< Exodus 21 >

1 These ben the domes, whiche thou schalt sette forth to hem.
and these [the] justice: judgement which to set: make to/for face: before their
2 If thou biest an Ebrew seruaunt, he schal serue thee sixe yeer; in the seuenthe yeer he schal go out fre,
for to buy servant/slave Hebrew six year to serve and in/on/with seventh to come out: come to/for free for nothing
3 with out prijs; with what maner clooth he entride, with siche clooth go he out; if he entride hauynge a wijf, and the wijf schal go out to gidere.
if in/on/with single/height his to come (in): come in/on/with single/height his to come out: come if master: husband woman: wife he/she/it and to come out: come woman: wife his with him
4 But if the lord of the servaunt yaf a wijf to hym, and sche childide sones and douytris, the womman and hir children schulen be hir lordis; sotheli the seruaunt schal go out with his owne clooth.
if lord his to give: give(marriage) to/for him woman: wife and to beget to/for him son: child or daughter [the] woman: wife and youth her to be to/for lord her and he/she/it to come out: come in/on/with single/height his
5 That if the seruaunt seith, Y loue my lord, and wijf, and children, Y schal not go out fre;
and if to say to say [the] servant/slave to love: lover [obj] lord my [obj] woman: wife my and [obj] son: child my not to come out: come free
6 the lord brynge hym to goddis, that is, iugis; and he schal be set to the dore, and postis; and the lord schal perse his eere with a nal, and he schal be seruaunt to hym til in to the world.
and to approach: bring him lord his to(wards) [the] God and to approach: bring him to(wards) [the] door or to(wards) [the] doorpost and to bore lord his [obj] ear his in/on/with awl and to serve him to/for forever: enduring
7 If ony man sillith his douyter in to seruauntesse, sche schal not go out as handmaidis weren wont to go out;
and for to sell man [obj] daughter his to/for maidservant not to come out: come like/as to come out: come [the] servant/slave
8 if sche displesith in the iyen of hir lord, to whom sche was bitakun, he schal delyuere hir; sotheli he schal not haue power to sille hir to an alien puple, if he forsakith hir.
if be evil in/on/with eye: appearance lord her which (to/for him *Q(K)*) to appoint her and to ransom her to/for people foreign not to rule to/for to sell her in/on/with to act treacherously he in/on/with her
9 Forsothe if he weddith hir to his sonne, he schal do to hir `bi the custom of douytris;
and if to/for son: child his to appoint her like/as justice [the] daughter to make: do to/for her
10 that if he takith another womman to hym, he schal puruey to the damysele weddingis, and clothis, and he schal not denye the prijs of chastite.
if another to take: marry to/for him flesh her covering her and cohabitation her not to dimish
11 If he doith not these thre, sche schal go out freli without money.
and if three these not to make: do to/for her and to come out: come for nothing nothing silver: money
12 He that smytith a man, and wole sle, die bi deeth;
to smite man: anyone and to die to die to die
13 forsothe if a man settide not aspies, but God `bitook hym in to hise hondis, Y schal ordeyne a place to thee, whidur he owith to fle.
and which not to ambush and [the] God to meet to/for hand: power his and to set: appoint to/for you place which to flee there [to]
14 If ony man sleeth his neiybore bi biforecastyng, and bi aspies, drawe thou hym awey fro myn auter, that he die.
and for to boil man: anyone upon neighbor his to/for to kill him in/on/with craftiness from from with altar my to take: take him to/for to die
15 He that smytith his fadir, ether modir, die by deeth.
and to smite father his and mother his to die to die
16 He that cursith his fadir, ether modir, die bi deeth.
and to steal man: anyone and to sell him and to find in/on/with hand: power his to die to die
17 He that stelith a man, and sillith hym, if he is conuyt of the gilt, die bi deeth.
and to lighten father his and mother his to die to die
18 If men chiden, and the tother smyte his neiybore with a stoon, ether with the fist, and he is not deed, but liggith in the bed,
and for to contend [emph?] human and to smite man: anyone [obj] neighbor his in/on/with stone or in/on/with fist and not to die and to fall: fall to/for bed
19 if he risith, and goith forth on his staf, he that smoot schal be innocent; so netheles that he restore hise trauelis, and costis in lechis.
if to arise: rise and to go: walk in/on/with outside upon staff his and to clear [the] to smite except cessation his to give: pay and to heal to heal
20 He that smytith his seruaunt, ether handmayde, with a yerde, and thei ben deed in hise hondis, schal be gilti of cryme.
