2 Mose 21
1 “Mmara a ɛsɛ sɛ woka kyerɛ wɔn no ni:
Now these are the lawes, which thou shalt set before them:
2 “Sɛ wotɔ akoa a ɔyɛ Hebrini a, ma no nsom wo mfe asia, na afe a ɛto so ason no, ɔmfa ne ho nni a ontua hwee.
If thou bye an Ebrewe seruant, he shall serue sixe yeres, and in the seuenth he shall go out free, for nothing.
3 Sɛ ɔbɛyɛɛ wʼakoa no na ɔyɛ osigyani na sɛ akyiri no ɔware a, ɔno nko ara na sɛ mfe ason no du a ɔbɛkɔ. Na sɛ nso na waware ansa na ɔrebɛyɛ akoa de a, ɔne ne yere no na wɔbɛkɔ.
If he came himselfe alone, he shall goe out himselfe alone: if hee were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 Sɛ nso ne wura no na ɔmaa no ɔbea waree wɔ ne nkoasom no mu, na sɛ wɔwo mmabarima ne mmabea a, ɔyere ne mma no bɛyɛ owura no de, na okunu no akɔ ne baabi.
If his master haue giuen him a wife, and she hath borne him sonnes or daughters, he wife and her children shalbe her masters, but he shall goe out himselfe alone.
5 “Na sɛ ɔbarima no pae mu ka se, ‘Mepɛ me wura ne me yere ne me mma asɛm nti merenkɔ’ a,
But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,
6 ne wura no de no bɛba atemmufo anim na wɔde fitii afiti nʼasom bagua mu na watena ne wura no nkyɛn sɛ akoa afebɔɔ.
Then his master shall bring him vnto the Iudges, and set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his master shall bore his eare through with a nawle, and he shall serue him for euer.
7 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi tɔn ne babea sɛ afenaa a, mfe asia no du a, wɔrennyaa no sɛnea wogyaa mmarima nkoa no.
Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shall not goe out as the men seruantes doe.
8 Sɛ ne som no nsɔ onipa a ɔtɔɔ no no ani a, onipa ko a ɔtɔn no no wɔ ho kwan sɛ ɔsan tɔ no bio. Nanso afenaa no wura no nni ho kwan sɛ ɔtɔn no ma ɔnanani biara, efisɛ sɛ ɔyɛ saa a, na wabu ɔtɔn no ho nhyehyɛe so.
If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.
9 Na sɛ afenaa wura no de afenaa no ma ne babarima aware a, afenaa no bɛyɛ owura no babea.
But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shall deale with her according to the custome of the daughters.
10 Sɛ ɔno ara ankasa ware no na ɔsan ware foforo a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔtew nʼaduan ne ntama a ɔde ma no no so; na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔkame no nna sɛ ɔyere.
If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.
11 Na sɛ wantumi anni saa ahyɛde abiɛsa yi so a, afenaa a ɔyɛ ɔyere no tumi kɔ kwa a ontua sika biara.”
And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money.
12 “Obiara a ɔbɛbɔ obi akum no no, wobekum no bi.
He that smiteth a man, and he die, shall dye the death.
13 Sɛ ɛyɛ asiane a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nhyehyɛe a wanhyɛ da a, mɛkyerɛ onii no baabi a onguan nkohintaw.
And if a man hath not layed wayte, but God hath offered him into his hande, then I wil appoynt thee a place whither he shall flee.
14 Sɛ obi hyɛ da taataa ɔfoforo so pɛ sɛ okum no a, onii no gyina afɔremuka anim koraa a, montwe no nkokum no.
But if a man come presumptuously vpon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15 “Nea ɔbɔ nʼagya anaa ne na no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no.
Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.
16 “Obi a owia onipa no, sɛ wɔkyere no sɛ saa onipa no wɔ ne nsam anaasɛ watɔn no a, wonkum no.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shall die the death.
17 “Nea ɔdome nʼagya anaa ne na no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no.
And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.
18 “Sɛ mmarima baanu reko na wɔn mu baako de ɔbo anaa kuturuku bɔ ɔbaako no pira no, na wanwu, nanso ɛka no to mpa so,
When men also striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but lieth in bed,
19 na akyiri no, otumi sɔre nantew na mpo sɛ ɔtɔ ne nan so a, ɔbarima a ɔbɔɔ ne yɔnko no di bem, nanso ɔbaako no bere a wasɛe no no, obetua ho sika ama no, asan atua nʼayaresa ka nyinaa kosi sɛ ne ho bɛtɔ no.
