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

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الشَرائِعِ الَّتِي تُعلِنُها لِلشَّعْبِ:

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

«حِينَ تَشتَرِي عَبداً عِبرانِيّاً، فَلْيَخدِمْكَ لِسِتِّ سَنَواتٍ. لَكِنْ فِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ تُطلِقُهُ حُرّاً مِنْ دُونِ أنْ يَدْفَعَ شَيئاً.

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

إنْ كانَ أعزَبَ حِينَ اشتَرَيتَهُ، يَخرُجُ وَحدَهُ. وَإنْ كانَ مُتَزَوِّجاً، تَخرُجُ زَوجَتُهُ مَعَهُ.

4 I f 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.

إنْ زَوَّجَهُ سَيِّدُهُ امْرأةً وَأنجَبَتْ لَهُ بَنِينَ وَبَناتٍ، فَإنَّ المَرأةَ وَالأولادَ يَكُونُونَ لِسَيِّدِهِمْ، أمّا هُوَ فَيَخرُجُ وَحدَهُ.

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

«فَإنْ قالَ العَبدُ: ‹أُحِبُّ سَيِّدِي وَزَوجَتِي وَأولادِي، وَلَنْ أخرُجَ حُرّاً.›

6 t hen 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.

يُقَدِّمُهُ سَيِّدُهُ إلَى القُضاةِ، وَيُوقِفُهُ في البابِ أوْ قائِمَتِهِ، وَيَثقُبُ أُذُنَهُ بِمِثقَبٍ، فَيَكُونُ عَلَى العَبدِ أنْ يَخدِمَهُ إلَى الأبَدِ.

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

«إذا باعَ رَجُلٌ ابْنَتَهُ كَجارِيَةٍ، فَإنَّها لا تَتَحَرَّرُ بِالطَّريقَةِ الَّتِي يَتَحَرَّرُ بِها العَبِيدُ الذُّكُورُ.

8 I f 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.

إنْ لَمْ تُرْضِي سَيِّدَها الَّذِي اشْتَراها لِنَفسِهِ، يَسْمَحُ لأحَدِ أقَارِبِها أنْ يَفْدِيَها. لا يَحِقُّ لَهُ أنْ يَبِيعَها لِواحِدٍ مِنْ شَعبٍ غَرِيبٍ، لِأنَّهُ غَدَرَ بِها.

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

«فَإنْ زَوَّجَها مِنِ ابْنِهِ، يَنبَغِي أنْ يُعامِلَها كَابْنَتِهِ.

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

«فَإنْ أبْقاها وَتَزَوَّجَ امْرأةً أُخْرَى، فَلا يُقَلِّلُ مِنْ طَعامِها أوْ ثِيابِها أوْ حُقُوقِها الزَّوجِيَّةِ.

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

فَإنْ لَمْ يَعمَلْ لَها أحَدَ هَذِهِ الخَياراتِ الثَّلاثَةَ، تَخرُجُ حُرَّةً مِنْ دُونِ فِديَةٍ. القَتلُ وَالضَّرب

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

«مَنْ ضَرِبَ شَخْصاً وَقَتَلَهُ، يُقتَلُ قَتلاً.

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

لَكِنْ إنْ لَمْ يَتَعَمَّدْ قَتلَهُ، بَلْ أتاحَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ بِيَديهِ، فَإنِّي سَأُعطِيهِ مَكاناً لِيَهرُبَ إلَيهِ.

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

لَكِنْ إنْ غَدَرَ رَجُلٌ جارَهَ وَقَتَلَهُ بِمَكرٍ، يُمكِنُكَ أنْ تَأخُذَهُ وَتَقتُلَهُ حَتَّى لَوِ احْتَمَى بِمَذبَحِي.

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

«مَنْ يَضرِبُ أباهُ أوْ أُمَّهُ، يُقتَلُ قَتلاً.

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

«مَنْ يَخطِفُ إنساناً، يُقتَلُ قَتلاً. سَواءٌ أباعَهُ أمِ احتَفَظَ بِهِ.

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

«مَنْ يَنطِقُ بِلَعنَةٍ ضِدَّ أبِيهِ أوْ أُمِّهِ، يُقتَلُ.

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;

«إنْ ضَرَبَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلاً آخَرَ بِحَجَرٍ أوْ بِقَبضَةِ يَدِهِ بَينَما كانا يَتَشاجَرانِ، وَلَمْ يَمُتِ الرَّجُلُ المَضرُوبُ لَكِنَّهُ صارَ طَرِيحَ الفِراشِ،

19 i f 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.

