2 Mose 21
1 “Mmara no nkaeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ woka kyerɛ wɔn no nie:
And these [are] the ordinances which you shall set before them.
2 “Sɛ wotɔ akoa a ɔyɛ Hebrini a, ma no nsom wo mfeɛ nsia, na afe a ɛtɔ so nson no, gyaa no na ɔnkɔ ne baabi kwa a ɔntua hwee.
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 Sɛ ɔbɛyɛɛ wʼakoa no na ɔyɛ osigyani na sɛ akyire no ɔware a, ɔno nko ara na sɛ mfeɛ nson no duru a ɔbɛkɔ. Na sɛ nso na waware ansa na ɔrebɛyɛ akoa deɛ a, ɔne ne yere no na ɛbɛkɔ.
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 Sɛ nso ne wura no na ɔmaa no ɔbaa wareeɛ wɔ ne nkoasom no mu, na sɛ wɔwo mmammarima ne mmammaa a, ɔyere ne mma no bɛyɛ owura no dea na okunu no akɔ ne baabi.
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 “Na sɛ ɔbarima no pae mu ka sɛ ‘Mepɛ me wura ne me yere ne me mma asɛm enti merenkɔ’ a,
And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;
6 ne wura no de no bɛba atemmufoɔ anim na wɔde fitiiɛ afiti nʼasom badwa mu na watena ne wura no nkyɛn sɛ akoa afebɔɔ.
his master shall bring him to the judgement-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 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi tɔn ne babaa sɛ afenaa a, mfeɛ nsia no duru a, wɔrennyaa no sɛdeɛ wɔgyaa mmarima nkoa no.
And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart.
8 Sɛ ne som no nsɔ onipa a ɔtɔɔ no no ani a, onipa ko a ɔtɔn no no wɔ ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔsane bɛtɔ no bio. Nanso afenaa no wura no nni ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔtɔn no ma ɔnanani biara, ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ ɔyɛ saa a, na wabu ɔtɔn no ho nhyehyɛeɛ so.
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 Na sɛ afenaawura no de afenaa no ma ne babarima aware a, afenaa no bɛyɛ owura no babaa.
And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.
10 Sɛ ɔno ara ankasa ware no na ɔsane ware foforɔ a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔte nʼaduane ne ntoma a ɔde ma no no so; na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔkame no nna sɛ ɔyere.
And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him].
11 Na sɛ wantumi anni saa ahyɛdeɛ mmiɛnsa yi so a, afenaa a ɔyɛ ɔyere no tumi kɔ kwa a ɔntua sika biara.
And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.
12 “Obiara a ɔbɛbɔ obi akum no no, wɔbɛkum no bi.
And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.
13 Sɛ ɛyɛ asiane a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nhyehyɛeɛ a wanhyɛ da a, mɛkyerɛ onii no baabi a ɔnnwane nkɔhinta.
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 Sɛ obi boapa taataa ɔfoforɔ so pɛ sɛ ɔkum no a, onii no gyina afɔrebukyia anim koraa a, montwe no nkɔkum no.
And if any one lie in wait for his neighbour to kill him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from my altar to put him to death.
15 “Deɛ ɔbɔ nʼagya anaa ne maame no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
16 “Obi a ɔwia onipa no, sɛ wɔkyere no sɛ saa onipa no wɔ ne nsam anaasɛ watɔn no a, wɔnkum no.
He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
17 “Deɛ ɔdome nʼagya anaa ne maame no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
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 “Sɛ mmarima baanu reko na wɔn mu baako de ɛboɔ anaa kuturuku bɔ ɔbaako no pira no, na wanwu, nanso ɛka no to mpa so,
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 na akyire no, ɔtumi sɔre nante na mpo sɛ ɔtɔ ne nan so a, ɔbarima a ɔbɔɔ ne yɔnko no di bem, nanso ɔbaako no berɛ a wasɛe no no, ɔbɛtua ho sika ama no, asane atua nʼayaresa ka nyinaa kɔsi sɛ ne ho bɛtɔ no.
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 “Sɛ obi hwe nʼakoa anaa nʼafenawa ma no wu a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwe nʼaso.
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 Nanso, sɛ nna bi akyi akoa no anwu a, ɛnneɛ, owura no renkɔ asotwe biara mu, ɛfiri sɛ, akoa no yɛ nʼagyapadeɛ.
But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money.
22 “Sɛ mmarima baanu reko na ɔko no mu wɔpira ɔpemfoɔ ma ɔpɔn, nanso wanwu a, wɔbɛbɔ ɔbarima a ɔpiraa no no ka biara a ɔpemfoɔ no kunu de bɛto atemmufoɔ anim ama wɔapene so no.
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 Na sɛ opira no mu no, ɔbaa no nam so wu a, wɔnkum saa ɔbarima no.
But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,
24 Sɛ ɔpemfoɔ no pira nʼani a, pira ɔbarima no nso ani; sɛ ne se tu a, tu ne deɛ bi. Nsa nsi nsa anan, ɛnan nsi ɛnan anan,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 ɔhyeɛ nsi ɔhyeɛ anan, apirakuro nsi apirakuro anan na ntampeɛ nsi ntampeɛ anan.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi bɔ nʼakoa anaa nʼafenawa ani so ma nʼani bɔ a, ɛsiane nʼani no enti, ɛsɛ sɛ akoa anaa afenaa no kɔ ne baabi kwa.
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 Sɛ owura tu nʼakoa se a, ne se no enti, ɔmma no nkɔ ne baabi.
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 “Sɛ nantwie pem ɔbaa anaa ɔbarima ma no wu a, wɔnsi nantwie no aboɔ. Wɔnnwe ne nam no. Ne wura no nso, obiara mmfa ne nsa nka no,
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 gye sɛ wɔate sɛ mmerɛ bi a atwam no, nantwie no pempem nnipa ma wɔabɔ ne wura no amaneɛ a ɔnka ho hwee; sɛ ɛba saa na sɛ ɔkum obi a, wɔnsi nantwie no aboɔ na ne wura no nso, wɔnkum no.
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 Sɛ nso owufoɔ no abusuafoɔ pɛ a, wɔbɛbɔ nantwiewura no ka. Atemmufoɔ na wɔbɛkyerɛ ɛka no ano.
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 Mmara korɔ no ara kyere nantwie a ɔbɛpem abarimaa anaa abaayewa.
And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.
32 Na sɛ nantwie no pem akoa anaa afenaa a, wɔbɛma akoa anaa afenaa no wura dwetɛ gram ahasa ne aduanan mmienu, na wɔasi nantwie no aboɔ.
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 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi tu abura, na wankata so, na nantwie anaa afunumu kɔtɔ mu a,
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 ɛka 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 compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.
35 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi nantwie pira nantwie foforɔ na sɛ ɔwu a, mmoawuranom baanu no bɛtɔn aboa a ɔnwuiɛ no na wɔakyɛ sika no mu. Wɔn mu biara nso bɛfa aboa a wawu no fa.
And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbour, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.
36 Na sɛ aboa no pempem dada na sɛ ne wura no abu nʼani agu so deɛ a, ɛnneɛ, sika mu kyɛ biara remma; na mmom, ɔbarima a ne nantwie wɔ hɔ no bɛtua nantwie a wawu no ho ka nyinaa na wafa no.
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.
