Baxniintii 21
1 Haddaba kuwanu waa amarradii aad hortooda dhigi lahayd.
“Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
2 Haddaad addoon Cibraani ah iibsatid, ha kuu adeego lix sannadood, oo tan toddobaadna ha iska tago isagoo xor ah oo aan waxba bixin.
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 Oo hadduu keli ahaantiis ku soo galo, haddana keli ahaantiis ha ku baxo, hadduuse naag qabo, de markaas waa inay naagtiisu isaga la baxdaa.
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 Haddii sayidkiisu naag siiyona, oo ay wiilal iyo gabdho u dhasho, de markaas naagta iyo carruurteedaba waxaa iska lahaanaya sayidkeedii, oo waa inuu isagu keligiis iska baxaa.
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 Laakiinse haddii addoonku bayaan u yidhaahdo, Anigu waan jeclahay sayidkayga, iyo naagtayda, iyo carruurtayda, oo anigoo xor ah bixi maayo,
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 de markaas waa in sayidkiisu xaakinnada u keenaa, oo waa inuu albaabka ag keenaa, ama tiirka albaabka; markaas sayidkiisu dhegta mudac ha kaga dalooliyo; oo weligiis ha u adeego.
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 Oo haddii nin gabadhiisa u iibiyo inay addoon noqoto, waa inaanay dibadda u bixin sida addoommada nimanka ahu ay u baxaan.
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 Oo haddaanay raalli gelin sayidkeedii doonay iyada, de markaas waa inuu sii daayo iyada, ha la madax furto, laakiinse amar uma lahaan doono inuu iyada dad qalaad ka iibiyo, waayo, khiyaano ayuu kula macaamilooday iyada.
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 Oo hadduu iyada wiilkiisa u guursho, de waa inuu iyada ula macaamiloodaa sida gabdhaha loola macaamiloodo.
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 Oo hadduu naag kale la guursado, waa inuusan inna ka dhimin masruufkeeda, iyo dharkeeda, iyo xaqa naagnimadeeda.
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 Oo hadduusan saddexdaas iyada u samayn, markaas lacagla'aan ha ku baxdo.
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 Kii nin wax ku dhufta si uu ninku u dhinto, isagana hubaal waa in la dilaa.
You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
13 Oo haddii aanu gaadin, laakiinse Ilaah u dhiibo gacantiisa, de markaas anaa kuu samayn doona meel uu ku cararo.
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 Oo haddii nin kibir ula badheedho inuu deriskiisa khiyaano ku dilo, waa inaad isaga ka waddaa meeshayda allabariga, ha dhintee.
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 Oo kii aabbihiis ama hooyadiis wax ku dhufta, hubaal kaas waa in la dilaa.
Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
16 Oo kii intuu nin xada iibiya ama gacantiisaba laga helo, hubaal kaas waa in la dilaa.
Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
17 Oo kii aabbihiis ama hooyadiis caaya, hubaal kaas waa in la dilaa.
Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
18 Oo haddii niman diriraan, oo midkood kan kale dhagax ama feedh ku dhufto, oo uusan dhiman, laakiinse uu sariir ku jiif noqdo;
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 kaasu hadduu mar kale sara kaco oo uu dibadda u baxo isagoo ushiisa ku tukubaya, markaas kii wax ku dhuftay eed ma leh, laakiinse waa inuu siiyaa wixii ka khasaaroobay intuu jiifay, waana inuu dhaqaaleeyo ilaa uu ka bogsado.
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 Haddii nin addoonkiisa ama addoontiisa uu ul ku dhufto, oo uu gacantiisa ku dhinto, kaas hubaal waa in la ciqaabaa.
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 Kan la dilayse hadduu maalin ama laba sii joogo, de markaas waa inaan la ciqaabin, waayo, isagu waa lacagtiisii.
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 Oo haddii niman diriraan oo ay wax yeelaan naag uur leh, oo uu ilmaheedu ka soo dhaco, laakiinse dhib kale aanu dhicin, kaas waa in lagu ganaaxaa intii ninkii naagta qabay uu kor saaro, oo waa inuu bixiyaa intii xaakinnadu ku xukumaan.
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 Laakiinse haddii dhib kale dhacdo, waa inaad naf naf u dishaa,
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 oo waa inaad il il u riddaa, iligna ilig u riddaa, gacanna gacan u gooysaa, cagna cag u gooysaa,
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 oo kii wax guba, gub, kii wax dhaawacana, dhaawac, kii wax karbaashana, karbaash.
26 Oo haddii nin isha addoonkiisa ama isha addoontiisa wax ku dhufto, oo ka rido, de markaas waa inuu iska sii daayaa isagoo xor ah, ishiisa aawadeed.
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 Oo hadduu iligga addoonkiisa ama iligga addoontiisa wax ku dhufto oo ka rido, de markaas waa inuu iska sii daayaa isagoo xor ah iliggiisa aawadiis.
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 Oo haddii dibi nin ama naag geeso ku mudo, oo ay dhintaan, markaas hubaal waa in dibiga la dhagxiyaa, oo hilibkiisana waa inaan la cunin; laakiinse qofkii dibiga lahaa waxba eed ma leh.
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 Laakiinse haddii markii hore dibigu dad geesaha ku mudi jiray, oo loo sheegay qofkii lahaa, isaguse aanu xidhin, laakiinse uu dibigu nin ama naag dilay, dibiga waa in la dhagxiyaa, oo weliba qofkii lahaana waa in isna la dilaa.
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 Haddiise mag la saaro isaga, de markaas waa inuu bixiyaa wax alla wixii la kor saaray madaxfurashadiisa aawadeed.
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 Hadduu wiil geeso ku muday iyo hadduu gabadh geeso ku mudayba waa in xukunkan lagu qaadaa.
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 Oo haddii dibigii geeso ku mudo nin addoon ah ama naag addoon ah, waa inuu ninkii dibiga lahaa sayidkoodii soddon sheqel oo lacag ah siiyaa, oo dibigana waa in la dhagxiyaa.
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 Oo haddii nin god daboolka ka qaado, ama haddii nin god qodo oo uu dabooli waayo, oo uu ama dibi ama dameer ku dhaco,
Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
34 de markaas waa in ninkii godka lahaa xaq mariyaa. Waa inuu lacag siiyaa ninkii neefka lahaa, oo neefka dhintayna waa inuu isagu lahaado.
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 Oo haddii nin dibigiis nin kale dibigiis wax yeelo oo uu dhinto, de markaas waa inay dibiga nool iibiyaan, oo qiimihiisa waa inay qaybsadaan; oo weliba kan dhintayna waa inay qaybsadaan.
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 Ama haddii dibiga lagu yiqiin inuu markii hore wax geeso ku mudi jiray, oo uusan qofkii lahaa xidhin, markaas hubaal waa inuu dibi dibi ku bixiyaa, oo neefka dhintayna waa inuu isagu lahaado.
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].”
