Mose 2 21
1 “Se bubu siwo dzi miawɔ la woe nye:
These are the judgments which thou shalt set 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 thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
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 what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him.
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 master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters: the woman and her children shall be her master’s: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.
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 shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:
6 ekema ele be aƒetɔ la nakplɔe va ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo ŋkume, aŋɔ to nɛ kple nuŋɔnui le amewo ŋkume, ekema azu kluvi azɔ tegbetegbe.
His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.
7 “Ne fofo aɖe dzra via nyɔnu wòzu kosi la, mazu ablɔɖeme le ƒe ade megbe abe ŋutsuwo ene o.
If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont 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 displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise 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 have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of 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 take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he 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 do not these three things, she shall go out free without money.
12 “Ne ame aɖe ƒo ame aɖe sesĩe ale gbegbe be wòku la, ekema ele be woawui.
He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, 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 he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee 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 a man kill his neighbour on set purpose and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die.
15 “Ele be woawu ame sia ame si aƒo fofoa alo dadaa.
He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to 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.
He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, 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.
He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the 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 quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his 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 rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.
20 “Ne ame aɖe ƒo eƒe kluvi alo kosivi wòku ɖe eƒe asi me la, woahe to nɛ kokoko.
He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the 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 the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the 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 quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman’s husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.
23 Ke ne nuveviwɔame aɖe ana funɔ la naku la, woawu ame si wɔ nuvevi lae.
But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life.
24 “Ŋku ɖe ŋku teƒe, aɖu ɖe aɖu teƒe, asi ɖe asi teƒe, afɔ ɖe afɔ teƒe,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 dzobi ɖe dzobi teƒe, abi ɖe abi teƒe, kabi ɖe kabi teƒe.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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 any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he 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.
Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.
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 gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned: and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
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 was wont to push with his horn yesterday and the day before, and they warned his master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned, an his owner also shall be put to death.
30 Ke ne ƒometɔwo lɔ̃ la, woaxe fe si dzi ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo alɔ̃ ɖo, ekema womagawu nyitɔ la o.
And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 “Woazɔ ɖe se sia ke dzi ne nyi aɖe wu ŋutsuvi alo nyɔnuvi.
If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence.
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 he assault a bondman or a bond woman, he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master, and 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 open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall 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.
The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.
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 one man’s ox gore another man’s ox, and he die: they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide the price, and the carcass of that which died they shall part 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 was wont to push yesterday and the day before, and his master did not keep him in: he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the whole carcass.
