Exodus 21
1 And these [are] the judgments which you set before them:
Ahora estas son las leyes que debes poner delante de ellos.
2 When you buy a Hebrew servant, he serves [for] six years, and in the seventh he goes out as a freeman for nothing;
Si obtienes un siervo hebreo por dinero, él será tu siervo por seis años, y en el séptimo año debes dejarlo ir sin pago.
3 if he comes in by himself, he goes out by himself; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife has gone out with him;
Si viene a ti solo, que se vaya solo: si está casado, que su esposa se vaya con él.
4 if his lord gives a wife to him, and she has borne sons or daughters to him—the wife and her children are her lord’s, and he goes out by himself.
Si su amo le da una esposa, y él tiene hijos o hijas por ella, la esposa y sus hijos serán propiedad del amo, y el sirviente se irá solo.
5 And if the servant really says: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons—I do not go out free,
Pero si el siervo dice claramente: Mi amo, mi esposa y mis hijos son queridos por mí; No deseo ser libre:
6 then his lord has brought him near to God, and has brought him near to the door, or to the doorpost, and his lord has bored his ear with an awl, and he has served him for all time.
Entonces su amo debe llevarlo ante los jueces de la casa, y en la puerta, o en su marco, debe hacerle un agujero en la oreja con un instrumento puntiagudo; y él será su siervo para siempre.
7 And when a man sells his daughter for a handmaid, she does not go out according to the going out of the menservants;
Y si un hombre vende a su hija para ser sirviente, ella no debe irse libre como lo hacen los siervos.
8 if [it is] evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he has not betrothed her, then he has let her be ransomed; he has no power to sell her to a strange people, in his dealing treacherously with her.
Si ella no agrada a su amo y no la ha tomado para sí, no podrá venderla y enviarla a una tierra extraña, porque la ha engañado.
9 And if he betroths her to his son, he does to her according to the right of daughters.
Y si él la entrega a su hijo, él debe hacer todo por ella como si fuera su hija.
10 If he takes another [woman] for him, he does not withdraw her food, her covering, and her habitation;
Y si toma a otra mujer, su comida y vestimenta y sus derechos matrimoniales no deben ser menos.
11 and if he does not do these three for her, then she has gone out for nothing, without money.
Y si él no hace estas tres cosas por ella, ella tiene derecho a irse gratis sin pago.
12 He who strikes a man so that he has died is certainly put to death;
El que da muerte a un hombre, él mismo debe ser muerto.
13 as for him who has not laid wait, but God has brought [him] to his hand, I have even set a place for you to where he flees.
Pero si no tuvo un mal propósito contra él, y Dios lo entregó en su mano, te daré un lugar para que él pueda huir.
14 And when a man presumes against his neighbor to slay him with subtlety, you take him from My altar to die.
Pero si un hombre ataca a su prójimo a propósito, para matarlo por engaño, lo tomarán de mi altar y lo matarán.
15 And he who strikes his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
Cualquier hombre que da un golpe a su padre o su madre sin duda será ejecutado.
16 And he who steals a man, and has sold him, and he has been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
Cualquier hombre que secuestra una persona y la vendiere o lo encuentran en su posesión, morirá.
17 And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
Todo hombre que maldiga a su padre o a su madre será ejecutado.
18 And when men contend, and a man has struck his neighbor with a stone, or with the fist, and he does not die, but has fallen on the bed;
Si, en una pelea, un hombre le da un golpe a otro con una piedra, o con la mano cerrada, no causándole la muerte, sino haciendo que se quede en la cama;
19 if he rises, and has gone up and down outside on his staff, then the striker has been acquitted; he only gives [for] his cessation, and he is thoroughly healed.
Si puede levantarse de nuevo y andar con un palo, el otro será despedido; solo él tendrá que pagarle por la pérdida de su tiempo y asegurarse de que lo cuiden hasta que se recupere.
20 And when a man strikes his manservant or his handmaid with a rod, and he has died under his hand—he is certainly avenged;
Si un hombre da a su siervo o su sierva golpes con una vara, causando la muerte, ciertamente será castigado;
21 only if he remains a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
Pero, al mismo tiempo, si el sirviente continúa viviendo por un día o dos, el amo no recibirá el castigo, porque el sirviente es de su propiedad.
22 And when men strive, and have struck a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no harm [to them], he is certainly fined as the husband of the woman lays on him, and he has given through the judges;
Si los hombres, mientras luchan, hacen daño a una mujer encinta, causando la pérdida del niño, pero ningún otro mal viene a ella, el hombre tendrá que hacer un pago hasta la cantidad fijada por su marido, de acuerdo con la decisión de los jueces.
23 and if there is harm [to them], then you have given life for life,
Pero si el daño viene a ella, se paga la 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, stripe for stripe.
Quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, golpe por golpe.
26 And when a man strikes the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his handmaid, and has destroyed it, he sends him away as a freeman for his eye;
Si un hombre le da un golpe en el ojo a un siervo o a su sierva, causando su destrucción, debe dejarlo ir libre a causa del daño a su ojo.
27 and if he knocks out a tooth of his manservant or a tooth of his handmaid, he sends him away as a freeman for his tooth.
O si la pérdida de un diente es causada por su golpe, lo dejará ir libre a causa de su diente.
28 And when an ox gores man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;
Si un buey llega a ser la causa de la muerte de un hombre o una mujer, el buey será apedreado, y su carne no se podrá usar para comer; pero el dueño no será juzgado responsable.
29 and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and it has been testified to its owner, and he does not watch it, and it has put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner is also put to death.
Pero si el buey ha hecho frecuentemente tales daños en el pasado, y el dueño ha tenido noticias de ello y no lo ha mantenido bajo control, por lo que ha sido la causa de la muerte de un hombre o una mujer, no solo es el buey para ser apedreado, pero su dueño debe ser muerto.
30 If atonement is laid on him, then he has given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid on him;
Si se pone precio a su vida, que pague el precio que se fije.
31 whether it gores a son or gores a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
Si la muerte de un hijo o de una hija ha sido causada, el castigo debe ser de acuerdo con esta regla.
32 If the ox gores a manservant or a handmaid, he gives thirty silver shekels to their lord, and the ox is stoned.
Si la muerte de un siervo o de una sierva es causada por el buey, el dueño deberá dar a su amo treinta siclos de plata, y el buey será apedreado.
33 And when a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey has fallen [in] there—
Si un hombre hace un hoyo en la tierra sin cubrirlo, y un buey o un asno cayendo en él llega a su muerte;
34 the owner of the pit repays, he gives back money to its owner, and the dead is his.
El dueño del hoyo es responsable; tendrá que hacer un pago a su dueño, pero la bestia muerta será suya.
35 And when a man’s ox strikes the ox of his neighbor and it has died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and they also halve the dead one;
Y si el buey de un hombre daña al buey de otro hombre, causándole la muerte, entonces el buey viviente será cambiado por dinero, y la división será por el precio del mismo, y el precio del muerto.
36 or, [if] it has been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and its owner does not watch it, he certainly repays ox for ox, and the dead is his.
Pero si es sabido que el buey frecuentemente ha hecho tal daño en el pasado, y su dueño no lo ha mantenido bajo control, tendrá que dar buey por buey; y la bestia muerta será suya.
