¹Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

¹[Lalàna nasain'Andriamanitra hotandreman'ny Zanak'Isiraely] Ary izao no lalàna izay hataonao eo anatrehany:

²If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

²Raha mividy andevo Hebreo ianao, dia enin-taona no hanompoany, ary amin'ny taona fahafito dia hiala ho afaka fotsiny izy.

³If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

³Raha izy irery ihany no miditra, dia izy irery hany no hiala; fa raha manam-bady izy, dia hiala hiaraka aminy koa ny vadiny.

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.

⁴Raha manome vady azy ny tompony, ka miteraka zazalahy na zazavavy aminy izy, dia ho an'ny tompony ihany ny vadiny sy ny zanany, fa izy irery ihany no hiala.

⁵And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

⁵Fa raha milaza marimarina ilay andevo ka manao hoe: Tsy foiko ny tompoko sy ny vadiko ary ny zanako, ka tsy te-ho afaka aho,

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 awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

⁶dia ho entin'ny tompony ho eo anatrehan'Andriamanitra izy, ary dia ho entiny ho eo amin'ny varavarana, na ho eo amin'ny tolam-baravarana, ka hotevehin'ny tompony amin'ny haolo ny sofiny; dia hanompo azy mandrakizay izy.

⁷And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

⁷Ary raha misy mivaro-janakavavy ho vaditsindranon'olona, dia tsy mba ho tahaka ny fialan'ny andevolahy ho afaka no fialany.

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.

⁸Fa raha tsy ankasitrahan'ny tompony, izay nikasa hanambady azy, ravehivavy, dia havelany havotana ihany izy; tsy hahazo mivarotra azy ho any amin'ny firenena hafa izy, satria efa namitaka azy.

⁹And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

⁹Ary raha mamofo azy ho vadin'ny zananilahy izy, dia araka ny fitondra zanakavavy no hataony aminy.

¹⁰If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

¹⁰Ary raha maka vehivavy hafa ho vadiny izy, dia tsy hahenany ny fihinany sy ny fitafiany ary ny fombam-panambadiany.

¹¹And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

¹¹Ary raha tsy hataony aminy izany zavatra telo loha izany, dia hiala ho afaka fotsiny ravehivavy, fa tsy handoa vola.

¹²He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

¹²Izay mamely olona ka mahafaty azy dia hatao maty tokoa;

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.

¹³fa izay tsy manotrika, fa Andriamanitra no manolotra azy eo an-tànany, dia hanendry ho anareo fitoerana izay handosirany Aho.

¹⁴But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

¹⁴Ary raha misy olona avy sahisahy amin'ny namany hamono azy amin'ny fahafetsena, dia halainao izy, na dia eo amin'ny alitarako aza, mba hovonoina ho faty.

¹⁵And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

¹⁵Ary izay mamely ny rainy na ny reniny dia hatao maty tokoa.

¹⁶And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

¹⁶Ary izay mangalatra olona, na efa namidiny, na mbola hita eo an-tànany ihany ilay nangalariny, dia hatao maty tokoa.

¹⁷And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

¹⁷Ary izay manozona ny rainy na ny reniny dia hatao maty tokoa.

¹⁸And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

¹⁸Ary raha misy olona mifanditra, ka ny anankiray mamely ny namany amin'ny vato, na amin'ny totohondry, koa tsy maty izy, fa marary ambany tsihy,

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.

¹⁹raha afa-mitsangana indray ka mandehandeha mitehina eny ala-trano izy, dia ho afa-tsiny ilay namely azy; kanefa handoa ny hevitr'andro tsy nanaovany zavatra izy sady hitsabo azy mandra-pahasitrany.

²⁰And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

²⁰Ary raha misy olona mikapoka ny andevolahiny na ny andevovaviny amin'ny tsorakazo ka mahafaty azy eo am-pikapohana, dia hovaliana tokoa izy.

²¹Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

²¹Kanefa raha mbola velona maharitra indray andro na indroa andro izy, dia tsy hovaliana ilay tompony; fa hareny ihany izy.

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.

²²Ary raha misy olona mifanditra ka mandratra vehivavy manan'anaka, ka teraka tsy tonga volana ny zanany, kanefa tsy misy maninona, dia hosazina tokoa ilay olona araka izay hanaovan'ny vadin-dravehivavy azy; ary handoa araka izay handidian'ny mpitsara izy.

²³And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

²³Fa raha misy maninona kosa, dia hanome aina solon'ny aina ianao,

²⁴Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

²⁴maso solon'ny maso, nify solon'ny nify, tanana solon'ny tanana, tongotra solon'ny tongotra,

²⁵Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

²⁵may solon'ny may, ratra solon'ny ratra, mivatra solon'ny mivatra.

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.

²⁶Ary raha misy olona mamely ny mason'ny andevolahiny na ny mason'ny andevova­viny ka mahasimba azy, dia halefany ho afaka izy noho ny masony.

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.

²⁷Ary raha ny nifin'ny andevolahy na ny andevovavy no afany, dia halefany ho afaka koa izy noho ny nifiny.

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.

²⁸Ary raha misy omby manoto lehilahy na vehivavy ka mahafaty azy, dia hotoraham-bato tokoa ny omby, ary tsy hohanina ny henany; ary ny tompon'ilay omby dia ho afa-tsiny.

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.

²⁹Fa raha omby efa zatra nanoto hatramin'ny teo aloha iny, sady efa nambara tamin'ny tompony izany, nefa izy no tsy niaro azy, koa nahafaty lehilahy na vehivavy ny omby, dia hotoraham-bato ny omby, ary ny tompony koa hovonoina.

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.

³⁰Raha sazina izy, dia handoa vidin'aina araka izay sazy atao aminy.

³¹Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

³¹Raha manoto zazalahy na zazavavy ny omby, dia araka izany lalàna izany koa no hanaovana azy.

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.

³²Raha manoto andevolahy na andevovavy izy, dia homena sekely volafotsy telo-polo ny tompon'andevo, ary ny omby hotoraham-bato.

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;

³³Ary raha misy olona manokatra lavaka, na raha misy olona mihady lavaka, ka tsy rakofany, ary misy omby na boriky latsaka ao,

³⁴The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

³⁴dia hanonitra azy ny tompon-davaka, ka vola no haloany ho an'ny tompony; ary ny maty dia ho azy.

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.

³⁵Ary raha misy ombin'olona mandratra ny ombin'ny namany ka mahafaty azy, dia hamidiny ny omby velona, ka hozarainy ny vola vidiny; ary ny maty koa hozarainy.

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.

³⁶Kanefa raha fantatra fa omby zatra nanoto hatramin'ny teo aloha iny, koa tsy niaro azy ny tompony, dia hanonitra omby ho solon'ny omby tokoa izy; ary ny maty dia ho azy.Raha misy olona mangalatra omby, na ondry, na osy, ka mamono azy, na mivarotra azy, dia hanonitra omby dimy ho solon'ny omby iray izy ary ondry na osy efatra ho solon'ny ondry na osy iray.

³⁷Raha misy olona mangalatra omby, na ondry, na osy, ka mamono azy, na mivarotra azy, dia hanonitra omby dimy ho solon'ny omby iray izy ary ondry na osy efatra ho solon'ny ondry na osy iray.