Kutoka 21
1 Sasa hizi ni amri utakazoweka kabla yao:
And these [are] the ordinances which you shall set before them.
2 'kama mtanunua mtumishi wa kiebrania, atatumikia kwa miaka sita, na mwaka wa saba ataachiwa huru bila kilipwa chochote.
If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.
3 Kama alikuja mwenyewe, ataenda huru kwa ridhaa yake;
If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.
4 kama bwana wake atampa mke na kumzalia mwana na binti, mke pamoja na watoto wake watabaki mali ya bwana wake, na ataenda zake huru.
Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have [born] him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.
5 Lakini kama mtumishi atasema waziwazi, “Nampenda bwana wangu, mke wangu, na watoto; sitaenda nje,”
And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;
6 “kisha bwana wake atapaswa kumleta kwa Mungu. Bwana wake atapaswa kumleta katika mlango au katika muhimili wa mlango, na bwana wake atatoboa sikio lake na sindano. Kisha mtumishi wake atamtumikia kwa maisha yake yote.
his master shall bring him to the judgment-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
7 Kama mwanaume ata muuza binti wake kama mtumishi wa kike, ata weza kwenda huru kama watumishi wa kiume wanavyo enda.
And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart.
8 Kama hamridhishi bwana wake, aliye mtenga kwa ajili yake, kisha lazima amnunue tena. Hana ruhusa ya kumuuza kwa watu wengine wa kigeni. Hana ruhusa hiyo, sababu amemtendea kwa hila.
If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.
9 Ikiwa bwana wake atamposa awe mke wa mwanae, atamtendea kama desturi zipasavyo sawa na binti zake.
And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.
10 Ikiwa atajitwalia mke mwingine, asimpunguzie huyo chakula chake, nguo na haki zake za unyumba.
And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him].
11 Lakini asipofanyiwa mambo haya matatu, basi anaweza kwenda bure pasipo kutolewa mali.
And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.
12 Mtu awaye yote ampigaye mtu hata akafa, inampasa mtu huyo auawe pia.
And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.
13 Lakini kama hakumvizia, ila kwa bahati mbaya, basi nitamfanyia mahali pa kukimbilia.
But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place whither the slayer may flee.
14 Lakini mtu akimwendea mwenzake kwa kujikinai, kusudi apate kumwua kwa hila; huyo utamwondoa hata kama ni madhabahuni pangu, ili auawe.
And if any one lie in wait for his neighbor to kill him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from my altar to put him to death.
15 Yeyote atakaye mpiga baba au mama yake lazima auawe.
Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
16 Yeyote atakaye mteka mtu na kumuuza, au mtu amekutwa kama mali yake, huyo mtekaji lazima auawe.
He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
17 Yeyote atakaye mlaani baba au mama yake lazima auawe.
Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.
18 Kama wanaume watapigana na mmoja akimpiga mwengine kwa jiwe au ngumi, na huyo mtu asife, lakini alazwe kitandani;
And if two men revile each other and strike the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
19 kisha akapona na anaweza kutembea kwa gongo lake, yeye aliye mpiga lazima alipe muda aliye mpotezea; na lazima alipe matibabu yake yote. Lakini huyo mtu hana hatia ya mauaji.
if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.
20 Kama mwanaume akimpiga mtumishi wake wa kiume au wa kike kwa gongo, na kama mtumishi huyo akifa kwa madhara ya pigo, kisha huyo mtu lazima ahadhibiwe.
And if a man strike his man-servant or his maidservant, with a rod, and [the party] die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.
21 Walakini, mtumishi huyo akiishi siku moja au mbili, bwana aruhusiwi kuadhibiwa, kwa kuwa atateseka kupoteza mtumishi huyo.
But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money.
22 Kama wanaume wakipigana pamoja na wakamuumiza wanamke mwenye mimba na kuiharibu, lakini hakuna majeraha mengine kwake, kisha huyo mwanaume mwenye hatia lazima alipe kama mme wa mwanamke anavyo taka kwake, na kulipa kama hakimu anavyo kusudia.
And if two men strive and strike a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.
23 Lakini kama kuna majeraha makubwa, lazima utoe uhai kwa uhai, jicho kwa jicho,
But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,
24 jino kwa jino, mkono kwa mkono, mguu kwa mguu,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 kuchoma kwa kuchoma, jeraha kwa jeraha, au mkwaruzo kwa mkwaruzo.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 Kama mwanaume akipiga jicho la mtumishi wake kiume au mtumishi wake wa kike na kuliharibu, kisha lazima amuache mtumishi aende pasipo fidia ya jicho.
And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.
27 Kama akitoa jino la mtumishi wake wa kiume au mtumishi wake wa kike, lazima amuache mtumishi kwenda huru kama fidia ya jino.
And if he should strike out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake.
28 Kama ng'ombe akimpiga mwanaume au mwanamke akafa, ng'ombe lazima apigwe mawe, na nyama yake hairuhusiwi kuliwa; lakini mmiliki wa ng'ombe lazima awe huru kwa hatia.
And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.
29 Lakini kama ng'ombe alikuwa na tabia ya kupiga hapo awali, na mmiliki wake alionywa lakini hakumzuia, na ng'ombe ameua mwanaume au mwanamke, huyo ng'ombe lazima apigwe mawe, na mmiliki wake lazima auawe pia.
But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.
30 Kama malipo ya uhai yanaitajika, lazima alipe chochote anachotakiwa kulipa.
And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.
31 Kama ng'ombe amempiga mwana wa mwanaume au binti wake, mmiliki wa ng'ombe anapaswa kufanya kama masharti yanavyo mlazimu.
And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.
32 Kama ng'ombe akimpiga mtumishi wa kiume au wakike, mmiliki wa ngombe lazima alipe shekeli thelathini za fedha, na ng'ombe lazima apigwe mawe.
And if the bull gore a man-servant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachmas, and the bull shall be stoned.
33 Kama mwanaume akifungua shimo, au kama mwanume akichimba shimo na asifunike, na ng'ombe au punda akaanguka ndani,
And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,
34 mmiliki wa shimo lazima alipe madhara. Lazima atoe hela kwa mmiliki wa mnyama aliye kufa, na mnyama aliye kufa atakuwa wake.
the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.
35 Kama ng'ombe wa mwanaume akimuumiza ng'ombe wa mwanume mwengine hadi kufa, kisha lazima wamuuze ng'ombe aliye hai na kugawana gharama, na pia lazima wagawane ng'ombe aliye kufa.
And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbor, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.
36 Lakini kama ilijulikana kama ng'ombe alikuwa na tabia ya kupiga hapo awali, na mmiliki wake hakumfunga ndani, hakika lazima alipe ng'ombe kwa ng'ombe, na mnyama aliye kufa atakuwa wake.
But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.
