1 Šie ir tie noteikumi, ko tev būs likt viņiem priekšā.
2 „Ja tu pērc ebrēju vergu, tad sešus gadus lai viņš tev kalpo, bet septītājā gadā lai viņš bez maksas brīvi aiziet.
3 Ja viņš nācis kā vieninieks, tad lai arī viņš iet viens, bet, ja viņš ir laulāts vīrs ar sievu, tad lai viņa sieva aiziet kopā ar viņu.
4 Bet ja viņa kungs ir devis viņam sievu, un tā viņam ir dzemdējusi vai nu dēlus vai meitas, tad sieva un viņas dzemdētie bērni lai paliek viņa kungam, bet viņš viens pats lai aiziet, kā nācis.
5 Bet ja ebrejs teiks: „Es mīlu savu kungu, savu sievu un savus bērnus,“ tad lai viņš neaiziet brīvībā.
6 Tad lai viņa kungs to nostata Dieva priekšā un lai to pieved durvīm vai stabiem, un kungs lai ar īlenu izdur cauri viņa ausij, un tas lai kalpo viņam mūžīgi.
7 Un ja kāds vīrs savu meitu ir pārdevis par verdzeni, tad lai tā neaiziet tā, kā aiziet vergi.
8 Kad viņa nepatīk savam kungam un tas negrib viņu precēt, tad lai tas liek to izpirkt; bet viņš to nevar pārdot svešiem ļaudīm, kļuvis pret to neuzticīgs.
9 Bet ja viņš to dod savam dēlam par sievu, tad lai viņai ir meitas tiesa.
10 Ja viņš tam ņem citu sievu, tad nedz viņas uzturs, nedz viņas apģērbs, nedz arī likumīgā kopdzīve lai netiek mazināta.
11 Bet ja viņš šos trīs noteikumus nepilda, tad viņa var aiziet brīvībā bez atlīdzības.
12 Kas sit cilvēku tā, ka tas mirst, tas sodāms ar nāvi.
13 Taču ja tas nav tam ar nolūku uzglūnējis, bet Dievs viņa rokai tā licis gadīties, tad Es noteikšu tev vietu, kur tas var bēgt.
14 Bet, ja kāds ļaunprātīgi rīkosies pret savu tuvāku, to ar viltu nogalinādams, tad lai arī viņu paņem no mana altāra, ka tas mirst.
15 Un kas sit savu tēvu vai savu māti, tas sodāms ar nāvi.
16 Un kas nozog cilvēku, vai nu viņš to grib pārdot, vai tas tiek pie viņa atrasts, sodāms ar nāvi.
17 Kas nolād savu tēvu vai savu māti, tas sodāms ar nāvi.
18 Un, ja vīri ir saķildojušies, un viens otru sit ar akmeni vai ar klints gabaliem, ka tas nenomirst, bet tam uz gultas jāguļ:
19 Ja tas var piecelties un staigāt pa lauku ar spieķi, tad tas, kas viņu sita, lai ir bez vainas; tikai tam jādod atlīdzība par bezdarba laiku un jāgādā par viņa dziedināšanu.
20 Bet, ja kāds sit tā ar koku savu vergu vai verdzeni, ka tie no viņa rokas mirst, tad lai tas tiek riebtin atriebts.
21 Bet, ja tas vēl dzīvo vienu vai divi dienas, tad viņš nav jāsoda, jo tā ir viņa nauda.
22 Bet, ja vīri ķaujas un sagrūž grūtu sievieti, ka viņas auglis noiet, bet pašai nenotiek nelaime, tad lai tiek uzlikts naudas sods tam, kas to sagrūdis, tik liels, cik viņas vīrs prasa, un lai tiek dots pēc šķīrējtiesneša atzinuma.
23 Bet ja notiek nelaime, tad būs likt dzīvību pret dzīvību.
24 Aci pret aci, zobu pret zobu, roku pret roku, kāju pret kāju.
25 Deguma brūci pret deguma brūci, ievainojumu pret ievainojumu, rētu pret rētu.
26 Ja kāds izsit savam vergam vai savai verdzenei aci, tad lai tas to atlaiž brīvībā, viņš lai tos atlaiž acs dēj.
27 Tāpat, ja tas izsit savam vergam vai savai verdzenei zobu, tad lai tas tos atlaiž zoba dēļ.
28 Bet ja kāds vērsis sabada vīru vai sievu, ka tie mirst, tad vērsim jātop nomētātam ar akmeņiem, bet tā gaļu lai neēd, un vērša īpašnieks lai ir brīvs no vainas.
29 Bet ja šis vērsis ir bijis badītājs jau kopš vakar-vai aizvakardienas un tas ir bijis zināms viņa īpašniekam, bet viņš nav to nosargājis, un tas nobada vīru vai sievu, lai tad vērsis tiek nomētāts akmeņiem, un jāmirst arī viņa īpašniekam.