فَإنْ نَهَضَ وَسارَ فِي الخارِجِ عَلَى عَصاهُ، فَإنَّ الضّارِبَ سَيَتَبَرَّأُ، لَكِنَّهُ يُعَوِّضَهُ عَنِ الوَقتِ الَّذِي يَتَعافَى الرَّجُلُ المَضرُوبُ فِيهِ، وَيَدْفَعُ تَكالِيفَ عِلاجِ الرَّجُلِ.

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

«إنْ ضَرَبَ رَجُلٌ عَبدَهُ أوْ جارِيَتَهُ بِعَصاً، فَماتَ العَبدُ أوِ الجارِيَةُ بِسَبِبِ ضَرْبِهِ، فَإنَّهُ يُغَرَّمُ.

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

لَكِنْ إنْ بَقِيَ العَبدُ أوِ الجارِيَةُ طَرِيحَ الفِراشِ يَوماً أوِ اثْنَينِ، فَلا يُغَرَّمُ المالِكُ لأنَّ العَبْدَ أوِ الجَارِيَةَ مُلْكُهُ.

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.

«إنْ تَشاجَرَ رِجالٌ فَضَرَبُوا امْرأةً حُبلَى، فَسَقَطَ الجَنِينُ لَكِنَّها لَمْ تَتَأذَّ، يَدْفَعُ المَسؤُولُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ غَرامَةً يُحَدِّدُها زَوجُ المَرأةِ بِإشْرَافِ القاضِي.

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

فَإنْ كانَتْ قَدْ تَأذَّتْ، يُعاقَبُ المؤذِي حَياةً بِحَياةٍ،

24 e ye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

عَيناً بِعَينٍ، سِنّاً بِسِنٍّ، يَداً بِيَدٍ، رِجلاً بِرِجلٍ،

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

حَرقاً بِحَرقٍ، جُرْحاً بِجُرْحٍ، وَضَربَةً بِضَربَةٍ.

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.

«إنْ ضَرَبَ رَجُلٌ عَينَ عَبدِهِ أوْ جارِيَتِهِ فَأتلَفَها، يُطلِقُهُ حُرّاً مُقابِلَ عَينِهِ.

27 I f 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.

وَإنْ أسقَطَ سَيِّدٌّ سِنَّ عَبدِهِ أوْ جارِيَتِهِ، يُطلِقُهُ حُرّاً مُقابِلَ سِنِّهِ.

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.

«إنْ نَطَحَ ثَوْرٌ امْرأةً أوْ رَجُلاً وَماتَ، يُرْجَمُ الثَّورُ وَلا يُؤكَلُ لَحمُهُ، وَأمّا مالِكُ الثَّورِ فَيَكُونُ بَرِيئاً.

29 B ut 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.

لَكِنْ إنْ كانَ مِنْ عادَةِ الثَّورِ أنْ يَنطَحَ، وَقَدْ حُذِّرَ مالِكُهُ لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَحتَجِزْهُ، وَقَتَلَ ذَلِكَ الثَّورُ رَجُلاً أوِ امْرأةً، يُرجَمُ الثَّورُ، وَيُقتَلُ صاحِبُهُ أيضاً.

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

وَإنْ فُرِضَتْ عَلَيهِ فِديَةٌ، يَدفَعُها عَنْ حَياتِهِ بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ ما يُفرَضُ عَلَيهِ.

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

«يُعْمَلُ بِهَذا الحُكْمِ إنْ نَطَحَ الثَّورُ ابْناً أوْ بِنتاً مِنَ الشَّعبِ.

32 I f 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.

فَإنْ نَطَحَ الثَّورُ عَبداً أوْ جارِيَةً، عَلَى مالِكِ الثَّورِ أنْ يَدْفَعَ ثَلاثِينَ مِثْقالاً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ لِمالِكِ العَبدِ، أمّا الثَّورُ فَيُرجَمُ.

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,

«إنْ فَتَحَ رَجُلٌ بِئراً أوْ حَفَرَ بِئراً وَلَمْ يُغَطِّها، وَوَقَعَ فِيها ثَورٌ أوْ حِمارٌ،

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

يَدفَعُ مالِكُ البِئْرِ مالاً لِمالِكِ الحَيوانِ. أمّا الحَيوانُ المَيِّتُ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ.

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.

«إنْ نَطَحَ ثَورُ رَجُلٍ ثَورَ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَماتَ، فَلْيَبِيعا الثَّورَ الحَيَّ وَيَقتَسِما ثَمَنَهُ. كَما يَقتَسِمانِ الثَّورَ المَيِّتَ.

36 O r 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.

لَكِنْ إنْ كانَ مَعرُوفاً أنَّ الثَّورَ مُعتادٌ عَلَى النَّطحِ لَكِنَّ مالِكَهُ لَمْ يَحتَجِزْهُ، فَإنَّهُ يُعَوِّضُ ثَوراً بِثَورٍ. أمّا الثَّورُ المَيِّتَ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ.