Exodus 21
1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.
Estas son las Ordenanzas que les promulgarás:
2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
Cuando compres un esclavo hebreo, servirá como esclavo seis años, pero al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar.
3 If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.
Si entró solo, saldrá solo. Si tenía esposa, entonces su esposa saldrá con él.
4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
Pero si su ʼadon le dio esposa, y ella le dio a luz hijos o hijas, la esposa y sus hijos serán de su ʼadon; él saldrá solo.
5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
Pero si el esclavo dice con insistencia: Yo amo a mi ʼadon, a mi esposa y a mis hijos. No saldré libre.
6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
Entonces su ʼadon lo llevará ante los jueces, lo acercará a la puerta o a la jamba de la puerta. Su ʼadon le perforará la oreja con un punzón, y será su esclavo para siempre.
7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
Cuando un hombre venda a su hija como esclava, ella no saldrá libre como suelen salir los esclavos varones.
8 If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.
Si no agrada a su ʼadon, quien la destinó para él como esposa, dejará que sea rescatada, y no tendrá autoridad para venderla a pueblo extranjero, porque la traicionó.
9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.
Si la destina para su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
10 And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
Si toma otra esposa para él, no disminuirá a la primera su alimento, ni su ropa, ni sus derechos conyugales.
11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.
Si no hace ninguna de estas tres cosas con ella, entonces ella saldrá libre sin pagar dinero.
12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
El que hiera a un hombre y éste muera, ciertamente morirá.
13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.
Pero si no estaba al acecho, sino que ʼElohim permitió que cayera en su mano, entonces Yo te señalaré lugar adonde él puede huir.
14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
Sin embargo, si un hombre se enfurece contra su prójimo y lo asesina con alevosía, hasta de mi propio altar lo podrás arrestar para que muera.
15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
El que golpee a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
El que secuestre a una persona, ya sea que la venda o sea hallada en su poder, ciertamente morirá.
17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
Si unos hombres pelean, y uno hiere a su prójimo con piedra o el puño, pero no muere sino cae en cama,
19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
si se levanta, y puede entrar y salir sin su bastón, el que lo hirió será absuelto. Solo pagará por su tiempo de reposo y será responsable de que sea curado completamente.
20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
Cuando alguno hiera a su esclavo o a su esclava con la vara, y muera bajo su mano, ciertamente será vengado.
21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
Pero si sobrevive un día o dos, no será vengado, porque él es propiedad suya.
22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
Si unos hombres pelean, y golpean a una mujer embarazada de tal modo que ella da a luz prematuramente, y sin embargo, ella no tiene heridas, los culpables serán multados según lo que el esposo de la señora imponga sobre ellos y les sea impuesto por los jueces.
23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
Pero si hay daño grave, entonces pagará 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 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, contusión por contusión.
26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
Cuando alguien hiera el ojo de su esclavo o el de su esclava, y lo inutilice, lo dejará en libertad por causa de su ojo.
27 Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.
Si le saca un diente a su esclavo o a su esclava con un golpe, lo dejará en libertad por causa de su diente.
28 If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.
Cuando un buey cornee a un hombre o a una mujer y muera, ciertamente el buey será apedreado y no se comerá su carne, y el dueño del buey no será castigado.
29 But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.
Pero si el buey era corneador desde antes, y a su dueño se le advirtió, pero no lo encerró, y mata a un hombre o una mujer, el buey será apedreado y también morirá su dueño.
30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
Pero si se le impone un impuesto de rescate, entonces pagará por el rescate de su vida cuanto le sea impuesto.
31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.
Si cornea a un muchacho o a una muchacha, se hará con él conforme a esta misma norma.
32 If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.
Si el buey cornea a un esclavo o a una esclava, el dueño del buey pagará 330 gramos de plata al amo del esclavo, y el toro será apedreado.
33 If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
Cuando alguno destape un pozo o excave una cisterna y no la cubra, y caiga allí un toro o un asno,
34 The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
el dueño de la cisterna indemnizará. Pagará el dinero a su dueño, y lo muerto será suyo.
35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
Si el buey de alguno hiere el buey de su prójimo y muere, entonces venderán el buey vivo y partirán el dinero, y también partirán el buey muerto.
36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.
Pero si era notorio que el buey era corneador desde antes, y su dueño no lo encerró, pagará buey por buey, y el buey muerto será suyo.
