Sunglatnah 21
1 Te phoeiah laitloeknah he amih mikhmuh ah khueh pah.
“Now these are the decrees that you must set before them:
2 Hebrew sal te na lai atah kum rhuk thotat saeh lamtah kum rhih dongah tah sayalh la cet yungyi saeh.
'If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh year he will go free without paying anything.
3 Amah bueng hoengpoek la ha pawk atah amah bueng hoengpoek la cet saeh. A yuu a va a om atah a yuu khaw amah neh cet saeh.
If he came by himself, he must go free by himself; if he is married, then his wife must go free 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 amah te amah bueng hoengpoek la cet saeh.
If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master, and he must go free by himself.
5 Tedae sal loh, Ka boei ka lungnah tih ka yuu neh ka ca he sayalh la ka coe tak mahpawh, a ti khaw a ti khaming.
But if the servant plainly says, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,”
6 Te vaengah anih te 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 bring him to God. The master must bring him to a door or doorpost, and his master must bore his ear through with an awl. Then the servant will serve him for life.
7 Te phoeiah hlang loh a canu te sal la a yoih atah, sal tongpa a caeh bangla cet mahpawh.
If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she must not go free as the male servants do.
8 A boei mik ah a thae atah anih te amah ham tuentah saeh lamtah lat saeh. Salnu taengah a hnukpoh coeng dongah salnu te kholong pilnam taengla yoih ham taemrhai boel saeh.
If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be bought back. He has no right to sell her to a foreign people. He has no such right, since he has treated her deceitfully.
9 Salnu te a capa ham a tuentah coeng atah anih te amah canu kah hamsum bangla saii pah saeh.
If her master designates her as a wife for his son, he must treat her the same as if she were his daughter.
10 Amah ham te a tloe a loh atah, salnu kah a maeh, a himbai neh a hutakoe te hnop pah boel saeh.
If he takes another wife for himself, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or her marital rights.
11 He pathum he anih ham a saii pah pawt atah, tangka mueh la cet yungyi pawn saeh.
But if he does not provide these three things for her, then she can go free without paying any money.
12 Hlang a boh tih a duek atah amah khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Whoever strikes a man so that he dies, that person must surely be 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.
If the man did not do it with premeditation, but instead by accident, then I will fix a place to where he can flee.
14 Tedae hlang loh a hui te ngawn ham taengnah neh a lokhak atah anih te ka hmueihtuk dong lamloh khuen lamtah duek saeh.
If a man willfully attacks his neighbor and kills him according to a cunning plan, then you must take him, even if he is at God's altar, so that he may die.
15 A manu a napa aka taam khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Whoever hits his father or mother must surely be put to death.
16 Hlang aka huen neh te te a yoih vaengah a kut ah a hmuh pah khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Whoever kidnaps a person—whether the kidnapper sells him, or that person is found in his hand—that kidnapper must be put to death.
17 A manu a napa aka tap khaw duek rhoe duek saeh.
Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely 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 dongah a yalh atah,
If men fight and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist, and that person does not die, but is confined to his 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.
then if he recovers and is able to walk about using his staff, the man who struck him must pay for the loss of his time; he must also pay for his complete recovery. But that man is not guilty of murder.
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.
If a man hits his male servant or his female servant with a staff, and if the servant dies as a result of the blow, then that man must surely be punished.
21 Tedae hnin hnih hnin at neh a thoh atah anih te amah tangka coeng dongah phulo boel saeh.
However, if the servant lives for a day or two, the master must not be punished, for he will have suffered the loss of the servant.
22 Hlang a hnueih vaengah huta bungvawn te a si tih a ca te 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.
If men fight together and hurt a pregnant woman so that she miscarries, but there is no other injury to her, then the guilty man must surely be fined as the woman's husband demands it from him, and he must pay as the judges determine.
23 Tedae yoethae a puei atah hinglu ham te hinglu na paek van ni.
But if there is serious injury, then you must give a life for a life,
24 Mik yueng mik, no yueng no, kut yueng kut, kho yueng ah kho,
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
25 Hmai-ung yueng hmai-ung, tloh yueng tloh, boengha yueng boengha van saeh.
a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, or a bruise for a bruise.
26 Hlang loh a salpa mik neh a salnu mik te a ngawn pah tih a rhawp sak atah a mik yueng te sayalh la hlah saeh.
If a man hits the eye of his male servant or of his female servant and destroys it, then he must let the servant go free in compensation for his eye.
27 A salpa no neh a salnu no te a hom sak atah a no yueng anih te sayalh la hlah saeh.
If he knocks out a tooth of his male servant or female servant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
28 Vaito loh tongpa khaw, huta khaw a thoeh tih a duek atah vaito te dae rhoe dae saeh lamtah a saa te ca boel saeh. Tedae vaito kungmah tah ommongsitoe ngawn saeh.
If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its flesh must not be eaten; but the ox's owner must be acquitted of guilt.
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 had a habit of goring in the past, and its owner was warned but did not keep it in, and the ox has killed a man or a woman, that ox must be stoned, and its owner also must be put to death.
30 Anih taengah tlansum a suk atah te lamloh a hoe boeih te a hinglu kah tlansum la pae van saeh.
If a payment is required for his life, he must pay whatever he is required to pay.
31 Capa a thoeh akhaw, canu a thoeh akhaw hekah laitloeknah bangla a taengah saii saeh.
If the ox has gored a man's son or daughter, the ox's owner must do what this decree requires him to do.
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 male servant or a female servant, the ox's owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must 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 opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
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 must repay the loss. He must give money to the dead animal's owner, and the dead animal will become 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.
If one man's ox hurts another man's ox so that it dies, then they must sell the live ox and divide its price, and they must also divide the dead ox.
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 was known that the ox had a habit of goring in time past, and its owner has not kept it in, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his own.
