Exodus 21
1 “Now these are the decrees that you must set before them:
Og disse ere de Love, som du skal forelægge dem.
2 'If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh year he will go free without paying anything.
Naar du køber en hebraisk Tjener, da skal han tjene seks Aar, og i det syvende skal han udgaa fri for intet.
3 If he came by himself, he must go free by himself; if he is married, then his wife must go free with him.
Dersom han kom enlig, da skal han udgaa enlig; dersom han var en Hustrus Mand, da skal hans Hustru udgaa med ham.
4 If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master, and he must go free by himself.
Dersom hans Herre har givet ham en Hustru, og hun har født ham Sønner eller Døtre, da skal Kvinden og hendes Børn høre hendes Herre til, og han selv skal udgaa enlig.
5 But if the servant plainly says, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,”
Men dersom Tjeneren siger saa: Jeg elsker, min Herre, min Hustru og mine Børn, jeg vil ikke gaa ud som fri:
6 then his master must bring him to God. The master must bring him to a door or doorpost, and his master must bore his ear through with an awl. Then the servant will serve him for life.
Da skal hans Herre føre ham frem for Gud og holde ham op til Døren eller til Dørstolpen, og hans Herre skal gennemstikke hans Øre med en Syl; saa skal han tjene ham bestandig.
7 If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she must not go free as the male servants do.
Og naar nogen sælger sin Datter til at være en Tjenestepige, da skal hun ikke udgaa, som Tjenere udgaa.
8 If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be bought back. He has no right to sell her to a foreign people. He has no such right, since he has treated her deceitfully.
Dersom hun er mishagelig for hendes Herres Øjne, som har trolovet sig med hende, da skal han tillade, at hun løses; han skal ikke have Magt til at sælge hende til et fremmed Folk, efterdi han har handlet troløst mod hende.
9 If her master designates her as a wife for his son, he must treat her the same as if she were his daughter.
Men dersom han trolover hende med sin Søn, skal han gøre mod hende efter Døtrenes Ret.
10 If he takes another wife for himself, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or her marital rights.
Dersom han tager ham en anden, da skal han ikke formindske hendes Livs Ophold, hendes Klædning og Ægteskabspligten mod hende.
11 But if he does not provide these three things for her, then she can go free without paying any money.
Men dersom han ikke gør disse tre Ting imod hende, da skal hun udgaa for intet, uden Betaling.
12 Whoever strikes a man so that he dies, that person must surely be put to death.
Hvo som slaar et Menneske, saa at det dør, han skal visselig dødes.
13 If the man did not do it with premeditation, but instead by accident, then I will fix a place to where he can flee.
Men har han ikke luret efter ham, men Gud har ladet ham falde i hans Haand, da vil jeg bestemme dig et Sted, hvor han skal fly hen.
14 If a man willfully attacks his neighbor and kills him according to a cunning plan, then you must take him, even if he is at God's altar, so that he may die.
Og naar nogen hovmodelig sætter sig op imod sin Næste og slaar ham ihjel med Svig, da skal du tage ham endog fra mit Alter til at dø.
15 Whoever hits his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Og hvo som slaar sin Fader eller Moder, skal visselig dødes.
16 Whoever kidnaps a person—whether the kidnapper sells him, or that person is found in his hand—that kidnapper must be put to death.
Og hvo som stjæler et Menneske og sælger det, eller det bliver fundet i hans Vold, han skal visselig dødes.
17 Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
Og hvo som bander sin Fader eller sin Moder, skal visselig dødes.
18 If men fight and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist, and that person does not die, but is confined to his bed;
Og naar Mænd trættes, og den ene slaar den anden med en Sten eller med Næve, og han ikke dør, men maa ligge til Sengs,
19 then if he recovers and is able to walk about using his staff, the man who struck him must pay for the loss of his time; he must also pay for his complete recovery. But that man is not guilty of murder.
og han kommer op igen og gaar om paa Gaden ved sin Stav, da skal den, som slog, være uskyldig; dog skal han betale hans Tidsspilde og lade ham fuldkomment læge.
