Éxodo 21

'And these †are the judgments which thou dost set before them:

Y ESTOS son los derechos que les propondrás.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

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

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

Si comprares siervo hebreo, seis años servirá; mas el séptimo saldrá horro de balde.

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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

if 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;

Si entró solo, solo saldrá: si tenía mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él.

If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

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

if 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.

Si su amo le hubiere dado mujer, y ella le hubiere parido hijos ó hijas, la mujer y sus hijos serán de su amo, y él saldrá solo.

If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

If 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.

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

Y si el siervo dijere: Yo amo á mi señor, á mi mujer y á mis hijos, no saldré libre:

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

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

then 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.

Entonces su amo lo hará llegar á los jueces, y harále llegar á la puerta ó al poste; y su amo le horadará la oreja con lesna, y será su siervo para siempre.

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

then 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 forever.

'And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;

Y cuando alguno vendiere su hija por sierva, no saldrá como suelen salir los siervos.

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

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

if 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.

Si no agradare á su señor, por lo cual no la tomó por esposa, permitirle ha que se rescate, y no la podrá vender á pueblo extraño cuando la desechare.

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

If 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.

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

Mas si la hubiere desposado con su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.

And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

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

'If another †woman he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

Si le tomare otra, no disminuirá su alimento, ni su vestido, ni el débito conyugal.

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

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

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

Y si ninguna de estas tres cosas hiciere, ella saldrá de gracia sin dinero.

And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

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

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

El que hiriere á alguno, haciéndole así morir, él morirá.

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

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

as 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.

Mas el que no armó asechanzas, sino que Dios lo puso en sus manos, entonces yo te señalaré lugar al cual ha de huir.

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

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

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

Además, si alguno se ensoberbeciere contra su prójimo, y lo matare con alevosía, de mi altar lo quitarás para que muera.

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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

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

Y el que hiriere á su padre ó á su madre, morirá.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

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

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

Asimismo el que robare una persona, y la vendiere, ó se hallare en sus manos, morirá.

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

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

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

Igualmente el que maldijere á su padre ó á su madre, morirá.

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

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

'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;

Además, si algunos riñeren, y alguno hiriere á su prójimo con piedra ó con el puño, y no muriere, pero cayere en cama;

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

“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;

if 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.

Si se levantare y anduviere fuera sobre su báculo, entonces será el que le hirió absuelto: solamente le satisfará lo que estuvo parado, y hará que le curen.

If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

if 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.

'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;

Y si alguno hiriere á su siervo ó á su sierva con palo, y muriere bajo de su mano, será castigado:

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

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

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

Mas si durare por un día ó dos, no será castigado, porque su dinero es.

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

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

'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;

Si algunos riñeren, é hiriesen á mujer preñada, y ésta abortare, pero sin haber muerte, será penado conforme á lo que le impusiere el marido de la mujer y juzgaren los árbitros.

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

“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.

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

Mas si hubiere muerte, entonces pagarás vida por vida,

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

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

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

Ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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

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

Quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, golpe por golpe.

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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

'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;

Y cuando alguno hiriere el ojo de su siervo, ó el ojo de su sierva, y lo entortare, darále libertad por razón de su ojo.

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

“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.

and 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.

Y si sacare el diente de su siervo, ó el diente de su sierva, por su diente le dejará ir libre.

And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.

'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;

Si un buey acorneare hombre ó mujer, y de resultas muriere, el buey será apedreado, y no se comerá su carne; mas el dueño del buey será absuelto.

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

“If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

and 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.

Pero si el buey era acorneador desde ayer y antes de ayer, y á su dueño le fué hecho requerimiento, y no lo hubiere guardado, y matare hombre ó mujer, el buey será apedreado, y también morirá su dueño.

But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this 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.

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

Si le fuere impuesto rescate, entonces dará por el rescate de su persona cuanto le fuere impuesto.

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

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

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

Haya acorneado hijo, ó haya acorneado hija, conforme á este juicio se hará con él.

Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

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

'If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.

Si el buey acorneare siervo ó sierva, pagará treinta siclos de plata su señor, y el buey será apedreado.

If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

If 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.

'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, —

Y si alguno abriere hoyo, ó cavare cisterna, y no la cubriere, y cayere allí buey ó asno,

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

“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,

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

El dueño de la cisterna pagará el dinero, resarciendo á su dueño, y lo que fué muerto será suyo.

The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

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

'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;

Y si el buey de alguno hiriere al buey de su prójimo, y éste muriere, entonces venderán el buey vivo, y partirán el dinero de él, y también partirán el muerto.

And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

“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.

or, 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.

Mas si era notorio que el buey era acorneador de ayer y antes de ayer, y su dueño no lo hubiere guardado, pagará buey por buey, y el muerto será suyo.

Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

Or 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.