Exodus 21
1 And these [are] the ordinances which you shall set before them.
So er dei retterne du skal leggja fram for deim:
2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.
Når du kjøper ein hebraisk tenestdreng, so skal han tena seks år; i det sjuande skal han sleppa or tenesta for inkje og vera fri mann.
3 If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.
Var han einsleg då han kom, so skal han og fara sin veg einsleg; var han gift, so skal kona hans vera med honom.
4 Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have [born] him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.
Hev han fenge ei kona av husbonden sin, og fær søner eller døtter med henne, so skal kona og borni høyra husbonden til, og sjølv skal han fara sin veg einsleg.
5 And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;
Men segjer tenaren so: «Eg held av husbonden min og kona mi og borni mine; eg vil ikkje vera fri og fara min veg, »
6 his master shall bring him to the judgement-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
då skal husbonden føra honom fram for Gud; og leida honom innåt hurdi eller dørskii, og husbonden skal stinga ein syl gjenom øyra hans; sidan skal han tena honom all si tid.
7 And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart.
Når ein mann hev selt dotter si til tenestgjenta, so kann ikkje ho tena seg fri liksom drengjerne.
8 If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.
Hev husbonden fest henne åt seg sjølv, og so ikkje likar henne, skal han lata henne få kjøpa seg fri; han skal ikkje hava rett til å selja henne til utlendingar, fyrst han ikkje held det han lova henne.
9 And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.
Men hevhan fest henne åt son sin, so skal ho njota same retten som døtterne hans eigne.
10 And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him].
Tek han seg ei onnor attåt henne, so skal han ikkje lata den fyrste vanta kost eller klæde eller hjåsvæve.
11 And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.
Dersom han ikkje let henne få sin rett i desse tri stykki, so skal ho sleppa fri for inkje; ho skal’kje leggja pengar.
12 And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.
Den som slær ein mann so han døyr, han skal lata livet.
13 But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place whither the slayer may flee.
Men hev han ikkje lege etter honom, og hev Gud laga det so at hin laut falla for handi hans, so skal eg nemna deg ein fredstad som han kann røma til.
14 And if any one lie in wait for his neighbour to kill him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from my altar to put him to death.
Når ein mann er so gudlaus at han drep grannen sin med svik, då skal du taka honom, um det so er innmed altaret mitt: han skal døy.
15 Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
Den som slær far sin eller mor si, skal lata livet.
16 He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
Den som tek ein mann og sel honom eller held honom fanga, skal lata livet.
17 Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.
Den som bannar far sin eller mor si, skal lata livet.
18 And if two men revile each other and strike the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
Når tvo trættar, og den eine slær den andre med ein stein eller med neven, og hin ikkje døyr, men vert sengeliggjande,
19 if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.
og sidan kjem upp att, og gjeng ute med stav, då skal den som slo vera saklaus. Men han skal halda den andre skadelaus for den tidi han var ufør til arbeid, og kosta full lækjedom på honom.
20 And if a man strike his man-servant or his maidservant, with a rod, and [the party] die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.
Når ein mann slær drengen eller tenestgjenta si med ein stav, so dei døyr under henderne hans, då skal det hemnast.
21 But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money.
Men liver dei ein dag eller tvo etterpå, so skal det ikkje hemnast; for dei var hans eigedom.
22 And if two men strive and strike a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.
Når folk er i hop og slæst, og dei støyter til ei fremmeleg kvinna, so ho fer ille, men ikkje elles fær noko mein, so skal den som gjorde det gjeva i skadebot so mykje som mannen hennar legg på honom, eller og skal dei gjeva det under menner.
23 But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,
Men er det nokon som fær mein, so skal du gjeva liv for liv,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
auga for auga, tonn for tonn, hand for hand, fot for fot,
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
og taka brune for brune, sår for sår, flengja for flengja.
26 And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.
Når ein mann slær drengen sin, eller tenestgjenta si, i auga, so det vert unytt, so skal han til bot for auga gjeva deim frie.
27 And if he should strike out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake.
Slær han ut ei tonn på deim, so skal han gjeva deim frie til bot for tonni.
28 And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.
Når ein ukse stangar mann eller kona so dei døyr, då skal uksen steinast, og kjøtet må ikkje etast; eigarmannen er saklaus.
29 But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.
Men hev uksen fyrr vore olm, og eigaren er vara um det, og endå ikkje agtar honom, og han sidan drep mann eller kona, so skal uksen steinast, og eigaren skal og lata livet.
30 And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.
Vil dei taka bøter, so skal han gjeva i løysepening for livet sitt so mykje som dei legg på honom.
31 And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.
Stangar uksen svein eller møy, so gjeld same retten.
32 And if the bull gore a man-servant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachmas, and the bull shall be stoned.
Stangar han dreng eller tenestgjenta, so skal eigaren bøta tretti sylvdalar til husbonden deira, og uksen skal steinast.
33 And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,
Når ein mann let ein brunn standa open, eller grev ein brunn og ikkje tekkjer yver, og ukse eller asen dett ned i,
34 the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.
då skal den som eig brunnen, gjera lika for det: han skal gjeva den som åtte dyret pengar att i staden, men den daude skrotten skal vera hans.
35 And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbour, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.
Når uksen åt ein mann stangar i hel ein framand ukse, då skal eigarane selja den uksen som liver, og byta pengarne millom seg, og den daude uksen skal dei og byta.
36 But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.
Men er det kunnigt at uksen var olm, og eigaren ikkje hev agta honom, so skal han gjeva ein ukse i staden, og sjølv hava den daude.
