Exodus 21

1 “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:

1 「你在百姓面前所要立的典章是这样：

2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

2 你若买希伯来人作奴仆，他必服事你六年；第七年他可以自由，白白地出去。

3 If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.

3 他若孤身来就可以孤身去；他若有妻，他的妻就可以同他出去。

4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.

4 他主人若给他妻子，妻子给他生了儿子或女儿，妻子和儿女要归主人，他要独自出去。

5 But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’

5 倘或奴仆明说：『我爱我的主人和我的妻子儿女，不愿意自由出去。』

6 then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

6 他的主人就要带他到审判官 那里，又要带他到门前，靠近门框，用锥子穿他的耳朵，他就永远服事主人。

7 And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

7 「人若卖女儿作婢女，婢女不可像男仆那样出去。

8 If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

8 主人选定她归自己，若不喜欢她，就要许她赎身；主人既然用诡诈待她，就没有权柄卖给外邦人。

9 And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

9 主人若选定她给自己的儿子，就当待她如同女儿。

10 If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.

10 若另娶一个，那女子的吃食、衣服，并好合的事，仍不可减少。

11 If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

11 若不向她行这三样，她就可以不用钱赎，白白地出去。」

12 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

12 「打人以致打死的，必要把他治死。

13 If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

13 人若不是埋伏着杀人，乃是 神交在他手中，我就设下一个地方，他可以往那里逃跑。

14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

14 人若任意用诡计杀了他的邻舍，就是逃到我的坛那里，也当捉去把他治死。

15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

15 「打父母的，必要把他治死。

16 Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

16 「拐带人口，或是把人卖了，或是留在他手下，必要把他治死。

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

17 「咒骂父母的，必要把他治死。

18 If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

18 「人若彼此相争，这个用石头或是拳头打那个，尚且不至于死，不过躺卧在床，

19 then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.

19 若再能起来扶杖而出，那打他的可算无罪；但要将他耽误的工夫用钱赔补，并要将他全然医好。

20 If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

20 「人若用棍子打奴仆或婢女，立时死在他的手下，他必要受刑。

21 However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

21 若过一两天才死，就可以不受刑，因为是用钱买的。

22 If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

22 「人若彼此争斗，伤害有孕的妇人，甚至坠胎，随后却无别害，那伤害她的，总要按妇人的丈夫所要的，照审判官所断的，受罚。

23 But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—

23 若有别害，就要以命偿命，

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

24 以眼还眼，以牙还牙，以手还手，以脚还脚，

25 burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

25 以烙还烙，以伤还伤，以打还打。

26 If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

26 「人若打坏了他奴仆或是婢女的一只眼，就要因他的眼放他去得以自由。

27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

27 若打掉了他奴仆或是婢女的一个牙，就要因他的牙放他去得以自由。」

28 If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

28 「牛若触死男人或是女人，总要用石头打死那牛，却不可吃它的肉；牛的主人可算无罪。

29 But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

29 倘若那牛素来是触人的，有人报告了牛主，他竟不把牛拴着，以致把男人或是女人触死，就要用石头打死那牛，牛主也必治死。

30 If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.

30 若罚他赎命的价银，他必照所罚的赎他的命。

31 If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

31 牛无论触了人的儿子或是女儿，必照这例办理。

32 If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.

32 牛若触了奴仆或是婢女，必将银子三十舍客勒给他们的主人，也要用石头把牛打死。

33 If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

33 「人若敞着井口，或挖井不遮盖，有牛或驴掉在里头，

34 the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.

34 井主要拿钱赔还本主人，死牲畜要归自己。

35 If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.

35 「这人的牛若伤了那人的牛，以至于死，他们要卖了活牛，平分价值，也要平分死牛。

36 But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.

36 人若知道这牛素来是触人的，主人竟不把牛拴着，他必要以牛还牛，死牛要归自己。」