja asalangidwe chifukwa kapolo ndi chuma chake.
But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money.
22 “Ngati anthu akumenyana ndi kupweteka mayi woyembekezera, mayiyo napita padera, koma osavulala, wolakwayo ayenera kulipira chilichonse chimene mwamuna wake wa mkaziyo adzalamula ndipo bwalo lamilandu lavomereza.
If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman’s husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.
23 Koma ngati wavulazidwa kwambiri, ndiye malipiro ake adzakhala motere: moyo kulipa moyo,
But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life.
24 diso kulipira diso, dzino kulipira dzino, mkono kulipa mkono, phazi kulipa phazi.
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Kutentha ndi moto kulipa kutentha ndi moto, bala kulipa bala, mkwingwirima kulipa mkwingwirima.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 “Ngati munthu amenya wantchito wake wa mwamuna kapena mdzakazi wake pa diso ndi kuliwononga, wantchitoyo amasulidwe ngati malipiro a diso lake.
If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out.
27 Ndipo ngati agulula dzino la wantchito wamwamuna kapena mdzakazi, wantchitoyo amasulidwe ngati malipiro a dzino lake.
Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.
28 “Ngati ngʼombe ipha munthu wamwamuna kapena wamkazi ndi nyanga yake, iponyedwe miyala ndipo nyama yake isadyedwe. Ndipo mwini ngʼombeyo asayimbidwe mlandu.
If an ox gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned: and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29 Koma ngati ngʼombeyo inali ndi chizolowezi chogunda anthu ndipo mwini wakeyo anachenjezedwa koma iye sanayimange ndipo yapha mwamuna kapena mkazi, ngʼombeyo iponyedwe miyala ndipo mwini wakeyo aphedwenso.
But if the ox was wont to push with his horn yesterday and the day before, and they warned his master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned, an his owner also shall be put to death.
30 Koma ngati wauzidwa kuti alipire, iye apereke zimene wauzidwazo kuti awombole moyo wake.
And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Lamulo ili ligwirenso ntchito ngati ngʼombeyo yagunda mwana wamwamuna kapena wamkazi.
If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence.
32 Ngati ngʼombeyo yagunda kapolo wamwamuna kapena mdzakazi, mwini ngʼombeyo apereke masekeli makumi atatu a siliva kwa mwini kapoloyo, ndipo ngʼombeyo iponyedwe miyala.
If he assault a bondman or a bond woman, he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 “Munthu akasiya dzenje lapululu kapena akakumba dzenje koma wosaphimbapo, ndipo ngʼombe kapena bulu nʼkugweramo,
If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
34 mwini dzenjelo amulipire mwini chiweto chakufacho koma iye atenge chiwetocho.
The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.
35 “Ngati ngʼombe ya munthu wina ipha ngʼombe ya mnzake, ngʼombe yamoyo ija igulitsidwe ndipo anthu awiriwo agawane pakati ndalama yake. Achite chimodzimodzi ndi ngʼombe yakufa ija.
If one man’s ox gore another man’s ox, and he die: they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide the price, and the carcass of that which died they shall part between them:
36 Koma zikadziwika kuti ngʼombeyo inali ndi khalidwe logunda, ndipo mwini wake samayitsekera mʼkhola, mwini ngʼombeyo alipire ngʼombe ina yamoyo koma atenge yakufayo.”
But if he knew that his ox was wont to push yesterday and the day before, and his master did not keep him in: he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the whole carcass.
