1 Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
4 ¶ Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
5 ¶ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
6 ¶ If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
8 ¶ When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
9 ¶ Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
10 ¶ Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
11 ¶ Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
12 ¶ Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself .
13 ¶ If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: 16 And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; 17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her , saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; 19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. 20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: 21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
22 ¶ If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
23 ¶ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
25 ¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
28 ¶ If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
30 ¶ A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
Sadzīves likumi
1 Ja tu redzi nomaldījušos sava brāļa vērsi vai avi, tad neizliecies to neredzam, bet atved atpakaļ savam brālim. 2 Ja brālis tev tālu prom vai tu viņu nepazīsti, tad aizved to uz savām mājām, lai paliek pie tevis, kamēr tavs brālis to meklēs, – tad atdod to viņam. 3 Tāpat tu dari ar ēzeli un tāpat dari ar viņa drānām, ar visu, ko tavs brālis pazaudējis, – ja tu ko atrodi, neizliecies neredzam.
4 Ja tu redzi sava brāļa ēzeli vai vērsi, kas nokritis ceļā, neizliecies neredzam, bet palīdzi viņam tos piecelt.
5 Lai sieva nevalkā vīra drānas un vīrs nevalkā sievas drānas, jo Kungam, tavam Dievam, ir pretīgs ikviens, kas tā dara.
6 Ja tev ceļā gadās putna ligzda, kokā vai uz zemes, kur ir cālēni vai olas, un māte sēž uz mazuļiem vai olām, tad neņem māti kopā ar mazuļiem! 7 Atlaid māti, bet mazuļus tu vari ņemt sev. Lai tev būtu labi, lai tavas dienas būtu ilgas.
8 Ja tu cel jaunu māju, tad uztaisi jumtam margas, neuzkrauj savai mājai asinsvainu, ja kāds no tā nokristu!
9 Nesēj savā vīnadārzā dažādas sēklas, ka neuzkrauj lāstu visam – gan iesētajām sēklām, gan vīnadārza ražai.
10 Near ar vērsi un ēzeli vienā jūgā!
11 Nevalkā jaukti austu audumu – linus un vilnu kopā!
12 Savam apsegam, ar ko tu sedzies, taisi pušķus visos četros stūros!
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13 Ja kāds apņem sievu, iet pie viņas un pēc tam ienīst viņu, 14 apmelo to, runā par to sliktu un saka: es apņēmu šo sievu, tuvojos tai, bet neatradu viņā jaunavības, 15 tad lai meitenes tēvs un māte ņem meitenes jaunavības pierādījumus un nes tos pie pilsētas vecajiem vārtos. 16 Lai meitenes tēvs saka vecajiem: es devu savu meitu par sievu šim vīram, un nu viņš to ir ienīdis, 17 apmelo viņu, sacīdams: es tavai meitai jaunavības neatradu! – bet šie ir manas meitas jaunavības pierādījumi! Un lai izpleš drānu pilsētas vecajo priekšā! 18 Tad pilsētas vecajie lai ņem to vīru un pārmāca viņu, 19 soda ar simts šekeļiem sudraba un dod tos meitenes tēvam, jo viņš ir aprunājis Israēla jaunavu. Lai tā paliek viņa sieva, vairs nekad viņš nedrīkst to atlaist!
20 Bet, ja tā ir taisnība – meitene nav bijusi jaunava, 21 tad lai meiteni aizved pie viņas tēva durvīm un lai pilsētas vīri nomētā to akmeņiem, ka tā mirst, jo viņa ir darījusi kaunu Israēlam, maukodama sava tēva namā! Izsvel ļaunumu no sava vidus!
22 Ja kādu vīru pieķer guļam ar cita vīra sievu, lai mirst abi – gan vīrs, kas ar to sievu gulēja, gan tā sieva! Izsvel ļaunumu no sava vidus!
23 Ja jaunava ir saderināta vīram, bet kāds cits vīrs to pilsētā sastop un guļ ar viņu, 24 tad aizved tos abus pie pilsētas vārtiem un nomētā akmeņiem, lai mirst, – meiteni tādēļ, ka viņa pilsētā nesauca palīgā, bet vīru tādēļ, ka viņš izvaroja sava tuvākā sievu! Izsvel ļaunumu no sava vidus!
25 Bet, ja kāds vīrs sastop uz lauka meiteni, kas saderināta, pievārē viņu un guļ ar viņu, tad lai tas vīrs, kas ar viņu gulējis, mirst viens pats. 26 Meitenei tu nedari neko, meitenei nav nāves grēka, jo tas ir tāpat, ja kāds būtu uzbrucis savam tuvākajam un nokāvis to, 27 jo viņš to sastapa uz lauka, un saderinātā meitene kliedza, bet tai nebija palīga.
28 Ja kāds vīrs sastop jaunavu, kas nav saderināta, sagrābj to un guļ ar to, un tie tiek pieķerti, 29 tad lai tas vīrs, kas ar to gulējis, dod meitenes tēvam piecdesmit šekeļus sudraba un lai tā kļūst viņam par sievu, jo viņš to ieguvis ar varu; vairs nekad viņš nedrīkst to atlaist!
