2 Mose 21
1 “Mmara no nkaeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ woka kyerɛ wɔn no nie:
These are the judgments which thou shalt 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 thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out 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.
With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him.
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 master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters: the woman and her children shall be her master’s: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.
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 shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out 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 gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.
7 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi tɔn ne babaa sɛ afenaa a, mfeɛ nsia no duru a, wɔrennyaa no sɛdeɛ wɔgyaa mmarima nkoa no.
If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont 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 displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.
9 Na sɛ afenaawura no de afenaa no ma ne babarima aware a, afenaa no bɛyɛ owura no babaa.
But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner 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 wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he 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 do not these three things, she shall go out free without money.
12 “Obiara a ɔbɛbɔ obi akum no no, wɔbɛkum no bi.
He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, 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 he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee 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 a man kill his neighbour on set purpose and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die.
15 “Deɛ ɔbɔ nʼagya anaa ne maame no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
He that striketh his father or mother, shall be 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 shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.
17 “Deɛ ɔdome nʼagya anaa ne maame no, kum na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the 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 quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth 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 he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.
20 “Sɛ obi hwe nʼakoa anaa nʼafenawa ma no wu a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwe nʼaso.
He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the 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 the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the 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 quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman’s husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.
23 Na sɛ opira no mu no, ɔbaa no nam so wu a, wɔnkum saa ɔbarima no.
But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render 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.
If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out.
27 Sɛ owura tu nʼakoa se a, ne se no enti, ɔmma no nkɔ ne baabi.
Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.
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 gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned: and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
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 was wont to push with his horn yesterday and the day before, and they warned his master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned, an his owner also shall be put to death.
30 Sɛ nso owufoɔ no abusuafoɔ pɛ a, wɔbɛbɔ nantwiewura no ka. Atemmufoɔ na wɔbɛkyerɛ ɛka no ano.
And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Mmara korɔ no ara kyere nantwie a ɔbɛpem abarimaa anaa abaayewa.
If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence.
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 he assault a bondman or a bond woman, he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 “Sɛ ɔbarima bi tu abura, na wankata so, na nantwie anaa afunumu kɔtɔ mu a,
If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall 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.
The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is 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.
If one man’s ox gore another man’s ox, and he die: they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide the price, and the carcass of that which died they shall part 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 was wont to push yesterday and the day before, and his master did not keep him in: he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the whole carcass.
