Exodus 21

1 Hæc sunt iudicia quæ propones eis.

Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them.

2 Si emeris servum Hebræum, sex annis serviet tibi: in septimo egredietur liber gratis.

When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve, —but in the seventh shall he go out freely—for nought.

3 Cum quali veste intraverit, cum tali exeat: si habens uxorem, et uxor egredietur simul.

If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out, —if he was married, then shall his wife go out with him.

4 Sin autem dominus dederit illi uxorem, et pepererit filios et filias: mulier et liberi eius erunt domini sui, ipse vero exibit cum vestitu suo.

If his lord gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he shall go out by himself.

5 Quod si dixerit servus: Diligo dominum meum et uxorem ac liberos, non egrediar liber:

But, if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife and my sons, —I will not go out free,

6 offeret eum dominus diis, et applicabitur ad ostium et postes, perforabitque aurem eius subula: et erit ei servus in sæculum.

then shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door-post, —and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life.

7 Si quis vendiderit filiam suam in famulam, non egredietur sicut ancillæ exire consueverunt.

And when a man shall sell his daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants,

8 Si displicuerit oculis domini sui cui tradita fuerat, dimittet eam: populo autem alieno vendendi non habebit potestatem, si spreverit eam.

If she is uncomely in the eyes of her lord, who hath not assigned her in marriage, then shall he suffer her to be redeemed: to a strange people, shall he not have power to sell her in that he hath dealt treacherously with her.

9 Sin autem filio suo desponderit eam, iuxta morem filiarum faciet illi.

And if, to his son, he assign her, according to the custom for daughters, shall he do for her.

10 Quod si alteram ei acceperit, providebit puellæ nuptias, et vestimenta, et pretium pudicitiæ non negabit.

If he take to himself another, her food her clothing, and her marriage-right, shall he not withdraw.

11 Si tria ista non fecerit, egredietur gratis absque pecunia.

But if these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver.

12 Qui percusserit hominem volens occidere, morte moriatur.

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.

13 Qui autem non est insidiatus, sed Deus illum tradidit in manus eius: constituam tibi locum in quem fugere debeat.

But he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee.

14 Si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum, et per insidias: ab altari meo evelles eum, ut moriatur.

But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.

15 Qui percusserit patrem suum aut matrem, morte moriatur.

And, he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.

16 Qui furatus fuerit hominem, et vendiderit eum, convictus noxæ, morte moriatur.

And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel, and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death.

17 Qui maledixerit patri suo, vel matri, morte moriatur.

And he who revileth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.

18 Si rixati fuerint viri, et percusserit alter proximum suum lapide vel pugno, et ille mortuus non fuerit, sed iacuerit in lectulo:

And when men strive together, and one shall smite the other, with a stone or with his fist, —and he die not, but shall fall to his bed; —

19 si surrexerit, et ambulaverit foris super baculum suum, innocens erit qui percusserit, ita tamen ut operas eius, et impensas in medicos restituat.

if he rise and shall walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be acquitted, —only, for his loss of time, he shall pay, and, shall surely heal, him.

20 Qui percusserit servum suum, vel ancillam virga, et mortui fuerint in manibus eius, criminis reus erit.

And when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged;

21 Sin autem uno die vel duobus supervixerit, non subiacebit pœnæ, quia pecunia illius est.

nevertheless if, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is.

22 Si rixati fuerint viri, et percusserit quis mulierem prægnantem, et abortivum quidem fecerit, sed ipsa vixerit: subiacebit damno quantum maritus mulieris expetierit, et arbitri iudicaverint.

And when men strive together and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, but there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges.

23 Sin autem mors eius fuerit subsecuta, reddet animam pro anima,

But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life;

24 oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, manum pro manu, pedem pro pede,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, —hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 adustionem pro adustione, vulnus pro vulnere, livorem pro livore.

brand for brand, wound for wound, —stripe for stripe.

26 Si percusserit quispiam oculum servi sui aut ancillæ, et luscos eos fecerit, dimittet eos liberos pro oculo quem eruit.

And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his eye;

27 Dentem quoque si excusserit servo vel ancillæ suæ, similiter dimittet eos liberos.

or, if, the tooth of his servant or the tooth of his handmaid, he knock out, he shall send him forth, free, for his tooth.

28 Si bos cornu percusserit virum aut mulierem, et mortui fuerint, lapidibus obruetur: et non comedentur carnes eius, dominus quoque bovis innocens erit.

And when an ox goreth a man or a woman, and death ensueth, the ox shall, surely be stoned and his flesh shall not be eaten, and the owner of the ox, shall be quit.

29 Quod si bos cornupeta fuerit ab heri et nudiustertius, et contestati sunt dominum eius, nec recluserit eum, occideritque virum aut mulierem: et bos lapidibus obruetur, et dominum eius occident.

But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death.

30 Quod si pretium fuerit ei impositum, dabit pro anima sua quidquid fuerit postulatus.

If, a sin-covering, be laid on him, then shall he give a ransom for his life, according to whatsoever may be laid on him:

31 Filium quoque et filiam si cornu percusserit, simili sententiæ subiacebit.

if, a son, he gore or, a daughter, he gore, according to this regulation, shall it be done to him;

32 Si servum, ancillamque invaserit, triginta siclos argenti domino dabit, bos vero lapidibus opprimetur.

if, a servant the ox gore, or a handmaid, thirty shekels of silver, shall he give to his lord, and, the ox, shall be stoned.

33 Si quis aperuerit cisternam, et foderit, et non operuerit eam, cecideritque bos aut asinus in eam,

And when a man openeth a pit, or when a man diggeth a pit, and doth not cover it, —and there falleth thereinto an ox or an ass,

34 reddet dominus cisternæ pretium iumentorum: quod autem mortuum est, ipsius erit.

the owner of the pit, shall make it good, silver, shall he pay back to the owner thereof, —and the dead beast, shall be his.

35 Si bos alienus bovem alterius vulneraverit, et ille mortuus fuerit: vendent bovem vivum, et divident pretium, cadaver autem mortui inter se dispertient.

And when the ox of one man thrusteth the ox of his neighbour so that it dieth, then shall they sell the live ox and divide the silver thereof, and the dead ox also, shall they divide,

36 Sin autem sciebat quod bos cornupeta esset ab heri et nudiustertius, et non custodivit eum dominus suus: reddet bovem pro bove, et cadaver integrum accipiet.

Or if it was known that, an ox, was, wont to gore, before that time, and his owner proceeded not to put him under guard, he shall surely make good, —an ox for the ox, and, the dead one, shall be his.