Éxodo 21
1 Estas son las Ordenanzas que les promulgarás:
Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them.
2 Cuando compres un esclavo hebreo, servirá como esclavo seis años, pero al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar.
When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve, —but in the seventh shall he go out freely—for nought.
3 Si entró solo, saldrá solo. Si tenía esposa, entonces su esposa saldrá con él.
If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out, —if he was married, then shall his wife go out 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 lord gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he shall go out by himself.
5 Pero si el esclavo dice con insistencia: Yo amo a mi ʼadon, a mi esposa y a mis hijos. No saldré libre.
But, if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife and my sons, —I will not go out free,
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 shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door-post, —and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life.
7 Cuando un hombre venda a su hija como esclava, ella no saldrá libre como suelen salir los esclavos varones.
And when a man shall sell his daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants,
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 she is uncomely in the eyes of her lord, who hath not assigned her in marriage, then shall he suffer her to be redeemed: to a strange people, shall he not have power to sell her in that he hath dealt treacherously with her.
9 Si la destina para su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
And if, to his son, he assign her, according to the custom for daughters, shall he do for her.
10 Si toma otra esposa para él, no disminuirá a la primera su alimento, ni su ropa, ni sus derechos conyugales.
If he take to himself another, her food her clothing, and her marriage-right, shall he not withdraw.
11 Si no hace ninguna de estas tres cosas con ella, entonces ella saldrá libre sin pagar dinero.
But if these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver.
12 El que hiera a un hombre y éste muera, ciertamente morirá.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.
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.
But he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee.
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, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.
15 El que golpee a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
And, he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.
16 El que secuestre a una persona, ya sea que la venda o sea hallada en su poder, ciertamente morirá.
And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel, and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death.
17 El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
And he who revileth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.
18 Si unos hombres pelean, y uno hiere a su prójimo con piedra o el puño, pero no muere sino cae en cama,
And when men strive together, and one shall smite the other, with a stone or with his fist, —and he die not, but shall fall to his 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.
if he rise and shall walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be acquitted, —only, for his loss of time, he shall pay, and, shall surely heal, him.
20 Cuando alguno hiera a su esclavo o a su esclava con la vara, y muera bajo su mano, ciertamente será vengado.
And when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged;
21 Pero si sobrevive un día o dos, no será vengado, porque él es propiedad suya.
nevertheless if, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is.
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.
And when men strive together and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, but there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges.
23 Pero si hay daño grave, entonces pagará vida por vida,
But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou 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.
brand for brand, wound for wound, —stripe for stripe.
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.
And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his 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.
or, if, the tooth of his servant or the tooth of his handmaid, he knock out, he shall send him forth, free, for his 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.
And when an ox goreth a man or a woman, and death ensueth, the ox shall, surely be stoned and his flesh shall not be eaten, and the owner of the ox, shall be quit.
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, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death.
30 Pero si se le impone un impuesto de rescate, entonces pagará por el rescate de su vida cuanto le sea impuesto.
If, a sin-covering, be laid on him, then shall he give a ransom for his life, according to whatsoever may be laid on him:
31 Si cornea a un muchacho o a una muchacha, se hará con él conforme a esta misma norma.
if, a son, he gore or, a daughter, he gore, according to this regulation, shall it be done to him;
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, a servant the ox gore, or a handmaid, thirty shekels of silver, shall he give to his lord, and, the ox, shall be stoned.
33 Cuando alguno destape un pozo o excave una cisterna y no la cubra, y caiga allí un toro o un asno,
And when a man openeth a pit, or when a man diggeth a pit, and doth not cover it, —and there falleth thereinto an ox or an ass,
34 el dueño de la cisterna indemnizará. Pagará el dinero a su dueño, y lo muerto será suyo.
the owner of the pit, shall make it good, silver, shall he pay back to the owner thereof, —and the dead beast, shall be his.
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.
And when the ox of one man thrusteth the ox of his neighbour so that it dieth, then shall they sell the live ox and divide the silver thereof, and the dead ox also, shall they divide,
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.
Or if it was known that, an ox, was, wont to gore, before that time, and his owner proceeded not to put him under guard, he shall surely make good, —an ox for the ox, and, the dead one, shall be his.
