Exodus 21

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

-Men regleman w'a mete devan moun pèp Izrayèl yo:

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

Lè ou achte yon moun menm ras avè ou pou sèvi ou esklav, li gen pou l' sèvi ou sizan. Lè setyèm lanne a rive, l'a lib. L'a gen dwa al fè wout li san l' pa gen anyen pou l' peye ou.

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

Si li te pou kont li lè l' te vini an, li va ale pou kont li. Si li te gen madanm lè l' te vini an, madanm lan va ale avè l'.

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.

Si se mèt li ki te ba li madanm, epi madanm lan te fè pitit pou li, ni pitit yo, ni manman lan va rete pou mèt la. Msye va al fè wout li pou kont li.

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

Men, si esklav la di: Mwen renmen mèt mwen, mwen renmen madanm mwen ak pitit mwen yo, mwen pa vle vin lib ankò,

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.

enben, lè sa a, mèt la va mennen l' devan Bondye. L'a fè l' pwoche bò pòt la, osinon bò chanbrann pòt la, l'a pèse zòrèy li ak yon bagay pwenti. Konsa esklav la va rete ap sèvi li jouk li mouri.

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

Lè yon nonm vann pitit fi li pou sèvi esklav, pitit fi sa a pa ka lib ankò, jan yo ka fè l' pou gason yo.

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.

Si mèt la te fin dakò pou l' te pran fi a pou madanm, epi si apre sa fi a pa fè l' plezi ankò, msye va fè yon jan pou papa ak manman fi a achte l' nan men li ankò. Men, li pa gen dwa vann li bay yon moun lòt nasyon, paske se trayi l'a trayi fi a lè sa a.

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

Men, si li te fè lide bay pitit gason l' fi a, se pou l' aji avè l' tankou si se te pròp pitit fi li.

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

Si li pran yon lòt madanm sou li, li pa gen dwa wete anyen sou sa li dwe l': ni sou manje l', ni sou rad li, epi se pou l' toujou sevi ak li tankou madanm li.

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

Si li pa fè twa bagay sa yo pou li, madanm lan gen dwa ale fè wout li, san li pa gen anyen pou l' peye mèt la, san bay senk kòb.

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

Si yon moun leve men l' sou yon lòt, epi li touye l', moun sa a, se pou yo touye l' tou.

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.

Men, si se pa espre li fè, si se Bondye ki fè lòt moun lan tonbe anba men l', m'ap chwazi yon kote pou l' ale kache kò l'.

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.

Men, si yon moun chache yon lòt kont, epi li fè plan pou li touye l', li te mèt al kache bò kote lòtèl mwen an, se pou n al pran l' pou nou touye l'.

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

Si yon moun leve men l' sou papa l' osinon sou manman l', se pou yo touye l'.

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

Si yon moun pran yon lòt pa fòs pou l' al vann li osinon pou kenbe l' lakay li, se pou yo touye l'.

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

Si yon moun bay papa l' osinon manman l' madichon, se pou yo touye l'.

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

Lè de moun gen kont, si yonn bay lòt yon koutwòch osinon yon koutpwen, epi si sak resevwa kou a pa mouri, men li blije pran kabann, men jan pou sa regle:

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.

Si li ka leve, si li ka mache pwonmennen ak baton, y'a fè pa moun ki te ba l' kou a. Tansèlman, l'a gen pou l' peye lòt la dedomajman pou tout jou li fè rete san travay, epi l'a reskonsab pran swen l' jouk li geri.

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

Lè yon moun leve men l' sou yon esklav li, kit se gason, kit se fi, pou ba li koutbaton, si esklav la mouri frèt, se pou yo pini mèt la.

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

Men, si esklav la fè yon jou osinon de jou anvan l' mouri, se pa nesesè pou yo pini mèt la, paske se lajan pa l' li te mete deyò pou l' achte l'.

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.

Lè gason ap goumen, si nan voye kou yo frape yon fanm ansent, epi si fanm lan fè foskouch san anyen ankò pa rive l', moun ki ba l' kou a va peye dedomajman dapre sa mari a va mande. L'a peye sa jij yo va deside.

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

Men, si malè rive fanm lan, y'a fè l' peye lavi pou lavi,

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

yon je pou yon je, yon dan pou yon dan, yon men pou yon men, yon pye pou yon pye,

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

boule pou boule, blese pou blese, foule pou foule.

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.

Lè yon moun frape yon esklav li nan je, kit se yon gason, kit se yon fanm, si esklav la pèdi je a, mèt la va ba li libète l' pou dedomajman pou je a.

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.

Si se dan yon esklav li rache, l'a ba li libète li pou dedomajman pou dan an.

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.

Lè yon bèf touye yon gason osinon yon fanm ak koutkòn, se pou yo touye l' ak koutwòch. Se pa pou yo manje vyann lan, ni yo pa bezwen fè mèt bèf la peye anyen.

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.

Men, si se pa premye fwa bèf la atake moun, si yo te pale mèt li men mèt li pa t' fè anyen pou sa, si bèf la touye yon gason osinon yon fanm, nan ka sa a y'ap toujou touye bèf la ak koutwòch, epi y'a touye mèt la tou pou pini l'.

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.

Men, si yo mande mèt bèf la pou l' peye pou l' ka sove lavi pa l', se pou l' peye tou sa y'a mande l' la.

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

Si bèf la atake yon ti gason osinon yon ti fi, se menm règleman an ki pou fèt.

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.

Si bèf la atake yon esklav, kit se gason, kit se fi, mèt bèf la va bay mèt esklav la trant pyès an ajan. Bèf la menm, y'a touye l' ak koutwòch.

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;

Si yon moun kite yon pi dekouvri, ou ankò si l'ap fouye yon pi epi li kite l' san kouvèti, si yon bèf osinon yon bourik vin tonbe ladan l',

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

se pou mèt pi a peye mèt bèt la sa bèt la vo. Bèt mouri a menm va rete pou mèt pi a.

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.

Si yon moun gen yon bèf ki touye bèf yon lòt moun ak yon koutkòn, de mesye yo va vann bèf vivan an, y'a separe lajan an mwatye pou mwatye. y'a separe vyann bèf ki mouri a tou.

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.

Men, si se pa premye fwa bèf la ap bay koutkòn, si yo te pale mèt li men mèt li pa t' fè anyen pou sa, nan ka sa a, mèt bèf la gen pou peye. L'a bay yon bèf vivan pou bèf ki mouri a. Bèf mouri a menm va rete pou li.