Exodus 21
1 “Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them:
“Éstas son las ordenanzas que les pondrás delante:
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
“Si compras un siervo hebreo, servirá seis años, y al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar nada.
3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Si entra solo, saldrá solo. Si está casado, su mujer saldrá con él.
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
Si su amo le da una esposa y ella le da hijos o hijas, la esposa y sus hijos serán de su amo, y él saldrá solo.
5 But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’
Pero si el siervo dice claramente: “Amo a mi amo, a mi mujer y a mis hijos. No saldré libre;’
6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
entonces su amo lo llevará a Dios, y lo traerá a la puerta o al poste de la puerta, y su amo le perforará la oreja con un punzón, y le servirá para siempre.
7 “If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
“Si un hombre vende a su hija para que sea sierva, no saldrá como los siervos.
8 If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
Si no le gusta a su amo, que la ha casado consigo, entonces la dejará rescatar. No tendrá derecho a venderla a un pueblo extranjero, ya que ha actuado con engaño con ella.
9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.
Si la casa con su hijo, la tratará como a una hija.
10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
Si toma otra esposa para sí, no disminuirá su comida, su ropa ni sus derechos matrimoniales.
11 If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
Si no hace estas tres cosas por ella, podrá quedar libre sin pagar nada.
12 “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
“El que golpee a un hombre de modo que muera, será ciertamente condenado a muerte,
13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
pero no si es involuntario, sino que Dios permite que ocurra; entonces te designaré un lugar donde huirá.
14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
Si un hombre trama y se acerca presuntuosamente a su prójimo para matarlo, lo sacarás de mi altar para que muera.
15 “Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
“Cualquiera que ataque a su padre o a su madre será condenado a muerte.
16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
“Cualquiera que secuestre a alguien y lo venda, o si lo encuentra en su mano, será condenado a muerte.
17 “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
“Cualquiera que maldiga a su padre o a su madre será condenado a muerte.
18 “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;
“Si los hombres riñen y uno golpea al otro con una piedra o con su puño, y no muere, sino que queda confinado en la cama;
19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
si se levanta de nuevo y camina con su bastón, entonces el que lo golpeó quedará libre de culpa; sólo que pagará por la pérdida de su tiempo, y proveerá a su curación hasta que esté completamente curado.
20 “If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
“Si un hombre golpea a su siervo o a su sierva con una vara, y éste muere bajo su mano, el hombre será castigado.
21 Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.
Sin embargo, si su siervo se levanta después de uno o dos días, no será castigado, porque el siervo es de su propiedad.
22 “If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.
“Si los hombres pelean y hieren a una mujer embarazada de modo que dé a luz prematuramente, y sin embargo no se produce ningún daño, se le impondrá la multa que el marido de la mujer exija y los jueces permitan.
23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
Pero si se produce algún daño, entonces hay que quitar vida por vida,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida y contusión por contusión.
26 “If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
“Si un hombre golpea el ojo de su siervo o de su sierva y lo destruye, lo dejará libre por su ojo.
27 If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
Si golpea el diente de su siervo o de su sierva, lo dejará libre por su diente.
28 “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
“Si un toro mata a un hombre o a una mujer de una cornada, el toro será apedreado y su carne no se comerá; pero el dueño del toro no será responsable.
29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
Pero si el toro ha tenido la costumbre de cornear en el pasado, y esto ha sido atestiguado a su dueño, y éste no lo ha guardado, pero ha matado a un hombre o a una mujer, el toro será apedreado, y su dueño también será condenado a muerte.
30 If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.
Si se le impone un rescate, deberá dar por la redención de su vida lo que se le imponga.
31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
Tanto si ha corneado a un hijo como si ha corneado a una hija, según este juicio se hará con él.
32 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
Si el toro cornea a un siervo o a una sierva, se darán treinta siclos de plata a su amo, y el buey será apedreado.
33 “If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
“Si un hombre abre una fosa, o si un hombre cava una fosa y no la cubre, y un toro o un asno cae en ella,
34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
el dueño de la fosa deberá repararla. Dará dinero a su dueño, y el animal muerto será suyo.
35 “If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.
“Si el toro de un hombre hiere al de otro, de modo que muera, entonces venderán el toro vivo y dividirán su precio; y también dividirán el animal muerto.
36 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
O si se sabe que el toro tenía la costumbre de corneado en el pasado, y su dueño no lo ha guardado, pagará ciertamente toro por toro, y el animal muerto será suyo.
