Sunglatnah 21
1 Te phoeiah laitloeknah he amih mikhmuh ah khueh pah.
Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.
2 Hebrew sal te na lai atah kum rhuk thotat saeh lamtah kum rhih hlang dongah tah sayalh la cet yungyi saeh.
If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
3 Amah bueng hoengpoek la ha pawk atah amah bueng hoengpoek la cet saeh. A yuua vaaom atah a yuu khaw amah neh cet saeh.
If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.
4 A boei loh anih te yuua paek tih anih ham canu capaa sak ataha yuu neh a ca tah a boei kah ni. Tedae amahte amah bueng hoengpoek la cet saeh.
If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
5 Tedae sal loh, “Ka boei ka lungnahtih ka yuu neh ka ca he sayalh la ka coe tak mahpawha ti khaw a ti khaming.
But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
6 Te vaengah anihte a boei loh Pathen mikhmuh la khuen saeh lamtah thohkhaih taeng neh rhungsut taengla thoeih saeh. Te vaengah a boei loh a hna te ciphuem neh vueh pah saeh kumhal ham anih taengah thotat saeh.
Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
7 Te phoeiah hlang loh a canu te sal laa yoih atah, sal tongpa a caeh bangla cet mahpawh.
And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
8 A boei mik aha thae atah anihte amah ham tuentah saeh lamtah lat saeh. Salnu taengah a hnukpoh coeng dongah salnute kholong pilnam taengla yoih ham taemrhai boel saeh.
If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.
9 Salnute a capa hama tuentah coeng atah anih te amah canu kah hamsum bangla saii pah saeh.
And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.
10 Amah ham te a tloea loh atah, salnu kah a maeh, a himbai neh a hutakoete hnop pah boel saeh.
And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
11 He pathum he anih hama saii pah pawt atah, tangka mueh la cet yungyi pawn saeh.
And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.
12 Hlanga boh tiha duek atah amah khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
13 Anih loh rhaem ngawn pawt dae Pathen loh anih kut aha rhul sak oeh atah nang ham hmuen ka khueh vetih te lam te rhaelrham bitni.
But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.
14 Tedae hlang loh a hui te ngawn ham taengnah neha lokhak atah anihte ka hmueihtuk dong lamloh khuen lamtah duek saeh.
But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
15 A manu a napa aka taam khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
16 Hlang aka huen neh te te a yoih vaengah a kut aha hmuh pah khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
17 A manu a napa aka tap khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
18 Hlang rhoi te oelh uh rhoi tih hlang pakhat loh a hui te lungto neh, kuthluem neh a thuk dae duek pawt tih thingkong dongaha yalh atah,
If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
19 thoo tih poeng ah a conghol neh a pongpa atah anih aka ngawn te hmil mai saeh. A bipoei phu tah pae saeh lamtah hoeih rhoe hoeih sak saeh.
If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
20 Hlang loh a salpa neh a salnu te conghol neha taam tih a kut hmuiaha duek ataha phuloh ham te a phulo kuekluek saeh.
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
21 Tedae hnin hnih hnin at neh a thoh atah anih te amah tangka coeng dongah phulo boel saeh.
But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
22 Hlanga hnueih vaengah huta bungvawn te a si tih a cate thoeng mai ni. Tedae yoethae puei pawt cakhaw huta kah a va amah lamloha hoe te tah sah rhoe sah saeh. Tedae rhokhan tarhing la pae saeh.
If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
23 Tedae yoethaea puei atah hinglu hamte hingluna paek van ni.
But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
24 Mik yueng mik, no yueng no, kut yueng kut, kho yuengah kho,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Hmai-ung yueng hmai-ung, tloh yueng tloh, boengha yueng boengha van saeh.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
26 Hlang loh a salpa mik a salnu mik tea ngawn pah tiha rhawp sak atah a mik yuengte sayalh la hlah saeh.
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
27 A salpa no neh a salnu no te a hom sak atah a no yueng anihte sayalh la hlah saeh.
Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.
28 Vaito loh tongpa khaw, huta khaw a thoeh tiha duek atah vaitote dae rhoe dae saeh lamtah a saa te ca boel saeh. Tedae vaito kungmah tah ommongsitoe ngawn saeh.
If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.
29 Tedae vaito te hlaem hlavai ah khaw a toh noek dongah a kungmah te a rhalrhing sak lalah ngaithuen pawt tih tongpa khaw huta khaw a duek sak atah vaito te dae saeh lamtah a kungmah khaw duek saeh.
But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.
30 Anih taengah tlansuma suk atah te lamloha hoe boeih te a hinglu kah tlansum pae van saeh.
If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
31 Capa a thoeh akhaw canu khaw a thoeh akhaw hekah laitloeknah bangla a taengah saii saeh.
If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.
32 Vaito loh salpa khaw, sal huta khaw a thoeh atah a boei te tangka shekel sawmthum pae saeh lamtah vaito te dae saeh.
If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.
33 Hlang loh tangrhom khaw a ong tih hlang loh rhom khaw a vueh vaengah te te muek pawt tih vaito khaw laak khaw a cungku atah,
If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
34 Tangrhom kungmah loh thuung saeh lamtah a boei te tangka la mael saeh. Tedae aka duek te anih hut la om saeh.
The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
35 Hlang pakhat kah vaito loh a hui kah vaito te a si tih a duek atah vaito hing te yoi rhoi saeh lamtah a tangka te tael uh rhoi saeh. Te phoeiah aka duek te khaw tael uh rhoi saeh.
And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
36 Tedae hlaem hlavai ah khaw vaito kah a toh noek te a ming lalah a kungmah loh te te a khoem pawt atah vaito yueng te vaito neh thuung rhoe thuung saeh lamtah aka duek te anih hut la om saeh.
But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.
