Exodus 21
1 And these are the laws of justice which thou shalt set before them.
“Éstas son las ordenanzas que les pondrás delante:
2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
“Si compras un siervo hebreo, servirá seis años, y al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar nada.
3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was the husband of a woman, then shall his wife go out with him.
Si entra solo, saldrá solo. Si está casado, su mujer saldrá con él.
4 If his master should give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters: the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself.
Si su amo le da una esposa y ella le da hijos o hijas, la esposa y sus hijos serán de su amo, y él saldrá solo.
5 And if the servant should plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Pero si el siervo dice claramente: “Amo a mi amo, a mi mujer y a mis hijos. No saldré libre;’
6 Then shall his master bring him unto the judges, and he shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him till the jubilee.
entonces su amo lo llevará a Dios, y lo traerá a la puerta o al poste de la puerta, y su amo le perforará la oreja con un punzón, y le servirá para siempre.
7 And if a man sell his daughter for a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants go out.
“Si un hombre vende a su hija para que sea sierva, no saldrá como los siervos.
8 If she please not her master, to whom he hath assigned her, then shall he aid her to be redeemed: unto a strange nation he shall have no power to sell her, seeing he hath dealt faithlessly with her.
Si no le gusta a su amo, que la ha casado consigo, entonces la dejará rescatar. No tendrá derecho a venderla a un pueblo extranjero, ya que ha actuado con engaño con ella.
9 And if he should assign her unto his son, then shall he do unto her after the right of the daughters.
Si la casa con su hijo, la tratará como a una hija.
10 If he take himself another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
Si toma otra esposa para sí, no disminuirá su comida, su ropa ni sus derechos matrimoniales.
11 And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out free, without money.
Si no hace estas tres cosas por ella, podrá quedar libre sin pagar nada.
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.
“El que golpee a un hombre de modo que muera, será ciertamente condenado a muerte,
13 And if he did not lie in wait, but God let it come into his hand, then will I appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
pero no si es involuntario, sino que Dios permite que ocurra; entonces te designaré un lugar donde huirá.
14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile, from my altar shalt thou take him, that he may die.
Si un hombre trama y se acerca presuntuosamente a su prójimo para matarlo, lo sacarás de mi altar para que muera.
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
“Cualquiera que ataque a su padre o a su madre será condenado a muerte.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, and he be found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
“Cualquiera que secuestre a alguien y lo venda, o si lo encuentra en su mano, será condenado a muerte.
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
“Cualquiera que maldiga a su padre o a su madre será condenado a muerte.
18 And if men strive together, and one smite the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
“Si los hombres riñen y uno golpea al otro con una piedra o con su puño, y no muere, sino que queda confinado en la cama;
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his crutch, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
si se levanta de nuevo y camina con su bastón, entonces el que lo golpeó quedará libre de culpa; sólo que pagará por la pérdida de su tiempo, y proveerá a su curación hasta que esté completamente curado.
20 And if a man smite his servant or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand, it shall be surely avenged.
“Si un hombre golpea a su siervo o a su sierva con una vara, y éste muere bajo su mano, el hombre será castigado.
21 Nevertheless, if he continue alive a day or two, it shall not be avenged; for he is his money.
Sin embargo, si su siervo se levanta después de uno o dos días, no será castigado, porque el siervo es de su propiedad.
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her children depart from her, and yet no farther mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, [with a fine, ] according as the husband of the woman will lay upon him; and he shall pay this by the decision of the judges.
“Si los hombres pelean y hieren a una mujer embarazada de modo que dé a luz prematuramente, y sin embargo no se produce ningún daño, se le impondrá la multa que el marido de la mujer exija y los jueces permitan.
23 And if any mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life.
Pero si se produce algún daño, entonces hay que quitar 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, bruise for bruise.
quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida y contusión por contusión.
26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.
“Si un hombre golpea el ojo de su siervo o de su sierva y lo destruye, lo dejará libre por su ojo.
27 And if he strike out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
Si golpea el diente de su siervo o de su sierva, lo dejará libre por su diente.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that he die: then shall the ox be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
“Si un toro mata a un hombre o a una mujer de una cornada, el toro será apedreado y su carne no se comerá; pero el dueño del toro no será responsable.
29 But if the ox were wont to gore in time past, and warning have been given to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, and he killeth a man or a woman: the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also should of right be put to death;
Pero si el toro ha tenido la costumbre de cornear en el pasado, y esto ha sido atestiguado a su dueño, y éste no lo ha guardado, pero ha matado a un hombre o a una mujer, el toro será apedreado, y su dueño también será condenado a muerte.
30 But there shall be laid on him a sum of money in atonement, and he shall give the ransom of his life whatsoever may be laid upon him.
Si se le impone un rescate, deberá dar por la redención de su vida lo que se le imponga.
31 If he gore a son, or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall be done unto him.
Tanto si ha corneado a un hijo como si ha corneado a una hija, según este juicio se hará con él.
32 If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, thirty shekels of silver shall he give to his master, and the ox shall be stoned.
Si el toro cornea a un siervo o a una sierva, se darán treinta siclos de plata a su amo, y el buey será apedreado.
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 therein:
“Si un hombre abre una fosa, o si un hombre cava una fosa y no la cubre, y un toro o un asno cae en ella,
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, he shall make restitution in money unto the owner thereof; and the dead beast shall be his.
el dueño de la fosa deberá repararla. Dará dinero a su dueño, y el animal muerto será suyo.
35 And if one man's ox hurt the ox of another, that he die: then shall they sell the live ox, and divide his money; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
“Si el toro de un hombre hiere al de otro, de modo que muera, entonces venderán el toro vivo y dividirán su precio; y también dividirán el animal muerto.
36 But if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in: he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall belong to him.
O si se sabe que el toro tenía la costumbre de corneado en el pasado, y su dueño no lo ha guardado, pagará ciertamente toro por toro, y el animal muerto será suyo.
