2 Mosebok 21
1 Dette er de lover som du skal legge frem for dem:
And these [are] the judgments which you set before them:
2 Når du kjøper en hebraisk træl, skal han tjene i seks år; men i det syvende skal han gis fri uten vederlag.
When you buy a Hebrew servant, he serves [for] six years, and in the seventh he goes out as a freeman for nothing;
3 Dersom han kommer enslig, da skal han gå enslig bort; dersom han er gift mann, da skal hans hustru gå bort med ham.
if he comes in by himself, he goes out by himself; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife has gone out with him;
4 Dersom hans herre gir ham en hustru, og hun føder ham sønner eller døtre, da skal hustruen og barna høre hennes herre til, og han skal gå enslig bort.
if his lord gives a wife to him, and she has borne sons or daughters to him—the wife and her children are her lord’s, and he goes out by himself.
5 Men dersom trælen sier: Jeg holder av min herre, min hustru og mine barn, jeg vil ikke være fri og gå bort,
And if the servant really says: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons—I do not go out free,
6 da skal hans herre føre ham frem for Gud og stille ham ved døren eller ved dørstolpen, og hans herre skal stikke en syl gjennem hans øre, og han skal tjene ham all sin tid.
then his lord has brought him near to God, and has brought him near to the door, or to the doorpost, and his lord has bored his ear with an awl, and he has served him for all time.
7 Når nogen selger sin datter til trælkvinne, da skal hun ikke gis fri som trælene.
And when a man sells his daughter for a handmaid, she does not go out according to the going out of the menservants;
8 Dersom hun mishager sin herre, som hadde utsett henne for sig selv, da skal han la henne få kjøpe sig fri; til et fremmed folk skal han ikke ha rett til å selge henne, siden han har vært troløs mot henne.
if [it is] evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he has not betrothed her, then he has let her be ransomed; he has no power to sell her to a strange people, in his dealing treacherously with her.
9 Men dersom han utser henne for sin sønn, da skal han unne henne døtres rett.
And if he betroths her to his son, he does to her according to the right of daughters.
10 Dersom han lar ham få en annen foruten henne, da skal han ikke avkorte noget i hennes kost, klær eller ekteskapsrett.
If he takes another [woman] for him, he does not withdraw her food, her covering, and her habitation;
11 Men dersom han ikke lar henne få disse tre ting, da skal hun gis fri for intet, uten vederlag.
and if he does not do these three for her, then she has gone out for nothing, without money.
12 Den som slår et menneske så det dør, han skal visselig late livet.
He who strikes a man so that he has died is certainly put to death;
13 Men hvis han ikke har stått ham efter livet, men det er Gud som har latt ham komme ut for hans hånd, da vil jeg sette dig et fristed som han kan ty til.
as for him who has not laid wait, but God has brought [him] to his hand, I have even set a place for you to where he flees.
14 Men om nogen bærer sig så formastelig at, at han dreper sin næste med svik, da skal du ta ham om det så var fra mitt alter: han skal dø.
And when a man presumes against his neighbor to slay him with subtlety, you take him from My altar to die.
15 Den som slår sin far eller sin mor, skal visselig late livet.
And he who strikes his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
16 Den som stjeler et menneske og selger ham eller holder ham fanget, skal visselig late livet.
And he who steals a man, and has sold him, and he has been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
17 Den som banner sin far eller sin mor, skal visselig late livet.
And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
18 Når menn kommer i trette, og den ene slår den andre med en sten eller med neven, og han ikke dør, men blir sengeliggende -
And when men contend, and a man has struck his neighbor with a stone, or with the fist, and he does not die, but has fallen on the bed;
19 dersom han da kommer op igjen og går ute med stav, da skal den som slo, være fri for straff; men han skal gi ham vederlag for den tid han har tapt, og koste full lægedom på ham.
if he rises, and has gone up and down outside on his staff, then the striker has been acquitted; he only gives [for] his cessation, and he is thoroughly healed.
20 Når nogen slår sin træl eller trælkvinne med en stokk så de dør under hans hånd, da skal han straffes for det.
And when a man strikes his manservant or his handmaid with a rod, and he has died under his hand—he is certainly avenged;
21 Men dersom de blir i live én eller to dager, skal han ikke straffes; de er jo hans eiendom.
only if he remains a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
22 Når menn kommer i slagsmål med hverandre og støter til en fruktsommelig kvinne, så hun føder i utide, men ellers ingen ulykke skjer, så skal den som gjorde det, gi den bot som kvinnens mann pålegger ham; han skal gi efter dommeres skjønn.
And when men strive, and have struck a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no harm [to them], he is certainly fined as the husband of the woman lays on him, and he has given through the judges;
23 Men dersom det skjer en ulykke, da skal du gi liv for liv,
and if there is harm [to them], then you have given life for life,
24 øie for øie, tann for tann, hånd for hånd, fot for fot,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 brent for brent, sår for sår, skramme for skramme.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 Når nogen slår sin træl eller trælkvinne i øiet og forderver det, da skal han gi dem fri til vederlag for øiet.
And when a man strikes the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his handmaid, and has destroyed it, he sends him away as a freeman for his eye;
27 Og dersom han slår ut en tann på sin træl eller trælkvinne, da skal han gi dem fri til vederlag for tannen.
and if he knocks out a tooth of his manservant or a tooth of his handmaid, he sends him away as a freeman for his tooth.
28 Om en okse stanger mann eller kvinne så de dør, da skal oksen stenes, og dens kjøtt skal ikke etes; men oksens eier skal være fri for straff.
And when an ox gores 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 Men dersom det er en okse som før har pleid å stange, og dens eier er advart, men ikke passer på den, og den dreper mann eller kvinne, da skal oksen stenes, og dens eier skal også lide døden.
and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and it has been testified to its owner, and he does not watch it, and it has put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner is also put to death.
30 Men dersom bøter pålegges ham, da skal han gi så meget i løsepenger for sitt liv som det blir ham pålagt.
If atonement is laid on him, then he has given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid on him;
31 Er det en gutt eller pike den stanger, skal det gjøres med ham efter denne lov.
whether it gores a son or gores a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
32 Dersom oksen stanger en træl eller en trælkvinne, da skal eieren bøte tretti sekel sølv til deres herre; og oksen skal stenes.
If the ox gores a manservant or a handmaid, he gives thirty silver shekels to their lord, and the ox is stoned.
33 Når nogen lar en brønn stå åpen eller graver en brønn og ikke dekker den til, og det faller en okse eller et asen i den,
And when a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey has fallen [in] there—
34 da skal brønnens eier godtgjøre det; han skal gi dyrets eier penger i vederlag, men det døde dyr skal være hans.
the owner of the pit repays, he gives back money to its owner, and the dead is his.
35 Når en manns okse stanger en annen manns okse ihjel, da skal de selge den levende okse og dele pengene for den, og det døde dyr skal de også dele.
And when a man’s ox strikes the ox of his neighbor and it has died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and they also halve the dead one;
36 Men er det vitterlig at det er en okse som før har pleid å stange, og dens eier ikke passer på den, da skal han gi en annen okse isteden, men det døde dyr skal være hans.
or, [if] it has been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and its owner does not watch it, he certainly repays ox for ox, and the dead is his.
