Liber Exodus, 21
1. Haec sunt iudicia, quae propones eis:
1. "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
2. Si emeris servum Hebraeum, sex annis serviet tibi; in septimo egredietur liber gratis.
2. When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.
3. Si solus intraverit, solus exeat; si habens uxorem, et uxor egredietur simul.
3. If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4. Sin autem dominus dederit illi uxorem, et pepererit filios et filias, mulier et liberi eius erunt domini sui; ipse vero exibit solus.
4. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone.
5. Quod si dixerit servus: "Diligo dominum meum et uxorem ac liberos, non egrediar liber",
5. But if the slave plainly says, `I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'
6. afferet eum dominus ad Deum et applicabit eum ad ostium vel postes perforabitque aurem eius subula; et erit ei servus in saeculum.
6. then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.
7. Si quis vendiderit filiam suam in famulam, non egredietur sicut servi exire consueverunt.
7. "When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
8. Si displicuerit oculis domini sui, cui tradita fuerat, faciat eam redimi; populo autem alieno vendendi non habebit potestatem, quia fraudavit eam.
8. If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt faithlessly with her.
9. Sin autem filio suo desponderit eam, iuxta morem filiarum faciet illi.
9. If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.
10. Quod si alteram sibi acceperit, cibum et vestimentum et concubitum non negabit.
10. If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
11. Si tria ista non fecerit ei, egredietur gratis absque pretio.
11. And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
12. Qui percusserit hominem, et ille mortuus fuerit, morte moriatur.
12. "Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
13. Qui autem non est insidiatus, sed Deus illum tradidit in manus eius, constituam tibi locum, in quem fugere debeat.
13. But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
14. Si quis de industria occiderit proximum suum et per insidias, ab altari meo evelles eum, ut moriatur.
14. But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
15. Qui percusserit patrem suum aut matrem, morte moriatur.
15. "Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
16. Qui furatus fuerit hominem sive vendiderit eum sive inventus fuerit in manu eius, morte moriatur.
16. "Whoever steals a man, whether he sells him or is found in possession of him, shall be put to death.
17. Qui maledixerit patri suo vel matri, morte moriatur.
17. "Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
18. Si rixati fuerint viri, et percusserit alter proximum suum lapide vel pugno, et ille mortuus non fuerit, sed iacuerit in lectulo,
18. "When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed,
19. si surrexerit et ambulaverit foris super baculum suum, impunitus erit, qui percusserit, ita tamen, ut operas eius deperditas et impensas pro medela restituat.
19. then if the man rises again and walks abroad with his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.
20. Qui percusserit servum suum vel ancillam virga, et mortui fuerint in manibus eius, ultioni subiacetur.
20. "When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.
21. Sin autem uno die vel duobus supervixerit, non subiacebit poenae, quia pecunia illius est.
21. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for the slave is his money.
22. Si rixati fuerint viri, et percusserit quis mulierem praegnantem et abortivum quidem fecerit, sed aliud quid adversi non acciderit, subiacebit damno, quantum maritus mulieris expetierit, et arbitri iudicaverint.
22. "When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23. Sin autem quid adversi acciderit, reddet animam pro anima,
23. If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,
24. oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, manum pro manu, pedem pro pede,
24. eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25. adustionem pro adustione, vulnus pro vulnere, livorem pro livore.
25. burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26. Si percusserit quispiam oculum servi sui aut ancillae et luscos eos fecerit, dimittet eos liberos pro oculo.
26. "When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free for the eye's sake.
27. Dentem quoque si excusserit servo vel ancillae suae, dimittet eos liberos pro dente.
27. If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free for the tooth's sake.
28. Si bos cornu percusserit virum aut mulierem, et mortui fuerint, lapidibus obruetur, et non comedentur carnes eius; dominus autem bovis innocens erit.
28. "When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear.
29. Quod si bos cornupeta fuerit ab heri et nudiustertius, et contestati sunt dominum eius, nec recluserit eum, occideritque virum aut mulierem: et bos lapidibus obruetur, et dominum illius occident.
29. But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
30. Quod si pretium ei fuerit impositum, dabit pro anima sua, quidquid fuerit postulatus.
30. If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.
31. Filium quoque vel filiam si cornu percusserit, simili sententiae subiacebit.
31. If it gores a man's son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.
32. Si servum vel ancillam invaserit, triginta siclos argenti dabit domino; bos vero lapidibus opprimetur.
32. If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33. Si quis aperuerit cisternam vel foderit et non operuerit eam, cedideritque bos vel asinus in eam,
33. "When a man leaves a pit open, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it,
34. dominus cisternae reddet pretium iumentorum; quod autem mortuum est, ipsius erit.
34. the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.
35. Si bos alienus bovem alterius vulneraverit, et ille mortuus fuerit, vendent bovem vivum et divident pretium; cadaver autem mortui inter se dispertient.
35. "When one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it; and the dead beast also they shall divide.
36. Sin autem notum erat quod bos cornupeta esset ab heri et nudiustertius, et non custodivit eum dominus suus, reddet bovem pro bove et cadaver integrum accipiet.
36. Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.
37. Si quis furatus fuerit bovem aut ovem et occiderit vel vendiderit, quinque boves pro uno bove restituet et quattuor oves pro una ove.
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