Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
Or queste sono le leggi che tu porrai dinanzi a 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].
Se compri un servo ebreo, egli ti servirà per sei anni; ma il settimo se ne andrà libero, senza pagar nulla.
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 venuto solo, se ne andrà solo; se aveva moglie, la 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 dà moglie e questa gli partorisce figliuoli e figliuole, la moglie e i figliuoli di lei saranno 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 il servo fa questa dichiarazione: “Io amo il mio padrone, mia moglie e i miei figliuoli; io non voglio andarmene libero”
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 farà comparire davanti a Dio, e lo farà accostare alla porta o allo stipite, e il suo padrone gli forerà l’orecchio con una lesina; ed egli lo servirà 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.
Se uno vende la propria figliuola per esser serva, ella non se ne andrà come se ne vanno i servi.
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].
S’ella dispiace al suo padrone, che se l’era presa per moglie, egli la farà riscattare; ma non avrà il diritto di venderla a gente straniera, dopo esserle stato infedele.
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.
E se la dà in isposa al suo figliuolo, la tratterà secondo il diritto delle fanciulle.
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 prende un altra moglie, non toglierà alla prima né il vitto, né il vestire, né 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 non le fa queste tre cose, ella se ne andrà senza pagamento di prezzo.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
Chi percuote un uomo sì ch’egli muoia, dev’esser 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].
Se non gli ha teso agguato, ma Dio gliel’ha fatto cader sotto mano, io ti stabilirò un luogo dov’ei si possa rifugiare.
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.
Se alcuno con premeditazione uccide il suo prossimo mediante insidia, tu lo strapperai anche dal mio altare, per farlo morire.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
Chi percuote suo padre o sua madre dev’esser 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.
Chi ruba un uomo sia che l’abbia venduto o che gli sia trovato nelle mani dev’esser messo a morte.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
Chi maledice suo padre o sua madre dev’esser 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],
Se degli uomini vengono a rissa, e uno percuote l’altro con una pietra o col pugno, e quello non muoia, 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 si rileva e può camminar fuori appoggiato al suo bastone, colui che lo percosse sarà assolto; soltanto, lo indennizzerà del tempo che ha perduto e lo farà curare fino a guarigione compiuta.
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.
Se uno percuote il suo servo o la sua serva col bastone sì che gli muoiano fra le mani, il padrone dev’esser punito;
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 sopravvivono un giorno o due, non sarà punito, perché son danaro suo.
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.
Se alcuni vengono a rissa e percuotono una donna incinta sì ch’ella si sgravi, ma senza che ne segua altro danno, il percotitore sarà condannato all’ammenda che il marito della donna gl’imporrà; e la pagherà come determineranno i giudici;
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 ne segue danno,
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.
darai vita per vita, occhio per occhio, dente per dente, mano per mano,
piede per piede, scottatura per scottatura, ferita per ferita, contusione per contusione.
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.
Se uno colpisce l’occhio del suo servo o l’occhio della sua serva e glielo fa perdere, li lascerà andar liberi in compenso dell’occhio perduto.
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.
E se fa cadere un dente al suo servo o un dente alla sua serva, li lascerà andar liberi in compenso del dente perduto.
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.
Se un bue cozza un uomo o una donna sì che muoia, il bue dovrà esser lapidato e non se ne mangerà la carne; ma il padrone del bue sarà assolto.
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.
Però, se il bue era già da tempo uso cozzare, e il padrone n’è stato avvertito, ma non l’ha tenuto rinchiuso, e il bue ha ucciso un uomo o una donna, il bue sarà lapidato, e il suo padrone pure sarà 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.
Ove sia imposto al padrone un prezzo di riscatto, egli pagherà per il riscatto della propria vita tutto quello che gli sarà 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 il bue cozza un figliuolo o una figliuola, gli si applicherà questa medesima legge.
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 cozza un servo o una serva, il padrone del bue pagherà al padrone del servo 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].
Se uno apre una fossa, o se uno scava una fossa e non la copre, e un bue o un asino vi cade dentro,
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 padron della fossa rifarà il danno: pagherà in danaro il valore della bestia al padrone, e la bestia morta sarà sua.
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.
Se il bue d’un uomo perisce il bue d’un altro sì ch’esso muoia, si venderà il bue vivo e se ne dividerà il prezzo; e anche il bue morto sarà diviso fra loro.
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].”
Se poi è noto che quel bue era già da tempo uso cozzare, e il suo padrone non l’ha tenuto rinchiuso, questi dovrà pagare bue per bue, e la bestia morta sarà sua.
