Property Laws
The Lord said:
1 If you steal an ox and slaughter or sell it, you must replace it with five oxen; if you steal a sheep and slaughter it or sell it, you must replace it with four sheep. 2-4 But if you cannot afford to replace the animals, you must be sold as a slave to pay for what you have stolen. If you steal an ox, donkey, or sheep, and are caught with it still alive, you must pay the owner double.
If you happen to kill a burglar who breaks into your home after dark, you are not guilty. But if you kill someone who breaks in during the day, you are guilty of murder.
5 If you allow any of your animals to stray from your property and graze in someone else's field or vineyard, you must repay the damage from the best part of your own harvest of grapes and grain.
6 If you carelessly let a fire spread from your property to someone else's, you must pay the owner for any crops or fields destroyed by the fire.
7 Suppose a neighbor asks you to keep some silver or other valuables, and they are stolen from your house. If the thief is caught, the thief must repay double. 8 But if the thief isn't caught, some judges will decide if you are the guilty one.
9 Suppose two people claim to own the same ox or donkey or sheep or piece of clothing. Then the judges must decide the case, and the guilty person will pay the owner double.
10 Suppose a neighbor who is going to be away asks you to keep a donkey or an ox or a sheep or some other animal, and it dies or gets injured or is stolen while no one is looking. 11 If you swear with me as your witness that you did not harm the animal, you do not have to replace it. Your word is enough. 12 But if the animal was stolen while in your care, you must replace it. 13 If the animal was attacked and killed by a wild animal, and you can show the remains of the dead animal to its owner, you do not have to replace it.
14 Suppose you borrow an animal from a neighbor, and it gets injured or dies while the neighbor isn't around. Then you must replace it. 15 But if something happens to the animal while the owner is present, you do not have to replace it. If you had leased the animal, the money you paid the owner will cover any harm done to it.
Laws for Everyday Life
The Lord said:
16 Suppose a young woman has never had sex and isn't engaged. If a man talks her into having sex, he must pay the bride price and marry her. 17 But if her father refuses to let her marry the man, the bride price must still be paid.
18 Death is the punishment for witchcraft.
19 Death is the punishment for having sex with an animal.
20 Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.
21 Do not mistreat or abuse foreigners who live among you. Remember, you were foreigners in Egypt.
22 Do not mistreat widows or orphans. 23 If you do, they will beg for my help, and I will come to their rescue. 24 In fact, I will get so angry that I will kill your men and make widows of their wives and orphans of their children.
25 Don't charge interest when you lend money to any of my people who are in need. 26 Before sunset you must return any coat taken as security for a loan, 27 because that is the only cover the poor have when they sleep at night. I am a merciful God, and when they call out to me, I will come to help them.
28 Don't speak evil of me or of the ruler of your people.
29 Don't fail to give me the offerings of grain and wine that belong to me.
Dedicate to me your first-born sons 30 and the first-born of your cattle and sheep. Let the animals stay with their mothers for seven days, then on the eighth day give them to me, your God.
31 You are my chosen people, so don't eat the meat of any of your livestock that was killed by a wild animal. Instead, feed the meat to dogs.
1 „Ja zagli atrod pie ielaušanās un tas tiek nosists, tad nav atriebēja viņa asinīm.
2 Bet ja tas noticis saules gaismā, tad viņš jāatriebj. Zaglis lai atlīdzina ar labu, bet ja viņam nav, tad viņš par savu zādzību ir jāpārdod.
3 Ja zagtais lops viņa rokās tiek atrasts dzīvs, vai tas ir vērsis, ēzelis vai avs, tad divkārt viņam ir jādod pretī.
4 Ja kāds liek noganīt tīrumu vai vīna kalnu un tur palaiž savu lopu, lai tas ganās svešā tīrumā, tam tas labākais no sava tīruma un no sava vīna kalna jādod vietā.
5 Ja izceļas uguns, un tā aizdedzina ērkšķus un aprij vai nu statiņus, vai nopļautu labību, vai pašu tīrumu, tad tam, kas uguni pielaidis, būs pilnībā viss jāatlīdzina.
