Exodus 21
1 Now these are the ordinances which thou shall set before them.
“Mmara a ɛsɛ sɛ woka kyerɛ wɔn no ni:
2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve, and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
“Sɛ wotɔ akoa a ɔyɛ Hebrini a, ma no nsom wo mfe asia, na afe a ɛto so ason no, ɔmfa ne ho nni a ontua hwee.
3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Sɛ ɔbɛyɛɛ wʼakoa no na ɔyɛ osigyani na sɛ akyiri no ɔware a, ɔno nko ara na sɛ mfe ason no du a ɔbɛkɔ. Na sɛ nso na waware ansa na ɔrebɛyɛ akoa de a, ɔne ne yere no na wɔbɛkɔ.
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her sons shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
Sɛ nso ne wura no na ɔmaa no ɔbea waree wɔ ne nkoasom no mu, na sɛ wɔwo mmabarima ne mmabea a, ɔyere ne mma no bɛyɛ owura no de, na okunu no akɔ ne baabi.
5 But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my sons, I will not go out free,
“Na sɛ ɔbarima no pae mu ka se, ‘Mepɛ me wura ne me yere ne me mma asɛm nti merenkɔ’ a,
6 then his master shall bring him to God, 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 serve him forever.
ne wura no de no bɛba atemmufo anim na wɔde fitii afiti nʼasom bagua mu na watena ne wura no nkyɛn sɛ akoa afebɔɔ.
7 And if a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
“Sɛ ɔbarima bi tɔn ne babea sɛ afenaa a, mfe asia no du a, wɔrennyaa no sɛnea wogyaa mmarima nkoa no.
8 If she does not please her master, who has espoused her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no power to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
Sɛ ne som no nsɔ onipa a ɔtɔɔ no no ani a, onipa ko a ɔtɔn no no wɔ ho kwan sɛ ɔsan tɔ no bio. Nanso afenaa no wura no nni ho kwan sɛ ɔtɔn no ma ɔnanani biara, efisɛ sɛ ɔyɛ saa a, na wabu ɔtɔn no ho nhyehyɛe so.
9 And if he espouses her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the manner of daughters.
Na sɛ afenaa wura no de afenaa no ma ne babarima aware a, afenaa no bɛyɛ owura no babea.
10 If he takes him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, he shall not diminish.
Sɛ ɔno ara ankasa ware no na ɔsan ware foforo a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔtew nʼaduan ne ntama a ɔde ma no no so; na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔkame no nna sɛ ɔyere.
11 And if he does not do these three things to her, then she shall go out for nothing, without money.
Na sɛ wantumi anni saa ahyɛde abiɛsa yi so a, afenaa a ɔyɛ ɔyere no tumi kɔ kwa a ontua sika biara.”
12 He who smites a man, so that he dies, shall surely be put to death.
“Obiara a ɔbɛbɔ obi akum no no, wobekum no bi.
13 And if a man does not lie in wait, but God delivers him into his hand, then I will appoint for thee a place where he shall flee.
Sɛ ɛyɛ asiane a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nhyehyɛe a wanhyɛ da a, mɛkyerɛ onii no baabi a onguan nkohintaw.
14 And if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to kill him with guile, thou shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
Sɛ obi hyɛ da taataa ɔfoforo so pɛ sɛ okum no a, onii no gyina afɔremuka anim koraa a, montwe no nkokum no.
15 And he who smites his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
“Nea ɔbɔ nʼagya anaa ne na no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no.
16 And he who steals a man, and sells him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
“Obi a owia onipa no, sɛ wɔkyere no sɛ saa onipa no wɔ ne nsam anaasɛ watɔn no a, wonkum no.
17 And he who curses his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
“Nea ɔdome nʼagya anaa ne na no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no.