20 If a man hits his male servant or his female servant with a staff, and if the servant dies as a result of the blow, then that man must surely be punished.
Og naar nogen slaar sin Tjener eller sin Tjenestepige med en Kæp, saa at de dø under hans Haand, da skal det visselig hævnes.
21 However, if the servant lives for a day or two, the master must not be punished, for he will have suffered the loss of the servant.
Dog dersom de blive ved Live een eller to Dage, da skal det ikke hævnes; thi det er hans Penge.
22 If men fight together and hurt a pregnant woman so that she miscarries, but there is no other injury to her, then the guilty man must surely be fined as the woman's husband demands it from him, and he must pay as the judges determine.
Og naar Mænd trættes tilsammen og slaa en frugtsommelig Kvinde, og hendes Foster fødes, og der ikke sker Ulykke, da skal der gives Bøde, eftersom Kvindens Husbonde paalægger ham, og han skal give efter Dommeres Tykke.
23 But if there is serious injury, then you must give a life for a life,
Men dersom der sker Ulykke, da skal du give Liv for Liv.
24 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
Øje for Øje, Tand for Tand, Haand for Haand, Fod for Fod,
25 a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, or a bruise for a bruise.
brændt for brændt, Saar for Saar, blaatslaget for blaatslaget.
26 If a man hits the eye of his male servant or of his female servant and destroys it, then he must let the servant go free in compensation for his eye.
Og naar nogen slaar sin Tjeners Øje eller sin Tjenestepiges Øje og fordærver det, da skal han lade dem fare fri for deres Øjes Skyld.
27 If he knocks out a tooth of his male servant or female servant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
Og dersom han slaar sin Tjeners Tand eller Tjenestepiges Tand ud, skal han lade dem fare fri for deres Tands Skyld.
28 If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its flesh must not be eaten; but the ox's owner must be acquitted of guilt.
Og om en Okse stanger en Mand eller Kvinde, saa at de dø, da skal Oksen visselig stenes, og dens Kød skal ikke ædes; men Oksens Herre skal være uskyldig.
29 But if the ox had a habit of goring in the past, and its owner was warned but did not keep it in, and the ox has killed a man or a woman, that ox must be stoned, and its owner also must be put to death.
Men dersom den Okse tilforn var vant at stange, og det var vitterliggjort for dens Ejermand, og han ikke passede paa den, og den dræber Mand eller Kvinde, da skal Oksen stenes, og dens Ejermand skal ogsaa dødes.
30 If a payment is required for his life, he must pay whatever he is required to pay.
Men dersom der bliver paalagt ham en Bod, da skal han give Løsepenge for sit Liv efter alt det, som paalægges ham.
31 If the ox has gored a man's son or daughter, the ox's owner must do what this decree requires him to do.
Enten den stanger en Søn, eller den stanger en Datter, da skal ham ske efter denne Vis.
32 If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the ox's owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.
Dersom en Okse stanger en Tjener eller Tjenestepige, da skal der gives deres Husbonde tredive Sekel Sølv, og Oksen skal stenes.
33 If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Og naar nogen aabner en Brønd, eller naar nogen graver en Brønd og dækker den ikke til, og der falder en Okse eller et Asen i den,
34 the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to the dead animal's owner, and the dead animal will become his.
da skal Brøndens Ejermand betale derfor, han skal give Penge derfor til deres Herre, og det døde Dyr skal han have.
35 If one man's ox hurts another man's ox so that it dies, then they must sell the live ox and divide its price, and they must also divide the dead ox.
Og naar en Mands Okse stanger en anden Mands Okse, saa at den dør, da skulle de sælge den levende Okse og halvdele dens Værd, og den døde skulle de og halvdele.
36 But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring in time past, and its owner has not kept it in, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his own.
Eller var det vitterligt, at den Okse plejede tilforn at stange, og dens Ejermand ikke vilde passe paa den, da skal han visselig betale Okse for Okse, og den døde skal han have.
