Exodus 21
1 And these [are] the ordinances which you shall set before them.
Y estos son los derechos que les propondrás:
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.
Si comprares siervo Hebreo, seis años servirá; mas al séptimo saldrá horro de balde.
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.
Si entró solo, solo saldrá: si era marido de mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él.
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.
Si su amo le hubiere dado mujer, y ella le hubiere parido hijos o hijas, la mujer y sus hijos serán de su amo, mas él saldrá solo.
5 And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;
Y si el siervo dijere: Yo amo a mi señor, a mi mujer, y a mis hijos, no saldré horro:
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.
Entonces su amo lo hará llegar a los jueces, y hacerlo ha llegar a la puerta, o al poste; y su amo le horadará la oreja con una lesna, y será su siervo para siempre.
7 And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart.
Y cuando alguno vendiere su hija por sierva, no saldrá como suelen salir los siervos.
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.
Si no agradare a su señor, por lo cual no la tomó por esposa, permitirle ha que se rescate; y no la podrá vender a pueblo extraño cuando la desechare.
9 And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.
Mas si la hubiere desposado con su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
10 And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him].
Si le tomare otra, no disminuirá su alimento, ni su vestido, ni su tiempo.
11 And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.
Y si ninguna de estas tres cosas hiciere, ella saldrá de gracia sin dinero.
12 And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.
El que hiriere a alguno, y muriere, él morirá.
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.
Mas el que no asechó, sino que Dios lo puso en sus manos, entonces yo te pondré lugar al cual huirá.
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.
Ítem, si alguno se ensoberbeciere contra su prójimo, y le matare por engaño, de mi altar le quitarás para que muera.
15 Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
Ítem, el que hiriere a su padre, o a su madre, morirá.
16 He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
Ítem, el que hurtare alguno, y le vendiere, y fuere hallado en sus manos, morirá.
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.
Ítem, el que maldijere a su padre, o a su madre, morirá.
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;
Ítem, si algunos riñeren, y alguno hiriere a su prójimo con piedra o con el puño, y no muriere, mas cayere en cama;
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.
Si se levantare y anduviere fuera sobre su bordón, entonces el que le hirió, será absuelto; solamente le dará lo que holgó, y hacerle ha curar.
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.
Ítem, si alguno hiriere a su siervo o a su sierva, con palo, y muriere debajo de su mano, será castigado:
21 But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money.
Mas si durare por un día o dos, no será castigado, porque su dinero es.
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.
Ítem, si algunos riñeren, e hirieren a alguna mujer preñada, y salieren sus criaturas, mas no hubiere muerte, será penado conforme a lo que impusiere el marido de la mujer, y pagará por jueces.
23 But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,
Mas si hubiere muerte, entonces pagarás alma por alma.
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, stripe for stripe.
Quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, golpe por golpe,
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.
Ítem, cuando alguno hiriere el ojo de su siervo, o el ojo de su sierva, y le dañare, por su ojo le ahorrará.
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.
Y si sacare el diente de su siervo, o el diente de su sierva, por su diente le ahorrará.
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.
Ítem, si algún buey acorneare hombre o mujer, y muriere, el buey será apedreado, y su carne no será comida, mas el dueño del buey será absuelto:
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.
Mas si el buey era acorneador desde ayer y anteayer, y a su dueño le fue hecho requerimiento, y no lo hubiere guardado, y matare hombre o mujer, el buey será apedreado, y también su dueño morirá:
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.
Si le fuere impuesto rescate, entonces dará por el rescate de su persona cuanto le fuere impuesto.
31 And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.
Haya acorneado hijo, o haya acorneado hija, conforme a este juicio se hará con él.
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.
Si el buey acorneare siervo, o sierva, pagará treinta siclos de plata a su señor, y el buey será apedreado.
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,
Ítem, si alguno abriere alguna cisterna, o cavare cisterna, y no la cubriere, y cayere allí buey o asno,
34 the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.
El dueño de la cisterna pagará el dinero restituyendo a su dueño; y lo que fue muerto será suyo.
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.
Ítem, si el buey de alguno hiriere al buey de su prójimo, y muriere, entonces venderán el buey vivo, y partirán el dinero de él; y el muerto también partirán.
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.
Mas si era notorio que el buey era acorneador de ayer y anteayer, y su dueño no lo hubiere guardado, pagará buey por buey, y el muerto será suyo.