18 And if men contend, and one smites the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed,
“Sɛ mmarima baanu reko na wɔn mu baako de ɔbo anaa kuturuku bɔ ɔbaako no pira no, na wanwu, nanso ɛka no to mpa so,
19 if he rises again, and walks abroad upon his staff, then he who smote him shall be acquitted. Only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
na akyiri no, otumi sɔre nantew na mpo sɛ ɔtɔ ne nan so a, ɔbarima a ɔbɔɔ ne yɔnko no di bem, nanso ɔbaako no bere a wasɛe no no, obetua ho sika ama no, asan atua nʼayaresa ka nyinaa kosi sɛ ne ho bɛtɔ no.
20 And if a man smites his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
“Sɛ obi hwe nʼakoa anaa nʼafenaa ma no wu a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwe nʼaso.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his money.
Nanso sɛ nna bi akyi no akoa no anwu a, ɛno de, owura no renkɔ asotwe biara mu, efisɛ akoa no yɛ nʼagyapade.
22 And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.
“Sɛ mmarima baanu reko na ɔko no mu wopira ɔpemfo ma ɔpɔn, nanso wanwu a, wɔbɛbɔ ɔbarima a opiraa no no ka biara a ɔpemfo no kunu de bɛto atemmufo anim ama wɔapene so no.
23 But if any harm follows, then thou shall give life for life,
Na sɛ opira no ma ɔbea no wu a, wonkum saa ɔbarima no.
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Sɛ ɔpemfo no pira nʼani a, pira ɔbarima no nso ani; sɛ ne se tu a, tu ne de bi. Nsa nsi nsa anan, nan nsi nan anan,
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
ɔhyew nsi ɔhyew anan, apirakuru nsi apirakuru anan na atape nsi atape anan.
26 And if a man smites the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
“Sɛ owura bi bɔ nʼakoa anaa nʼafenaa ani so ma nʼani bɔ a, esiane nʼani no nti, ɛsɛ sɛ akoa anaa afenaa no de ne ho hyɛ anan.
27 And if he knocks out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Sɛ owura tu nʼakoa se a, ne se no nti, ɔmma ɔnne ne ho mfa nhyɛ anan.
28 And if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.
“Sɛ nantwi si ɔbea anaa ɔbarima ma no wu a, wonsiw nantwi no abo. Wɔnnwe ne nam no. Ne wura no nso, obiara mmfa ne nsa nka no,
29 But if the ox was accustomed to gore in time past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
gye sɛ wɔate sɛ mmere bi a atwa mu no, nantwi no sisii nnipa ma wɔbɔɔ ne wura no amanneɛ a wanka ho hwee; sɛ ɛba saa na sɛ okum obi a, wonsiw nantwi no abo na ne wura no nso, wonkum no.
30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.
Sɛ nso owufo no abusuafo pɛ a, wɔbɛbɔ nantwi wura no ka. Atemmufo na wɔbɛkyerɛ nea ontua.
31 Whether it has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
Mmara koro no ara kyere nantwi a obesi abarimaa anaa ɔbea.
32 If the ox gores a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Na sɛ nantwi no si akoa anaa afenaa a, wɔbɛma akoa anaa afenaa no wura dwetɛ gram ahaasa ne aduanan abien, na wɔasiw nantwi no abo.
33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,
“Sɛ ɔbarima bi tu abura, na wankata so, na nantwi anaa afurum kɔtɔ mu a,
34 the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the owner of it, and the dead beast shall be his.
ka biara a aboa no wura bɛbɔ abura no wura no, ɛsɛ sɛ abura wura no tua na ɔfa aboa a wawu no.
35 And if one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it, and the dead they shall also divide.
“Sɛ ɔbarima bi nantwi pira nantwi foforo na sɛ owu a, mmoa wuranom baanu no bɛtɔn aboa a onwui no na wɔakyɛ sika no mu. Wɔn mu biara nso bɛfa aboa a wawu no fa.
36 Or if it be known that the ox was accustomed to gore in time past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.
Na sɛ aboa no taa sisi na ne wura no abu nʼani agu so de a, ɛno de, sikakyɛ biara remma; na mmom, ɔbarima a ne nantwi wɔ hɔ no betua nantwi a wawu no ho ka nyinaa na wafa no.
