Éxodo 21
1 Estas son las Ordenanzas que les promulgarás:
“These are the regulations you are to present to them:
2 Cuando compres un esclavo hebreo, servirá como esclavo seis años, pero al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar.
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to work for you for six years. But in the seventh year, he is to be freed without having to pay anything.
3 Si entró solo, saldrá solo. Si tenía esposa, entonces su esposa saldrá con él.
If he was single when he came, he is to leave single. If he had a wife when he came, she is to leave with him.
4 Pero si su ʼadon le dio esposa, y ella le dio a luz hijos o hijas, la esposa y sus hijos serán de su ʼadon; él saldrá solo.
If his master provides him a wife and she has children with him, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall be freed.
5 Pero si el esclavo dice con insistencia: Yo amo a mi ʼadon, a mi esposa y a mis hijos. No saldré libre.
However, if the slave formally states, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to be freed,’
6 Entonces su ʼadon lo llevará ante los jueces, lo acercará a la puerta o a la jamba de la puerta. Su ʼadon le perforará la oreja con un punzón, y será su esclavo para siempre.
then his master is to take him before the judges. Then he shall have him stand against the door or doorpost and use a metal tool to make a hole in his ear. Then he shall work for his master for life.
7 Cuando un hombre venda a su hija como esclava, ella no saldrá libre como suelen salir los esclavos varones.
If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to be freed in the same way as male slaves.
8 Si no agrada a su ʼadon, quien la destinó para él como esposa, dejará que sea rescatada, y no tendrá autoridad para venderla a pueblo extranjero, porque la traicionó.
If the man who chose her for himself is not pleased with her, he must let her be bought back. He is not permitted to sell her to foreigners, since he has been unfair to her.
9 Si la destina para su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
If he chooses to give her to his son, he must treat her as a daughter.
10 Si toma otra esposa para él, no disminuirá a la primera su alimento, ni su ropa, ni sus derechos conyugales.
If he takes another woman, he must not reduce the food and clothing allowances and marital rights of the first.
11 Si no hace ninguna de estas tres cosas con ella, entonces ella saldrá libre sin pagar dinero.
If he doesn't give her these three things, she is free to leave without paying anything.
12 El que hiera a un hombre y éste muera, ciertamente morirá.
Anyone who hits and kills someone else must be executed.
13 Pero si no estaba al acecho, sino que ʼElohim permitió que cayera en su mano, entonces Yo te señalaré lugar adonde él puede huir.
However, if it wasn't intentional and God let it happen, then I will arrange a place for you where they can run to and be safe.
14 Sin embargo, si un hombre se enfurece contra su prójimo y lo asesina con alevosía, hasta de mi propio altar lo podrás arrestar para que muera.
But if someone deliberately plans and purposely kills another, you must take them away from my altar and execute them.
15 El que golpee a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
Anyone who hits their father or mother must be executed.
16 El que secuestre a una persona, ya sea que la venda o sea hallada en su poder, ciertamente morirá.
Anyone who kidnaps someone else must be executed, whether the victim is sold or is still in their possessions.
17 El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
Anyone who despises their father or mother must be executed.
18 Si unos hombres pelean, y uno hiere a su prójimo con piedra o el puño, pero no muere sino cae en cama,
If men are fighting and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist, and the injured man doesn't die but has to stay in bed,
19 si se levanta, y puede entrar y salir sin su bastón, el que lo hirió será absuelto. Solo pagará por su tiempo de reposo y será responsable de que sea curado completamente.
and then gets up and walks around outside with his walking stick, then the one who hit him won't be punished, Even so, he must still compensate the man for the time lost from his work and make sure that he's completely healed.
20 Cuando alguno hiera a su esclavo o a su esclava con la vara, y muera bajo su mano, ciertamente será vengado.
Anyone who hits their male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies as a result, must be punished.
21 Pero si sobrevive un día o dos, no será vengado, porque él es propiedad suya.
However, if after a day or two the slave gets better, the owner won't be punished because the slave is their property.
22 Si unos hombres pelean, y golpean a una mujer embarazada de tal modo que ella da a luz prematuramente, y sin embargo, ella no tiene heridas, los culpables serán multados según lo que el esposo de la señora imponga sobre ellos y les sea impuesto por los jueces.
If men who are fighting happen to hit a pregnant woman so she gives birth prematurely, but no serious injury occurs, he must be fined whatever amount the woman's husband demands and as permitted by the judges.
23 Pero si hay daño grave, entonces pagará vida por vida,
But if a serious injury does occur, then you must pay a life for a life,
24 ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
25 quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, contusión por contusión.
a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, and a bruise for a bruise.
26 Cuando alguien hiera el ojo de su esclavo o el de su esclava, y lo inutilice, lo dejará en libertad por causa de su ojo.
Anyone who hits their male or female slave in the eye and blinds them must free the slave as compensation for the eye.
27 Si le saca un diente a su esclavo o a su esclava con un golpe, lo dejará en libertad por causa de su diente.
Anyone who knocks out the tooth of their male or female slave must free the slave as compensation for the tooth.
28 Cuando un buey cornee a un hombre o a una mujer y muera, ciertamente el buey será apedreado y no se comerá su carne, y el dueño del buey no será castigado.
If an ox uses its horns to kill a man or woman, the ox must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox won't be punished.
29 Pero si el buey era corneador desde antes, y a su dueño se le advirtió, pero no lo encerró, y mata a un hombre o una mujer, el buey será apedreado y también morirá su dueño.
But if the ox has repeatedly hurt people with its horns, and its owner has been warned but still doesn't keep it under control, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned to death and its owner must also be executed.
30 Pero si se le impone un impuesto de rescate, entonces pagará por el rescate de su vida cuanto le sea impuesto.
But if instead the payment of compensation is required, the owner may buy back his or her life by paying the full amount of compensation demanded.
31 Si cornea a un muchacho o a una muchacha, se hará con él conforme a esta misma norma.
If the ox uses its horns and kills a son or a daughter the same rule is applicable.
32 Si el buey cornea a un esclavo o a una esclava, el dueño del buey pagará 330 gramos de plata al amo del esclavo, y el toro será apedreado.
If the ox uses its horns and kills a male or female slave, the owner of the ox must pay thirty shekels of silver to the slave's master, and the ox must be stoned to death.
33 Cuando alguno destape un pozo o excave una cisterna y no la cubra, y caiga allí un toro o un asno,
If someone removes the cover of a cistern or digs one and doesn't cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
34 el dueño de la cisterna indemnizará. Pagará el dinero a su dueño, y lo muerto será suyo.
the owner of the pit must pay compensation to the animal's owner and keep the dead animal.
35 Si el buey de alguno hiere el buey de su prójimo y muere, entonces venderán el buey vivo y partirán el dinero, y también partirán el buey muerto.
If someone's ox injures another's ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and share money received; they must also share the dead animal.
36 Pero si era notorio que el buey era corneador desde antes, y su dueño no lo encerró, pagará buey por buey, y el buey muerto será suyo.
But if it was known that the ox had repeatedly hurt people with its horns, and its owner had been warned but still didn't keep it under control, full compensation must be paid, ox for ox, but the owner can keep the dead animal.”
