Exodus 21
1 “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
Estas son las leyes que les has de dar:
2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
Cuando comprares un esclavo hebreo, te servirá seis años, más al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar nada.
3 If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
Si entró solo, solo saldrá; si tenía mujer, saldrá con él su mujer.
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
Si su amo le dio mujer, y ella le dio (a su marido) hijos o hijas, la mujer y sus hijos serán de su amo, y él saldrá solo.
5 But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
Mas si el esclavo dijere: “Amo a mi señor, y a mi mujer y a mis hijos, no quiero salir libre”,
6 then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
su amo lo llevará ante Dios, y arrimándolo a la puerta o al poste de ella, su amo le horadará la oreja con una lezna; y así quedará esclavo suyo para siempre.
7 And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
Cuando un hombre vendiere a su hija por esclava, ella no saldrá como salen los esclavos.
8 If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
Si no agrada a su señor que la había destinado para sí, permita él su rescate; mas no podrá venderla a gente extraña, por haberla engañado.
9 And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
Si la destina para su hijo, la ha de tratar según el derecho de las hijas.
10 If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
Si toma para sí otra mujer, no le disminuirá la comida, ni el vestido, ni el deber conyugal.
11 If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
Y si él no quiere darle estas tres cosas, puede ella salirse, sin pagar nada, sin rescate.
12 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
El que hiera mortalmente a otro, muera irremisiblemente.
13 If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
Mas si no le hizo asechanzas, sino que Dios le dejó caer en su mano, para este tal Yo te señalaré lugar donde podrá refugiarse.
14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
Pero al que obrare con malicia contra su prójimo, matándole con alevosía, a ese lo arrancarás hasta de mi altar para matarlo.
15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
El que pegare a su padre o a su madre, muera irremisiblemente.
16 Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
Quien robare un hombre y le vendiere, o si fuere hallado todavía en su poder, muera irremisiblemente.
17 Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
El que maldijere a su padre o a su madre, muera sin remedio.
18 If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
Cuando riñeren unos hombres y el uno hiriere al otro con piedra o con el puño, sin causarle la muerte, y si este después de hacer cama
19 then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
se levantare y anduviere fuera, apoyándose en su bastón, quedará libre aquel que lo hirió. Le pagará solamente el tiempo perdido y los gastos de su curación completa.
20 If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
Quien hiriere con un palo a su siervo o a su sierva, de modo que muera bajo su mano, caerá irremisiblemente bajo la ley de venganza.
21 However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
Pero si sobreviviere un día o dos, no será castigado, por cuanto es hacienda suya.
22 If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
Cuando hombres trabados en riña dieren un golpe a una mujer encinta, de modo que aborte, sin más daño, (el culpable) será multado conforme a lo que imponga el marido de la mujer y según determinen los jueces.
23 But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
Pero si resultare daño, darás vida por vida,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
25 burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, contusión por contusión.
26 If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
Si uno, hiriendo el ojo de su siervo o el ojo de su sierva lo destruyere, le dará libertad en compensación de su ojo.
27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
Asimismo, si hiciere saltar un diente a su siervo o un diente a su sierva, lo pondrá en libertad en compensación de su diente.
28 If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
Si un buey acornea a un hombre o a una mujer, con subsiguiente muerte, aquel buey será apedreado y no se comerá su carne, mas el dueño del buey quedará sin culpa.
29 But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
Pero si el buey acorneaba ya desde tiempo atrás, y su dueño, a pesar de ser avisado, no lo tuvo encerrado, de modo que pudo matar a hombre o a mujer, el buey será apedreado, y también su dueño será muerto.
30 If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
Si le imponen un precio de rescate, dará en rescate de su vida cuanto se le imponga.
31 If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
Si acornea a un hijo o a una hija, hágase con él según esta ley.
32 If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
Pero si el buey acorneare a un siervo o a una sierva, el dueño pagará treinta siclos de plata al dueño de ellos, y el buey será apedreado.
33 If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Si uno deja abierto un pozo, o si uno cava un pozo y no lo tapa, y cayere en él un buey o asno,
34 the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
el propietario del pozo pagará indemnización en dinero al dueño de ellos, y el animal muerto será suyo.
35 If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
Si el buey de uno hiere al buey de otro, y este muere, venderán el buey vivo partiéndose su precio, y también el buey muerto será dividido entre ellos.
36 But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
Mas si era notorio que el buey acorneaba desde tiempo atrás y su dueño faltó en custodiarlo, este resarcirá el daño: buey por buey; mas el (buey) muerto será suyo.
