Mose 2 21
1 “Se bubu siwo dzi miawɔ la woe nye:
“These are the judgments which you shall place before them:
2 “Ne Hebri ŋutsu aɖe nyi fe le asiwò, mete ŋu xee o, eye wòto esia me zu wò kluvi la, ekema ele be wòasubɔ wò ƒe ade ko. Magaxe fe aɖeke o, ke boŋ azu ablɔɖeme le ƒe adrelia me.
If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you; in the seventh, he shall depart freely, without charge.
3 “Ne ezu wò kluvi hafi va ɖe srɔ̃ la, ekema eya ɖeka koe azu ablɔɖeme. Ke ne eɖe srɔ̃ hafi va zu wò kluvi la, ekema eya ŋutɔ kple srɔ̃a siaa azu ablɔɖemewo le ŋkeke ɖeka ma dzi.
With whatever clothing he arrived, with the like let him depart. If he has a wife, his wife also shall depart, at the same time.
4 Ke ne aƒetɔ aɖe ɖe srɔ̃ na eƒe kluvi, eye wodzi viŋutsuwo kple vinyɔnuwo la, ekema srɔ̃nyɔnu la kple wo viwo aganye aƒetɔ la tɔ, le esime kluvi la ya azu ablɔɖeme.
But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing.
5 “Ke ne kluvi la ɖe gbeƒã be, ‘Melɔ̃ nye aƒetɔ, srɔ̃nye kple vinyewo, eya ta nyemedi be mazu ablɔɖeme o’ la,
And if the servant will say, ‘I love my lord, and my wife and children, I will not depart freely,’
6 ekema ele be aƒetɔ la nakplɔe va ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo ŋkume, aŋɔ to nɛ kple nuŋɔnui le amewo ŋkume, ekema azu kluvi azɔ tegbetegbe.
then his lord shall make an offering for him to the heavens, and it shall be applied to the door and the posts, and he will pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall be his servant in perpetuity.
7 “Ne fofo aɖe dzra via nyɔnu wòzu kosi la, mazu ablɔɖeme le ƒe ade megbe abe ŋutsuwo ene o.
If anyone sells his daughter to be a servant, she shall not depart as a female servant is accustomed to go out.
8 Ne kosi la ƒe nu meganyo eƒe aƒetɔ ŋu o la, ekema aƒetɔ la ate ŋu ana ame bubu naƒlee. Ke aƒetɔ la mekpɔ mɔ adzra kosi la na dukɔ bubu me tɔwo o, elabena eda vo ɖe kosi la ŋu le esime megadi be wòaganye ye srɔ̃ o ta.
If she displeases the eyes of her lord, to whom she had been delivered, he shall dismiss her. But he shall have no authority to sell her to a foreign people, even if he despises her.
9 Ne aƒetɔ la na eya ŋutɔ Via ŋutsu ɖe Hebri kosi aɖe la, ekema magabu nyɔnu la abe kosi ene o, ke boŋ alé be nɛ azɔ abe eya ŋutɔ via nyɔnu ene.
But if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall treat her according to the custom with daughters.
10 Ne aƒetɔ la ŋutɔ ɖe kosi la, eye wògaɖe nyɔnu bubu kpe ɖe eŋu la, mele be wòaɖe kosi la ƒe nuɖuɖu alo nutata dzi akpɔtɔ loo alo agbe egbɔdɔdɔ abe srɔ̃a ene o.
And if he takes another for him, he shall provide to the maiden a marriage, and clothing, and he shall not refuse the price of her chastity.
11 Ne ŋutsu la gbe nu etɔ̃ siawo dometɔ ɖeka wɔwɔ la, ekema kosi la kpɔ mɔ adzo, eye maxe fe aɖeke o.”
If he does not do these three things, she shall depart freely, without money.
12 “Ne ame aɖe ƒo ame aɖe sesĩe ale gbegbe be wòku la, ekema ele be woawui.
Whoever strikes a man, intending to murder, shall be put to death.
13 Ke ne amea meɖo be yeawu ame o, gake Mawu ɖe mɔ wòva eme la, ekema mafia teƒe aɖe wòasi ayi, eye wòakpɔ sitsoƒe.
But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands, then I will appoint for you a place to which he must flee.
14 Gake ne ame aɖe dze nɔvia dzi kple tameɖoɖo be yeawui la, ekema ne ele nye vɔsamlekpui ŋgɔ gɔ̃ hã la, ele be miahee ado goe, awui.
If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die.
15 “Ele be woawu ame sia ame si aƒo fofoa alo dadaa.
Whoever strikes his father or mother shall die a death.
16 “Ne ame aɖe fi ame la, ele be woawui ne wokpɔ ame si wòfi la le egbɔ loo alo ne edzrae abe kluvi ene xoxo.
Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death.
17 “Ele be woawu ame sia ame si ado vlo dadaa alo fofoa alo aƒo fi ade wo dometɔ aɖe.
Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.
18 “Ne ame eve le avu wɔm, eye ɖeka ƒu kpe nɔvia alo tu kɔe, eye wòwɔ nuvevii wòle be wòatsi aba dzi, gake meku o,
If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in bed,
19 ne egate ŋu zɔ emegbe kple atizɔti gɔ̃ hã la, womahe to aɖeke na ame si ƒoe la o, ɖeko woana wòaxe fe ɖe ɣeyiɣi si wògblẽ la ta va se ɖe esime eƒe lãme nasẽ nyuie; ele be wòaxe eƒe dɔdaƒe hã.
if he gets up again and can walk outside on his staff, he who struck him will be innocent, but only if he makes sufficient restitution for his deeds and for the cost of the physicians.
