Exodus 21
1 “Wọ̀nyí ni àwọn òfin tí ìwọ yóò gbé sí iwájú wọn.
“Now these are the decrees that you must set before them:
2 “Bí ìwọ bá yá ọkùnrin Heberu ní ìwẹ̀fà, òun yóò sìn ọ́ fún ọdún mẹ́fà. Ṣùgbọ́n ní ọdún keje, òun yóò lọ ni òmìnira láìsan ohunkóhun padà.
'If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh year he will go free without paying anything.
3 Bí ó bá wá ní òun nìkan, òun nìkan náà ni yóò padà lọ ní òmìnira; ṣùgbọ́n tí ó bá mú ìyàwó wá, ó ní láti mú ìyàwó rẹ̀ padà lọ.
If he came by himself, he must go free by himself; if he is married, then his wife must go free with him.
4 Bí olówó rẹ̀ bá fún un ní aya, tí aya náà sì bímọ ọkùnrin àti obìnrin, aya àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ yóò jẹ́ ti olówó rẹ̀, yóò sì lọ ní òmìnira ní òun nìkan.
If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master, and he must go free by himself.
5 “Bí ẹrú náà bá sì wí ní gbangba pé, mo fẹ́ràn olúwa mi, ìyàwó mi àti àwọn ọmọ, èmi kò sì fẹ́ ẹ́ gba òmìnira mọ́,
But if the servant plainly says, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,”
6 nígbà náà ni olúwa rẹ̀ yóò mu wá sí iwájú ìdájọ́. Òun yóò sì mú un lọ sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà tàbí lọ sí ibi ọ̀wọ̀n, yóò sì fi ìlu lu etí rẹ̀, òun yóò sì máa sin olówó rẹ̀ títí ayé.
then his master must bring him to God. The master must bring him to a door or doorpost, and his master must bore his ear through with an awl. Then the servant will serve him for life.
7 “Bí ọkùnrin kan bá ta ọmọbìnrin rẹ̀ bí ìwẹ̀fà, ọmọbìnrin yìí kò ní gba òmìnira bí i ti ọmọkùnrin.
If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she must not go free as the male servants do.
8 Bí òun kò bá sì tẹ́ olówó rẹ̀ lọ́rùn, ẹni tí ó fẹ́ ẹ fún ara rẹ̀, yóò jẹ́ kí wọn ó rà á padà, òun kò ní ẹ̀tọ́ láti tà á bí ẹrú fún àjèjì, nítorí pé òun ni kò ṣe ojúṣe rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìwẹ̀fà náà.
If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be bought back. He has no right to sell her to a foreign people. He has no such right, since he has treated her deceitfully.
9 Bí ó bá fẹ́ ẹ fún ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀, kò ní máa lò ó bí ìwẹ̀fà mọ́, ṣùgbọ́n yóò máa ṣe sí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọ rẹ̀ obìnrin.
If her master designates her as a wife for his son, he must treat her the same as if she were his daughter.
10 Bí ó bá fẹ́ obìnrin mìíràn, kò gbọdọ̀ kùnà ojúṣe rẹ̀ nípa fífún un ní oúnjẹ àti aṣọ, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò gbọdọ̀ kùnà ojúṣe rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọkọ sí aya.
If he takes another wife for himself, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or her marital rights.
11 Bí ó bá kùnà láti ṣe àwọn nǹkan mẹ́ta wọ̀nyí fún un, òun yóò lọ ní òmìnira láìsan owó kankan padà.
But if he does not provide these three things for her, then she can go free without paying any money.
12 “Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá lu arákùnrin rẹ̀ pa, pípa ni a ó pa á.
Whoever strikes a man so that he dies, that person must surely be put to death.
13 Ṣùgbọ́n bí kò bá mọ̀ ọ́n mọ̀ pa á, tí ó bá jẹ́ àmúwá Ọlọ́run ni, òun yóò lọ sí ibi tí èmi yóò yàn fún un.
