Éxodo 21
1 Y estos son los derechos que les propondrás.
'And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them:
2 Si comprares siervo hebreo, seis años servirá; mas al séptimo saldrá libre de balde.
'When thou buyest a Hebrew servant — six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;
3 Si entró solo, solo saldrá; si tenía mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él.
if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone 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 lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters — the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.
5 Y si el siervo dijere: Yo amo a mi señor, a mi mujer y a mis hijos, no saldré libre.
'And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons — I do 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 hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him — to the age.
7 Y cuando alguno vendiere su hija por sierva, no saldrá como suelen salir los siervos.
'And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;
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 evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.
9 Mas si la hubiere desposado con su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
'And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.
10 Si le tomare otra, no disminuirá su alimento, ni su vestido, ni el deber conyugal.
'If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;
11 Y si ninguna de estas tres cosas hiciere, ella saldrá de gracia sin dinero.
and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.
12 El que hiriere a alguno, haciéndole así morir, él morirá.
'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly 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.
as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.
14 Además, si alguno se ensoberbeciere contra su prójimo, y lo matare con engaño, de mi altar lo quitarás para que muera.
'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
15 Y el que hiriere a su padre o a su madre, morirá.
'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
16 Asimismo el que robare una persona, y la vendiere, o si fuere hallado en sus manos, morirá.
'And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
17 Igualmente el que maldijere a su padre o a su madre, morirá.
'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly 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 when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the 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, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.
20 Y si alguno hiriere a su siervo o a su sierva con palo, y muriere bajo su mano, será castigado;
'And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand — he is certainly avenged;
21 mas si durare por un día o dos, no será castigado, porque su dinero es.
only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, 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 when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;
23 Mas si hubiere muerte, entonces pagarás vida por vida,
and if there is mischief, then thou hast given 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 when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;
27 Y si sacare el diente de su siervo, o el diente de su sierva, por su diente le dejará ir libre.
and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.
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 when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;
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.
and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.
30 Si le fuere impuesto rescate, entonces dará por el rescate de su persona cuanto le fuere impuesto.
'If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;
31 Haya acorneado hijo, o haya acorneado hija, conforme a este juicio se hará con él.
whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to 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 man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.
33 Y si alguno abriere alguna cisterna, o cavare cisterna, y no la cubriere, y cayere allí buey o asno,
'And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, —
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 doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is 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 when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;
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, it hath been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.
