Exodus 21
1 'And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them:
“Mmara no nkaeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ woka kyerɛ wɔn no nie:
2 'When thou buyest a Hebrew servant — six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;
“Sɛ wotɔ akoa a ɔyɛ Hebrini a, ma no nsom wo mfeɛ nsia, na afe a ɛtɔ so nson no, gyaa no na ɔnkɔ ne baabi kwa a ɔntua hwee.
3 if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;
Sɛ ɔbɛyɛɛ wʼakoa no na ɔyɛ osigyani na sɛ akyire no ɔware a, ɔno nko ara na sɛ mfeɛ nson no duru a ɔbɛkɔ. Na sɛ nso na waware ansa na ɔrebɛyɛ akoa deɛ a, ɔne ne yere no na ɛbɛkɔ.
4 if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters — the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.
Sɛ nso ne wura no na ɔmaa no ɔbaa wareeɛ wɔ ne nkoasom no mu, na sɛ wɔwo mmammarima ne mmammaa a, ɔyere ne mma no bɛyɛ owura no dea na okunu no akɔ ne baabi.
5 'And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons — I do not go out free;
“Na sɛ ɔbarima no pae mu ka sɛ ‘Mepɛ me wura ne me yere ne me mma asɛm enti merenkɔ’ a,
6 then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him — to the age.
ne wura no de no bɛba atemmufoɔ anim na wɔde fitiiɛ afiti nʼasom badwa mu na watena ne wura no nkyɛn sɛ akoa afebɔɔ.
7 'And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;
“Sɛ ɔbarima bi tɔn ne babaa sɛ afenaa a, mfeɛ nsia no duru a, wɔrennyaa no sɛdeɛ wɔgyaa mmarima nkoa no.
8 if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.
Sɛ ne som no nsɔ onipa a ɔtɔɔ no no ani a, onipa ko a ɔtɔn no no wɔ ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔsane bɛtɔ no bio. Nanso afenaa no wura no nni ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔtɔn no ma ɔnanani biara, ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ ɔyɛ saa a, na wabu ɔtɔn no ho nhyehyɛeɛ so.
9 'And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.
Na sɛ afenaawura no de afenaa no ma ne babarima aware a, afenaa no bɛyɛ owura no babaa.
10 'If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;
Sɛ ɔno ara ankasa ware no na ɔsane ware foforɔ a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔte nʼaduane ne ntoma a ɔde ma no no so; na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔkame no nna sɛ ɔyere.
11 and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.
Na sɛ wantumi anni saa ahyɛdeɛ mmiɛnsa yi so a, afenaa a ɔyɛ ɔyere no tumi kɔ kwa a ɔntua sika biara.
12 'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;
“Obiara a ɔbɛbɔ obi akum no no, wɔbɛkum no bi.
13 as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.
Sɛ ɛyɛ asiane a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nhyehyɛeɛ a wanhyɛ da a, mɛkyerɛ onii no baabi a ɔnnwane nkɔhinta.
14 'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
Sɛ obi boapa taataa ɔfoforɔ so pɛ sɛ ɔkum no a, onii no gyina afɔrebukyia anim koraa a, montwe no nkɔkum no.
15 'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
“Deɛ ɔbɔ nʼagya anaa ne maame no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
16 'And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
“Obi a ɔwia onipa no, sɛ wɔkyere no sɛ saa onipa no wɔ ne nsam anaasɛ watɔn no a, wɔnkum no.
17 'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
“Deɛ ɔdome nʼagya anaa ne maame no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
18 'And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;
“Sɛ mmarima baanu reko na wɔn mu baako de ɛboɔ anaa kuturuku bɔ ɔbaako no pira no, na wanwu, nanso ɛka no to mpa so,
19 if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.
na akyire no, ɔtumi sɔre nante na mpo sɛ ɔtɔ ne nan so a, ɔbarima a ɔbɔɔ ne yɔnko no di bem, nanso ɔbaako no berɛ a wasɛe no no, ɔbɛtua ho sika ama no, asane atua nʼayaresa ka nyinaa kɔsi sɛ ne ho bɛtɔ no.
