Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
१फिर जो नियम तुझे उनको समझाने हैं वे ये हैं।
2 When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for [only] six years. In the seventh year you must free him [from being your slave], and he is not required to pay you anything [for setting him free].
२“जब तुम कोई इब्री दास मोल लो, तब वह छः वर्ष तक सेवा करता रहे, और सातवें वर्ष स्वतंत्र होकर सेंत-मेंत चला जाए।
3 If he was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries [someone while he is your slave], his wife is not to be set free [with him]. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife.
३यदि वह अकेला आया हो, तो अकेला ही चला जाए; और यदि पत्नी सहित आया हो, तो उसके साथ उसकी पत्नी भी चली जाए।
4 If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters [while her husband is a slave], only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.
४यदि उसके स्वामी ने उसको पत्नी दी हो और उससे उसके बेटे या बेटियाँ उत्पन्न हुई हों, तो उसकी पत्नी और बालक उस स्वामी के ही रहें, और वह अकेला चला जाए।
5 But when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set free,’
५परन्तु यदि वह दास दृढ़ता से कहे, ‘मैं अपने स्वामी, और अपनी पत्नी, और बालकों से प्रेम रखता हूँ; इसलिए मैं स्वतंत्र होकर न चला जाऊँगा;’
6 then his master must take him to [the place where they worship] God (OR, to [the owner’s] house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an (awl/pointed metal rod) to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then [he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that] (he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives).
६तो उसका स्वामी उसको परमेश्वर के पास ले चले; फिर उसको द्वार के किवाड़ या बाजू के पास ले जाकर उसके कान में सुतारी से छेद करें; तब वह सदा उसकी सेवा करता रहे।
7 If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
७“यदि कोई अपनी बेटी को दासी होने के लिये बेच डालें, तो वह दासी के समान बाहर न जाए।
8 If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if [later] he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement [he made with the girl’s father].
८यदि उसका स्वामी उसको अपनी पत्नी बनाए, और फिर उससे प्रसन्न न रहे, तो वह उसे दाम से छुड़ाई जाने दे; उसका विश्वासघात करने के बाद उसे विदेशी लोगों के हाथ बेचने का उसको अधिकार न होगा।
9 If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter.
९यदि उसने उसे अपने बेटे को ब्याह दिया हो, तो उससे बेटी का सा व्यवहार करे।
10 If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
१०चाहे वह दूसरी पत्नी कर ले, तो भी वह उसका भोजन, वस्त्र, और संगति न घटाए।
11 If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her [from being a slave], and she is not required to pay anything [for being set free].
११और यदि वह इन तीन बातों में घटी करे, तो वह स्त्री सेंत-मेंत बिना दाम चुकाए ही चली जाए।
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
१२“जो किसी मनुष्य को ऐसा मारे कि वह मर जाए, तो वह भी निश्चय मार डाला जाए।
13 But if the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, [and he will be safe there].
१३यदि वह उसकी घात में न बैठा हो, और परमेश्वर की इच्छा ही से वह उसके हाथ में पड़ गया हो, तो ऐसे मारनेवाले के भागने के निमित्त मैं एक स्थान ठहराऊँगा जहाँ वह भाग जाए।
14 But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, [a place that God designated as a place to be safe], you must execute him.
१४परन्तु यदि कोई ढिठाई से किसी पर चढ़ाई करके उसे छल से घात करे, तो उसको मार डालने के लिये मेरी वेदी के पास से भी अलग ले जाना।
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
१५“जो अपने पिता या माता को मारे-पीटे वह निश्चय मार डाला जाए।
16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
१६“जो किसी मनुष्य को चुराए, चाहे उसे ले जाकर बेच डाले, चाहे वह उसके पास पाया जाए, तो वह भी निश्चय मार डाला जाए।
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
१७“जो अपने पिता या माता को श्राप दे वह भी निश्चय मार डाला जाए।
18 Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed [for a while],
१८“यदि मनुष्य झगड़ते हों, और एक दूसरे को पत्थर या मुक्के से ऐसा मारे कि वह मरे नहीं परन्तु बिछौने पर पड़ा रहे,
19 and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn [while he was recovering], and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person is well.
१९तो जब वह उठकर लाठी के सहारे से बाहर चलने फिरने लगे, तब वह मारनेवाला निर्दोष ठहरे; उस दशा में वह उसके पड़े रहने के समय की हानि भर दे, और उसको भला चंगा भी करा दे।
20 If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies (immediately/as a result) [IDM], the one who struck him must be punished.
