¹Zvino ndiyo mirairo yaunofamra kuisa pamberi pavo:

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

²Kana ukatenga muranda muHebheru, ngaakubatire makore matanhatu; asi nerechinomwe anofanira kubuda hake asina chaanoripa.

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

³Kana achipinda ari oga, anofanira kubuda ari oga; kana ano mukadzi, mukadzi wake anofanira kubuda naye.

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;

⁴Kana tenzi wake akamupa mukadzi, iye akamuberekera vanakomana navanasikana, mukadzi navana vake vanofanira kuva vatenzi wake, asi iye anofanira kubuda ari oga.

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.

⁵Asi kana iye muranda akati, Ndinoda tenzi wangu nomukadzi wangu navana vangu, handidi kubuda hangu;

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

⁶zvino tenzi wake anofanira kumuisa kuna Mwari, nokumuisa kumukova, kana kugwatidziro romukova; ipapo tenzi wake anofanira kumuurura nzeve yake norunji; zvino anofanira kumubatira nokusingaperi.

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.

⁷Kana munhu akatengesa mukunda wake kuti ave murandakadzi, iye haafaniri kubuda savaranda varume.

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;

⁸Kana asingafadzi tenzi wake, akafunga kumuwana amene, anofanira kutendera kuti adzikunurwe, haangavi nesimba rokumutengesa kuvatorwa, nekuti amunyengedzera.

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.

⁹Kana akamuwanisa nomwanakomana wake; anofanira kumuitira nenzira yavakunda.

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

¹⁰Kana akazowana mumwe mukadzi, haafaniri kutapudza zvokudya zvake, kana nguvo dzake, kana zvaanofanirwa nazvo pakuwanikwa.

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

¹¹Kana akasamuitira zvinhu izvi zvitatu, anofanira kubuda hake asingaripi chinhu, asingaripi mari.

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

¹²Anorova munhu, akafa, zvirokwazvo iye anofanira kuurawa.

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

¹³Asi kana munhu asina kumuvandira, asi Mwari achinge atendera kuti awire muruoko rwake, ndichakutarira nzvimbo kwaangatizira.

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.

¹⁴Kana munhu akaita nobwoni kuno wokwake, akamuuraya nokunyengedzera, iwe unofanira kumubvisa paaritari yangu afe.

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

¹⁵Anorova baba vake kana mai vake, zvirokwazvo anofanira kuurawa.

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

¹⁶Anoba munhu, akamutengesa, kana zvimwe akawanikwa ari muruoko rwake, zvirokwazvo anofanira kuurawa.

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

¹⁷Anotuka baba vake kana mai vake, zvirokwazvo anofanira kuurawa.

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

¹⁸Kana vanhu vakaita nharo, mumwe akarova mumwe nebwe, kana netsiva, akasafa, asi akavata panhovo;

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;

¹⁹kana akazomukazve, akafamba panze achidonzva, akamurova haangavi nemhosva, asi anofanira kuripira nguva yaakarasikirwa nayo, uye anofanira kumurapisa kusvikira apora kwazvo.

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.

²⁰Kana munhu akarova muranda wake kana murandakadzi wake neshamhu, akafira paruoko rwake, zvirokwazvo anofanira kutsiviwa.

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;

²¹Asi kana akararama zuva rimwe kana maviri, haafaniri kutsiviwa; nekuti iye imari yake.

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

²²Kana varume vakarwa, vakakuvadza mukadzi ane mimba, akashaya, asi asina kukuvadzwa hake zvikuru, iye anofanira kuripiswa sezvaanotarirwa nomurume womukadzi uyo; anofanira kuripa sezvinotarwa navatongi.

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;

²³Asi kana achinge akuvadzwa kwazvo, iye anofanira kutsiva upenyu noupenyuwo,

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

²⁴ziso neziso, zino nezino, ruoko noruoko, rutsoka norutsoka,

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

²⁵kutsva nokutsva, vanga nevanga, kukuvadzwa nokukuvadzwa.

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

²⁶Kana munhu akarova ziso romuranda wake, kana ziso romurandakadzi wake, akariuraya, anofanira kumurega kuti aende hake nokuda kweziso rake.

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;

²⁷Kana akarova muranda wake kana murandakadzi wake, zino rake rikabva, anofanira kumurega kuti aende hake nokuda kwezino rake.

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.

²⁸Kana nzombe ikatunga murume kana mukadzi, akafa, nzombe iyoyo inofanira kutakwa namabwe, nenyama yayo haifaniri kudyiwa; asi muridzi wenzombe haangavi nemhosva.

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;

²⁹Asi kana nzombe yaisitunga kare, muridzi wayo akaudzwa izvozvo, akasaichengeta, ikauraya murume kana mukadzi, nzombe inofanira kutakwa namabwe, naiye muridzi wayo anofanira kuurawa.

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.

³⁰Kana achinge atarirwa rudzikunuro, anofanira kuripa zvose zvaatarirwa, kuti adzikunure upenyu hwake.

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

³¹Kunyange ikatunga mwanakomana kana mwanasikana vanofanira kumuitira nomurayiro uyu.

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

³²Kana nzombe ikatunga muranda kana murandakadzi, muridzi wayo anofanira kuripira tenzi wake mashekeri esirivha ana makumi matatu, uye nzombe iyoyo inofanira kutakwa namabwe.

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.

³³Kana munhu akadziura gomba, uye kana munhu akachera gomba, akasaridzivira, nzombe kana dhongi rikawiramo,

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, —

³⁴muridzi wegomba anofanira kuripa, anofanira kubudisira muridzi wayo mari, asi chipfuwo chakafa chichava chake.

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

³⁵Kana nzombe yomumwe munhu ikatunga yomumwe, ikafa, vanofanira kutengesa nzombe mhenyu, vagovane mutengo wayo, naiyo yakafa vanofanira kuigovana.

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;

³⁶Kana vaiziva kare kuti nzombe iyo inotunga, muridzi wayo akasaichengeta, zvirokwazvo anofanira kuripa, nzombe nenzombe, asi yakafa ichava yake.

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.