and for to smite man: anyone [obj] servant/slave his or [obj] maidservant his in/on/with tribe: staff and to die underneath: owning hand: owner his to avenge to avenge
21 Sotheli if the seruaunt ouerlyueth o dai, ether tweyne, he schal not be suget to peyne, `that is of deeth, for the seruaunt is his catel.
surely if day or day to stand: stand not to avenge for silver: money his he/she/it
22 If men chiden, and a man smytith a womman with childe, and sotheli makith the child deed borun, but the womman ouerlyueth, he schal be suget to the harm, as myche as the `hosebonde of the womman axith, and the iugis demen.
and for to struggle human and to strike woman pregnant and to come out: produce youth her and not to be harm to fine to fine like/as as which to set: make upon him master: husband [the] woman and to give: pay in/on/with judge
23 But if the deeth of hir sueth,
and if harm to be and to give: pay soul: life underneath: instead soul: life
24 he schal yelde lijf for lijf, iye for iye, tooth for tooth, hond for hond, foot for foot,
eye underneath: instead eye tooth underneath: instead tooth hand underneath: instead hand foot underneath: instead foot
25 brennyng for brennyng, wounde `with schedyng of blood for wounde `with schedyng of blood, `a wan wounde for a wan wounde.
burning underneath: instead burning wound underneath: instead wound wound underneath: instead wound
26 If a man smytith the iye of his seruaunt, ethir of handmaide, and makith hem oon iyed, he schal delyuere hem fre for `the iye which he puttide out.
and for to smite man: anyone [obj] eye servant/slave his or [obj] eye maidservant his and to ruin her to/for free to send: let go him underneath: because of eye his
27 Also if he smytith out a tooth fro his seruaunt, ethir handmaide, in lijk maner he schal delyuere hem fre.
and if tooth servant/slave his or tooth maidservant his to fall: deserting to/for free to send: let go him underneath: because of tooth his
28 If an oxe smytith with horn a man, ether a womman, and thei ben deed, the oxe schal be oppressid with stoonus, and hise fleischis schulen not be etun, and the lord of the oxe schal be innocent.
and for to gore cattle [obj] man or [obj] woman and to die to stone to stone [the] cattle and not to eat [obj] flesh his and master [the] cattle innocent
29 That if the oxe was `a pultere with horn fro yisterdai and the thridde dai ago, and men warneden `the lord of hym, nether the lord closide hym, and he sleeth a man, ethir womman, bothe the oxe schal be oppressid with stoonus, and thei schulen sle `the lord of hym;
and if cattle goring he/she/it from yesterday three days ago and to testify in/on/with master his and not to keep: look at him and to die man or woman [the] cattle to stone and also master his to die
30 that if prijs is put to the lord, he schal yyue for his lijf what euer he is axide.
if ransom to set: make upon him and to give: pay redemption soul: life his like/as all which to set: make upon him
31 And if he smytith with horn a son, and a douytir, he schal be suget to lijk sentence.
or son: child to gore or daughter to gore like/as justice: judgement [the] this to make: do to/for him
32 If the oxe asailith a seruaunt, and handmaide, the lord of the oxe schal yyue thretti siclis of siluer to `his lord; forsothe the oxe schal be oppressid with stoonus.
if servant/slave to gore [the] cattle or maidservant silver: money thirty shekel to give: pay to/for lord his and [the] cattle to stone
33 If ony man openeth a cisterne, and diggith, and hilith it not, and an oxe ether asse fallith in to it,
and for to open man: anyone pit or for to pierce man: anyone pit and not to cover him and to fall: fall there [to] cattle or donkey
34 the lord of the cisterne schal yelde the prijs of the werk beestis; forsothe that that is deed schal be his.
master [the] pit to complete silver: money to return: pay to/for master his and [the] to die to be to/for him
35 If another mannus oxe woundith the oxe of another man, and he is deed, thei schulen sille the quyke oxe, and thei schulen departe the prijs; forsothe thei schulen departe bitwixe hem the karkeis of the deed oxe.
and for to strike cattle man: anyone [obj] cattle neighbor his and to die and to sell [obj] [the] cattle [the] alive and to divide [obj] silver: price his and also [obj] [the] to die to divide [emph?]
36 Forsothe if his lord wiste, that the oxe was a puttere fro yistirdai and the thridde dai ago, and kepte not him, he schal yelde oxe for oxe, and he schal take the hool carkeys.
or to know for cattle goring he/she/it from yesterday three days ago and not to keep: look at him master his to complete to complete cattle underneath: instead [the] cattle and [the] to die to be to/for him

< Exodus 21 >