2 Mose 21
1 “Mmara no nkaeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ woka kyerɛ wɔn no nie:
“These are the judgments which you shall place 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; in the seventh, he shall depart freely, without charge.
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.
With whatever clothing he arrived, with the like let him depart. If he has a wife, his wife also shall depart, at the same time.
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.
But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing.
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 will say, ‘I love my lord, and my wife and children, I will not depart freely,’
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.
then his lord shall make an offering for him to the heavens, and it shall be applied to the door and the posts, and he will pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall be his servant in perpetuity.
7 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi tɔn ne babaa sɛ afenaa a, mfeɛ nsia no duru a, wɔrennyaa no sɛdeɛ wɔgyaa mmarima nkoa no.
If anyone sells his daughter to be a servant, she shall not depart as a female servant is accustomed to go out.
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 displeases the eyes of her lord, to whom she had been delivered, he shall dismiss her. But he shall have no authority to sell her to a foreign people, even if he despises her.
9 Na sɛ afenaawura no de afenaa no ma ne babarima aware a, afenaa no bɛyɛ owura no babaa.
But if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall treat her according to the custom with 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 takes another for him, he shall provide to the maiden a marriage, and clothing, and he shall not refuse the price of her chastity.
11 Na sɛ wantumi anni saa ahyɛdeɛ mmiɛnsa yi so a, afenaa a ɔyɛ ɔyere no tumi kɔ kwa a ɔntua sika biara.
If he does not do these three things, she shall depart freely, without money.
12 “Obiara a ɔbɛbɔ obi akum no no, wɔbɛkum no bi.
Whoever strikes a man, intending to murder, shall be put to death.
13 Sɛ ɛyɛ asiane a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nhyehyɛeɛ a wanhyɛ da a, mɛkyerɛ onii no baabi a ɔnnwane nkɔhinta.
But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands, then I will appoint for you a place to which he must flee.
14 Sɛ obi boapa taataa ɔfoforɔ so pɛ sɛ ɔkum no a, onii no gyina afɔrebukyia anim koraa a, montwe no nkɔkum no.
If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die.
15 “Deɛ ɔbɔ nʼagya anaa ne maame no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
Whoever strikes his father or mother shall die a death.
16 “Obi a ɔwia onipa no, sɛ wɔkyere no sɛ saa onipa no wɔ ne nsam anaasɛ watɔn no a, wɔnkum no.
Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death.
17 “Deɛ ɔdome nʼagya anaa ne maame no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.
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,
If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in 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 he gets up again and can walk outside on his staff, he who struck him will be innocent, but only if he makes sufficient restitution for his deeds and for the cost of the physicians.
20 “Sɛ obi hwe nʼakoa anaa nʼafenawa ma no wu a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwe nʼaso.
Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime.
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 he survives for one day or two, he shall not be subject to punishment, because it 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.
If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck a pregnant woman, and as a result she miscarries, but she herself survives, he shall be subject to as much damage as the husband of the woman shall petition from him, or as arbitrators shall judge.
23 Na sɛ opira no mu no, ɔbaa no nam so wu a, wɔnkum saa ɔbarima no.
But if her death will have followed, he will repay a life for a 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,
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
25 ɔhyeɛ nsi ɔhyeɛ anan, apirakuro nsi apirakuro anan na ntampeɛ nsi ntampeɛ anan.
a scrape for a scrape, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.
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.
If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out.
27 Sɛ owura tu nʼakoa se a, ne se no enti, ɔmma no nkɔ ne baabi.
Likewise, if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female servant, he shall similarly release them freely.
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,
If an ox has struck a man or a woman with his horn, and if they die, it shall be stoned. And its flesh shall not be eaten; also, the owner of the ox will be innocent.
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 ox had been pushing with his horn, from yesterday and the day before, and they warned his owner, but he did not confine it, and it will have killed a man or a woman, then the ox shall be stoned, and his owner shall be killed.
30 Sɛ nso owufoɔ no abusuafoɔ pɛ a, wɔbɛbɔ nantwiewura no ka. Atemmufoɔ na wɔbɛkyerɛ ɛka no ano.
But if they have imposed a price on him, he shall give, in exchange for his life, whatever is asked.
31 Mmara korɔ no ara kyere nantwie a ɔbɛpem abarimaa anaa abaayewa.
Likewise, if it has struck a son or a daughter with its horns, it shall be subject to a similar verdict.
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.
If it attacks a male or female servant, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to their lord, yet truly the ox shall be stoned.
33 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi tu abura, na wankata so, na nantwie anaa afunumu kɔtɔ mu a,
If a man digs or opens a cistern, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
34 ɛka biara a aboa no wura bɛbɔ abura no wura no, ɛsɛ sɛ abura wura no tua na ɔfa aboa a wawu no.
then the owner of the cistern shall repay the price of the beasts, and what is dead will belong to him.
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.
If the ox of a stranger wounds the ox of another, and it has died, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price, but the carcass of the dead one they shall distribute between them.
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 he knew that his ox had pushed with its horns, yesterday and the day before, and its owner did not confine it, then he shall repay an ox for an ox, and he will receive the whole carcass.”
