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

¹`And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them:

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

²`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant — six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

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

³if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;

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.

⁴if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters — the wife and her children are her lord`s, and he goeth out by himself.

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,

⁵`And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons — I do not go out free;

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.

⁶then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him — to the age.

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

⁷`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;

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.

⁸if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.

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

⁹`And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.

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

¹⁰`If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

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

¹¹and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

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

¹²`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

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

¹³as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

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.

¹⁴`And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

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

¹⁵`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

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

¹⁶`And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

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

¹⁷`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

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,

¹⁸`And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;

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.

¹⁹if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.

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

²⁰`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand — he is certainly avenged;

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

²¹only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.

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.

²²`And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;

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

²³and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,

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

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

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

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

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.

²⁶`And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;

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

²⁷and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.

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.

²⁸`And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;

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.

²⁹and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.

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

³⁰`If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;

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

³¹whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.

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

³²`If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.

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

³³`And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, —

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

³⁴the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.

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.

³⁵`And when a man`s ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;

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.

³⁶or, it hath been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.

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.