Éxodo 21

1 Estas son las Ordenanzas que les promulgarás:

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

2 Cuando compres un esclavo hebreo, servirá como esclavo seis años, pero al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar.

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, saldrá solo. Si tenía esposa, entonces su esposa saldrá con él.

If he came in by himself, he shall depart by himself: if he was married, then his wife shall depart 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 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 Pero si el esclavo dice con insistencia: Yo amo a mi ʼadon, a mi esposa y a mis hijos. No saldré libre.

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not depart 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 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 venda a su hija como esclava, ella no saldrá libre como suelen salir los esclavos varones.

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 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 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, hará con ella según la costumbre 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 otra esposa para él, no disminuirá a la primera su alimento, ni su ropa, ni sus derechos conyugales.

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

11 Si no hace ninguna de estas tres cosas con ella, entonces ella saldrá libre sin pagar dinero.

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

12 El que hiera a un hombre y éste muera, ciertamente morirá.

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

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 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 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 golpee a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely 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, and selleth him, or if he shall be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

17 El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.

And he that curseth 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 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 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 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 Cuando alguno hiera a su esclavo o a su esclava con la vara, y muera bajo su mano, ciertamente será vengado.

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 sobrevive un día o dos, no será vengado, porque él es propiedad suya.

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

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 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 hay daño grave, entonces pagará 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 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 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 Si le saca un diente a su esclavo o a su esclava con un golpe, lo dejará en libertad por causa 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 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 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 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 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 Pero si se le impone un impuesto de rescate, entonces pagará por el rescate de su vida cuanto le sea impuesto.

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 cornea a un muchacho o a una muchacha, se hará con él conforme a esta misma norma.

Whether he hath gored a son, or hath gored a daughter, according to this judgment 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 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 Cuando alguno destape un pozo o excave una cisterna y no la cubra, y caiga allí un toro o un 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 dueño de la cisterna indemnizará. Pagará el dinero a su dueño, y lo 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 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 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 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 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.