Sunglatnah 21
1 Te phoeiah laitloeknah he amih mikhmuh ah khueh pah.
And these [are] the judgments which you set before them:
2 Hebrew sal te na lai atah kum rhuk thotat saeh lamtah kum rhih hlang dongah tah sayalh la cet yungyi saeh.
When you buy a Hebrew servant, he serves [for] six years, and in the seventh he goes out as a freeman for nothing;
3 Amah bueng hoengpoek la ha pawk atah amah bueng hoengpoek la cet saeh. A yuu a vaaom atah a yuu khaw amah neh cet saeh.
if he comes in by himself, he goes out by himself; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife has gone out with him;
4 A boei loh anih te yuu a paek tih anih ham canu capa a sak atah a yuu neh a ca tah a boei kah ni. Tedae amahte amah bueng hoengpoek la cet saeh.
if his lord gives a wife to him, and she has borne sons or daughters to him—the wife and her children are her lord’s, and he goes out by himself.
5 Tedae sal loh, “Ka boei ka lungnahtih ka yuu neh ka ca he sayalh la ka coe tak mahpawh a ti khaw a ti khaming.
And if the servant really says: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons—I do not go out 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 lord has brought him near to God, and has brought him near to the door, or to the doorpost, and his lord has bored his ear with an awl, and he has served him for all time.
7 Te phoeiah hlang loh a canu te sal la a yoih atah, sal tongpa a caeh bangla cet mahpawh.
And when a man sells his daughter for a handmaid, she does not go out according to the going out of the menservants;
8 A boei mik ah a 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 [it is] evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he has not betrothed her, then he has let her be ransomed; he has no power to sell her to a strange people, in his dealing treacherously with her.
9 Salnute a capa ham a tuentah coeng atah anih te amah canu kah hamsum bangla saii pah saeh.
And if he betroths her to his son, he does to her according to the right of daughters.
10 Amah ham te a tloe a loh atah, salnu kah a maeh, a himbai neh a hutakoete hnop pah boel saeh.
If he takes another [woman] for him, he does not withdraw her food, her covering, and her habitation;
11 He pathum he anih ham a saii pah pawt atah, tangka mueh la cet yungyi pawn saeh.
and if he does not do these three for her, then she has gone out for nothing, without money.
12 Hlang a boh tih a duek atah amah khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
He who strikes a man so that he has died is certainly put to death;
13 Anih loh rhaem ngawn pawt dae Pathen loh anih kut ah a rhul sak oeh atah nang ham hmuen ka khueh vetih te lam te rhaelrham bitni.
as for him who has not laid wait, but God has brought [him] to his hand, I have even set a place for you to where he flees.
14 Tedae hlang loh a hui te ngawn ham taengnah neh a lokhak atah anihte ka hmueihtuk dong lamloh khuen lamtah duek saeh.
And when a man presumes against his neighbor to slay him with subtlety, you take him from My altar to die.
15 A manu a napa aka taam khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
And he who strikes his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
16 Hlang aka huen neh te te a yoih vaengah a kut ah a hmuh pah khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
And he who steals a man, and has sold him, and he has been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
17 A manu a napa aka tap khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly 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 dongah a yalh atah,
And when men contend, and a man has struck his neighbor with a stone, or with the fist, and he does not die, but has fallen on the 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 rises, and has gone up and down outside on his staff, then the striker has been acquitted; he only gives [for] his cessation, and he is thoroughly healed.
20 Hlang loh a salpa neh a salnu te conghol neh a taam tih a kut hmuiah a duek atah a phuloh ham te a phulo kuekluek saeh.
And when a man strikes his manservant or his handmaid with a rod, and he has died under his hand—he is certainly avenged;
21 Tedae hnin hnih hnin at neh a thoh atah anih te amah tangka coeng dongah phulo boel saeh.
only if he remains a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
22 Hlang a hnueih vaengah huta bungvawn te a si tih a cate thoeng mai ni. Tedae yoethae puei pawt cakhaw huta kah a va amah lamloh a hoe te tah sah rhoe sah saeh. Tedae rhokhan tarhing la pae saeh.
And when men strive, and have struck a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no harm [to them], he is certainly fined as the husband of the woman lays on him, and he has given through the judges;
23 Tedae yoethae a puei atah hinglu hamte hingluna paek van ni.
and if there is harm [to them], then you have given life 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, stripe for stripe.
26 Hlang loh a salpa mik a salnu mik te a ngawn pah tih a rhawp sak atah a mik yuengte sayalh la hlah saeh.
And when a man strikes the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his handmaid, and has destroyed it, he sends him away as a freeman for his eye;
27 A salpa no neh a salnu no te a hom sak atah a no yueng anihte sayalh la hlah saeh.
and if he knocks out a tooth of his manservant or a tooth of his handmaid, he sends him away as a freeman for his tooth.
28 Vaito loh tongpa khaw, huta khaw a thoeh tih a duek atah vaitote dae rhoe dae saeh lamtah a saa te ca boel saeh. Tedae vaito kungmah tah ommongsitoe ngawn saeh.
And when an ox gores man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;
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.
and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and it has been testified to its owner, and he does not watch it, and it has put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner is also put to death.
30 Anih taengah tlansum a suk atah te lamloh a hoe boeih te a hinglu kah tlansum pae van saeh.
If atonement is laid on him, then he has given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid on him;
31 Capa a thoeh akhaw canu khaw a thoeh akhaw hekah laitloeknah bangla a taengah saii saeh.
whether it gores a son or gores a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
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 ox gores a manservant or a handmaid, he gives thirty silver shekels to their lord, and the ox is 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,
And when a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey has fallen [in] there—
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 pit repays, he gives back money to its owner, and the dead is 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 when a man’s ox strikes the ox of his neighbor and it has died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and they also halve 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.
or, [if] it has been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and its owner does not watch it, he certainly repays ox for ox, and the dead is his.
