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

¹Zvino ndiyo mirairo yaunofamra kuisa pamberi pavo:

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

⁹Kana akamuwanisa nomwanakomana wake; anofanira kumuitira nenzira yavakunda.

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

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

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

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

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

¹²Anorova munhu, akafa, zvirokwazvo iye anofanira kuurawa.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁵kutsva nokutsva, vanga nevanga, kukuvadzwa nokukuvadzwa.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

³¹Kunyange ikatunga mwanakomana kana mwanasikana vanofanira kumuitira nomurayiro uyu.

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.

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

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,

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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