20 'And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand — he is certainly avenged;
“Sɛ obi hwe nʼakoa anaa nʼafenawa ma no wu a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwe nʼaso.
21 only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
Nanso, sɛ nna bi akyi akoa no anwu a, ɛnneɛ, owura no renkɔ asotwe biara mu, ɛfiri sɛ, akoa no yɛ nʼagyapadeɛ.
22 'And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;
“Sɛ mmarima baanu reko na ɔko no mu wɔpira ɔpemfoɔ ma ɔpɔn, nanso wanwu a, wɔbɛbɔ ɔbarima a ɔpiraa no no ka biara a ɔpemfoɔ no kunu de bɛto atemmufoɔ anim ama wɔapene so no.
23 and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,
Na sɛ opira no mu no, ɔbaa no nam so wu a, wɔnkum saa ɔbarima no.
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Sɛ ɔpemfoɔ no pira nʼani a, pira ɔbarima no nso ani; sɛ ne se tu a, tu ne deɛ bi. Nsa nsi nsa anan, ɛnan nsi ɛnan anan,
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
ɔhyeɛ nsi ɔhyeɛ anan, apirakuro nsi apirakuro anan na ntampeɛ nsi ntampeɛ anan.
26 'And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;
“Sɛ ɔbarima bi bɔ nʼakoa anaa nʼafenawa ani so ma nʼani bɔ a, ɛsiane nʼani no enti, ɛsɛ sɛ akoa anaa afenaa no kɔ ne baabi kwa.
27 and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.
Sɛ owura tu nʼakoa se a, ne se no enti, ɔmma no nkɔ ne baabi.
28 'And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;
“Sɛ nantwie pem ɔbaa anaa ɔbarima ma no wu a, wɔnsi nantwie no aboɔ. Wɔnnwe ne nam no. Ne wura no nso, obiara mmfa ne nsa nka no,
29 and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.
gye sɛ wɔate sɛ mmerɛ bi a atwam no, nantwie no pempem nnipa ma wɔabɔ ne wura no amaneɛ a ɔnka ho hwee; sɛ ɛba saa na sɛ ɔkum obi a, wɔnsi nantwie no aboɔ na ne wura no nso, wɔnkum no.
30 'If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;
Sɛ nso owufoɔ no abusuafoɔ pɛ a, wɔbɛbɔ nantwiewura no ka. Atemmufoɔ na wɔbɛkyerɛ ɛka no ano.
31 whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
Mmara korɔ no ara kyere nantwie a ɔbɛpem abarimaa anaa abaayewa.
32 'If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.
Na sɛ nantwie no pem akoa anaa afenaa a, wɔbɛma akoa anaa afenaa no wura dwetɛ gram ahasa ne aduanan mmienu, na wɔasi nantwie no aboɔ.
33 'And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, —
“Sɛ ɔbarima bi tu abura, na wankata so, na nantwie anaa afunumu kɔtɔ mu a,
34 the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
ɛka biara a aboa no wura bɛbɔ abura no wura no, ɛsɛ sɛ abura wura no tua na ɔfa aboa a wawu no.
35 'And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;
“Sɛ ɔbarima bi nantwie pira nantwie foforɔ na sɛ ɔwu a, mmoawuranom baanu no bɛtɔn aboa a ɔnwuiɛ no na wɔakyɛ sika no mu. Wɔn mu biara nso bɛfa aboa a wawu no fa.
36 or, it hath been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.
Na sɛ aboa no pempem dada na sɛ ne wura no abu nʼani agu so deɛ a, ɛnneɛ, sika mu kyɛ biara remma; na mmom, ɔbarima a ne nantwie wɔ hɔ no bɛtua nantwie a wawu no ho ka nyinaa na wafa no.
