Exodus 22
1 si quis furatus fuerit bovem aut ovem et occiderit vel vendiderit quinque boves pro uno bove restituet et quattuor oves pro una ove
'When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.
2 si effringens fur domum sive suffodiens fuerit inventus et accepto vulnere mortuus fuerit percussor non erit reus sanguinis
'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;
3 quod si orto sole hoc fecerit homicidium perpetravit et ipse morietur si non habuerit quod pro furto reddat venundabitur
if the sun hath risen upon him, blood [is] for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;
4 si inventum fuerit apud eum quod furatus est vivens sive bos sive asinus sive ovis duplum restituet
if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep — double he repayeth.
5 si laeserit quispiam agrum vel vineam et dimiserit iumentum suum ut depascatur aliena quicquid optimum habuerit in agro suo vel in vinea pro damni aestimatione restituet
'When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, [of] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.
6 si egressus ignis invenerit spinas et conprehenderit acervos frugum sive stantes segetes in agris reddet damnum qui ignem succenderit
'When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.
7 si quis commendaverit amico pecuniam aut vas in custodiam et ab eo qui susceperat furto ablata fuerint si invenitur fur duplum reddet
'When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.
8 si latet dominus domus adplicabitur ad deos et iurabit quod non extenderit manum in rem proximi sui
'If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;
9 ad perpetrandam fraudem tam in bove quam in asino et ove ac vestimento et quicquid damnum inferre potest ad deos utriusque causa perveniet et si illi iudicaverint duplum restituet proximo suo
for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.
10 si quis commendaverit proximo suo asinum bovem ovem et omne iumentum ad custodiam et mortuum fuerit aut debilitatum vel captum ab hostibus nullusque hoc viderit
'When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing —
11 iusiurandum erit in medio quod non extenderit manum ad rem proximi sui suscipietque dominus iuramentum et ille reddere non cogetur
an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;
12 quod si furto ablatum fuerit restituet damnum domino
but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;
13 si comestum a bestia deferet ad eum quod occisum est et non restituet
if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in — a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.
14 qui a proximo suo quicquam horum mutuo postularit et debilitatum aut mortuum fuerit domino non praesente reddere conpelletur
'And when a man doth ask [anything] from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died — its owner not being with it — he doth certainly repay;
15 quod si inpraesentiarum fuit dominus non restituet maxime si conductum venerat pro mercede operis sui
if its owner [is] with it, he doth not repay, — if it [is] a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.
16 si seduxerit quis virginem necdum desponsatam et dormierit cum ea dotabit eam et habebit uxorem
'And when a man doth entice a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;
17 si pater virginis dare noluerit reddet pecuniam iuxta modum dotis quam virgines accipere consuerunt
if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.
18 maleficos non patieris vivere
'A witch thou dost not keep alive.
19 qui coierit cum iumento morte moriatur
'Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.
20 qui immolat diis occidetur praeter Domino soli
'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.
21 advenam non contristabis neque adfliges eum advenae enim et ipsi fuistis in terra Aegypti
'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
22 viduae et pupillo non nocebitis
'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;
23 si laeseritis eos vociferabuntur ad me et ego audiam clamorem eorum
if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;
24 et indignabitur furor meus percutiamque vos gladio et erunt uxores vestrae viduae et filii vestri pupilli
and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.
25 si pecuniam mutuam dederis populo meo pauperi qui habitat tecum non urgues eum quasi exactor nec usuris opprimes
'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;
26 si pignus a proximo tuo acceperis vestimentum ante solis occasum redde ei
if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:
27 ipsum enim est solum quo operitur indumentum carnis eius nec habet aliud in quo dormiat si clamaverit ad me exaudiam eum quia misericors sum
for it alone is his covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious.
28 diis non detrahes et principi populi tui non maledices
'God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.
29 decimas tuas et primitias non tardabis offerre primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi
'Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;
30 de bubus quoque et ovibus similiter facies septem diebus sit cum matre sua die octavo reddes illum mihi
so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me.
31 viri sancti eritis mihi carnem quae a bestiis fuerit praegustata non comedetis sed proicietis canibus
'And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.
