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1 So er dei retterne du skal leggja fram for deim:
And these [are] the judgments which you set before them:
2 Når du kjøper ein hebraisk tenestdreng, so skal han tena seks år; i det sjuande skal han sleppa or tenesta for inkje og vera fri mann.
When you buy a Hebrew servant, he serves [for] six years, and in the seventh he goes out as a freeman for nothing;
3 Var han einsleg då han kom, so skal han og fara sin veg einsleg; var han gift, so skal kona hans vera med honom.
if he comes in by himself, he goes out by himself; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife has gone out with him;
4 Hev han fenge ei kona av husbonden sin, og fær søner eller døtter med henne, so skal kona og borni høyra husbonden til, og sjølv skal han fara sin veg einsleg.
if his lord gives a wife to him, and she has borne sons or daughters to him—the wife and her children are her lord’s, and he goes out by himself.
5 Men segjer tenaren so: «Eg held av husbonden min og kona mi og borni mine; eg vil ikkje vera fri og fara min veg, »
And if the servant really says: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons—I do not go out free,
6 då skal husbonden føra honom fram for Gud; og leida honom innåt hurdi eller dørskii, og husbonden skal stinga ein syl gjenom øyra hans; sidan skal han tena honom all si tid.
then his lord has brought him near to God, and has brought him near to the door, or to the doorpost, and his lord has bored his ear with an awl, and he has served him for all time.
7 Når ein mann hev selt dotter si til tenestgjenta, so kann ikkje ho tena seg fri liksom drengjerne.
And when a man sells his daughter for a handmaid, she does not go out according to the going out of the menservants;
8 Hev husbonden fest henne åt seg sjølv, og so ikkje likar henne, skal han lata henne få kjøpa seg fri; han skal ikkje hava rett til å selja henne til utlendingar, fyrst han ikkje held det han lova henne.
if [it is] evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he has not betrothed her, then he has let her be ransomed; he has no power to sell her to a strange people, in his dealing treacherously with her.
9 Men hevhan fest henne åt son sin, so skal ho njota same retten som døtterne hans eigne.
And if he betroths her to his son, he does to her according to the right of daughters.
10 Tek han seg ei onnor attåt henne, so skal han ikkje lata den fyrste vanta kost eller klæde eller hjåsvæve.
If he takes another [woman] for him, he does not withdraw her food, her covering, and her habitation;
11 Dersom han ikkje let henne få sin rett i desse tri stykki, so skal ho sleppa fri for inkje; ho skal’kje leggja pengar.
and if he does not do these three for her, then she has gone out for nothing, without money.
12 Den som slær ein mann so han døyr, han skal lata livet.
He who strikes a man so that he has died is certainly put to death;
13 Men hev han ikkje lege etter honom, og hev Gud laga det so at hin laut falla for handi hans, so skal eg nemna deg ein fredstad som han kann røma til.
as for him who has not laid wait, but God has brought [him] to his hand, I have even set a place for you to where he flees.
14 Når ein mann er so gudlaus at han drep grannen sin med svik, då skal du taka honom, um det so er innmed altaret mitt: han skal døy.
And when a man presumes against his neighbor to slay him with subtlety, you take him from My altar to die.
15 Den som slær far sin eller mor si, skal lata livet.
And he who strikes his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
16 Den som tek ein mann og sel honom eller held honom fanga, skal lata livet.
And he who steals a man, and has sold him, and he has been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
17 Den som bannar far sin eller mor si, skal lata livet.
And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
18 Når tvo trættar, og den eine slær den andre med ein stein eller med neven, og hin ikkje døyr, men vert sengeliggjande,
And when men contend, and a man has struck his neighbor with a stone, or with the fist, and he does not die, but has fallen on the bed;
19 og sidan kjem upp att, og gjeng ute med stav, då skal den som slo vera saklaus. Men han skal halda den andre skadelaus for den tidi han var ufør til arbeid, og kosta full lækjedom på honom.
if he rises, and has gone up and down outside on his staff, then the striker has been acquitted; he only gives [for] his cessation, and he is thoroughly healed.
20 Når ein mann slær drengen eller tenestgjenta si med ein stav, so dei døyr under henderne hans, då skal det hemnast.
And when a man strikes his manservant or his handmaid with a rod, and he has died under his hand—he is certainly avenged;
21 Men liver dei ein dag eller tvo etterpå, so skal det ikkje hemnast; for dei var hans eigedom.
only if he remains a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
22 Når folk er i hop og slæst, og dei støyter til ei fremmeleg kvinna, so ho fer ille, men ikkje elles fær noko mein, so skal den som gjorde det gjeva i skadebot so mykje som mannen hennar legg på honom, eller og skal dei gjeva det under menner.
And when men strive, and have struck a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no harm [to them], he is certainly fined as the husband of the woman lays on him, and he has given through the judges;
23 Men er det nokon som fær mein, so skal du gjeva liv for liv,
and if there is harm [to them], then you have given life for life,
24 auga for auga, tonn for tonn, hand for hand, fot for fot,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 og taka brune for brune, sår for sår, flengja for flengja.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 Når ein mann slær drengen sin, eller tenestgjenta si, i auga, so det vert unytt, so skal han til bot for auga gjeva deim frie.
And when a man strikes the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his handmaid, and has destroyed it, he sends him away as a freeman for his eye;
27 Slær han ut ei tonn på deim, so skal han gjeva deim frie til bot for tonni.
and if he knocks out a tooth of his manservant or a tooth of his handmaid, he sends him away as a freeman for his tooth.
28 Når ein ukse stangar mann eller kona so dei døyr, då skal uksen steinast, og kjøtet må ikkje etast; eigarmannen er saklaus.
And when an ox gores man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;
29 Men hev uksen fyrr vore olm, og eigaren er vara um det, og endå ikkje agtar honom, og han sidan drep mann eller kona, so skal uksen steinast, og eigaren skal og lata livet.
and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and it has been testified to its owner, and he does not watch it, and it has put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner is also put to death.
30 Vil dei taka bøter, so skal han gjeva i løysepening for livet sitt so mykje som dei legg på honom.
If atonement is laid on him, then he has given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid on him;
31 Stangar uksen svein eller møy, so gjeld same retten.
whether it gores a son or gores a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
32 Stangar han dreng eller tenestgjenta, so skal eigaren bøta tretti sylvdalar til husbonden deira, og uksen skal steinast.
If the ox gores a manservant or a handmaid, he gives thirty silver shekels to their lord, and the ox is stoned.
33 Når ein mann let ein brunn standa open, eller grev ein brunn og ikkje tekkjer yver, og ukse eller asen dett ned i,
And when a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey has fallen [in] there—
34 då skal den som eig brunnen, gjera lika for det: han skal gjeva den som åtte dyret pengar att i staden, men den daude skrotten skal vera hans.
the owner of the pit repays, he gives back money to its owner, and the dead is his.
35 Når uksen åt ein mann stangar i hel ein framand ukse, då skal eigarane selja den uksen som liver, og byta pengarne millom seg, og den daude uksen skal dei og byta.
And when a man’s ox strikes the ox of his neighbor and it has died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and they also halve the dead one;
36 Men er det kunnigt at uksen var olm, og eigaren ikkje hev agta honom, so skal han gjeva ein ukse i staden, og sjølv hava den daude.
or, [if] it has been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and its owner does not watch it, he certainly repays ox for ox, and the dead is his.
