Exodus 21
1 And these [are] the ordinances which you shall set before them.
-Men regleman w'a mete devan moun pèp Izrayèl yo:
2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.
Lè ou achte yon moun menm ras avè ou pou sèvi ou esklav, li gen pou l' sèvi ou sizan. Lè setyèm lanne a rive, l'a lib. L'a gen dwa al fè wout li san l' pa gen anyen pou l' peye ou.
3 If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.
Si li te pou kont li lè l' te vini an, li va ale pou kont li. Si li te gen madanm lè l' te vini an, madanm lan va ale avè l'.
4 Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have [born] him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.
Si se mèt li ki te ba li madanm, epi madanm lan te fè pitit pou li, ni pitit yo, ni manman lan va rete pou mèt la. Msye va al fè wout li pou kont li.
5 And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;
Men, si esklav la di: Mwen renmen mèt mwen, mwen renmen madanm mwen ak pitit mwen yo, mwen pa vle vin lib ankò,
6 his master shall bring him to the judgment-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
enben, lè sa a, mèt la va mennen l' devan Bondye. L'a fè l' pwoche bò pòt la, osinon bò chanbrann pòt la, l'a pèse zòrèy li ak yon bagay pwenti. Konsa esklav la va rete ap sèvi li jouk li mouri.
7 And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart.
Lè yon nonm vann pitit fi li pou sèvi esklav, pitit fi sa a pa ka lib ankò, jan yo ka fè l' pou gason yo.
8 If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.
Si mèt la te fin dakò pou l' te pran fi a pou madanm, epi si apre sa fi a pa fè l' plezi ankò, msye va fè yon jan pou papa ak manman fi a achte l' nan men li ankò. Men, li pa gen dwa vann li bay yon moun lòt nasyon, paske se trayi l'a trayi fi a lè sa a.
9 And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.
Men, si li te fè lide bay pitit gason l' fi a, se pou l' aji avè l' tankou si se te pròp pitit fi li.
10 And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him].
Si li pran yon lòt madanm sou li, li pa gen dwa wete anyen sou sa li dwe l': ni sou manje l', ni sou rad li, epi se pou l' toujou sevi ak li tankou madanm li.
11 And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.
Si li pa fè twa bagay sa yo pou li, madanm lan gen dwa ale fè wout li, san li pa gen anyen pou l' peye mèt la, san bay senk kòb.
12 And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.
Si yon moun leve men l' sou yon lòt, epi li touye l', moun sa a, se pou yo touye l' tou.
13 But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place whither the slayer may flee.
Men, si se pa espre li fè, si se Bondye ki fè lòt moun lan tonbe anba men l', m'ap chwazi yon kote pou l' ale kache kò l'.
14 And if any one lie in wait for his neighbor to kill him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from my altar to put him to death.
Men, si yon moun chache yon lòt kont, epi li fè plan pou li touye l', li te mèt al kache bò kote lòtèl mwen an, se pou n al pran l' pou nou touye l'.
15 Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
Si yon moun leve men l' sou papa l' osinon sou manman l', se pou yo touye l'.
16 He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
Si yon moun pran yon lòt pa fòs pou l' al vann li osinon pou kenbe l' lakay li, se pou yo touye l'.
17 Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.
Si yon moun bay papa l' osinon manman l' madichon, se pou yo touye l'.
18 And if two men revile each other and strike the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
Lè de moun gen kont, si yonn bay lòt yon koutwòch osinon yon koutpwen, epi si sak resevwa kou a pa mouri, men li blije pran kabann, men jan pou sa regle:
19 if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.
Si li ka leve, si li ka mache pwonmennen ak baton, y'a fè pa moun ki te ba l' kou a. Tansèlman, l'a gen pou l' peye lòt la dedomajman pou tout jou li fè rete san travay, epi l'a reskonsab pran swen l' jouk li geri.
20 And if a man strike his man-servant or his maidservant, with a rod, and [the party] die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.
Lè yon moun leve men l' sou yon esklav li, kit se gason, kit se fi, pou ba li koutbaton, si esklav la mouri frèt, se pou yo pini mèt la.
21 But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money.
Men, si esklav la fè yon jou osinon de jou anvan l' mouri, se pa nesesè pou yo pini mèt la, paske se lajan pa l' li te mete deyò pou l' achte l'.
22 And if two men strive and strike a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.
Lè gason ap goumen, si nan voye kou yo frape yon fanm ansent, epi si fanm lan fè foskouch san anyen ankò pa rive l', moun ki ba l' kou a va peye dedomajman dapre sa mari a va mande. L'a peye sa jij yo va deside.
23 But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,
Men, si malè rive fanm lan, y'a fè l' peye lavi pou lavi,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
yon je pou yon je, yon dan pou yon dan, yon men pou yon men, yon pye pou yon pye,
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
boule pou boule, blese pou blese, foule pou foule.
26 And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.
Lè yon moun frape yon esklav li nan je, kit se yon gason, kit se yon fanm, si esklav la pèdi je a, mèt la va ba li libète l' pou dedomajman pou je a.
27 And if he should strike out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake.
Si se dan yon esklav li rache, l'a ba li libète li pou dedomajman pou dan an.
28 And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.
Lè yon bèf touye yon gason osinon yon fanm ak koutkòn, se pou yo touye l' ak koutwòch. Se pa pou yo manje vyann lan, ni yo pa bezwen fè mèt bèf la peye anyen.
29 But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.
Men, si se pa premye fwa bèf la atake moun, si yo te pale mèt li men mèt li pa t' fè anyen pou sa, si bèf la touye yon gason osinon yon fanm, nan ka sa a y'ap toujou touye bèf la ak koutwòch, epi y'a touye mèt la tou pou pini l'.
30 And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.
Men, si yo mande mèt bèf la pou l' peye pou l' ka sove lavi pa l', se pou l' peye tou sa y'a mande l' la.
31 And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.
Si bèf la atake yon ti gason osinon yon ti fi, se menm règleman an ki pou fèt.
32 And if the bull gore a man-servant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachmas, and the bull shall be stoned.
Si bèf la atake yon esklav, kit se gason, kit se fi, mèt bèf la va bay mèt esklav la trant pyès an ajan. Bèf la menm, y'a touye l' ak koutwòch.
33 And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,
Si yon moun kite yon pi dekouvri, ou ankò si l'ap fouye yon pi epi li kite l' san kouvèti, si yon bèf osinon yon bourik vin tonbe ladan l',
34 the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.
se pou mèt pi a peye mèt bèt la sa bèt la vo. Bèt mouri a menm va rete pou mèt pi a.
35 And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbor, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.
Si yon moun gen yon bèf ki touye bèf yon lòt moun ak yon koutkòn, de mesye yo va vann bèf vivan an, y'a separe lajan an mwatye pou mwatye. y'a separe vyann bèf ki mouri a tou.
36 But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.
Men, si se pa premye fwa bèf la ap bay koutkòn, si yo te pale mèt li men mèt li pa t' fè anyen pou sa, nan ka sa a, mèt bèf la gen pou peye. L'a bay yon bèf vivan pou bèf ki mouri a. Bèf mouri a menm va rete pou li.
