Éxodo 21
1 Y estos son los derechos que les propondrás:
'And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them:
2 Si comprares siervo Hebreo, seis años servirá; mas al séptimo saldrá horro de balde.
'When thou buyest a Hebrew servant — six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;
3 Si entró solo, solo saldrá: si era marido de mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él.
if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;
4 Si su amo le hubiere dado mujer, y ella le hubiere parido hijos o hijas, la mujer y sus hijos serán de su amo, mas él saldrá solo.
if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters — the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.
5 Y si el siervo dijere: Yo amo a mi señor, a mi mujer, y a mis hijos, no saldré horro:
'And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons — I do not go out free;
6 Entonces su amo lo hará llegar a los jueces, y hacerlo ha llegar a la puerta, o al poste; y su amo le horadará la oreja con una lesna, y será su siervo para siempre.
then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him — to the age.
7 Y cuando alguno vendiere su hija por sierva, no saldrá como suelen salir los siervos.
'And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;
8 Si no agradare a su señor, por lo cual no la tomó por esposa, permitirle ha que se rescate; y no la podrá vender a pueblo extraño cuando la desechare.
if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.
9 Mas si la hubiere desposado con su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
'And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.
10 Si le tomare otra, no disminuirá su alimento, ni su vestido, ni su tiempo.
'If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;
11 Y si ninguna de estas tres cosas hiciere, ella saldrá de gracia sin dinero.
and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.
12 El que hiriere a alguno, y muriere, él morirá.
'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;
13 Mas el que no asechó, sino que Dios lo puso en sus manos, entonces yo te pondré lugar al cual huirá.
as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.
14 Ítem, si alguno se ensoberbeciere contra su prójimo, y le matare por engaño, de mi altar le quitarás para que muera.
'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
15 Ítem, el que hiriere a su padre, o a su madre, morirá.
'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
16 Ítem, el que hurtare alguno, y le vendiere, y fuere hallado en sus manos, morirá.
'And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
17 Ítem, el que maldijere a su padre, o a su madre, morirá.
'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
18 Ítem, si algunos riñeren, y alguno hiriere a su prójimo con piedra o con el puño, y no muriere, mas cayere en cama;
'And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;
19 Si se levantare y anduviere fuera sobre su bordón, entonces el que le hirió, será absuelto; solamente le dará lo que holgó, y hacerle ha curar.
if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.
20 Ítem, si alguno hiriere a su siervo o a su sierva, con palo, y muriere debajo de su mano, será castigado:
'And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand — he is certainly avenged;
21 Mas si durare por un día o dos, no será castigado, porque su dinero es.
only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
22 Ítem, si algunos riñeren, e hirieren a alguna mujer preñada, y salieren sus criaturas, mas no hubiere muerte, será penado conforme a lo que impusiere el marido de la mujer, y pagará por jueces.
'And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;
23 Mas si hubiere muerte, entonces pagarás alma por alma.
and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,
24 Ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, golpe por golpe,
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 Ítem, cuando alguno hiriere el ojo de su siervo, o el ojo de su sierva, y le dañare, por su ojo le ahorrará.
'And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;
27 Y si sacare el diente de su siervo, o el diente de su sierva, por su diente le ahorrará.
and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.
28 Ítem, si algún buey acorneare hombre o mujer, y muriere, el buey será apedreado, y su carne no será comida, mas el dueño del buey será absuelto:
'And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;
29 Mas si el buey era acorneador desde ayer y anteayer, y a su dueño le fue hecho requerimiento, y no lo hubiere guardado, y matare hombre o mujer, el buey será apedreado, y también su dueño morirá:
and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.
30 Si le fuere impuesto rescate, entonces dará por el rescate de su persona cuanto le fuere impuesto.
'If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;
31 Haya acorneado hijo, o haya acorneado hija, conforme a este juicio se hará con él.
whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
32 Si el buey acorneare siervo, o sierva, pagará treinta siclos de plata a su señor, y el buey será apedreado.
'If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.
33 Ítem, si alguno abriere alguna cisterna, o cavare cisterna, y no la cubriere, y cayere allí buey o asno,
'And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, —
34 El dueño de la cisterna pagará el dinero restituyendo a su dueño; y lo que fue muerto será suyo.
the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
35 Ítem, si el buey de alguno hiriere al buey de su prójimo, y muriere, entonces venderán el buey vivo, y partirán el dinero de él; y el muerto también partirán.
'And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;
36 Mas si era notorio que el buey era acorneador de ayer y anteayer, y su dueño no lo hubiere guardado, pagará buey por buey, y el muerto será suyo.
or, it hath been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.