6 Ja kāds dod uzglabāt savam kaimiņam naudu vai rīkus, bet tam tie tiek no viņa mājas izzagti, un zaglis tiek atrasts, tad šim tas divkārt jāatdod.
7 Bet ja zagli neatrod, tad nama īpašnieks pats vedams Dieva priekšā, ka tas nav savu roku licis pie sava tuvāka mantas.
8 Ikviena lieta, kad nodarīts zaudējums, vai tas būtu vērsis, ēzelis, avs, kāds drēbju gabals vai kāda cita zaudēta manta, ja īpašnieks saka: „Šī ir tā“! —ceļama Dieva priekšā, un, ko Dievs pierāda par vainīgu, tam zaudējums divkārtīgi savam tuvākam jāatlīdzina.
9 Ja kāds savam kaimiņam dod uzglabāšanā ēzeli, vērsi, avi vai citu kādu lopu, un tas nobeidzas vai savaino locekli, vai arī tiek aizvests, nevienam to neredzot,
10 Tad lai notiek tā Kunga priekšā zvēresta došana abu starpā, ka neviens nav savu roku licis pie sava kaimiņa mantas, un tā īpašnieks lai pieņem šo zvērestu, un viņam nav jāatlīdzina.
11 Bet ja tas viņam nozagts, tad lai tas atlīdzina tā īpašniekam.
12 Ja kāds zvērs to saplosījis, tad lai ias pienes to par pierādījumu, tad tam nav jāatlidzina.
13 Un ja kāds aizņemas ko no sava kaimiņa, un tas tiek sabojāts vai nobeidzas, viņa īpašniekam neesot klāt, tad tas jāatiīdzina.
14 Bet ja īpašnieks bijis klāt, tad nav jāatlīdzma; un kas par naudu ir patapināts, tad tas ar to ir samaksāts.
15 Bet ja kāds meitu pievij, kas nav vēl saderināta, un viņš ar to guļ, tad tas lai to sev atpērk par sievu.
16 Bet ja viņas tēvs liegtos viņam to dot par sievu, tad lai viņš samaksā līgavas naudu.
17 Burvi neatstāj dzīvu.
18 Katrs, kas jaucas ar lopu, tas lai mirst.
19 Kas upurē citiem dieviem un nevis tam Kungam, tas lai ir nolādēts.
20 Tev nav jāapspiež nedz jāizmanto svešinieks, jo jūs paši bijāt svešinieki Ēģiptes zemē.
21 Neviena atraitne un neviens bārenis lai netiek apspiesti, apbēdināti vai pazemoti.
22 Ja tu tos apspiedīsi, tad tie kliegdami kliegs uz Mani, un Es uzklausīšu viņu saucienus.
23 Tad Es savāsdusmāsiekaisīšuunjūs nokaušu ar zobenu, un tā jūsu sievas kjūs par atraitnēm un jūsu bērni par bāriem.
24 Ja tu vienam aizdodi naudu, kas ir no manas tautas un kas ir pie tevis nabags, tad nekļūsti kā kāds rāvējs un neņem no tā sev peļņu.
25 Ja tu ņem ķīlu un paturi sava kaimiņa mēteli, tad, pirms saule norietējusi, dodi to tam atpakaļ,
26 Jo tas ir viņa vienīgais apsegs, viņa apģērbs, tanī viņš būtu gulējis; un kad viņš kliegs uz Mani, tad Es to paklausīšu, jo Es esmu žēlsirdīgs.
27 Nezaimo Dievu un nelādi savu tautas valdnieku.
28 Upuri no savu augļu pārpilnībasa un sava vīna neaizturi. Savu dēlu pirmdzimušo dod Man.
29 Tāpat ari rīkojies ar savu vērsi un savu sīklopu; septiņas dienas lai tie stāv pie savas mātes, bet astotajā tos atdodi Man.
30 Jums būs būt svētiem ļaudīm manā priekša; neēdiet gaļu, kas tīrumā saplosīta; to metiet suņiem priekšā.“
