Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
OR queste [sono] le leggi giudiciali, le quali tu proporrai loro:
2 When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for [only] six years. In the seventh year you must free him [from being your slave], and he is not required to pay you anything [for setting him free].
Quando tu avrai comperato un servo Ebreo, servati egli sei anni; ma al settimo anno vadasene franco, senza pagar nulla.
3 If he was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries [someone while he is your slave], his wife is not to be set free [with him]. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife.
Se egli è venuto [sol] col suo corpo, vadasene col suo corpo; se egli avea moglie, vadasene la sua moglie con lui.
4 If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters [while her husband is a slave], only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.
Se il suo signore gli ha data moglie, la quale gli abbia partoriti figliuoli o figliuole; quella moglie, e i figliuoli di essa, sieno del signore; e vadasene egli col suo corpo.
5 But when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set free,’
Ma se pure il servo dice: Io amo il mio signore, la mia moglie, e i miei figliuoli; io non me ne voglio andar franco;
6 then his master must take him to [the place where they worship] God (OR, to [the owner’s] house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an (awl/pointed metal rod) to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then [he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that] (he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives).
faccialo il suo signore comparire davanti a' giudici; poi faccialo appressare all'uscio, o allo stipite [della porta], e forigli l'orecchio con una lesina; e servagli colui in perpetuo.
7 If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
E quando alcuno avrà venduta la sua figliuola per serva, non esca ella [di casa], come i servi ne escono.
8 If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if [later] he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement [he made with the girl’s father].
Se ella dispiace al suo signore, a cui [il padre] l'avrà sposata, facciala quello franca; non abbia podestà di venderla a un popolo straniero, dopo averle rotta la fede.
9 If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter.
E se egli la fa sposare al suo figliuolo, facciale secondo la ragion delle fanciulle.
10 If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
Se egli gliene prende un'altra, non tolgale il nutrimento, nè il vestire, nè la coabitazione.
11 If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her [from being a slave], and she is not required to pay anything [for being set free].
E se egli non le fa queste tre [cose], vadasene ella gratuitamente, [senza pagar] danari alcuni.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
Chi avrà percosso un uomo, sì che egli [ne] muoia, del tutto sia fatto morire.
13 But if the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, [and he will be safe there].
Ma, quant'è a colui che non l'avrà appostato, anzi Iddio glielo avrà fatto scontrar nelle mani, io ti costituirò un luogo, al quale colui rifugga.
14 But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, [a place that God designated as a place to be safe], you must execute him.
Ma, quando alcuno per temerità avrà macchinato contro al suo prossimo, per ucciderlo con inganno, trallo fuori, [eziandio] d'appresso al mio altare, perchè muoia.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
Chi avrà battuto suo padre, o sua madre, del tutto sia fatto morire.
16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
Parimente, chi avrà rubata una persona, o sia che l'abbia venduta, o che gli sia trovata in mano, del tutto sia fatto morire.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
Ed anche, chi avrà maledetto suo padre, o sua madre, del tutto sia fatto morire.
18 Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed [for a while],
E quando alcuni contenderanno insieme, e l'uno avrà percosso l'altro con pietra, o col pugno, onde egli non muoia, ma giaccia in letto;
19 and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn [while he was recovering], and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person is well.
se egli si rileva, e cammina fuori in sul suo bastone, colui che l'avrà percosso sia assolto; sol gli paghi ciò ch'egli è stato a bada, e lo faccia medicare fino a compiuta guarigione.
20 If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies (immediately/as a result) [IDM], the one who struck him must be punished.
E quando alcuno avrà percosso il suo servo, o la sua serva, con un bastone, sì che gli muoia sotto la mano, facciasene del tutto punizione.
21 But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck [and then dies], you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment.
Ma se pur campa un giorno, o due, non facciasene punizione; perciocchè [è] suo danaro.
22 Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that (she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies). If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine.
E quando alcuni, contendendo insieme, avranno percossa una donna gravida, sì che il parto n'esca fuori, ma pur non vi sarà caso di morte; sia colui che l'avrà percossa condannato ad ammenda, secondo che il marito della donna gl'imporrà; e paghi[la] per [autorità de'] giudici.
23 But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way [that he caused her to suffer]. If she dies, he must be executed.
Ma, se vi è caso di morte, metti vita per vita;
24 If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.
occhio per occhio, dente per dente, mano per mano, piè per piè;
arsura per arsura, ferita per ferita, lividore per lividore.
26 If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s eye.
E quando alcuno avrà percosso l'occhio del suo servo, o l'occhio della sua serva, e l'avrà guasto; lascilo andar franco per lo suo occhio.
27 If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s tooth.
Parimente, se ha fatto cadere un dente al suo servo o alla sua serva, lascilo andar franco per lo suo dente.
28 If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.
E quando un bue avrà cozzato un uomo o una donna, sì che ne muoia, del tutto sia quel bue lapidato, e non mangisene la carne; e il padrone del bue [sia] assolto.
29 But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.
Ma se il bue per addietro è stato uso di cozzare, e ciò è stato protestato al padron di esso, ed egli non l'ha guardato, e il bue ha ucciso un uomo o una donna, sia il bue lapidato, e anche facciasi morire il padron di esso.
30 However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine (to save his own life/in order not to be executed), he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.
Se gli è imposto alcun prezzo di riscatto, paghi il riscatto della sua vita, interamente come gli sarà imposto.
31 If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule.
Se il bue cozza un figliuolo o una figliuola, facciaglisi secondo questa legge.
32 If a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must [kill the bull by] throwing stones at it.
Se il bue cozza un servo o una serva, paghi [il padron del bue] trenta sicli di argento al padrone di esso, e sia lapidato il bue.
33 Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
E, se alcuno scuopre una fossa; ovvero, avendo cavata una fossa, non la ricuopre, e vi cade dentro bue od asino;
34 Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and [do whatever he wants to with it].
ristorine il danno il padron della fossa, pagandone i danari al padron del bue o dell'asino; e il morto sia suo.
35 If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide [between them] the money [that they receive] for it. They must also divide [between them the meat of] the animal that died.
E se il bue d'alcuno urta il bue del prossimo di esso, dì che muoia, vendano essi il bue vivo, e partiscanne i danari per metà; partiscano eziandio il morto.
36 However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died [and do with it whatever he wants to do].”
[Ma], se è notorio che quel bue per addietro fosse uso di cozzare, e il padrone di esso non l'ha guardato, restituisca egli del tutto bue per bue; ma il morto sia suo.
