2 Mosebok 21
1 Dessa äro de rätter, som du skall ditt folk föregifva:
“Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
2 Om du köper en Ebreisk träl, han skall tjena när dig i sex år; på sjunde årena skall han utgå fri och ledig.
When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for [only] six years. In the seventh year you must free him [from being your slave], and he is not required to pay you anything [for setting him free].
3 Är han allena kommen, så skall han ock allena utgå; är han kommen gifter, så skall hans hustru utgå med honom.
If he was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries [someone while he is your slave], his wife is not to be set free [with him]. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife.
4 Hafver hans herre gifvit honom hustru, och hon hafver födt söner eller döttrar, så skall hustrun och barnen höra herranom till, och han skall gå allena ut.
If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters [while her husband is a slave], only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.
5 Om trälen säger: Jag hafver min herra, och min hustru, och min barn kär; jag vill icke varda fri;
But when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set free,’
6 Så hafve hans herra honom bort för gudarna, och hålle honom intill dörrena eller dörraträn; och borre honom igenom örat med en syl; och han vare hans träl evärdeliga.
then his master must take him to [the place where they worship] God (OR, to [the owner’s] house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an (awl/pointed metal rod) to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then [he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that] (he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives).
7 Om någor säljer sina dotter till en trälinno, så skall hon icke utgå såsom trälar.
If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
8 Behagar hon icke sinom herra, och han hafver ingom förlofvat henne, han skall låta henne fri; men till främmande folk hafver han ingen magt att sälja henne, efter han hafver försmått henne.
If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if [later] he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement [he made with the girl’s father].
9 Gifver han henne sinom son, då skall han låta henne njuta dotters rätt.
If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter.
10 Gifver han honom ena andra, så skall han icke förvägra desso hennes kost, kläder och äktenskapsplikt.
If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
11 Gör han icke denna tre stycken, så skall hon fri utgå, och intet betala.
If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her [from being a slave], and she is not required to pay anything [for being set free].
12 Den som slår ena mennisko, så att hon dör, han skall döden dö.
You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
13 Hafver han det icke gjort med vilja, utan Gud hafver låtit henne oförvarandes falla honom i händer, så skall jag sätta dig ett rum före, dit han fly skall.
But if the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, [and he will be safe there].
14 Om någor går sin nästa efter med arghet, och dräper honom med försåt; den skall du taga ifrå mitt altare, så att man skall dräpa honom.
But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, [a place that God designated as a place to be safe], you must execute him.
15 Den som sin fader eller moder slår, han skall döden dö.
Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
16 Den som stjäl ena mennisko, och säljer henne, så att man finner honom dermed, han skall döden dö.
Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
17 Den som bannar fader eller moder, han skall döden dö.
Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
18 Der som någre män kifva tillhopa, och den ene slår den andra med en sten, eller med näfvan, så att han icke dör, utan ligger på sängene;
Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed [for a while],
19 Fås han vid, så att han utgår vid sin staf, så skall han, som slog honom, vara ursaker; undantagno, att han skall betala honom hvad han försummat hafver, och gifva honom hans läkarelön.
and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn [while he was recovering], and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person is well.
20 Den sin träl eller trälinno slår med en staf, så att han dör under hans händer, han skall lida der straff före.
If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies (immediately/as a result) [IDM], the one who struck him must be punished.
21 Lefver han öfver en eller två dagar, så skall han icke lida der straff före; ty det är hans penningar.
But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck [and then dies], you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment.
22 Om män kifva tillhopa, och någondera stöter någon qvinno, som hafvandes är, så att henne förgås barn, och henne dock eljest intet skadar; så skall man näpsa honom till penningar, så mycket som qvinnones man honom pålägger; och skall det utgifva efter mäklares känning.
Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that (she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies). If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine.
23 Skader henne något, då skall han gifva själ för själ,
But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way [that he caused her to suffer]. If she dies, he must be executed.
24 Öga för öga, tand för tand, hand för hand, fot för fot,
If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.
25 Brännande för brännande, sår för sår, blånad för blånad.
26 Den som slår sin träl eller trälinno i ögat, och förderfvar det, han skall låta dem fri lös för ögat.
If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s eye.
27 Sammalunda, om han slår sin träl eller trälinno en tand ut, skall han dem fri lös låta för tandena.
If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s tooth.
28 Om en oxe stångar en man eller qvinna, så att han dör, så skall man den oxan stena, och icke äta hans kött; och så är oxans herre ursaker.
If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.
29 Var oxen tillförene van att stångas, och hans herre är derom tillsagd, och han icke bevarade honom, och deröfver dräper en man eller qvinno; så skall man stena den oxan, och hans herre skall dö.
But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.
30 Varda honom penningar pålagde, så skall han gifva till att lösa sitt lif så mycket, som honom pålagdt varder.
However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine (to save his own life/in order not to be executed), he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.
31 Sammalunda skall man ock med honom handla, om han en son eller dotter stångar.
If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule.
32 Stångar han en träl eller trälinno, så skall han gifva deras herra tretio silfversiklar, och oxan skall man stena.
If a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must [kill the bull by] throwing stones at it.
33 Om någor öppnar ena grop, eller gräfver ena grop, och täcker henne icke till, och en oxe eller åsne faller så deruti;
Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
34 Då skall gropenes herre lösa det med penningar, och gifva dem dess herra igen; men kroppen skall vara hans.
Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and [do whatever he wants to with it].
35 Om någors mans oxe stångar ens annars oxa, så att han dör; då skola de sälja den lefvande oxan, och byta penningarna, och desslikes byta kroppen.
If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide [between them] the money [that they receive] for it. They must also divide [between them the meat of] the animal that died.
36 Var det vetterligit, att oxen var tillförene van att stångas, och hans herre icke bevarade honom; då skall han gifva en oxa för den andra, och behålla kroppen.
However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died [and do with it whatever he wants to do].”
