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

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

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

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

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

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;

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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;

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹²Kdor udari človeka, da umrje, mora umreti.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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.

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.

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

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;

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

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

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.

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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.

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

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;

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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, —

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

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

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.

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;

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.

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.