2 Mózes 21
1 És ezek a rendeletek, melyeket eléjük tegyél:
“Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
2 Ha vásárolsz héber szolgát, hat évig szolgáljon: a hetedikben pedig menjen szabadon, ingyen.
When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for [only] six years. In the seventh year you must free him [from being your slave], and he is not required to pay you anything [for setting him free].
3 Ha egymagában jön, egymagában menjen el; ha nős férfi, menjen felesége vele.
If he was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries [someone while he is your slave], his wife is not to be set free [with him]. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife.
4 Ha ura ad neki feleséget és ez szült neki fiakat vagy leányokat, az asszony és az ő gyermekei legyenek az uráé, ő pedig menjen el egymagában.
If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters [while her husband is a slave], only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.
5 Ha azonban azt mondja a szolga: Szeretem uramat, feleségemet és gyermekeimet, nem megyek el szabadon,
But when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set free,’
6 akkor vezesse őt az ura a bírákhoz és vezesse oda az ajtóhoz vagy az ajtófélhez, és fúrja át ura az ő fülét az árral és szolgálja őt örökké.
then his master must take him to [the place where they worship] God (OR, to [the owner’s] house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an (awl/pointed metal rod) to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then [he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that] (he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives).
7 Ha pedig eladja valaki az ő leányát szolgálóul, ez ne menjen el; mint a szolgák elmennek.
If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
8 Ha visszatetszik az ő ura szemeiben, aki magának szánta, akkor váltassa ki; idegen népnek eladni nincs hatalma, miután hűtlen volt hozzá.
If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if [later] he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement [he made with the girl’s father].
9 Ha pedig fiának szánja őt, a lányok joga szerint cselekedjék vele.
If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter.
10 Ha másikat vesz magának, amannak élelmezését, ruházását és lakását ne vonja meg.
If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
11 Ha pedig ezt a hármat nem cselekszi vele, úgy menjen el az ingyen, váltságpénz nélkül.
If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her [from being a slave], and she is not required to pay anything [for being set free].
12 Aki úgy megver valakit, hogy az meghal, ölessék meg.
You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
13 Ha pedig nem lesett rá, de Isten juttatta az ő kezébe, akkor rendelek neked helyet, ahová meneküljön.
But if the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, [and he will be safe there].
14 Ha valaki szándékosan tör felebarátja ellen, hogy megölje orvul, oltárom mellől vedd el őt, hogy meghaljon.
But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, [a place that God designated as a place to be safe], you must execute him.
15 Aki megveri az atyját vagy az anyját, ölessék meg.
Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
16 Aki embert lop, hogy eladja azt és megtalálják a kezében, ölessék meg.
Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
17 Aki átkozza az atyját vagy az anyját, ölessék meg.
Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
18 És ha pörlekednek férfiak és egyik megüti a másikat kővel vagy ököllel és az nem hal meg, de ágyba esik.
Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed [for a while],
19 Ha felkel és jár az utcán mankóján, akkor büntetlen legyen, aki megütötte, csak mulasztását térítse meg és gyógyíttassa meg.
and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn [while he was recovering], and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person is well.
20 Ha pedig valaki úgy megveri az ő szolgáját vagy szolgálóját bottal, hogy meghal keze alatt, toroltassék meg rajta.
If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies (immediately/as a result) [IDM], the one who struck him must be punished.
21 De ha egy napig, vagy két napig életben marad akkor ne toroltassék meg, mert az ő pénze az.
But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck [and then dies], you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment.
22 Midőn dulakodnak férfiak és meglöknek egy viselős asszonyt, úgy, hogy elmegy magzata, de veszedelem nincs, akkor bírságoltassék meg, amint kiszabja rá az asszony férje és adja meg a bírák útján.
Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that (she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies). If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine.
23 Ha azonban veszedelem lesz, akkor adj lelket lélekért,
But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way [that he caused her to suffer]. If she dies, he must be executed.
24 szemet szemért, fogat fogért, kezet kézért, lábat lábért,
If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.
25 égetést égetésért, sebet sebért, kékfoltot kékfoltért.
26 Ha pedig valaki úgy üti meg szolgája szemét, vagy szolgálója szemét, hogy megrontja azt, szabadon bocsássa el a szeméért.
If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s eye.
27 Ha pedig szolgája fogát, vagy szolgálója fogát üti ki, szabadon bocsássa el a fogáért.
If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s tooth.
28 És ha megöklel egy ökör férfit vagy nőt, úgy, hogy ez meghal: köveztessék meg az ökör és ne egyék meg a húsát, az ökör gazdája azonban büntetlen.
If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.
29 De ha öklelős ökör az tegnapról tegnapelőttről és megintetett az ő gazdája és még sem őrzi, és megölt férfit vagy nőt: Az ökör köveztessék meg és gazdája is ölessék meg.
But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.
30 Ha váltságdíjat vetnek ki rá, akkor adja meg lelkének váltságát egészen úgy, amint kivetik rá.
However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine (to save his own life/in order not to be executed), he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.
31 Ha fiút öklel meg, vagy leányt öklel meg, e rendelet szerint bánjanak el vele.
If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule.
32 Ha szolgát öklel meg az ökör vagy szolgálói, harminc sékel ezüstöt adjon azok urának és az ökör köveztessék meg.
If a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must [kill the bull by] throwing stones at it.
33 És ha valaki nyit vermet, vagy ha ás valaki vermet és nem fedi azt be, és beleesik ökör vagy szamár:
Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
34 A verem gazdája fizesse meg, árát térítse meg az urának és az elhullott az övé legyen.
Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and [do whatever he wants to with it].
35 Ha pedig valakinek ökre megrúgja felebarátjának ökrét, úgy, hogy ez elhull, akkor adják el az élő ökröt és felezzék meg az árát és az elhullottat is felezzék meg.
If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide [between them] the money [that they receive] for it. They must also divide [between them the meat of] the animal that died.
36 Ha ismeretes volt, hogy öklelős ökör az tegnapról tegnapelőttről és még sem őrzi gazdája, akkor fizessen ökröt ökörért, az elhullott pedig az övé legyen.
However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died [and do with it whatever he wants to do].”
