Éxodo 21
1 Y estos son los derechos que les propondrás:
And these are the laws of justice which thou shalt set before them.
2 Si comprares siervo Hebreo, seis años servirá; mas al séptimo saldrá horro de balde.
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3 Si entró solo, solo saldrá: si era marido de mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was the husband of a woman, then shall his wife go 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 master should give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters: the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go 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 should plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will 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 shall his master bring him unto the judges, and he shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him till the jubilee.
7 Y cuando alguno vendiere su hija por sierva, no saldrá como suelen salir los siervos.
And if a man sell his daughter for a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants go out.
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 she please not her master, to whom he hath assigned her, then shall he aid her to be redeemed: unto a strange nation he shall have no power to sell her, seeing he hath dealt faithlessly with her.
9 Mas si la hubiere desposado con su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.
And if he should assign her unto his son, then shall he do unto her after the right of the daughters.
10 Si le tomare otra, no disminuirá su alimento, ni su vestido, ni su tiempo.
If he take himself another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 Y si ninguna de estas tres cosas hiciere, ella saldrá de gracia sin dinero.
And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out free, without money.
12 El que hiriere a alguno, y muriere, él morirá.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be 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.
And if he did not lie in wait, but God let it come into his hand, then will I appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14 Ítem, si alguno se ensoberbeciere contra su prójimo, y le matare por engaño, de mi altar le quitarás para que muera.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile, from my altar shalt thou take him, that he may die.
15 Ítem, el que hiriere a su padre, o a su madre, morirá.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
16 Ítem, el que hurtare alguno, y le vendiere, y fuere hallado en sus manos, morirá.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, and he be found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
17 Ítem, el que maldijere a su padre, o a su madre, morirá.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be 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 if men strive together, and one smite the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but keepeth his 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 again, and walk abroad upon his crutch, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be 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 if a man smite his servant or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand, it shall be surely avenged.
21 Mas si durare por un día o dos, no será castigado, porque su dinero es.
Nevertheless, if he continue alive a day or two, it shall not be 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.
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her children depart from her, and yet no farther mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, [with a fine, ] according as the husband of the woman will lay upon him; and he shall pay this by the decision of the judges.
23 Mas si hubiere muerte, entonces pagarás alma por alma.
And if any mischief follow, then shalt thou give 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, bruise for bruise.
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 if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.
27 Y si sacare el diente de su siervo, o el diente de su sierva, por su diente le ahorrará.
And if he strike out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for the sake of 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:
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that he die: then shall the ox be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
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:
But if the ox were wont to gore in time past, and warning have been given to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, and he killeth a man or a woman: the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also should of right be put to death;
30 Si le fuere impuesto rescate, entonces dará por el rescate de su persona cuanto le fuere impuesto.
But there shall be laid on him a sum of money in atonement, and he shall give the ransom of his life whatsoever may be laid upon him.
31 Haya acorneado hijo, o haya acorneado hija, conforme a este juicio se hará con él.
If he gore a son, or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall be done unto 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 maid-servant, thirty shekels of silver shall he give to his master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 Ítem, si alguno abriere alguna cisterna, o cavare cisterna, y no la cubriere, y cayere allí buey o asno,
And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein:
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 shall make it good, he shall make restitution in money unto the owner thereof; and the dead beast shall be 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 if one man's ox hurt the ox of another, that he die: then shall they sell the live ox, and divide his money; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
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.
But if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in: he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall belong to him.