20 “Ne ame aɖe ƒo eƒe kluvi alo kosivi wòku ɖe eƒe asi me la, woahe to nɛ kokoko.
Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime.
21 Ke ne kluvi la alo kosivi la meku le ŋkeke ʋɛ aɖewo megbe o la, ekema mele be woahe to aɖeke na aƒetɔ la o, elabena eya ŋutɔ tɔe nye kluvi la alo kosi la.
But if he survives for one day or two, he shall not be subject to punishment, because it is his money.
22 “Ne ŋutsu eve le avu wɔm, eye le avu la wɔwɔ me la, avuwɔla ɖeka wɔ nuvevi funɔ aɖe, eye fua gblẽ nɛ, gake meku o la, ekema woana ŋutsu la naxe fe sia fe si funɔ la srɔ̃ abla nɛ, eye ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo alɔ̃ ɖe edzi nɛ.
If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck a pregnant woman, and as a result she miscarries, but she herself survives, he shall be subject to as much damage as the husband of the woman shall petition from him, or as arbitrators shall judge.
23 Ke ne nuveviwɔame aɖe ana funɔ la naku la, woawu ame si wɔ nuvevi lae.
But if her death will have followed, he will repay a life for a life,
24 “Ŋku ɖe ŋku teƒe, aɖu ɖe aɖu teƒe, asi ɖe asi teƒe, afɔ ɖe afɔ teƒe,
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
25 dzobi ɖe dzobi teƒe, abi ɖe abi teƒe, kabi ɖe kabi teƒe.
a scrape for a scrape, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.
26 “Ne ame aɖe ƒo ŋku na eƒe kluvi alo kosi, eye ŋku la tsi la, ekema kluvi la alo kosi la azu ablɔɖeme le eƒe ŋku la ta.
If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out.
27 Ne aƒetɔ aɖe ŋe aɖu na eƒe kluvi la, ele be wòaɖe asi le kluvi la ŋu le eƒe aɖu si ŋe la ta.
Likewise, if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female servant, he shall similarly release them freely.
28 “Ne nyi aɖe tu dzo ŋutsu aɖe alo nyɔnu aɖe wòku la, woaƒu kpe nyi la wòaku; womaɖu eƒe lã o, eye womabia nya aɖeke ame si ƒe nyi wònye o.
If an ox has struck a man or a woman with his horn, and if they die, it shall be stoned. And its flesh shall not be eaten; also, the owner of the ox will be innocent.
29 Ke ne amewo nya be nyi la nɔa dzo tum ame, eye wona nyanya nyitɔ la, gake mekpɔ nyi la dzi nyuie o la, ekema ne nyi la wu ame aɖe la, woaƒu kpe nyi la wòaku, eye woawu nyitɔ la hã.
But if the ox had been pushing with his horn, from yesterday and the day before, and they warned his owner, but he did not confine it, and it will have killed a man or a woman, then the ox shall be stoned, and his owner shall be killed.
30 Ke ne ƒometɔwo lɔ̃ la, woaxe fe si dzi ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo alɔ̃ ɖo, ekema womagawu nyitɔ la o.
But if they have imposed a price on him, he shall give, in exchange for his life, whatever is asked.
31 “Woazɔ ɖe se sia ke dzi ne nyi aɖe wu ŋutsuvi alo nyɔnuvi.
Likewise, if it has struck a son or a daughter with its horns, it shall be subject to a similar verdict.
32 Ke ne nyi la wu kluvi alo kosivi la, ekema woaxe klosalo blaetɔ̃ na kluvi la alo kosi la ƒe aƒetɔ, eye woaƒu kpe nyi la wòaku.
If it attacks a male or female servant, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to their lord, yet truly the ox shall be stoned.
33 “Ne ame aɖe ɖe vudo, metu nu enu o, eye ame aɖe ƒe nyi alo tedzi ge ɖe eme la,
If a man digs or opens a cistern, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
34 ekema ame si ƒe vudo wònye la axe fe na nyitɔ ɖe lã la ta, eye lã kuku la azu vudotɔ tɔ.
then the owner of the cistern shall repay the price of the beasts, and what is dead will belong to him.
35 “Ne ame aɖe ƒe nyitsu tu dzo ame bubu ƒe nyitsu wòku la, ekema nyitɔ eveawo adzra nyi gbagbe la, ama ga la, eye woama nyi kuku la hã ƒe lã sɔsɔe.
If the ox of a stranger wounds the ox of another, and it has died, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price, but the carcass of the dead one they shall distribute between them.
36 Ke ne amewo nya be nyi la tua dzo nyi bubuwo, eye wona nyitɔ la nya, gake mekpɔ nyi la dzi nyuie o la, ekema nyitɔ la maxɔ ga si wokpɔ tso nyi gbagbe la dzadzra me ƒe ɖeke o, ke boŋ axe fe ɖe nyi kuku la ta, eye wòazu etɔ.”
But if he knew that his ox had pushed with its horns, yesterday and the day before, and its owner did not confine it, then he shall repay an ox for an ox, and he will receive the whole carcass.”
