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

¹In to so sodne pravice, ki jim jih predložiš:

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

²Če kupiš hlapca Hebrejca, bo šest let služil, in sedmo leto odide v svobodo brezplačno.

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

³Ako je prišel sam, sam tudi odide; ako je imel ženo, odide žena njegova ž njim.

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.

⁴Ako mu je dal njegov gospodar ženo in mu je rodila sinove ali hčere, tedaj bodo žena in otroci njeni njenega gospodarja, in on odide sam.

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

⁵Ako bi pa rekel tisti hlapec: Ljubim gospodarja svojega, ženo svojo in otroke svoje, ne maram oditi v svobodo,

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.

⁶tedaj ga pripelje njegov gospodar pred sodnike [Dobesedno: bogove.], in postavi ga k vratom ali k podboju in mu prebodi uho s šilom; in bode mu hlapec za vselej.

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

⁷Če kdo proda svojo hčer za deklo, ne odide, kakor odhajajo hlapci.

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.

⁸Ako ne bi ugajala svojemu gospodu, ki si jo je zaročil, naj ji dovoli, da se odkupi; tujemu narodu je ne bo smel prodati, ker je nevzesto ravnal ž njo.

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

⁹Ako jo pa zaroči sinu svojemu, ji izkaži pravico, kakršno imajo hčere.

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

¹⁰Ako si vzame drugo za ženo: njenega živeža, njene obleke in zakonske dolžnosti naj ji ne krati.

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

¹¹In ako ji ne da teh treh reči, naj odide brezplačno, brez odkupnine.

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

¹²Kdor udari človeka, da umrje, mora umreti.

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.

¹³Ako ga pa ni zalezoval, a Bog je pripustil, da je roka njegova smrtno zadela, ti odločim mesto, kamor naj zbeži.

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.

¹⁴Ako pa kdo snuje zlobo proti bližnjemu svojemu, da bi ga s prevaro usmrtil, ga odpraviš celo od oltarja mojega, da umrje.

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

¹⁵In kdor udari očeta svojega ali mater svojo, mora umreti.

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

¹⁶In kdor ukrade človeka in ga proda, ali če ga najdejo v roki njegovi, mora umreti.

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

¹⁷In kdor preklinja očeta svojega ali mater svojo, mora umreti.

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

¹⁸Če se moža spreta in drug drugega udarita s kamenom ali pa s pestjo, pa ne umre, ampak obleži v postelji:

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.

¹⁹ko zopet vstane in hodi zunaj ob palici, ne bodi kaznjen tisti, ki ga je udaril; samo naj mu poplača, kar je zamudil, in poskrbi mu, da popolnoma ozdravi.

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

²⁰In če kdo tepe hlapca svojega ali deklo svojo s šibo, da umrjeta pod roko njegovo, mora biti kaznovan;

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

²¹ako pa preživita eden ali dva dni, ne bodi kaznovan, ker sta njegov denar.

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.

²²In če se možje tepó in udari kdo nosečo ženo, da izgubi zarod, druga poškodba pa se ji ne zgodi: mora plačati kazen v denarju, kolikor mu naloži mož tiste žene, in plača naj, kakor bodo sodniki določili.

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

²³Če se pa zgodi poškodba, se mora dati življenje za življenje,

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

²⁴oko za oko, zob za zob, roka za roko, noga za nogo,

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

²⁵opeklina za opeklino, rana za rano, bula za bulo.

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.

²⁶In če kdo udari svojega hlapca ali svojo deklo v oko in ga skazi, naj ga odpusti v svobodo za oko njegovo.

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.

²⁷In če izbije zob svojemu hlapcu ali dekli svoji, naj ga odpusti v svobodo za zob njegov.

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.

²⁸In če vol pobode moža ali ženo, da umrjeta, bodi vol kamenan in mesa njegovega ne smejo jesti; volov gospodar pa bodi brez krivde.

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.

²⁹Ako pa je bil vol bodljiv poprej in so posvarili gospodarja njegovega, pa ga ni zapiral, in usmrti moža ali ženo, naj kamenajo vola in tudi gospodarja njegovega naj umoré.

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.

³⁰Če se mu pa naloži poravnava, naj plača za odrešitev življenja svojega vse, kolikor mu nalože.

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

³¹Najsi je pobodel sina ali hčer, naj ravnajo ž njim po tem sodnem pravu.

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.

³²Ako pa vol pobode hlapca ali deklo, naj plača njegov lastnik njiju gospodarju trideset srebrnikov, in vola naj s kamenjem posujejo.

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;

³³In če kdo odpre jamo ali če kdo izkoplje jamo in je ne pokrije, in pade vanjo vol ali osel,

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

³⁴naj povrne posestnik jame: v denarju naj plača njiju gospodarju, mrtva žival pa bodi njegova.

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.

³⁵In če vol rani vola sosedovega, da pogine, naj prodasta živega vola in si razdelita izkupiček, pa tudi mrtvega vola.Ako pa se je vedelo, da je bil vol bodljiv poprej in ga ni zapiral njegov gospodar, naj povrne vola za vola, in mrtvi bodi njegov.

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.

³⁶Ako pa se je vedelo, da je bil vol bodljiv poprej in ga ni zapiral njegov gospodar, naj povrne vola za vola, in mrtvi bodi njegov.