1 As 'n man 'n vrou neem en met haar trou, en as sy dan geen guns in sy oë vind nie, omdat hy iets skandeliks aan haar ontdek het, en hy haar 'n skeibrief skrywe en in haar hand gee en haar uit sy huis wegstuur,

2 en sy uit sy huis uittrek en weggaan en 'n ander man s'n word,

3 en die laaste man haar haat en haar 'n skeibrief skrywe en in haar hand gee en haar uit sy huis wegstuur, of as die laaste man sterwe wat haar vir hom as vrou geneem het --

4 dan mag haar eerste man wat haar weggestuur het, haar nie weer neem, dat sy sy vrou word nadat sy onrein geword het nie; want dit is 'n gruwel voor die aangesig van die HERE, en jy mag op die land wat die HERE jou God jou as erfenis sal gee, geen skuld laai nie.

5 As 'n man pas getroud is, hoef hy nie op kommando uit te trek nie, en hulle moet hom in geen enkele opsig iets oplê nie; een jaar lank moet hy vry wees vir sy huis en aan sy vrou wat hy geneem het, vreugde verskaf.

6 Niemand mag die handmeul of die boonste maalklip as pand neem nie, want hy neem die lewe as pand.

7 As iemand betrap word wat 'n persoon uit sy broers, uit die kinders van Israel, steel en hom hard behandel en hom verkoop, dan moet die dief sterwe. So moet jy dan die kwaad uit jou midde uitroei.

8 Neem jou in ag by die plaag van melaatsheid om baie noukeurig te handel volgens alles wat die Levitiese priesters julle sal leer; soos ek hulle beveel het, moet julle dit sorgvuldig hou.

9 Dink aan wat die HERE jou God op die pad, by julle uittog uit Egipte, aan Mirjam gedoen het.

10 As jy aan jou naaste enigiets leen, mag jy in sy huis nie ingaan om sy pand te gaan haal nie;

11 buite moet jy bly staan, en die man aan wie jy geleen het, moet die pand vir jou buitentoe uitbring.

12 En as hy 'n arm man is, moet jy met sy pand nie gaan slaap nie.

13 Jy moet hom sekerlik teen sonsondergang die pand teruggee, dat hy in sy kleed kan slaap en jou kan seën; en dit sal geregtigheid vir jou wees voor die aangesig van die HERE jou God.

14 Jy mag 'n arm en behoeftige dagloner uit jou broers of uit jou vreemdelinge wat in jou land in jou poorte is, nie verdruk nie.

15 Op die dag self moet jy sy loon gee, sodat die son oor hom nie ondergaan nie -- want hy is arm en sy siel verlang daarna -- dat hy nie teen jou tot die HERE roep en dit sonde in jou word nie.

16 Die vaders mag nie vir die kinders, en die kinders mag nie vir die vaders gedood word nie; elkeen moet vir sy eie sonde gedood word.

17 Jy mag die reg van vreemdeling en wees nie verdraai nie en die kleed van 'n weduwee nie as pand neem nie.

18 Maar jy moet daaraan dink dat jy 'n slaaf was in Egipte en die HERE jou God jou daaruit verlos het; daarom beveel ek jou om hierdie saak te doen.

19 As jy jou oes op jou land insamel en 'n gerf op die land vergeet, mag jy nie omdraai om dit te gaan haal nie; vir die vreemdeling, die wees en die weduwee moet dit wees, dat die HERE jou God jou kan seën in al die werk van jou hande.

20 As jy jou olywe afslaan, moet jy nie agter jou in die takke rond soek nie; vir die vreemdeling, die wees en die weduwee moet dit wees.

21 As jy jou wingerd oes, moet jy agter jou nie skoon afoes nie; vir die vreemdeling, die wees en die weduwee moet dit wees.

22 En jy moet daaraan dink dat jy 'n slaaf was in Egipteland; daarom beveel ek jou om hierdie saak te doen.

1 If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

2 And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

3 And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married;

4 Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

5 A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

6 No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.

7 If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

8 In connection with the leper's disease, take care to keep and do every detail of the teaching of the priests, the Levites: as I gave them orders, so you are to do.

9 Keep in mind what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way, when you came out of Egypt.

10 If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;

11 But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.

12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

13 But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.

14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

16 Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

18 But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

19 When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

20 When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

21 When you are pulling the grapes from your vines, do not take up those which have been dropped; let them be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

22 Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.