Éxodo 21
1 Y ESTOS son los derechos que les propondrás.
“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
2 Si comprares siervo hebreo, seis años servirá; mas el séptimo saldrá horro de balde.
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
3 Si entró solo, solo saldrá: si tenía mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él.
If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
4 Si su amo le hubiere dado mujer, y ella le hubiere parido hijos ó hijas, la mujer y sus hijos serán de su amo, y él saldrá solo.
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
5 Y si el siervo dijere: Yo amo á mi señor, á mi mujer y á mis hijos, no saldré libre:
But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
6 Entonces su amo lo hará llegar á los jueces, y harále llegar á la puerta ó al poste; y su amo le horadará la oreja con lesna, y será su siervo para siempre.
then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
7 Y cuando alguno vendiere su hija por sierva, no saldrá como suelen salir los siervos.
And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
8 Si no agradare á su señor, por lo cual no la tomó por esposa, permitirle ha que se rescate, y no la podrá vender á pueblo extraño cuando la desechare.
If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
9 Mas si la hubiere desposado con su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
10 Si le tomare otra, no disminuirá su alimento, ni su vestido, ni el débito conyugal.
If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
11 Y si ninguna de estas tres cosas hiciere, ella saldrá de gracia sin dinero.
If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
12 El que hiriere á alguno, haciéndole así morir, él morirá.
Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
13 Mas el que no armó asechanzas, sino que Dios [lo] puso en sus manos, entonces yo te señalaré lugar al cual ha de huir.
If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
14 Además, si alguno se ensoberbeciere contra su prójimo, y lo matare con alevosía, de mi altar lo quitarás para que muera.
But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
15 Y el que hiriere á su padre ó á su madre, morirá.
Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
16 Asimismo el que robare una persona, y la vendiere, ó se hallare en sus manos, morirá.
Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
17 Igualmente el que maldijere á su padre ó á su madre, morirá.
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
18 Además, si algunos riñeren, y alguno hiriere á su prójimo con piedra ó con el puño, y no muriere, pero cayere en cama;
If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
19 Si se levantare y anduviere fuera sobre su báculo, entonces será el que le hirió absuelto: solamente le satisfará lo que estuvo parado, y hará que le curen.
then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
20 Y si alguno hiriere á su siervo ó á su sierva con palo, y muriere bajo de su mano, será castigado:
If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
21 Mas si durare por un día ó dos, no será castigado, porque su dinero es.
However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
22 Si algunos riñeren, é hiriesen á mujer preñada, y ésta abortare, pero sin haber muerte, será penado conforme á lo que le impusiere el marido de la mujer y juzgaren los árbitros.
If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
23 Mas si hubiere muerte, entonces pagarás vida por vida,
But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a 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, golpe por golpe.
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
26 Y cuando alguno hiriere el ojo de su siervo, ó el ojo de su sierva, y lo entortare, darále libertad por razón de su ojo.
If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
27 Y si sacare el diente de su siervo, ó el diente de su sierva, por su diente le dejará ir libre.
And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
28 Si un buey acorneare hombre ó mujer, y de resultas muriere, el buey será apedreado, y no se comerá su carne; mas el dueño del buey será absuelto.
If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
29 Pero si el buey era acorneador desde ayer y antes de ayer, y á su dueño le fué hecho requerimiento, y no lo hubiere guardado, y matare hombre ó mujer, el buey será apedreado, y también morirá su dueño.
But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
30 Si le fuere impuesto rescate, entonces dará por el rescate de su persona cuanto le fuere impuesto.
If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
31 Haya acorneado hijo, ó haya acorneado hija, conforme á este juicio se hará con él.
If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
32 Si el buey acorneare siervo ó sierva, pagará treinta siclos de plata su señor, y el buey será apedreado.
If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
33 Y si alguno abriere hoyo, ó cavare cisterna, y no la cubriere, y cayere allí buey ó asno,
If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
34 El dueño de la cisterna pagará el dinero, resarciendo á su dueño, y lo que fué muerto será suyo.
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
35 Y si el buey de alguno hiriere al buey de su prójimo, y éste muriere, entonces venderán el buey vivo, y partirán el dinero de él, y también partirán el muerto.
If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
36 Mas si era notorio que el buey era acorneador de ayer y antes de ayer, y su dueño no lo hubiere guardado, pagará buey por buey, y el muerto será suyo.
But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
