Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
Estas son las Ordenanzas que les promulgarás:
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].
Cuando compres un esclavo hebreo, servirá como esclavo seis años, pero al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar.
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.
Si entró solo, saldrá solo. Si tenía esposa, entonces su esposa saldrá con él.
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.
Pero si su ʼadon le dio esposa, y ella le dio a luz hijos o hijas, la esposa y sus hijos serán de su ʼadon; él saldrá 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,’
Pero si el esclavo dice con insistencia: Yo amo a mi ʼadon, a mi esposa y a mis hijos. No saldré libre.
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).
Entonces su ʼadon lo llevará ante los jueces, lo acercará a la puerta o a la jamba de la puerta. Su ʼadon le perforará la oreja con un punzón, y será su esclavo para siempre.
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.
Cuando un hombre venda a su hija como esclava, ella no saldrá libre como suelen salir los esclavos varones.
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].
Si no agrada a su ʼadon, quien la destinó para él como esposa, dejará que sea rescatada, y no tendrá autoridad para venderla a pueblo extranjero, porque la traicionó.
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.
Si la destina para su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
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.
Si toma otra esposa para él, no disminuirá a la primera su alimento, ni su ropa, ni sus derechos conyugales.
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].
Si no hace ninguna de estas tres cosas con ella, entonces ella saldrá libre sin pagar dinero.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
El que hiera a un hombre y éste muera, ciertamente morirá.
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].
Pero si no estaba al acecho, sino que ʼElohim permitió que cayera en su mano, entonces Yo te señalaré lugar adonde él puede huir.
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.
Sin embargo, si un hombre se enfurece contra su prójimo y lo asesina con alevosía, hasta de mi propio altar lo podrás arrestar para que muera.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
El que golpee a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
El que secuestre a una persona, ya sea que la venda o sea hallada en su poder, ciertamente morirá.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
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],
Si unos hombres pelean, y uno hiere a su prójimo con piedra o el puño, pero no muere sino cae en cama,
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.
si se levanta, y puede entrar y salir sin su bastón, el que lo hirió será absuelto. Solo pagará por su tiempo de reposo y será responsable de que sea curado completamente.
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.
Cuando alguno hiera a su esclavo o a su esclava con la vara, y muera bajo su mano, ciertamente será vengado.
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.
Pero si sobrevive un día o dos, no será vengado, porque él es propiedad suya.
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.
Si unos hombres pelean, y golpean a una mujer embarazada de tal modo que ella da a luz prematuramente, y sin embargo, ella no tiene heridas, los culpables serán multados según lo que el esposo de la señora imponga sobre ellos y les sea impuesto por los jueces.
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.
Pero si hay daño grave, entonces pagará vida por vida,
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.
ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, contusión por contusión.
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.
Cuando alguien hiera el ojo de su esclavo o el de su esclava, y lo inutilice, lo dejará en libertad por causa de su ojo.
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.
Si le saca un diente a su esclavo o a su esclava con un golpe, lo dejará en libertad por causa de su diente.
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.
Cuando un buey cornee a un hombre o a una mujer y muera, ciertamente el buey será apedreado y no se comerá su carne, y el dueño del buey no será castigado.
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.
Pero si el buey era corneador desde antes, y a su dueño se le advirtió, pero no lo encerró, y mata a un hombre o una mujer, el buey será apedreado y también morirá su dueño.
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.
Pero si se le impone un impuesto de rescate, entonces pagará por el rescate de su vida cuanto le sea impuesto.
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.
Si cornea a un muchacho o a una muchacha, se hará con él conforme a esta misma norma.
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.
Si el buey cornea a un esclavo o a una esclava, el dueño del buey pagará 330 gramos de plata al amo del esclavo, y el toro será apedreado.
33 Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
Cuando alguno destape un pozo o excave una cisterna y no la cubra, y caiga allí un toro o un asno,
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].
el dueño de la cisterna indemnizará. Pagará el dinero a su dueño, y lo muerto será suyo.
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.
Si el buey de alguno hiere el buey de su prójimo y muere, entonces venderán el buey vivo y partirán el dinero, y también partirán el buey muerto.
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].”
Pero si era notorio que el buey era corneador desde antes, y su dueño no lo encerró, pagará buey por buey, y el buey muerto será suyo.
