Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
Queste sono le norme che tu esporrai loro.
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].
Quando tu avrai acquistato uno schiavo ebreo, egli ti servirà per sei anni e nel settimo potrà andarsene libero, senza riscatto.
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.
Se è entrato solo, uscirà solo; se era coniugato, sua moglie se ne andrà con lui.
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.
Se il suo padrone gli ha dato moglie e questa gli ha partorito figli o figlie, la donna e i suoi figli saranno proprietà del padrone ed egli se ne andrà solo.
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,’
Ma se lo schiavo dice: Io sono affezionato al mio padrone, a mia moglie, ai miei figli; non voglio andarmene in libertà,
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).
allora il suo padrone lo condurrà davanti a Dio, lo farà accostare al battente o allo stipite della porta e gli forerà l'orecchio con la lesina; quegli sarà suo schiavo per sempre.
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.
Quando un uomo venderà la figlia come schiava, essa non se ne andrà come se ne vanno gli schiavi.
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].
Se essa non piace al padrone, che così non se la prende come concubina, la farà riscattare. Comunque egli non può venderla a gente straniera, agendo con frode verso di lei.
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.
Se egli la vuol dare come concubina al proprio figlio, si comporterà nei suoi riguardi secondo il diritto delle figlie.
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.
Se egli ne prende un'altra per sé, non diminuirà alla prima il nutrimento, il vestiario, la coabitazione.
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].
Se egli non fornisce a lei queste cose, essa potrà andarsene, senza che sia pagato il prezzo del riscatto.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
Colui che colpisce un uomo causandone la morte, sarà messo a morte.
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].
Però per colui che non ha teso insidia, ma che Dio gli ha fatto incontrare, io ti fisserò un luogo dove potrà rifugiarsi.
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.
Ma, quando un uomo attenta al suo prossimo per ucciderlo con inganno, allora lo strapperai anche dal mio altare, perché sia messo a morte.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
Colui che percuote suo padre o sua madre sarà messo a morte.
16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
Colui che rapisce un uomo e lo vende, se lo si trova ancora in mano a lui, sarà messo a morte.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
Colui che maledice suo padre o sua madre sarà messo a morte.
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],
Quando alcuni uomini rissano e uno colpisce il suo prossimo con una pietra o con il pugno e questi non è morto, ma debba mettersi a letto,
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.
se poi si alza ed esce con il bastone, chi lo ha colpito sarà ritenuto innocente, ma dovrà pagare il riposo forzato e procurargli le cure.
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.
Quando un uomo colpisce con il bastone il suo schiavo o la sua schiava e gli muore sotto le sue mani, si deve fare vendetta.
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.
Ma se sopravvive un giorno o due, non sarà vendicato, perché è acquisto del suo denaro.
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.
Quando alcuni uomini rissano e urtano una donna incinta, così da farla abortire, se non vi è altra disgrazia, si esigerà un'ammenda, secondo quanto imporrà il marito della donna, e il colpevole pagherà attraverso un arbitrato.
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.
Ma se segue una disgrazia, allora pagherai vita per vita:
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.
occhio per occhio, dente per dente, mano per mano, piede per piede,
bruciatura per bruciatura, ferita per ferita, livido per livido.
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.
Quando un uomo colpisce l'occhio del suo schiavo o della sua schiava e lo acceca, gli darà la libertà in compenso dell'occhio.
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.
Se fa cadere il dente del suo schiavo o della sua schiava, gli darà la libertà in compenso del dente.
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.
Quando un bue cozza con le corna contro un uomo o una donna e ne segue la morte, il bue sarà lapidato e non se ne mangerà la carne. Però il proprietario del bue è innocente.
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.
Ma se il bue era solito cozzare con le corna gia prima e il padrone era stato avvisato e non lo aveva custodito, se ha causato la morte di un uomo o di una donna, il bue sarà lapidato e anche il suo padrone dev'essere messo a morte.
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.
Se invece gli viene imposta una compensazione, egli pagherà il riscatto della propria vita, secondo quanto gli verrà imposto.
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.
Se cozza con le corna contro un figlio o se cozza contro una figlia, si procederà nella stessa maniera.
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.
Se il bue colpisce con le corna uno schiavo o una schiava, si pagheranno al padrone trenta sicli d'argento e il bue sarà lapidato.
33 Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
Quando un uomo lascia una cisterna aperta oppure quando un uomo scava una cisterna e non la copre, se vi cade un bue o un asino,
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].
il proprietario della cisterna deve dare l'indennizzo: verserà il denaro al padrone della bestia e l'animale morto gli apparterrà.
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.
Quando il bue di un uomo cozza contro il bue del suo prossimo e ne causa la morte, essi venderanno il bue vivo e se ne divideranno il prezzo; si divideranno anche la bestia morta.
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].”
Ma se è notorio che il bue cozzava gia prima e il suo padrone non lo ha custodito, egli dovrà dare come indennizzo bue per bue e la bestia morta gli apparterrà.