If hee rise againe and walke without vpon his staffe, then shall he that smote him go quite, saue onely hee shall beare his charges for his resting, and shall pay for his healing.
20 “Sɛ obi hwe nʼakoa anaa nʼafenaa ma no wu a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwe nʼaso.
And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished.
21 Nanso sɛ nna bi akyi no akoa no anwu a, ɛno de, owura no renkɔ asotwe biara mu, efisɛ akoa no yɛ nʼagyapade.
But if he continue a day, or two dayes, hee shall not be punished: for he is his money.
22 “Sɛ mmarima baanu reko na ɔko no mu wopira ɔpemfo ma ɔpɔn, nanso wanwu a, wɔbɛbɔ ɔbarima a opiraa no no ka biara a ɔpemfo no kunu de bɛto atemmufo anim ama wɔapene so no.
Also if men striue and hurt a woman with childe, so that her childe depart from her, and death follow not, hee shall bee surely punished according as the womans husband shall appoynt him, or he shall pay as the Iudges determine.
23 Na sɛ opira no ma ɔbea no wu a, wonkum saa ɔbarima no.
But if death follow, then thou shalt paye life for life,
24 Sɛ ɔpemfo no pira nʼani a, pira ɔbarima no nso ani; sɛ ne se tu a, tu ne de bi. Nsa nsi nsa anan, nan nsi nan anan,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hande for hand, foote for foote,
25 ɔhyew nsi ɔhyew anan, apirakuru nsi apirakuru anan na atape nsi atape anan.
Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe.
26 “Sɛ owura bi bɔ nʼakoa anaa nʼafenaa ani so ma nʼani bɔ a, esiane nʼani no nti, ɛsɛ sɛ akoa anaa afenaa no de ne ho hyɛ anan.
And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.
27 Sɛ owura tu nʼakoa se a, ne se no nti, ɔmma ɔnne ne ho mfa nhyɛ anan.
Also if he smite out his seruants tooth, or his maides tooth, he shall let him goe out free for his tooth.
28 “Sɛ nantwi si ɔbea anaa ɔbarima ma no wu a, wonsiw nantwi no abo. Wɔnnwe ne nam no. Ne wura no nso, obiara mmfa ne nsa nka no,
If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that he die, the oxe shalbe stoned to death, and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the oxe shall goe quite.
29 gye sɛ wɔate sɛ mmere bi a atwa mu no, nantwi no sisii nnipa ma wɔbɔɔ ne wura no amanneɛ a wanka ho hwee; sɛ ɛba saa na sɛ okum obi a, wonsiw nantwi no abo na ne wura no nso, wonkum no.
If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.
30 Sɛ nso owufo no abusuafo pɛ a, wɔbɛbɔ nantwi wura no ka. Atemmufo na wɔbɛkyerɛ nea ontua.
If there be set to him a summe of mony, then he shall pay the raunsome of his life, whatsoeuer shalbe laied vpon him.
31 Mmara koro no ara kyere nantwi a obesi abarimaa anaa ɔbea.
Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner.
32 Na sɛ nantwi no si akoa anaa afenaa a, wɔbɛma akoa anaa afenaa no wura dwetɛ gram ahaasa ne aduanan abien, na wɔasiw nantwi no abo.
If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayde, hee shall giue vnto their master thirtie shekels of siluer, and the oxe shalbe stoned.
33 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi tu abura, na wankata so, na nantwi anaa afurum kɔtɔ mu a,
And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein,
34 ka biara a aboa no wura bɛbɔ abura no wura no, ɛsɛ sɛ abura wura no tua na ɔfa aboa a wawu no.
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead beast shalbe his.
35 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi nantwi pira nantwi foforo na sɛ owu a, mmoa wuranom baanu no bɛtɔn aboa a onwui no na wɔakyɛ sika no mu. Wɔn mu biara nso bɛfa aboa a wawu no fa.
And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shall sel the liue oxe, and deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.
36 Na sɛ aboa no taa sisi na ne wura no abu nʼani agu so de a, ɛno de, sikakyɛ biara remma; na mmom, ɔbarima a ne nantwi wɔ hɔ no betua nantwi a wawu no ho ka nyinaa na wafa no.
Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, and his master hath not kept him, he shall pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne.
