Éxodo 21

1 Estas son las leyes que les has de dar:

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

2 Cuando comprares un esclavo hebreo, te servirá seis años, más al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar nada.

If thou shalt buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall depart free for nothing.

3 Si entró solo, solo saldrá; si tenía mujer, saldrá con él su mujer.

If he came in by himself, he shall depart by himself: if he was married, then his wife shall depart with him.

4 Si su amo le dio mujer, y ella le dio (a su marido) hijos o hijas, la mujer y sus hijos serán de su amo, y él saldrá solo.

If his master hath given him a wife, and she hath borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall depart by himself.

5 Mas si el esclavo dijere: “Amo a mi señor, y a mi mujer y a mis hijos, no quiero salir libre”,

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not depart free:

6 su amo lo llevará ante Dios, y arrimándolo a la puerta o al poste de ella, su amo le horadará la oreja con una lezna; y así quedará esclavo suyo para siempre.

Then his master shall bring him to the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or to the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

7 Cuando un hombre vendiere a su hija por esclava, ella no saldrá como salen los esclavos.

And if a man shall sell his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not depart as the male slaves do.

8 Si no agrada a su señor que la había destinado para sí, permita él su rescate; mas no podrá venderla a gente extraña, por haberla engañado.

If she shall not please her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

9 Si la destina para su hijo, la ha de tratar según el derecho de las hijas.

And if he hath betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

10 Si toma para sí otra mujer, no le disminuirá la comida, ni el vestido, ni el deber conyugal.

If he shall take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

11 Y si él no quiere darle estas tres cosas, puede ella salirse, sin pagar nada, sin rescate.

And if he shall not perform these three things for her, then shall she depart free without money.

12 El que hiera mortalmente a otro, muera irremisiblemente.

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

13 Mas si no le hizo asechanzas, sino que Dios le dejó caer en su mano, para este tal Yo te señalaré lugar donde podrá refugiarse.

And if a man shall not lie in wait, but God shall deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place where he shall flee.

14 Pero al que obrare con malicia contra su prójimo, matándole con alevosía, a ese lo arrancarás hasta de mi altar para matarlo.

But if a man shall come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from my altar, that he may die.

15 El que pegare a su padre o a su madre, muera irremisiblemente.

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

16 Quien robare un hombre y le vendiere, o si fuere hallado todavía en su poder, muera irremisiblemente.

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

17 El que maldijere a su padre o a su madre, muera sin remedio.

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

18 Cuando riñeren unos hombres y el uno hiriere al otro con piedra o con el puño, sin causarle la muerte, y si este después de hacer cama

And if men contend together, and one shall smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he shall not die, but keepeth to his bed:

19 se levantare y anduviere fuera, apoyándose en su bastón, quedará libre aquel que lo hirió. Le pagará solamente el tiempo perdido y los gastos de su curación completa.

If he shall rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be clear: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

20 Quien hiriere con un palo a su siervo o a su sierva, de modo que muera bajo su mano, caerá irremisiblemente bajo la ley de venganza.

And if a man shall smite his male or female servant, with a rod, and he shall die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

21 Pero si sobreviviere un día o dos, no será castigado, por cuanto es hacienda suya.

However, if he shall continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

22 Cuando hombres trabados en riña dieren un golpe a una mujer encinta, de modo que aborte, sin más daño, (el culpable) será multado conforme a lo que imponga el marido de la mujer y según determinen los jueces.

If men shall contend, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit shall depart from her, and yet no harm follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 Pero si resultare daño, darás vida por vida,

And if any harm shall follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

24 ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, contusión por contusión.

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 Si uno, hiriendo el ojo de su siervo o el ojo de su sierva lo destruyere, le dará libertad en compensación de su ojo.

And if a man shall smite the eye of his male servant, or the eye of his female servant, that it shall perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

27 Asimismo, si hiciere saltar un diente a su siervo o un diente a su sierva, lo pondrá en libertad en compensación de su diente.

And if he shall smite out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

28 Si un buey acornea a un hombre o a una mujer, con subsiguiente muerte, aquel buey será apedreado y no se comerá su carne, mas el dueño del buey quedará sin culpa.

If an ox shall gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear.

29 Pero si el buey acorneaba ya desde tiempo atrás, y su dueño, a pesar de ser avisado, no lo tuvo encerrado, de modo que pudo matar a hombre o a mujer, el buey será apedreado, y también su dueño será muerto.

But if the ox was accustomed to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not restrained him, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

30 Si le imponen un precio de rescate, dará en rescate de su vida cuanto se le imponga.

If there shall be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid upon him.

31 Si acornea a un hijo o a una hija, hágase con él según esta ley.

Whether he hath gored a son, or hath gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.

32 Pero si el buey acorneare a un siervo o a una sierva, el dueño pagará treinta siclos de plata al dueño de ellos, y el buey será apedreado.

If the ox shall push a male or female servant; he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 Si uno deja abierto un pozo, o si uno cava un pozo y no lo tapa, y cayere en él un buey o asno,

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey shall fall into it;

34 el propietario del pozo pagará indemnización en dinero al dueño de ellos, y el animal muerto será suyo.

The owner of the pit shall make payment, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

35 Si el buey de uno hiere al buey de otro, y este muere, venderán el buey vivo partiéndose su precio, y también el buey muerto será dividido entre ellos.

And if one man’s ox shall hurt another’s, that he shall die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

36 Mas si era notorio que el buey acorneaba desde tiempo atrás y su dueño faltó en custodiarlo, este resarcirá el daño: buey por buey; mas el (buey) muerto será suyo.

Or if it shall be known that the ox was accustomed to push in time past, and his owner hath not restrained him; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.