1“These are the laws you are to set before them:
Hebrew Servants
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. 3If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. 4If 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.
5“But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6then his master must take him before the judges.21:6 Or before God He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
7“If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. 8If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself,21:8 Or master so that he does not choose her he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. 9If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
Personal Injuries
12“Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. 13However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. 14But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
15“Anyone who attacks21:15 Or kills their father or mother is to be put to death.
16“Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.
17“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
18“If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist21:18 Or with a tool and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, 19the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
20“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
22“If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely21:22 Or she has a miscarriage but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. 23But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
26“An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. 27And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
28“If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. 29If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. 30However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded. 31This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. 32If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels21:32 That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.
33“If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.
35“If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally. 36However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.
如何对待奴仆
1“你要向百姓颁布下列法令。 2你若买一个希伯来人当奴仆，他必须服侍你六年，到第七年便可以获得自由，不用支付任何赎金。 3他来的时候若是单身，就可以单身离开。他来的时候若有妻子，就可以带妻子一起离开。 4倘若主人给他娶了妻，妻子生了儿女，那么期满的时候，他只能单独离开，他的妻儿要归主人。 5倘若奴仆说，‘我爱我的主人和我的妻子儿女，我不愿意离去做自由人。’ 6主人就要带他到审判官面前，让他靠着门或门框，用锥子为他穿耳洞。这样，他就要永远服侍主人。 7倘若有人把女儿卖为婢女，她不可像男仆那样离开。 8倘若买她的主人本想把她留给自己，后来却不喜欢她，就必须让她赎身。主人无权把她转卖给外族人，因为是主人对她不守信用。 9倘若是买来给自己的儿子，就要把她当作自己的女儿一般看待。 10倘若有人娶了婢女为妻，后来又另娶，他还是要照常供给她饭食和衣服，并履行同房的义务。 11倘若主人不履行以上的三个条件，婢女就可以随时离开，不用缴付任何赎金。
如何处理人身伤害
12“打人致死的，必须被处死。 13倘若不是故意杀人，而是上帝许可那人死在他手里，他就可以逃往我指定的地方。 14倘若是蓄意杀人，就算他逃到我的祭坛那里，也要把他拉出来处死。 15殴打父母的，必须被处死。 16绑架他人贩卖或自用的，必须被处死。 17咒骂父母的，必须被处死。 18倘若吵架时一方用拳头或石块致另一方受伤、躺卧在床，但不至于死， 19日后能起床扶着拐杖到户外走，伤人者便不算有罪，但要赔偿受伤者停工期间的损失，并要负责治好他。
20“倘若有人用棍子打他的仆婢，导致仆婢当场死亡，他必须受惩罚。 21倘若伤者过了一两天才死去，主人就可免刑，因为死者是他的财产。 22倘若有人彼此斗殴，伤了孕妇，导致早产，但未造成其他伤害，伤人者要按她丈夫所要求的金额，经审判官判定以后，如数赔偿。 23倘若还有其他伤害，伤人者就要以命偿命， 24以眼还眼，以牙还牙，以手还手，以脚还脚， 25以烧伤还烧伤，以创伤还创伤，以殴打还殴打。
26“主人若打坏仆婢的一只眼睛，就要因此让仆婢自由离去。 27同样，倘若他打掉了仆婢的一颗牙齿，也要因此而释放仆婢。
28“倘若有牛抵死了人，要用石头打死那头牛，并且不可吃它的肉，牛的主人可算无罪。 29但倘若牛常常用角抵人，并且已经有人向牛的主人投诉，他却不拴好牛，以致牛抵死了人，就要用石块打死牛，并处死主人。 30若判他以钱赎命，不论金额多少，他都得照付。 31牛若抵死了别人的儿女，也要照以上的条例办理。 32牛若抵死了别人的仆婢，牛的主人要赔七两银子21:32 七两银子约是当时一个奴仆的身价。给那仆婢的主人，并要用石头打死牛。 33倘若有人打开井盖或挖了井后不把井口盖好，以致有牛或驴掉进井里， 34井的主人就要赔偿牲畜的主人，死牲畜则归井的主人。 35倘若某人的牛抵死了别人的牛，两家的主人就要卖掉活牛，平分所得，同时也要平分那头死掉的牛。 36倘若素知牛好抵，主人却没有拴好它，他就要以牛还牛，死牛则归他。
