2 Mosebog 21
1 Og disse ere de Love, som du skal forelægge dem.
And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2 Naar du køber en hebraisk Tjener, da skal han tjene seks Aar, og i det syvende skal han udgaa fri for intet.
If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3 Dersom han kom enlig, da skal han udgaa enlig; dersom han var en Hustrus Mand, da skal hans Hustru udgaa med ham.
If he came in alone, he shall go out alone: if he had a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 Dersom hans Herre har givet ham en Hustru, og hun har født ham Sønner eller Døtre, da skal Kvinden og hendes Børn høre hendes Herre til, og han selv skal udgaa enlig.
If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.
5 Men dersom Tjeneren siger saa: Jeg elsker, min Herre, min Hustru og mine Børn, jeg vil ikke gaa ud som fri:
But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;
6 Da skal hans Herre føre ham frem for Gud og holde ham op til Døren eller til Dørstolpen, og hans Herre skal gennemstikke hans Øre med en Syl; saa skal han tjene ham bestandig.
then his master shall bring him before the judges, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall be his bondman for ever.
7 Og naar nogen sælger sin Datter til at være en Tjenestepige, da skal hun ikke udgaa, som Tjenere udgaa.
And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
8 Dersom hun er mishagelig for hendes Herres Øjne, som har trolovet sig med hende, da skal han tillade, at hun løses; han skal ikke have Magt til at sælge hende til et fremmed Folk, efterdi han har handlet troløst mod hende.
If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.
9 Men dersom han trolover hende med sin Søn, skal han gøre mod hende efter Døtrenes Ret.
And if he have appointed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the law of daughters.
10 Dersom han tager ham en anden, da skal han ikke formindske hendes Livs Ophold, hendes Klædning og Ægteskabspligten mod hende.
If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.
11 Men dersom han ikke gør disse tre Ting imod hende, da skal hun udgaa for intet, uden Betaling.
And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12 Hvo som slaar et Menneske, saa at det dør, han skal visselig dødes.
He that striketh a man, so that he die, shall certainly be put to death.
13 Men har han ikke luret efter ham, men Gud har ladet ham falde i hans Haand, da vil jeg bestemme dig et Sted, hvor han skal fly hen.
But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered [him] into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee.
14 Og naar nogen hovmodelig sætter sig op imod sin Næste og slaar ham ihjel med Svig, da skal du tage ham endog fra mit Alter til at dø.
But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15 Og hvo som slaar sin Fader eller Moder, skal visselig dødes.
And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
16 Og hvo som stjæler et Menneske og sælger det, eller det bliver fundet i hans Vold, han skal visselig dødes.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall certainly be put to death.
17 Og hvo som bander sin Fader eller sin Moder, skal visselig dødes.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
18 Og naar Mænd trættes, og den ene slaar den anden med en Sten eller med Næve, og han ikke dør, men maa ligge til Sengs,
And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to [his] bed,
19 og han kommer op igen og gaar om paa Gaden ved sin Stav, da skal den, som slog, være uskyldig; dog skal han betale hans Tidsspilde og lade ham fuldkomment læge.
— if he rise, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that struck [him] be guiltless; only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.
20 Og naar nogen slaar sin Tjener eller sin Tjenestepige med en Kæp, saa at de dø under hans Haand, da skal det visselig hævnes.
And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.
21 Dog dersom de blive ved Live een eller to Dage, da skal det ikke hævnes; thi det er hans Penge.
Only, if he continue [to live] a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.
22 Og naar Mænd trættes tilsammen og slaa en frugtsommelig Kvinde, og hendes Foster fødes, og der ikke sker Ulykke, da skal der gives Bøde, eftersom Kvindens Husbonde paalægger ham, og han skal give efter Dommeres Tykke.
And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.
23 Men dersom der sker Ulykke, da skal du give Liv for Liv.
But if mischief happen, then thou shalt give life for life,
24 Øje for Øje, Tand for Tand, Haand for Haand, Fod for Fod,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 brændt for brændt, Saar for Saar, blaatslaget for blaatslaget.
branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 Og naar nogen slaar sin Tjeners Øje eller sin Tjenestepiges Øje og fordærver det, da skal han lade dem fare fri for deres Øjes Skyld.
And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.
27 Og dersom han slaar sin Tjeners Tand eller Tjenestepiges Tand ud, skal han lade dem fare fri for deres Tands Skyld.
And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.
28 Og om en Okse stanger en Mand eller Kvinde, saa at de dø, da skal Oksen visselig stenes, og dens Kød skal ikke ædes; men Oksens Herre skal være uskyldig.
And if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall certainly be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be guiltless.
29 Men dersom den Okse tilforn var vant at stange, og det var vitterliggjort for dens Ejermand, og han ikke passede paa den, og den dræber Mand eller Kvinde, da skal Oksen stenes, og dens Ejermand skal ogsaa dødes.
But if the ox have gored heretofore, and it have been testified to its owner, and he have not kept it in, and it kill a man or a woman, — the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
30 Men dersom der bliver paalagt ham en Bod, da skal han give Løsepenge for sit Liv efter alt det, som paalægges ham.
If there be imposed on him a satisfaction, then he shall give the ransom of his life, according to what is imposed on him.
31 Enten den stanger en Søn, eller den stanger en Datter, da skal ham ske efter denne Vis.
Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.
32 Dersom en Okse stanger en Tjener eller Tjenestepige, da skal der gives deres Husbonde tredive Sekel Sølv, og Oksen skal stenes.
If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 Og naar nogen aabner en Brønd, eller naar nogen graver en Brønd og dækker den ikke til, og der falder en Okse eller et Asen i den,
— And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
34 da skal Brøndens Ejermand betale derfor, han skal give Penge derfor til deres Herre, og det døde Dyr skal han have.
the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead [ox] shall be his.
35 Og naar en Mands Okse stanger en anden Mands Okse, saa at den dør, da skulle de sælge den levende Okse og halvdele dens Værd, og den døde skulle de og halvdele.
— And if one man's ox gore his neighbour's ox, and it die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money thereof, and divide the dead also.
36 Eller var det vitterligt, at den Okse plejede tilforn at stange, og dens Ejermand ikke vilde passe paa den, da skal han visselig betale Okse for Okse, og den døde skal han have.
Or if it be known that the ox have gored heretofore, and its owner have not kept him in, he shall in any case restore ox for ox; and the dead shall be his.
