Exodus 22
1 If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.
When a man steals an ox or sheep, and has slaughtered it or sold it, he repays [with] five of the herd for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.
2 If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.
If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he has been struck and has died, there is no blood for him;
3 If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood-guiltiness for him; he should have made full restitution: if he had nothing, he would have been sold for his theft.
if the sun has risen on him, blood [is] for him, he certainly repays; if he has nothing, then he has been sold for his theft;
4 If the stolen thing be actually found alive in his hand, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.
if the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether ox, or donkey, or sheep—he repays double.
5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and put in his cattle, and pasture in another man's field, of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make [it] good.
When a man depastures a field or vineyard, and has sent out his beast, and it has pastured in the field of another, he repays [with] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard.
6 — If fire break out, and seize the thorns, and the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall fully make it good.
When fire goes forth and has found thorns, and a stack, or the standing grain, or the field has been consumed, he who causes the burning certainly repays.
7 — If a man deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him restore double;
When a man gives silver or vessels to his neighbor to keep, and it has been stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief is found, he repays double.
8 if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the judges, [to see] if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
If the thief is not found, then the master of the house has been brought near to God [to see] whether he has not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbor.
9 As to all manner of fraud, — as to ox, as to ass, as to sheep, as to clothing, as to everything lost, of which [a man] saith, It is this — the cause of both parties shall come before the judges: he whom the judges shall condemn shall restore double to his neighbour.
For every matter of transgression, for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his, the matter of them both comes to God; he whom God condemns repays double to his neighbor.
10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any cattle, to keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, and no man see [it],
When a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it has died, or has been hurt, or taken captive, [with] none seeing—
11 an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make [it] good.
an oath of YHWH is between them both, that he has not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbor, and its owner has accepted, and he does not repay;
12 But if it have been stolen from him, he shall make [it] good unto its owner.
but if it is certainly stolen from him, he repays to its owner;
13 If it have been torn in pieces, let him bring it [as] witness: he shall not make good what was torn.
if it is certainly torn, he brings it in [as] a witness; he does not repay the torn thing.
14 — And if a man borrow anything of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, its owner not being with it, he shall fully make it good;
And when a man asks for [anything] from his neighbor, and it has been hurt or has died—its owner not being with it—he certainly repays;
15 if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make [it] good; if it be a hired [thing], it came for its hire.
if its owner [is] with it, he does not repay—if it [is] a hired thing, it has come for its hire.
16 And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall certainly endow her, to be his wife.
And when a man entices a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and has lain with her, he certainly endows her to himself for a wife;
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.
if her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he weighs out money according to the dowry of virgins.
18 — Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
You do not keep a witch alive.
19 — Every one that lieth with a beast shall certainly be put to death.
Whoever lies with a beast is certainly put to death.
20 — He that sacrificeth to [any] god, save to Jehovah only, shall be devoted to destruction.
He who is sacrificing to a god, except to YHWH alone, is devoted.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
And you do not oppress a sojourner, nor crush him, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
You do not afflict any widow or orphan;
23 If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
if you really afflict him, surely if he cries to Me at all, I certainly hear his cry;
24 and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
and My anger has burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.
25 — If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.
If you lend money [to] My poor people [who are] with you, you are not as a usurer to him; you do not lay usury on him;
26 — If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
if you take the garment of your neighbor in pledge at all, you return it to him during the going in of the sun:
27 for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
for it is his only covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein does he lie down? And it has come to pass, when he cries to Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious.
28 Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.
You do not revile God, and you do not curse a prince among your people.
29 — Thou shalt not delay the fulness of thy [threshing-floor] and the outflow of thy [winepress]. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
You do not delay your fullness and your liquids; you give the firstborn of your sons to Me;
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thy calf, with thy sheep: seven days shall it be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
so you do to your ox [and] to your sheep; it is with its mother [for] seven days, on the eighth day you give it to Me.
31 — And ye shall be holy men unto me; and ye shall not eat flesh torn in the field: ye shall cast it to the dog.
And you are holy men to Me, and you do not eat flesh torn in the field, you cast it to a dog.