If the man did not do it with premeditation, but instead by accident, then I will fix a place to where he can flee.
14 Ṣùgbọ́n tí ó bá mú arákùnrin rẹ̀, tí ó sì fi ẹ̀tàn pa á. Ẹ mú un kúrò ní iwájú pẹpẹ mi kí ẹ sì pa á.
If a man willfully attacks his neighbor and kills him according to a cunning plan, then you must take him, even if he is at God's altar, so that he may die.
15 “Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá pa baba tàbí ìyá rẹ̀, pípa ni a ó pa á.
Whoever hits his father or mother must surely be put to death.
16 “Ẹnikẹ́ni ti ó bá jí ènìyàn gbé, tí ó sì tà á tàbí tí ó fi pamọ́, pípa ni a ó pa á.
Whoever kidnaps a person—whether the kidnapper sells him, or that person is found in his hand—that kidnapper must be put to death.
17 “Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ṣépè fún baba tàbí ìyá rẹ̀, pípa ni a ó pa á.
Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
18 “Bí àwọn ọkùnrin méjì bá ń jà, ti ọ̀kan sọ òkúta tàbí fi ìkùùkuu lu ẹnìkejì rẹ̀, tí ó sì pa á lára, ti irú ìpalára bẹ́ẹ̀ mu kí ó wà lórí ìdùbúlẹ̀ àìsàn.
If men fight and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist, and that person does not die, but is confined to his bed;
19 Ẹni tó lu ẹnìkejì rẹ̀ kò ní ní ẹ̀bi, níwọ̀n ìgbà ti ẹni tí a lù bá ti lè dìde, tí ó sì lé è fi ọ̀pá ìtìlẹ̀ ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀ rìn káàkiri. Ẹni náà ni láti san owó ti ó fi tọ́jú ara rẹ̀ padà fún un, lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ara rẹ̀ bá ti yá tan pátápátá.
then if he recovers and is able to walk about using his staff, the man who struck him must pay for the loss of his time; he must also pay for his complete recovery. But that man is not guilty of murder.
20 “Bí ọkùnrin kan bá fi ọ̀pá lu ẹrúkùnrin tàbí ẹrúbìnrin rẹ̀, ti ẹrú náà sì kú lójú ẹsẹ̀, a ó fi ìyà jẹ ẹ́.
If a man hits his male servant or his female servant with a staff, and if the servant dies as a result of the blow, then that man must surely be punished.
21 Ṣùgbọ́n a kò ní fi ìyà jẹ ẹ́, ti ẹrú náà bá yè, tí ó dìde lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ kan tàbí méjì, nítorí ẹrú náà jẹ́ dúkìá rẹ̀.
However, if the servant lives for a day or two, the master must not be punished, for he will have suffered the loss of the servant.
22 “Bí àwọn ènìyàn ti ń jà bá pa aboyún lára, tí aboyún náà bá bímọ láìpé ọjọ́, ṣùgbọ́n tí kò sí aburú mìíràn mọ́ lẹ́yìn rẹ̀, ẹni tí ó fa ìpalára yìí yóò san iyekíye tí ọkọ aboyún náà bá béèrè fún, bí ilé ẹjọ́ bá ṣe gbà láààyè gẹ́gẹ́ bí owó ìtánràn.
If men fight together and hurt a pregnant woman so that she miscarries, but there is no other injury to her, then the guilty man must surely be fined as the woman's husband demands it from him, and he must pay as the judges determine.
23 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìpalára náà bá yọrí sí ikú aboyún náà, pípa ni a ó pa ẹni ti ó fa ikú aboyún náà.
But if there is serious injury, then you must give a life for a life,
24 Ojú fún ojú, eyín fún eyín, ọwọ́ fún ọwọ́, ẹsẹ̀ fún ẹsẹ̀,
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
25 ìjóná fún ìjóná, ọgbẹ́ fún ọgbẹ́, ìnà fún ìnà.
a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, or a bruise for a bruise.