२०“यदि कोई अपने दास या दासी को सोंटे से ऐसा मारे कि वह उसके मारने से मर जाए, तब तो उसको निश्चय दण्ड दिया जाए।
21 But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck [and then dies], you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment.
२१परन्तु यदि वह दो एक दिन जीवित रहे, तो उसके स्वामी को दण्ड न दिया जाए; क्योंकि वह दास उसका धन है।
22 Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that (she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies). If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine.
२२“यदि मनुष्य आपस में मारपीट करके किसी गर्भवती स्त्री को ऐसी चोट पहुँचाए, कि उसका गर्भ गिर जाए, परन्तु और कुछ हानि न हो, तो मारनेवाले से उतना दण्ड लिया जाए जितना उस स्त्री का पति पंच की सम्मति से ठहराए।
23 But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way [that he caused her to suffer]. If she dies, he must be executed.
२३परन्तु यदि उसको और कुछ हानि पहुँचे, तो प्राण के बदले प्राण का,
24 If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.
२४और आँख के बदले आँख का, और दाँत के बदले दाँत का, और हाथ के बदले हाथ का, और पाँव के बदले पाँव का,
२५और दाग के बदले दाग का, और घाव के बदले घाव का, और मार के बदले मार का दण्ड हो।
26 If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s eye.
२६“जब कोई अपने दास या दासी की आँख पर ऐसा मारे कि फूट जाए, तो वह उसकी आँख के बदले उसे स्वतंत्र करके जाने दे।
27 If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s tooth.
२७और यदि वह अपने दास या दासी को मारकर उसका दाँत तोड़ डाले, तो वह उसके दाँत के बदले उसे स्वतंत्र करके जाने दे।
28 If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.
२८“यदि बैल किसी पुरुष या स्त्री को ऐसा सींग मारे कि वह मर जाए, तो वह बैल तो निश्चय पथरवाह करके मार डाला जाए, और उसका माँस खाया न जाए; परन्तु बैल का स्वामी निर्दोष ठहरे।
29 But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.
२९परन्तु यदि उस बैल की पहले से सींग मारने की आदत पड़ी हो, और उसके स्वामी ने जताए जाने पर भी उसको न बाँध रखा हो, और वह किसी पुरुष या स्त्री को मार डाले, तब तो वह बैल पथरवाह किया जाए, और उसका स्वामी भी मार डाला जाए।
30 However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine (to save his own life/in order not to be executed), he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.
३०यदि उस पर छुड़ौती ठहराई जाए, तो प्राण छुड़ाने को जो कुछ उसके लिये ठहराया जाए उसे उतना ही देना पड़ेगा।
31 If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule.
३१चाहे बैल ने किसी बेटे को, चाहे बेटी को मारा हो, तो भी इसी नियम के अनुसार उसके स्वामी के साथ व्यवहार किया जाए।
32 If a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must [kill the bull by] throwing stones at it.
३२यदि बैल ने किसी दास या दासी को सींग मारा हो, तो बैल का स्वामी उस दास के स्वामी को तीस शेकेल रूपा दे, और वह बैल पथरवाह किया जाए।
33 Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
३३“यदि कोई मनुष्य गड्ढा खोलकर या खोदकर उसको न ढाँपे, और उसमें किसी का बैल या गदहा गिर पड़े,
34 Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and [do whatever he wants to with it].
३४तो जिसका वह गड्ढा हो वह उस हानि को भर दे; वह पशु के स्वामी को उसका मोल दे, और लोथ गड्ढेवाले की ठहरे।
35 If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide [between them] the money [that they receive] for it. They must also divide [between them the meat of] the animal that died.
३५“यदि किसी का बैल किसी दूसरे के बैल को ऐसी चोट लगाए, कि वह मर जाए, तो वे दोनों मनुष्य जीवित बैल को बेचकर उसका मोल आपस में आधा-आधा बाँट लें; और लोथ को भी वैसा ही बाँटें।
36 However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died [and do with it whatever he wants to do].”
३६यदि यह प्रगट हो कि उस बैल की पहले से सींग मारने की आदत पड़ी थी, पर उसके स्वामी ने उसे बाँध नहीं रखा, तो निश्चय वह बैल के बदले बैल भर दे, पर लोथ उसी की ठहरे।
