Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
“Estos son los reglamentos que debe presentarles:
2 When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for [only] six years. In the seventh year you must free him [from being your slave], and he is not required to pay you anything [for setting him free].
“Si compran un esclavo hebreo, debe trabajar para ustedes durante seis años. Pero en el séptimo año, debe ser liberado sin tener que pagar nada.
3 If he was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries [someone while he is your slave], his wife is not to be set free [with him]. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife.
Si era soltero cuando llegó, debe irse soltero. Si tenía una esposa cuando llegó, ella debe irse con él.
4 If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters [while her husband is a slave], only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.
Si su amo le da una esposa y ella tiene hijos con él, la mujer y sus hijos pertenecerán a su amo, y sólo el hombre será liberado.
5 But when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set free,’
“Sin embargo, si el esclavo declara formalmente: ‘Amo a mi señor, a mi esposa y a mis hijos; no quiero ser liberado’
6 then his master must take him to [the place where they worship] God (OR, to [the owner’s] house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an (awl/pointed metal rod) to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then [he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that] (he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives).
entonces su señor lo llevará ante los jueces. Luego lo pondrá de pie contra la puerta o el poste de la puerta y usará una herramienta de metal para hacerle un agujero en la oreja. Entonces trabajará para su amo de por vida.
7 If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
“Si un hombre vende a su hija como esclava, no será liberada de la misma manera que los esclavos.
8 If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if [later] he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement [he made with the girl’s father].
Si el hombre que la eligió para sí no está satisfecho con ella, debe dejar que sea comprada de nuevo. No podrá venderla a los extranjeros, ya que ha sido injusto con ella.
9 If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter.
Si decide dársela a su hijo, debe tratarla como a una hija.
10 If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
Si toma a otra mujer, no debe reducir los subsidios de comida y ropa, ni los derechos maritales de la primera.
11 If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her [from being a slave], and she is not required to pay anything [for being set free].
Si no le da estas tres cosas, ella es libre de irse sin pagar nada.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
“Todo aquel que golpee y mate a otra persona debe ser ejecutado.
13 But if the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, [and he will be safe there].
Sin embargo, si no fue intencional y Dios permitió que sucediera, entonces arreglaré un lugar para ustedes donde puedan correr y estar seguros.
14 But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, [a place that God designated as a place to be safe], you must execute him.
Pero si alguien planea deliberadamente y mata a propósito a otro, debe alejarlo de mi altar y ejecutarlo.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
“Cualquiera que golpee a su padre o madre debe ser ejecutado.
16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
Cualquiera que secuestre a alguien más debe ser ejecutado, ya sea que la víctima sea vendida o que aún esté en su posesión.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
“Cualquiera que desprecie a su padre o a su madre debe ser ejecutado.
18 Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed [for a while],
“Si los hombres están peleando y uno golpea al otro con una piedra o con el puño, y el hombre herido no muere pero tiene que permanecer en cama,
19 and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn [while he was recovering], and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person is well.
y luego se levanta y camina afuera con su bastón, entonces el que lo golpeó no será castigado. Aún así, debe compensar al hombre por el tiempo perdido de su trabajo y asegurarse de que esté completamente curado.
20 If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies (immediately/as a result) [IDM], the one who struck him must be punished.
“Cualquiera que golpee a su esclavo o esclava con una vara, y el esclavo muera como resultado, debe ser castigado.
21 But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck [and then dies], you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment.
Sin embargo, si después de un día o dos el esclavo mejora, el dueño no será castigado porque el esclavo es de su propiedad.
22 Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that (she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies). If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine.
“Si los hombres que están peleando golpean a una mujer embarazada para que dé a luz prematuramente, pero no se produce ninguna lesión grave, debe ser multado con la cantidad que el marido de la mujer demande y según lo permitan los jueces.
23 But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way [that he caused her to suffer]. If she dies, he must be executed.
Pero si se produce una lesión grave, entonces debe pagar una vida por otra vida;
24 If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.
ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida y moretón por moretón.
26 If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s eye.
“El que golpee a su esclavo o esclava en el ojo y lo ciegue, debe liberar al esclavo como compensación por el ojo.
27 If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s tooth.
El que golpee el diente de su esclavo o esclava debe liberar al esclavo como compensación por el diente.
28 If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.
“Si un buey usa sus cuernos para matar a un hombre o una mujer, el buey debe ser apedreado hasta morir, y su carne no debe ser comida. Pero el dueño del buey no será castigado.
29 But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.
Pero si el buey ha herido repetidamente a la gente con sus cuernos, y su dueño ha sido advertido pero aún no lo tiene bajo control, y mata a un hombre o una mujer, entonces el buey debe ser apedreado hasta morir y su dueño también debe ser ejecutado.
30 However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine (to save his own life/in order not to be executed), he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.
Pero si en lugar de ello se exige el pago de una indemnización, el propietario puede compensar su vida pagando la totalidad de la indemnización exigida.
31 If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule.
Pero si en lugar de ello se exige el pago de una indemnización, el propietario puede salvar su vida pagando la totalidad de la indemnización exigida.
32 If a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must [kill the bull by] throwing stones at it.
Si el buey usa sus cuernos y mata a un esclavo o esclava, el propietario del buey debe pagar treinta siclos de plata al amo del esclavo, y el buey debe ser apedreado hasta la muerte.
33 Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
“Si alguien quita la tapa de una cisterna o cava una y no la cubre, y un buey o un asno cae en ella,
34 Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and [do whatever he wants to with it].
el dueño de la fosa debe pagar una compensación al dueño del animal y quedarse con el animal muerto.
35 If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide [between them] the money [that they receive] for it. They must also divide [between them the meat of] the animal that died.
“Si el buey de alguien hiere al de otro y éste muere, debe vender al buey vivo y compartir el dinero recibido; también debe compartir al animal muerto.
36 However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died [and do with it whatever he wants to do].”
Pero si se sabe que el buey ha herido repetidamente a personas con sus cuernos, y su dueño ha sido advertido pero aún no lo tiene bajo control, debe pagar una compensación completa, buey por buey; pero el dueño puede quedarse con el animal muerto”.
