2 Mosebog 21
1 Og disse ere de Love, som du skal forelægge dem.
“Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
2 Naar du køber en hebraisk Tjener, da skal han tjene seks Aar, og i det syvende skal han udgaa fri for intet.
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 Dersom han kom enlig, da skal han udgaa enlig; dersom han var en Hustrus Mand, da skal hans Hustru udgaa med ham.
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 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 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 Men dersom Tjeneren siger saa: Jeg elsker, min Herre, min Hustru og mine Børn, jeg vil ikke gaa ud som fri:
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 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 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 Og naar nogen sælger sin Datter til at være en Tjenestepige, da skal hun ikke udgaa, som Tjenere udgaa.
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 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 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 Men dersom han trolover hende med sin Søn, skal han gøre mod hende efter Døtrenes Ret.
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 Dersom han tager ham en anden, da skal han ikke formindske hendes Livs Ophold, hendes Klædning og Ægteskabspligten mod hende.
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 Men dersom han ikke gør disse tre Ting imod hende, da skal hun udgaa for intet, uden Betaling.
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 Hvo som slaar et Menneske, saa at det dør, han skal visselig dødes.
You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
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 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 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 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 Og hvo som slaar sin Fader eller Moder, skal visselig dødes.
Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
16 Og hvo som stjæler et Menneske og sælger det, eller det bliver fundet i hans Vold, han skal visselig dødes.
Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
17 Og hvo som bander sin Fader eller sin Moder, skal visselig dødes.
Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
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,
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 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.
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 Og naar nogen slaar sin Tjener eller sin Tjenestepige med en Kæp, saa at de dø under hans Haand, da skal det visselig hævnes.
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 Dog dersom de blive ved Live een eller to Dage, da skal det ikke hævnes; thi det er hans Penge.
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 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.
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 Men dersom der sker Ulykke, da skal du give Liv for Liv.
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 Øje for Øje, Tand for Tand, Haand for Haand, Fod for Fod,
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 brændt for brændt, Saar for Saar, blaatslaget for blaatslaget.
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.
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 Og dersom han slaar sin Tjeners Tand eller Tjenestepiges Tand ud, skal han lade dem fare fri for deres Tands Skyld.
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 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.
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 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 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 Men dersom der bliver paalagt ham en Bod, da skal han give Løsepenge for sit Liv efter alt det, som paalægges ham.
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 Enten den stanger en Søn, eller den stanger en Datter, da skal ham ske efter denne Vis.
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 Dersom en Okse stanger en Tjener eller Tjenestepige, da skal der gives deres Husbonde tredive Sekel Sølv, og Oksen skal stenes.
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 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,
Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
34 da skal Brøndens Ejermand betale derfor, han skal give Penge derfor til deres Herre, og det døde Dyr skal han have.
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 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.
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 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.
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].”