26 “Bí ọkùnrin kan bá lu ẹrúkùnrin tàbí ẹrúbìnrin rẹ̀ ní ojú, ti ojú náà sì fọ́, ó ni láti jẹ́ kí ẹrú náà lọ ní òmìnira fún ìtánràn ojú rẹ̀ ti ó fọ́.
If a man hits the eye of his male servant or of his female servant and destroys it, then he must let the servant go free in compensation for his eye.
27 Bí ó bá sì lu ẹrúkùnrin tàbí ẹrúbìnrin rẹ̀ ti eyín rẹ̀ fi ká, ó ni láti jẹ́ kí ó lọ ní òmìnira ni ìtánràn fún eyín rẹ̀ tí ó ká.
If he knocks out a tooth of his male servant or female servant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
28 “Bí akọ màlúù bá kan ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin kan pa, a ó sọ akọ màlúù náà ní òkúta pa, a kò sì gbọdọ̀ jẹ ẹran rẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n a kò ní dá ẹni tí ó ni akọ màlúù náà lẹ́bi, ọrùn oní akọ màlúù náà yóò sì mọ́.
If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its flesh must not be eaten; but the ox's owner must be acquitted of guilt.
29 Ṣùgbọ́n tí ó bá ti di ìgbà gbogbo ti akọ màlúù náà ti máa ń kan ènìyàn, tí a sì ti ń kìlọ̀ fún olówó rẹ̀, ti olówó rẹ̀ kò sì mú un so, tí ó bá kan ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin pa, a ó sọ akọ màlúù náà ní òkúta pa, a ó sì pa olówó rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú.
But if the ox had a habit of goring in the past, and its owner was warned but did not keep it in, and the ox has killed a man or a woman, that ox must be stoned, and its owner also must be put to death.
30 Bí àwọn ará ilé ẹni tí ó kú bá béèrè fún owó ìtánràn, yóò san iye owó tí wọ́n bá ní kí ó san fún owó ìtánràn láti fi ra ẹ̀mí ara rẹ̀ padà.
If a payment is required for his life, he must pay whatever he is required to pay.
31 Bí akọ màlúù bá kan ọmọkùnrin tàbí ọmọbìnrin pa, a ó ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin yìí ti là á kalẹ̀.
If the ox has gored a man's son or daughter, the ox's owner must do what this decree requires him to do.
32 Bí akọ màlúù bá kan ẹrúkùnrin tàbí ẹrúbìnrin pa, olówó rẹ̀ yóò san ọgbọ̀n ṣékélì fàdákà fún ẹni tó ni ẹrú, a ó sì sọ akọ màlúù náà ni òkúta pa.
If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the ox's owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.
33 “Bí ọkùnrin kan bá ṣí kòtò sílẹ̀ láìbò tàbí kí ó gbẹ́ kòtò sílẹ̀ láìbò, tí màlúù tàbí kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ bá ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ bọ́ sínú kòtò náà.
If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
34 Ẹni tí ó ni kòtò yóò san owó àdánù yìí fún ẹni tí ó ni ẹran. Òkú ẹran náà yóò sì di tirẹ̀.
the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to the dead animal's owner, and the dead animal will become his.
35 “Bí akọ màlúù ọkùnrin kan bá pa akọ màlúù ẹlòmíràn lára tí ó sì kú, wọn yóò ta akọ màlúù tó wà láààyè, wọn yóò sì pín owó èyí tiwọn tà àti ẹran èyí tí ó kú dọ́gbadọ́gba.
If one man's ox hurts another man's ox so that it dies, then they must sell the live ox and divide its price, and they must also divide the dead ox.
36 Ṣùgbọ́n tí ó bá ti di ìgbà gbogbo tí akọ màlúù náà máa ń kan òmíràn, tí olówó rẹ̀ kò sì mú un so, olówó rẹ̀ yóò san ẹran dípò ẹran. Ẹran tí ó kú yóò sì jẹ́ tirẹ̀.
But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring in time past, and its owner has not kept it in, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his own.
