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.“
1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. 5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7 ¶ And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. 8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12 ¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15 ¶ And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 ¶ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 ¶ And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18 ¶ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, 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 ¶ And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
22 ¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her , and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine . 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 ¶ 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 his eye’s sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
28 ¶ If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 ¶ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35 ¶ And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
