Exodus 21
1 And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
-Men regleman w'a mete devan moun pèp Izrayèl yo:
2 If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Lè ou achte yon moun menm ras avè ou pou sèvi ou esklav, li gen pou l' sèvi ou sizan. Lè setyèm lanne a rive, l'a lib. L'a gen dwa al fè wout li san l' pa gen anyen pou l' peye ou.
3 If he came in alone, he shall go out alone: if he had a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.
Si li te pou kont li lè l' te vini an, li va ale pou kont li. Si li te gen madanm lè l' te vini an, madanm lan va ale avè l'.
4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.
Si se mèt li ki te ba li madanm, epi madanm lan te fè pitit pou li, ni pitit yo, ni manman lan va rete pou mèt la. Msye va al fè wout li pou kont li.
5 But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;
Men, si esklav la di: Mwen renmen mèt mwen, mwen renmen madanm mwen ak pitit mwen yo, mwen pa vle vin lib ankò,
6 then his master shall bring him before the judges, 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 be his bondman for ever.
enben, lè sa a, mèt la va mennen l' devan Bondye. L'a fè l' pwoche bò pòt la, osinon bò chanbrann pòt la, l'a pèse zòrèy li ak yon bagay pwenti. Konsa esklav la va rete ap sèvi li jouk li mouri.
7 And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
Lè yon nonm vann pitit fi li pou sèvi esklav, pitit fi sa a pa ka lib ankò, jan yo ka fè l' pou gason yo.
8 If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.
Si mèt la te fin dakò pou l' te pran fi a pou madanm, epi si apre sa fi a pa fè l' plezi ankò, msye va fè yon jan pou papa ak manman fi a achte l' nan men li ankò. Men, li pa gen dwa vann li bay yon moun lòt nasyon, paske se trayi l'a trayi fi a lè sa a.
9 And if he have appointed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the law of daughters.
Men, si li te fè lide bay pitit gason l' fi a, se pou l' aji avè l' tankou si se te pròp pitit fi li.
10 If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.
Si li pran yon lòt madanm sou li, li pa gen dwa wete anyen sou sa li dwe l': ni sou manje l', ni sou rad li, epi se pou l' toujou sevi ak li tankou madanm li.
11 And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
Si li pa fè twa bagay sa yo pou li, madanm lan gen dwa ale fè wout li, san li pa gen anyen pou l' peye mèt la, san bay senk kòb.
12 He that striketh a man, so that he die, shall certainly be put to death.
Si yon moun leve men l' sou yon lòt, epi li touye l', moun sa a, se pou yo touye l' tou.
13 But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered [him] into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee.
Men, si se pa espre li fè, si se Bondye ki fè lòt moun lan tonbe anba men l', m'ap chwazi yon kote pou l' ale kache kò l'.
14 But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Men, si yon moun chache yon lòt kont, epi li fè plan pou li touye l', li te mèt al kache bò kote lòtèl mwen an, se pou n al pran l' pou nou touye l'.
15 And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
Si yon moun leve men l' sou papa l' osinon sou manman l', se pou yo touye l'.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall certainly be put to death.
Si yon moun pran yon lòt pa fòs pou l' al vann li osinon pou kenbe l' lakay li, se pou yo touye l'.
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
Si yon moun bay papa l' osinon manman l' madichon, se pou yo touye l'.
18 And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to [his] bed,
Lè de moun gen kont, si yonn bay lòt yon koutwòch osinon yon koutpwen, epi si sak resevwa kou a pa mouri, men li blije pran kabann, men jan pou sa regle:
19 — if he rise, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that struck [him] be guiltless; only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.
Si li ka leve, si li ka mache pwonmennen ak baton, y'a fè pa moun ki te ba l' kou a. Tansèlman, l'a gen pou l' peye lòt la dedomajman pou tout jou li fè rete san travay, epi l'a reskonsab pran swen l' jouk li geri.
20 And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.
Lè yon moun leve men l' sou yon esklav li, kit se gason, kit se fi, pou ba li koutbaton, si esklav la mouri frèt, se pou yo pini mèt la.
21 Only, if he continue [to live] a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.
Men, si esklav la fè yon jou osinon de jou anvan l' mouri, se pa nesesè pou yo pini mèt la, paske se lajan pa l' li te mete deyò pou l' achte l'.
22 And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.
Lè gason ap goumen, si nan voye kou yo frape yon fanm ansent, epi si fanm lan fè foskouch san anyen ankò pa rive l', moun ki ba l' kou a va peye dedomajman dapre sa mari a va mande. L'a peye sa jij yo va deside.
23 But if mischief happen, then thou shalt give life for life,
Men, si malè rive fanm lan, y'a fè l' peye lavi pou lavi,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
yon je pou yon je, yon dan pou yon dan, yon men pou yon men, yon pye pou yon pye,
25 branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
boule pou boule, blese pou blese, foule pou foule.
26 And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.
Lè yon moun frape yon esklav li nan je, kit se yon gason, kit se yon fanm, si esklav la pèdi je a, mèt la va ba li libète l' pou dedomajman pou je a.
27 And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.
Si se dan yon esklav li rache, l'a ba li libète li pou dedomajman pou dan an.
28 And if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall certainly be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be guiltless.
Lè yon bèf touye yon gason osinon yon fanm ak koutkòn, se pou yo touye l' ak koutwòch. Se pa pou yo manje vyann lan, ni yo pa bezwen fè mèt bèf la peye anyen.
29 But if the ox have gored heretofore, and it have been testified to its owner, and he have not kept it in, and it kill a man or a woman, — the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
Men, si se pa premye fwa bèf la atake moun, si yo te pale mèt li men mèt li pa t' fè anyen pou sa, si bèf la touye yon gason osinon yon fanm, nan ka sa a y'ap toujou touye bèf la ak koutwòch, epi y'a touye mèt la tou pou pini l'.
30 If there be imposed on him a satisfaction, then he shall give the ransom of his life, according to what is imposed on him.
Men, si yo mande mèt bèf la pou l' peye pou l' ka sove lavi pa l', se pou l' peye tou sa y'a mande l' la.
31 Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.
Si bèf la atake yon ti gason osinon yon ti fi, se menm règleman an ki pou fèt.
32 If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Si bèf la atake yon esklav, kit se gason, kit se fi, mèt bèf la va bay mèt esklav la trant pyès an ajan. Bèf la menm, y'a touye l' ak koutwòch.
33 — And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
Si yon moun kite yon pi dekouvri, ou ankò si l'ap fouye yon pi epi li kite l' san kouvèti, si yon bèf osinon yon bourik vin tonbe ladan l',
34 the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead [ox] shall be his.
se pou mèt pi a peye mèt bèt la sa bèt la vo. Bèt mouri a menm va rete pou mèt pi a.
35 — And if one man's ox gore his neighbour's ox, and it die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money thereof, and divide the dead also.
Si yon moun gen yon bèf ki touye bèf yon lòt moun ak yon koutkòn, de mesye yo va vann bèf vivan an, y'a separe lajan an mwatye pou mwatye. y'a separe vyann bèf ki mouri a tou.
36 Or if it be known that the ox have gored heretofore, and its owner have not kept him in, he shall in any case restore ox for ox; and the dead shall be his.
Men, si se pa premye fwa bèf la ap bay koutkòn, si yo te pale mèt li men mèt li pa t' fè anyen pou sa, nan ka sa a, mèt bèf la gen pou peye. L'a bay yon bèf vivan pou bèf ki mouri a. Bèf mouri a menm va rete pou li.
