¹“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.

¹De Lovbud, du skal forelægge dem, er følgende:

²“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

²Når du køber dig en hebræisk Træl, skal han trælle i seks År, men i det syvende skal han frigives uden Vederlag.

³If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.

³Er han ugift, når han kommer til dig, skal han frigives alene; er han gift, skal hans Hustru frigives sammen med ham.

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.

⁴Hvis hans Herre giver ham en Hustru og hun føder ham Sønner eller Døtre, da skal Hustruen og hendes Børn tilhøre hendes Herre, og Trællen frigives alene.

⁵But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’

⁵Hvis han imidlertid erklærer: "Jeg har fået Kærlighed til min Herre, min Hustru og mine Børn, jeg vil ikke have min Frihed!"

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.

⁶da skal hans Herre føre ham hen til Gud og stille ham op ad Døren eller Dørstolpen, og hans Herre skal gennembore hans Øre med en Syl, og så skal han være hans Træl for Livstid.

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

⁷Når en Mand sælger sin Datter som Trælkvinde, skal hun ikke frigives som Trællene.

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.

⁸Dersom hun pådrager sig sin Herres Mishag, efter at han har haft Omgang med hende, skal han tillade, at hun købes fri; han har ikke Lov at sælge hende til fremmede Folk, når han har gjort Uret imod hende;

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

⁹hvis han derimod bestemmer, at hun skal være hans Søns Hustru, skal han behandle hende, som det tilkommer Døtre.

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

¹⁰Hvis han tager sig en anden, har han ikke Lov at forholde den første den Kødspise, Klædning og ægteskabelige Ret, der tilkommer hende.

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

¹¹Forholder han hende nogen af disse tre Ting, skal hun frigives uden Vederlag og Betaling.

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

¹²Den, der slår en Mand ihjel, skal lide Døden.

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

¹³Gør han det imidlertid ikke med Forsæt, men styres hans Hånd af Gud, vil jeg anvise dig et Sted, hvor han kan ty hen.

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

¹⁴Når derimod en handler med Overlæg, så han med List slår sin Næste ihjel, da skal du rive ham bort fra mit Alter, for at han kan lide Døden.

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

¹⁵Den, der slår sin Fader eller Moder, skal lide Døden.

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

¹⁶Den, der stjæler et Menneske, skal lide Døden, hvad enten han har solgt det, eller det endnu findes hos ham.

¹⁷“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

¹⁷Den, der forbander sin Fader eller Moder, skal lide Døden.

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;

¹⁸Når der opstår Strid mellem Mænd, og den ene slår den anden med en Sten eller med Næven, så at han vel ikke dør deraf, men dog må holde Sengen,

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.

¹⁹så skal Gerningsmanden være sagesløs, hvis han kan stå op og gå ud støttet til sin Stok; kun skal han godtgøre ham hans Tidsspilde og sørge for hans Helbredelse.

²⁰“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

²⁰Når en Mand slår sin Træl eller Trælkvinde med sin Stok, så de dør på Stedet, skal han straffes derfor;

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

²¹men hvis de bliver i Live en Dag eller to, skal han ikke straffes; det er jo hans egne Penge.

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.

²²Når Mænd kommer i Slagsmål og støder til en frugtsommelig Kvinde, så hun nedkommer i Utide, men der ellers ingen Ulykke sker, da skal han bøde, hvad Kvindens Mand pålægger ham, og give Erstatning for det dødfødte Barn.

²³But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

²³Men hvis der sker en Ulykke, skal du bøde Liv for Liv,

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

²⁴Øje for Øje, Tand for Tand, Hånd for Hånd, Fod for Fod,

²⁵burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

²⁵Brandsår for Brandsår, Sår for Sår, Skramme for Skramme.

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.

²⁶Når en Mand slår sin Træl eller sin Trælkvinde i Øjet og ødelægger det, skal han give dem fri til Erstatning for Øjet;

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.

²⁷og hvis han slår en Tand ud på sin Træl eller Trælkvinde, skal han give dem fri til Erstatning for Tanden.

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.

²⁸Når en Okse stanger en Mand eller Kvinde ihjel, skal Oksen stenes, og dens Kød må ikke spises, men Ejeren er sagesløs;

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.

²⁹men hvis Oksen allerede tidligere har villet stange, og dens Ejer er advaret, men alligevel ikke passer på den, og den så dræber en Mand eller Kvinde, da skal Oksen stenes, og dens Ejer skal også lide Døden;

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

³⁰men hvis der pålægges ham Sonepenge, skal han betale så stor en Løsesum for sit Liv, som der kræves af ham.

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

³¹Også hvis den stanger en Dreng eller en Pige, skal han behandles efter samme Lovbud.

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.

³²Men hvis Oksen stanger en Træl eller Trælkvinde, skal han betale deres Herre tredive Sekel Sølv, og Oksen skal stenes.

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,

³³Når en Mand tager Dækket af en Cisterne eller graver en Cisterne uden at dække den til, og en Okse eller et Æsel så falder deri,

³⁴the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.

³⁴da skal Brøndens Ejer erstatte det; han skal give Dyrets Ejer Erstatning i Penge, men det døde Dyr skal tilfalde ham,

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.

³⁵Når en Mands Okse stanger en andens Okse ihjel, skal de sælge den levende Okse og dele Pengene, og ligeledes skal de dele det døde dyr.

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.

³⁶Men hvis det er vitterligt, at Oksen tidligere har villet stange, og dens Ejer ikke har passet på den, da skal han erstatte Okse med Okse, men det døde Dyr skal tilfalde ham.