1 En dit is die verordeninge wat jy hulle moet voorhou:
2 As jy 'n Hebreeuse slaaf koop, moet hy ses jaar lank dien, maar in die sewende moet hy as vryman verniet weggaan.
3 As hy alleen kom, moet hy alleen vrygelaat word; as hy getroud is, moet sy vrou saam met hom vrygelaat word.
4 As sy heer aan hom 'n vrou gee en sy vir hom seuns of dogters baar, moet die vrou met haar kinders haar heer se eiendom wees, terwyl hy alleen vrygelaat word.
5 Maar as die slaaf reguit sê: Ek het my heer, my vrou en my kinders lief; ek wil nie as vryman weggaan nie --
6 dan moet sy heer hom na die owerhede bring en hom by die deur of die deurpos bring; en sy heer moet sy oor met 'n els deurboor; daarna moet hy hom vir altyd dien.
7 En as iemand sy dogter as slavin verkoop, mag sy nie soos die slawe weggaan nie.
8 As sy haar heer nie beval nie wat haar vir homself bestem het, moet hy haar laat loskoop. Hy is nie geregtig om haar aan 'n vreemde volk te verkoop nie, omdat hy troueloos met haar gehandel het.
9 Maar as hy haar vir sy seun bestem, moet hy met haar handel volgens die reg van die dogters;
10 as hy vir hom 'n ander een neem, mag hy haar voedsel, haar klere en haar huweliksgemeenskap nie verminder nie.
11 En as hy hierdie drie dinge nie vir haar doen nie, kan sy verniet weggaan, sonder geld.
12 Hy wat 'n mens slaan, dat hy sterwe, moet sekerlik gedood word.
13 Maar as hy dit daar nie op toegelê het nie, maar God dit sy hand laat ontmoet het, dan sal Ek jou 'n plek aanwys waarheen hy kan vlug.
14 Maar as iemand moedswillig teen sy naaste handel, om hom met lis dood te maak, moet jy hom van my altaar af wegneem, om te sterwe.
15 En hy wat sy vader of moeder slaan, moet sekerlik gedood word.
16 En hy wat 'n mens steel en hom verkoop -- of as hy in sy besit gevind word -- die moet sekerlik gedood word.
17 En hy wat sy vader of moeder vloek, moet sekerlik gedood word.
18 En as manne twis en die een die ander slaan met 'n klip of met die vuis, sodat hy nie sterwe nie, maar bedlêend word --
19 as hy weer opstaan en buite met sy stok rondloop, moet hy wat geslaan het, ongestraf bly; net sy tydverlies moet hy vergoed en sorg dat hy heeltemal gesond word.
20 En as iemand sy slaaf of slavin met 'n stok slaan, dat die onder sy hand sterwe, moet dit sekerlik gewreek word.
21 Maar as hy n een of twee dae nog lewe, moet dit nie gewreek word nie, want hy is sy eiendom.
22 En as manne met mekaar veg en 'n swanger vrou so stamp dat haar vrug afgaan, maar daar geen ander letsel is nie, moet hy sekerlik boete betaal soos die man van die vrou hom dit oplê, en hy moet dit deur skeidsregters gee.
23 Maar is daar 'n letsel, dan moet jy gee lewe vir lewe,
24 oog vir oog, tand vir tand, hand vir hand, voet vir voet,
25 brandplek vir brandplek, wond vir wond, kwesplek vir kwesplek.
26 En as iemand sy slaaf of slavin op die oog slaan en hy dit beskadig, moet hy hom vry laat weggaan vir sy oog.
27 En as hy die tand van sy slaaf of die tand van sy slavin uitslaan, moet hy hom vry laat weggaan vir sy tand.
28 En as 'n bees 'n man of 'n vrou stoot, sodat hy sterwe, moet die bees sekerlik gestenig word; en sy vleis mag nie geëet word nie, maar die baas van die bees sal ongestraf bly.
29 Maar as die bees tevore al stoterig gewees het en sy baas gewaarsku was, maar dit nie opgepas het nie, en dit 'n man of 'n vrou doodmaak, moet die bees gestenig word, en sy baas moet ook gedood word.
30 As aan hom losgeld opgelê word, moet hy vir die lossing van sy lewe alles gee wat hom opgelê word.
31 Of dit 'n seun gestoot het of 'n dogter, volgens hierdie reg moet met hom gehandel word.
32 As die bees 'n slaaf of slavin stoot, moet hy aan hulle heer dertig sikkels silwer gee, en die bees moet gestenig word.
33 En as iemand 'n put oopmaak, of as iemand 'n put grawe en dit nie toemaak nie, en 'n bees of esel val daarin,
34 moet die eienaar van die put vergoeding gee: hy moet aan die eienaar van die dier geld gee, maar die dooie dier moet syne wees.
35 En as iemand se bees die bees van 'n ander stoot, sodat dit sterwe, moet hulle die lewendige bees verkoop en die geld daarvan verdeel; en die dooie een moet hulle ook verdeel.
36 Of as dit bekend was dat die bees tevore al stoterig gewees het, en sy baas dit nie opgepas het nie, moet hy ten volle bees vir bees vergoed; maar die dooie een moet syne wees.
1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.
2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
3 If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.
4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
8 If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.
9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.
10 And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.
12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.
14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
27 Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.
28 If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.
29 But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.
30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.
32 If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.
33 If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
34 The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.