2 Mosebok 21

1 Dessa äro de rätter som du skall förelägga dem:

“Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:

2 Om du köper en hebreisk träl, skall han tjäna i sex år, men på det sjunde skall han givas fri, utan lösen.

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 Har han kommit allena, så skall han givas fri allena; var han gift, så skall hans hustru givas fri 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 Har hans herre givit honom en hustru, och har denna fött honom söner eller döttrar, så skola hustrun och hennes barn tillhöra hennes herre, och allenast mannen skall givas fri.

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 Men om trälen säger: »Jag har min herre, min hustru och mina barn så kära, att jag icke vill givas 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 då skall hans herre föra honom fram för Gud och ställa honom vid dörren eller dörrposten, och hans herre skall genomborra hans öra med en syl; därefter vare han hans träl evärdligen.

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 någon säljer sin dotter till trälinna, så skall hon icke givas fri såsom trälarna givas fria.

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 Misshagar hon sin herre, sedan denne förut har ingått förbindelse med henne, så låte han henne köpas fri. Till främmande folk have han icke makt att sälja henne, när han så har handlat trolöst mot 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 Men om han låter sin son ingå förbindelse med henne, så förunne han henne döttrars 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 Tager han sig ännu en hustru, så göre han icke någon minskning i den förras kost, beklädnad eller äktenskapsrätt.

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 Om han icke låter henne njuta sin rätt i dessa tre stycken, så skall hon givas fri, utan lösen och betalning.

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 någon, så att han dör, han skall straffas med döden.

You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.

13 Men om han icke traktade efter den andres liv, utan Gud lät denne oförvarandes träffas av hans hand, så skall jag anvisa dig en ort dit han kan fly.

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 Men om någon begår det dådet att han dräper sin nästa med list, så skall du gripa honom, vore han ock invid mitt altare, och han måste dö.

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 slår sin fader eller sin moder, han skall straffas med döden.

Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.

16 Den som stjäl en människa, vare sig han sedan säljer den stulne, eller denne finnes kvar hos honom, han skall straffas med döden.

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 uttalar förbannelser över sin fader eller sin moder, han skall straffas med döden.

Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.

18 Om män tvista med varandra, och den ene slår den andre med en sten eller med knuten hand, så att denne väl icke dör, men bliver sängliggande,

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 dock att han sedan kommer sig och kan gå ute, stödd vid sin stav, så skall den som slog honom vara fri ifrån straff; allenast ersätte han honom för den tid han har förlorat och besörje sjukvård åt honom.

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 Om någon slår sin träl eller sin trälinna med en käpp, så att den slagne dör under hans hand, så skall han straffas därför.

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 Men om den slagne lever en eller två dagar, skall han icke straffas, ty det var hans egna 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 träta med varandra, och någon av dem stöter till en havande kvinna, så att hon föder fram sitt foster, men eljest ingen olycka sker, så böte han vad kvinnans man ålägger honom och betale efter skiljedomares prövning.

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 Men om olycka sker, skall liv givas för liv,

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 brännskada för brännskada, sår för sår, blånad för blånad.

26 Om någon slår sin träl eller sin trälinna i ögat och fördärvar det, så släppe han den skadade fri, till ersättning 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 någon slår ut en tand på sin träl eller sin trälinna, så släppe han den skadade fri, till ersättning för tanden.

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 någon till döds, man eller kvinna, så skall oxen stenas, och köttet må icke ätas; men oxens ägare vara fri ifrån straff.

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 Men om oxen förut har haft vanan att stångas, och hans ägare har blivit varnad, men denne ändå icke tager vara på honom, och oxen så dödar någon, man eller kvinna, då skall oxen stenas, och hans ägare skall ock dödas.

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 Men skulle lösepenning bliva denne ålagd, så give han till lösen för sitt liv så mycket som ålägges honom.

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 Är det en gosse eller en flicka som har blivit stångad av oxen, så skall med denne förfaras efter samma lag.

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 Men om oxen stångar en träl eller en trälinna, så skall ägaren giva åt den stångades herre trettio siklar silver, och oxen skall stenas.

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 någon öppnar en brunn, eller om någon gräver en ny brunn och icke täcker över den, och sedan en oxe eller en åsna faller däri,

Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].

34 så skall brunnens ägare giva ersättning i penningar åt djurets ägare, men den döda 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 någons oxe stångar en annans oxe, så att denne dör, så skola de sälja den levande oxen och dela betalningen för honom och därjämte dela den döda 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 däremot känt att oxen förut hade vanan att stångas, men tog hans ägare ändå icke vara på honom, så skall han ersätta oxe med oxe, men den döda kroppen skall vara hans.

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].”