30 Bet ja pielāgo atpirkšanas maksu, tad lai viņš par zaudēto dzīvību dod kā atpirkšanas maksu visu, ko no viņa prasa.
31 Ari ja viņa dēlu sabada vai sabada viņa meitu, lai rīkojas pēc tiem pašiem likumiem.
32 Bet ja vergs vai verdzene tiek sabadīti, tad lai īpašnieks dod viņu kungam trīsdesmit sudraba seķeļus, bet vērsi lai nomētā akmeņiem.
33 Ja kāds atstāj vaļā aku vai izrok aku un to neaizsedz, un tanī iekrīt vērsis vai ēzelis,
34 Tad akas īpašnieks lai visu nolīdzina; nauda dodama lopa īpašniekam, bet viņam paliek beigtais lops.
35 Bet ja vērsis bada vērsi, ka tas ir beigts, tad dzīvais vērsis ir jāpārdod un nauda jāsadala, bet beigtais vērsis arī jāsadala uz pusēm.
36 Bet ja tas ir zinājis, ka vērsis jau iepriekš ir bijis badītājs, un viņa īpašnieks nav to nosargājis, lai tad izlīgst: vērsi pret vērsi, bet beigtais lai paliek cietējam.
37 Ja kāds nozog vērsi vai avi un to nokauj vai pārdod, tam būs dot piecus vēršus par vērsi un četras avis par avi.“
Hebrew Slaves
(Deuteronomy 15.12-18)1 The Lord gave Moses the following laws for his people:
2 If you buy a Hebrew slave, he must remain your slave for six years. But in the seventh year you must set him free, without cost to him. 3 If he was single at the time you bought him, he alone must be set free. But if he was married at the time, both he and his wife must be given their freedom. 4 If you give him a wife, and they have children, only the man himself must be set free; his wife and children remain the property of his owner.
5 But suppose the slave loves his wife and children and his owner so much that he won't leave them. 6 Then he must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship, while his owner punches a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life.
7 A young woman who was sold by her father doesn't gain her freedom in the same way that a man does. 8 If she doesn't please the man who bought her to be his wife, he must let her be bought back. He cannot sell her to foreigners; this would break the contract he made with her. 9 If he selects her as a wife for his son, he must treat her as his own daughter.
10 If the man later marries another woman, he must continue to provide food and clothing for the one he bought and to treat her as a wife. 11 If he fails to do any of these things, she must be given her freedom without paying for it.
Murder and Other Violent Crimes
The Lord said:
12 Death is the punishment for murder. 13 But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the Lord, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside. 14 If you plan in advance to murder someone, there's no escape, not even by holding on to my altar. You will be dragged off and killed.
15 Death is the punishment for attacking your father or mother.
16 Death is the punishment for kidnapping. If you sell the person you kidnapped, or if you are caught with that person, the penalty is death.
17 Death is the punishment for cursing your father or mother.
18 Suppose two of you are arguing, and you hit the other with either a rock or your fist, without causing a fatal injury. If the victim has to stay in bed, 19 and later has to use a stick when walking outside, you must pay for the loss of time and do what you can to help until the injury is completely healed. That's your only responsibility.
20 Death is the punishment for beating to death any of your slaves. 21 However, if the slave lives a few days after the beating, you are not to be punished. After all, you have already lost the services of that slave who was your property.
22 Suppose a pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage as the result of an injury caused by someone who is fighting. If she isn't badly hurt, the one who injured her must pay whatever fine her husband demands and the judges approve. 23 But if she is seriously injured, the payment will be life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, cut for cut, and bruise for bruise.
26 If you hit one of your slaves and cause the loss of an eye, the slave must be set free. 27 The same law applies if you knock out a slave's tooth—the slave goes free.
28 A bull that kills someone with its horns must be killed and its meat destroyed, but the owner of the bull isn't responsible for the death.
29 Suppose you own a bull that has been in the habit of attacking people, but you have refused to keep it fenced in. If that bull kills someone, both you and the bull must be put to death by stoning. 30 However, you may save your own life by paying whatever fine is demanded. 31 This same law applies if the bull gores someone's son or daughter. 32 If the bull kills a slave, you must pay the slave owner 30 pieces of silver for the loss of the slave, and the bull must be killed by stoning.
33 Suppose someone's ox or donkey is killed by falling into an open pit that you dug or left uncovered on your property. 34 You must pay for the dead animal, and it becomes yours.
35 If your bull kills someone else's, yours must be sold. Then the money from your bull and the meat from the dead bull must be divided equally between you and the other owner.
36 If you refuse to fence in a bull that is known to attack others, you must replace any animal it kills, but the dead animal will belong to you.
