1وَهَذِهِ هِيَ الأَحْكَامُ الَّتِي تَضَعُ أَمَامَهُمْ،2إِذَا اشْتَرَيْتَ عَبْداً عِبْرَانِيّاً فَسِتَّ سِنِينَ يَخْدِمُ، وَفِي السَّابِعَةِ يَخْرُجُ حُرّاً مَجَّاناً.3إِنْ دَخَلَ وَحْدَهُ فَوَحْدَهُ يَخْرُجُ. إِنْ كَانَ بَعْلَ امْرَأَةٍ، تَخْرُجُ امْرَأَتُهُ مَعَهُ.4إِنْ أَعْطَاهُ سَيِّدُهُ امْرَأَةً وَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ بَنِينَ أَوْ بَنَاتٍ، فَالْمَرْأَةُ وَأَوْلاَدُهَا يَكُونُونَ لِسَيِّدِهِ، وَهُوَ يَخْرُجُ وَحْدَهُ.5وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قَالَ الْعَبْدُ، أُحِبُّ سَيِّدِي وَامْرَأَتِي وَأَوْلاَدِي. لاَ أَخْرُجُ حُرّاً6يُقَدِّمُهُ سَيِّدُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَيُقَرِّبُهُ إِلَى الْبَابِ أَوْ إِلَى الْقَائِمَةِ، وَيَثْقُبُ سَيِّدُهُ أُذُنَهُ بِالْمِثْقَبِ، فَيَخْدِمُهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.7وَإِذَا بَاعَ رَجُلٌ ابْنَتَهُ أَمَةً، لاَ تَخْرُجُ كَمَا يَخْرُجُ الْعَبِيدُ.8إِنْ قَبُحَتْ فِي عَيْنَيْ سَيِّدِهَا الَّذِي خَطَبَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ يَدَعُهَا تُفَكُّ. وَلَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ يَبِيعَهَا لِقَوْمٍ أَجَانِبَ لِغَدْرِهِ بِهَا.9وَإِنْ خَطَبَهَا لاِبْنِهِ فَبِحَسَبِ حَقِّ الْبَنَاتِ يَفْعَلُ لَهَا.10إِنِ اتَّخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ أُخْرَى، لاَ يُنَقِّصُ طَعَامَهَا وَكِسْوَتَهَا وَمُعَاشَرَتَهَا.11وَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ لَهَا هَذِهِ الثَّلاَثَ تَخْرُجُ مَجَّاناً بِلاَ ثَمَنٍ.12مَنْ ضَرَبَ إِنْسَاناً فَمَاتَ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلاً.13وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَعَمَّدْ، بَلْ أَوْقَعَ اللَّهُ فِي يَدِهِ، فَأَنَا أَجْعَلُ لَكَ مَكَاناً يَهْرُبُ إِلَيْهِ.14وَإِذَا بَغَى إِنْسَانٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ لِيَقْتُلَهُ بِغَدْرٍ فَمِنْ عِنْدِ مَذْبَحِي تَأْخُذُهُ لِلْمَوْتِ.15وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلاً.16وَمَنْ سَرِقَ إِنْسَاناً وَبَاعَهُ، أَوْ وُجِدَ فِي يَدِهِ، يُقْتَلُ قَتْلاً.17وَمَنْ شَتَمَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلاً.18وَإِذَا تَخَاصَمَ رَجُلاَنِ فَضَرَبَ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ بِحَجَرٍ أَوْ بِلَكْمَةٍ وَلَمْ يُقْتَلْ بَلْ سَقَطَ فِي الْفِرَاشِ،19فَإِنْ قَامَ وَتَمَشَّى خَارِجاً عَلَى عُكَّازِهِ يَكُونُ الضَّارِبُ بَرِيئاً. إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ يُعَوِّضُ عُطْلَتَهُ، وَيُنْفِقُ عَلَى شِفَائِهِ.20وَإِذَا ضَرَبَ إِنْسَانٌ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ أَمَتَهُ بِالْعَصَا فَمَاتَ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ يُنْتَقَمُ مِنْهُ.21لَكِنْ إِنْ بَقِيَ يَوْماً أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ لاَ يُنْتَقَمُ مِنْهُ لأَنَّهُ مَالُهُ.22وَإِذَا تَخَاصَمَ رِجَالٌ وَصَدَمُوا امْرَأَةً حُبْلَى فَسَقَطَ وَلَدُهَا وَلَمْ تَحْصُلْ أَذِيَّةٌ، يُغَرَّمُ كَمَا يَضَعُ عَلَيْهِ زَوْجُ الْمَرْأَةِ، وَيَدْفَعُ عَنْ يَدِ الْقُضَاةِ.23وَإِنْ حَصَلَتْ أَذِيَّةٌ تُعْطِي نَفْساً بِنَفْسٍ،24وَعَيْناً بِعَيْنٍ، وَسِنّاً بِسِنٍّ، وَيَداً بِيَدٍ، وَرِجْلاً بِرِجْلٍ،25وَكَيّاً بِكَيٍّ، وَجُرْحاً