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

¹“Now these are the ordinances which you shall 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“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

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 he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go 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 master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go 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,

⁵But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will 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 his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

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

⁷“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.

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 she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

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

⁹If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.

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

¹⁰If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

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

¹¹If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

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

¹²“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

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

¹³but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall 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.

¹⁴If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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

¹⁵“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

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

¹⁶“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

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

¹⁷“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be 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“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to 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 rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until 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“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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

²¹Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.

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“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.

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

²³But if any harm follows, then you must take 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, and bruise for bruise.

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“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

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

²⁷If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

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“If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

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.

²⁹But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.

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

³⁰If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

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

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

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

³²If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

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

³³“If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

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 shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be 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“If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.

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 if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.

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.