Sunglatnah 21
1 Te phoeiah laitloeknah he amih mikhmuh ah khueh pah.
“Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
2 Hebrew sal te na lai atah kum rhuk thotat saeh lamtah kum rhih hlang dongah tah sayalh la cet yungyi saeh.
When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for [only] six years. In the seventh year you must free him [from being your slave], and he is not required to pay you anything [for setting him free].
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 was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries [someone while he is your slave], his wife is not to be set free [with him]. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife.
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 a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters [while her husband is a slave], only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.
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 when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set 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 must take him to [the place where they worship] God (OR, to [the owner’s] house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an (awl/pointed metal rod) to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then [he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that] (he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives).
7 Te phoeiah hlang loh a canu te sal laa yoih atah, sal tongpa a caeh bangla cet mahpawh.
If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
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 the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if [later] he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement [he made with the girl’s father].
9 Salnute a capa hama tuentah coeng atah anih te amah canu kah hamsum bangla saii pah saeh.
If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter.
10 Amah ham te a tloea loh atah, salnu kah a maeh, a himbai neh a hutakoete hnop pah boel saeh.
If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
11 He pathum he anih hama saii pah pawt atah, tangka mueh la cet yungyi pawn saeh.
If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her [from being a slave], and she is not required to pay anything [for being set free].
12 Hlanga boh tiha duek atah amah khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
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 the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, [and he will be safe there].
14 Tedae hlang loh a hui te ngawn ham taengnah neha lokhak atah anihte ka hmueihtuk dong lamloh khuen lamtah duek saeh.
But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, [a place that God designated as a place to be safe], you must execute him.
15 A manu a napa aka taam khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
16 Hlang aka huen neh te te a yoih vaengah a kut aha hmuh pah khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
17 A manu a napa aka tap khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
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,
Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed [for a while],
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.
and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn [while he was recovering], and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person 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 someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies (immediately/as a result) [IDM], the one who struck him must be punished.
21 Tedae hnin hnih hnin at neh a thoh atah anih te amah tangka coeng dongah phulo boel saeh.
But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck [and then dies], you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment.
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.
Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that (she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies). If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine.
23 Tedae yoethaea puei atah hinglu hamte hingluna paek van ni.
But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way [that he caused her to suffer]. If she dies, he must be executed.
24 Mik yueng mik, no yueng no, kut yueng kut, kho yuengah kho,
If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.
25 Hmai-ung yueng hmai-ung, tloh yueng tloh, boengha yueng boengha van saeh.
26 Hlang loh a salpa mik a salnu mik tea ngawn pah tiha rhawp sak atah a mik yuengte sayalh la hlah saeh.
If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s eye.
27 A salpa no neh a salnu no te a hom sak atah a no yueng anihte sayalh la hlah saeh.
If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s 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 a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.
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 suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.
30 Anih taengah tlansuma suk atah te lamloha hoe boeih te a hinglu kah tlansum pae van saeh.
However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine (to save his own life/in order not to be executed), he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.
31 Capa a thoeh akhaw canu khaw a thoeh akhaw hekah laitloeknah bangla a taengah saii saeh.
If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same 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 a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must [kill the bull by] throwing stones at it.
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,
Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
34 Tangrhom kungmah loh thuung saeh lamtah a boei te tangka la mael saeh. Tedae aka duek te anih hut la om saeh.
Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and [do whatever he wants to with it].
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.
If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide [between them] the money [that they receive] for it. They must also divide [between them the meat of] the animal that died.
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.
However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died [and do with it whatever he wants to do].”