بِجُرْحٍ، وَرَضّاً بِرَضٍّ.26وَإِذَا ضَرَبَ إِنْسَانٌ عَيْنَ عَبْدِهِ أَوْ عَيْنَ أَمَتِهِ فَأَتْلَفَهَا، يُطْلِقُهُ حُرّاً عِوَضاً عَنْ عَيْنِهِ.27وَإِنْ أَسْقَطَ سِنَّ عَبْدِهِ أَوْ سِنَّ أَمَتِهِ يُطْلِقُهُ حُرّاً عِوَضاً عَنْ سِنِّهِ.28وَإِذَا نَطَحَ ثَوْرٌ رَجُلاً أَوِ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ، يُرْجَمُ الثَّوْرُ وَلاَ يُؤْكَلُ لَحْمُهُ. وَأَمَّا صَاحِبُ الثَّوْرِ فَيَكُونُ بَرِيئاً.29وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ ثَوْراً نَطَّاحاً مِنْ قَبْلُ، وَقَدْ أُشْهِدَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَلَمْ يَضْبِطْهُ فَقَتَلَ رَجُلاً أَوِ امْرَأَةً، فَالثَّوْرُ يُرْجَمُ وَصَاحِبُهُ أَيْضاً يُقْتَلُ.30إِنْ وُضِعَتْ عَلَيْهِ فِدْيَةٌ يَدْفَعُ فِدَاءَ نَفْسِهِ كُلُّ مَا يُوضَعُ عَلَيْهِ.31أَوْ إِذَا نَطَحَ ابْناً أَوْ نَطَحَ ابْنَةً فَبِحَسَبِ هَذَا الْحُكْمِ يُفْعَلُ بِهِ.32إِنْ نَطَحَ الثَّوْرُ عَبْداً أَوْ أَمَةً، يُعْطِي سَيِّدَهُ ثَلاَثِينَ شَاقِلَ فِضَّةٍ، وَالثَّوْرُ يُرْجَمُ.33وَإِذَا فَتَحَ إِنْسَانٌ بِئْراً أَوْ حَفَرَ إِنْسَانٌ بِئْراً وَلَمْ يُغَطِّهِ، فَوَقَعَ فِيهِ ثَوْرٌ أَوْ حِمَارٌ،34فَصَاحِبُ الْبِئْرِ يُعَوِّضُ وَيَرُدُّ فِضَّةً لِصَاحِبِهِ، وَالْمَيِّتُ يَكُونُ لَهُ.35وَإِذَا نَطَحَ ثَوْرُ إِنْسَانٍ ثَوْرَ صَاحِبِهِ فَمَاتَ، يَبِيعَانِ الثَّوْرَ الْحَيَّ وَيَقْتَسِمَانِ ثَمَنَهُ. وَالْمَيِّتُ أَيْضاً يَقْتَسِمَانِهِ.36لَكِنْ إِذَا عُلِمَ أَنَّهُ ثَوْرٌ نَطَّاحٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَضْبِطْهُ صَاحِبُهُ، يُعَوِّضُ عَنِ الثَّوْرِ بِثَوْرٍ وَالْمَيِّتُ يَكُونُ لَهُ.
1Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.4If 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.5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:6Then 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.7And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.8If 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.9And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.10If he take him another wife ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.11And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.13And 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.14But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:19If 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.20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.22If 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 .23And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.26And 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.27And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.28If 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.29But 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.30If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.31Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.32If 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.33And 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;34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.35And 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.36Or 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.