Éxodo 21
1 Y estos son los derechos que les propondrás.
Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.
2 Si comprares siervo hebreo, seis años servirá; mas al séptimo saldrá libre de balde.
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3 Si entró solo, solo saldrá; si tenía mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él.
If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 Si su amo le hubiere dado mujer, y ella le hubiere dado a luz hijos o hijas, la mujer y sus hijos serán de su amo, y él saldrá solo.
If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
5 Y si el siervo dijere: Yo amo a mi señor, a mi mujer y a mis hijos, no saldré libre.
But if the servant shall plainly say: I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free;
6 Entonces su amo lo hará llegar a los jueces, y le hará llegar a la puerta o al poste; y su amo le horadará la oreja con lezna, y será su siervo para siempre.
then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
7 Y cuando alguno vendiere su hija por sierva, no saldrá como suelen salir los siervos.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
8 Si no agradare a su señor, por lo cual no la tomó por esposa, se permitirá que se rescate, y no la podrá vender a pueblo extraño cuando la desechare.
If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9 Mas si la hubiere desposado con su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10 Si le tomare otra, no disminuirá su alimento, ni su vestido, ni el deber conyugal.
If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.
11 Y si ninguna de estas tres cosas hiciere, ella saldrá de gracia sin dinero.
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.
12 El que hiriere a alguno, haciéndole así morir, él morirá.
He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.
13 Mas el que no armó asechanzas, sino que Dios lo puso en sus manos, entonces yo te pondré lugar al cual ha de huir.
And if a man lie not in wait, but God cause it to come to hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he may flee.
14 Además, si alguno se ensoberbeciere contra su prójimo, y lo matare con engaño, de mi altar lo quitarás para que muera.
And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from Mine altar, that he may die.
15 Y el que hiriere a su padre o a su madre, morirá.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 Asimismo el que robare una persona, y la vendiere, o si fuere hallado en sus manos, morirá.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 Igualmente el que maldijere a su padre o a su madre, morirá.
And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18 Además, si algunos riñeren, y alguno hiriere a su prójimo con piedra o con el puño, y no muriere, pero cayere en cama;
And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;
19 si se levantare y anduviere fuera sobre su bordón, entonces será el que le hirió absuelto; solamente le satisfará lo que estuvo parado, y hará que le curen.
if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
20 Y si alguno hiriere a su siervo o a su sierva con palo, y muriere bajo su mano, será castigado;
And if a man smite his bondman, or his bondwoman, with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
21 mas si durare por un día o dos, no será castigado, porque su dinero es.
Notwithstanding if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money.
22 Si algunos riñeren, e hiriesen a alguna mujer embarazada, y ésta abortare, pero sin haber muerte, será penado conforme a lo que le impusiere el marido de la mujer y pagará por jueces.
And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23 Mas si hubiere muerte, entonces pagarás vida por vida,
But if any harm 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, golpe por golpe.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 Y cuando alguno hiriere el ojo de su siervo, o el ojo de su sierva, y lo dañare, le dará libertad por razón de su ojo.
And if a man smite the eye of his bondman, or the eye of his bondwoman, and destroy it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
27 Y si sacare el diente de su siervo, o el diente de su sierva, por su diente le dejará ir libre.
And if he smite out his bondman's tooth, or his bondwoman's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 Si un buey acorneare hombre o mujer, y a causa de ello muriere, el buey será apedreado, y no se comerá su carne; mas el dueño del buey será absuelto.
And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29 Pero si el buey era acorneador desde ayer y antes de ayer, y a su dueño le fue hecho requerimiento, y no lo hubiere guardado, y matare hombre o mujer, el buey será apedreado, y también morirá su dueño.
But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
30 Si le fuere impuesto rescate, entonces dará por el rescate de su persona cuanto le fuere impuesto.
If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Haya acorneado hijo, o haya acorneado hija, conforme a este juicio se hará con él.
Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 Si el buey acorneare siervo o sierva, pagará treinta siclos de plata su señor, y el buey será apedreado.
If the ox gore a bondman or a bondwoman, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 Y si alguno abriere alguna cisterna, o cavare cisterna, y no la cubriere, y cayere allí 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 an ass fall therein,
34 el dueño de la cisterna pagará el dinero, restituyendo a su dueño, y lo que fue muerto será suyo.
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall 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.
And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide.
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.
Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.
