Exodus 21
1 "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
Estas son las Ordenanzas que les promulgarás:
2 "If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
Cuando compres un esclavo hebreo, servirá como esclavo seis años, pero al séptimo saldrá libre sin pagar.
3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Si entró solo, saldrá solo. Si tenía esposa, entonces su esposa saldrá con él.
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 by himself.
Pero si su ʼadon le dio esposa, y ella le dio a luz hijos o hijas, la esposa y sus hijos serán de su ʼadon; él saldrá solo.
5 But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'
Pero si el esclavo dice con insistencia: Yo amo a mi ʼadon, a mi esposa y a mis hijos. No saldré libre.
6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
Entonces su ʼadon lo llevará ante los jueces, lo acercará a la puerta o a la jamba de la puerta. Su ʼadon le perforará la oreja con un punzón, y será su esclavo para siempre.
7 "If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
Cuando un hombre venda a su hija como esclava, ella no saldrá libre como suelen salir los esclavos varones.
8 If she doesn't please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
Si no agrada a su ʼadon, quien la destinó para él como esposa, dejará que sea rescatada, y no tendrá autoridad para venderla a pueblo extranjero, porque la traicionó.
9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
Si la destina para su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
Si toma otra esposa para él, no disminuirá a la primera su alimento, ni su ropa, ni sus derechos conyugales.
11 If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
Si no hace ninguna de estas tres cosas con ella, entonces ella saldrá libre sin pagar dinero.
12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
El que hiera a un hombre y éste muera, ciertamente morirá.
13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
Pero si no estaba al acecho, sino que ʼElohim permitió que cayera en su mano, entonces Yo te señalaré lugar adonde él puede huir.
14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
Sin embargo, si un hombre se enfurece contra su prójimo y lo asesina con alevosía, hasta de mi propio altar lo podrás arrestar para que muera.
15 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
El que golpee a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
16 "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his possession, he shall surely be put to death.
El que secuestre a una persona, ya sea que la venda o sea hallada en su poder, ciertamente morirá.
17 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre ciertamente morirá.
18 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;
Si unos hombres pelean, y uno hiere a su prójimo con piedra o el puño, pero no muere sino cae en cama,
19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
si se levanta, y puede entrar y salir sin su bastón, el que lo hirió será absuelto. Solo pagará por su tiempo de reposo y será responsable de que sea curado completamente.
20 "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a staff, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
Cuando alguno hiera a su esclavo o a su esclava con la vara, y muera bajo su mano, ciertamente será vengado.
21 Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.
Pero si sobrevive un día o dos, no será vengado, porque él es propiedad suya.
22 "If men fight and strike a pregnant woman so that her child is born prematurely, but there is no injury, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
Si unos hombres pelean, y golpean a una mujer embarazada de tal modo que ella da a luz prematuramente, y sin embargo, ella no tiene heridas, los culpables serán multados según lo que el esposo de la señora imponga sobre ellos y les sea impuesto por los jueces.
23 But if there is injury, then you must take life for life,
Pero si hay daño grave, entonces pagará vida por vida,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, contusión por contusión.
26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Cuando alguien hiera el ojo de su esclavo o el de su esclava, y lo inutilice, lo dejará en libertad por causa de su ojo.
27 If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Si le saca un diente a su esclavo o a su esclava con un golpe, lo dejará en libertad por causa de su diente.
28 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
Cuando un buey cornee a un hombre o a una mujer y muera, ciertamente el buey será apedreado y no se comerá su carne, y el dueño del buey no será castigado.
29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
Pero si el buey era corneador desde antes, y a su dueño se le advirtió, pero no lo encerró, y mata a un hombre o una mujer, el buey será apedreado y también morirá su dueño.
30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.
Pero si se le impone un impuesto de rescate, entonces pagará por el rescate de su vida cuanto le sea impuesto.
31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
Si cornea a un muchacho o a una muchacha, se hará con él conforme a esta misma norma.
32 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
Si el buey cornea a un esclavo o a una esclava, el dueño del buey pagará 330 gramos de plata al amo del esclavo, y el toro será apedreado.
33 "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
Cuando alguno destape un pozo o excave una cisterna y no la cubra, y caiga allí un toro o un asno,
34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
el dueño de la cisterna indemnizará. Pagará el dinero a su dueño, y lo muerto será suyo.
35 "If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.
Si el buey de alguno hiere el buey de su prójimo y muere, entonces venderán el buey vivo y partirán el dinero, y también partirán el buey muerto.
36 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
Pero si era notorio que el buey era corneador desde antes, y su dueño no lo encerró, pagará buey por buey, y el buey muerto será suyo.
