出埃及 21
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
仆婢的条例(A)
21 “你要在众民面前订立的典章是这样的。 2 如果你买希伯来人作奴仆，他要服事你六年；到第七年他可以自由出去，不必补偿甚么。 3 他若是单身来，就可以单身出去；他若是有妇之夫，他的妻子就可以和他同去。 4 他的主人若是给他妻子，妻子又给他生了儿女，那么妻子和儿女都要归给主人，他自己要单独出去。 5 如果那奴仆明明说：‘我爱我的主人和我的妻子儿女，不愿意自由出去。’ 6 他的主人就要把他带到审判官（“审判官”原文作“ 神”）那里，又要把他带到门前，或是门柱旁；他的主人要用锥子刺穿他的耳朵，他就要永远服事他的主人。 7 如果有人把女儿卖作婢女，婢女不可像男仆那样出去。 8 如果主人选定她归自己，以后又不喜欢她，就要准她赎身；主人没有权力可以把她卖给外族人，因为主人曾经欺骗了她。 9 如果主人选定她归自己的儿子，就必须照着待女儿的规矩待她。 10 如果他另娶一个妻子，那么，对她的饮食、衣着和性的需要，仍然不可减少。 11 如果他不向她行这三样，她就可以自由出去，不必补偿甚么。
惩罚杀人者或伤人者的条例
12 “打人以致把人打死的，必要把那人处死。 13 人若不是蓄意杀人，而是 神交在他手中的，我就给你设立一个地方，他可以逃到那里去。 14 若有人任意待他的邻舍，用诡计把他杀了，你要把他从我的祭坛那里拿去处死。
15 “打父母的，必要把那人处死。
16 “拐带人口的，无论是把人卖了，或是还留在他手中，必要把那人处死。 17 咒骂父母的，必要把那人处死。
18 “如果人彼此争论，一个用石头或拳头打另一个，但他还没有死，不过要躺在床上， 19 以后，他若是能起来，能扶杖出外行走，那打他的就可算无罪，但要赔偿他停工的损失，并且要把他完全医好。
20 “如果有人用棍打他的奴仆或婢女，以致死在他的手下，他必须受刑罚； 21 但如果他还活一两天，那人就不必受刑罚，因为那奴仆是他的财产。
22 “如果人彼此争斗，击伤了怀孕的妇人，以致流产，但没有别的损害，那伤害她的必须按照妇人的丈夫要求的，和照着审判官断定的，缴纳罚款。 23 如果有别的损害，你就要以命偿命， 24 以眼还眼，以牙还牙，以手还手，以脚还脚， 25 以烙还烙，以伤还伤，以打还打。
26 “如果有人击打他奴仆的一只眼，或婢女的一只眼，把眼打坏了，就要因他的眼的缘故让他自由离去。 27 如果有人打落了他奴仆的一颗牙，或婢女的一颗牙，就要因他的牙的缘故让他自由离去。
牲畜伤人的赔偿条例
28 “如果牛触了男人或女人，以致死亡，那牛必须用石头打死，只是不可吃牛的肉；牛的主人却不必受刑罚。 29 如果那牛以前常常触人，牛主也曾经受过警告，他仍然不把牛拴好，以致触死了男人或是女人，就要用石头把那牛打死，牛主也必要处死。 30 如果给他提出赎金，他就必须照着提出的数量全数缴付赎命金。 31 牛无论触了人的儿子，或是触了人的女儿，都必须照着这定例办理。 32 如果牛触了人的奴仆，或是婢女，必须把三百四十克银子给他的主人，那牛也必须用石头打死。
伤害牲畜的赔偿条例
33 “如果有人把井敞开，或是有人挖了井，而不把井口遮盖，以致有牛或驴掉进里面， 34 井主要赔偿，要把银子还给牛主或驴主，死的牲畜可以归自己。
35 “如果有人的牛伤了他邻舍的牛，以致死亡，他们要把活牛卖了，平分银子，也要平分死牛。 36 如果人知道那牛以前常常触人，牛主竟不把牛拴好，他必须赔偿，以牛还牛，死的可以归自己。”
出埃及記 21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
如何對待奴僕
21 「你要向百姓頒佈下列法令。 2 你若買一個希伯來人當奴僕，他必須服侍你六年，到第七年便可以獲得自由，不用支付任何贖金。 3 倘若買他的時候，他是單身，那麼期滿的時候，他可以單身離開。如果他跟妻子一同被買，就可以帶妻子一起離開。 4 倘若主人給他娶了妻，妻子生了兒女，那麼期滿的時候，他只能單獨離開，他的妻兒要歸主人。 5 倘若奴僕說，『我愛我的主人和我的妻子兒女，我不願意離開他們做自由人。』 6 主人就要帶他到審判官面前，讓他靠著門或門框，用錐子為他穿耳洞。這樣，他就要永遠服侍主人。 7 倘若有人把女兒賣為奴婢，她不可像男僕那樣離開。 8 倘若買她的主人本想把她留在身邊，後來卻不喜歡她，就應當讓她贖身。主人無權把她轉賣給外族人，因為是主人對她不守信用。 9 倘若是買來給自己的兒子，就要把她當作自己的女兒一般看待。 10 倘若有人娶了奴婢為妻，後來又另娶，他還是要照常供給她飯食和衣服，並履行同房的義務。 11 倘若主人不履行以上的三個條件，奴婢就可以隨時離開，不用繳付任何贖金。
如何處理人身傷害
12 「打人致死的，必須被處死。 13 倘若不是故意殺人，而是上帝許可那人死在他手裡，他就可以逃往我指定的地方。 14 倘若是蓄意殺人，就算他逃到我的祭壇那裡，也要把他拉出來處死。 15 毆打父母的，必須被處死。 16 綁架他人販賣或自用的，必須被處死。 17 咒罵父母的，必須被處死。 18 倘若鬥毆時一方用拳頭或石塊致另一方受傷、躺臥在床，但不至於死， 19 日後能起床扶著拐杖走路，傷人者便不算有罪，但要賠償受傷者停工期間的損失，並要負責醫好他。
20 「倘若有人用棍子打他的僕婢，導致他們當場死亡，他必須受懲罰。 21 倘若傷者過了一兩天才死去，主人就可免刑，因為死者是他的財產。 22 倘若有人彼此鬥毆，傷了孕婦，導致早產，但未造成其他傷害，傷人者要按她丈夫所要求的金額，經審判官判定以後，如數賠償。 23 倘若孕婦身體其他部位也受了傷，傷人者就要以命償命， 24 以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳， 25 以燒傷還燒傷，以創傷還創傷，以毆打還毆打。
26 「主人若打壞僕婢的一隻眼睛，就要因僕婢眼睛受傷而使僕婢得自由。 27 同樣，倘若他打掉了僕婢的一顆牙齒，也要因此而釋放他。
28 「倘若有牛牴死了人，要用石頭打死那頭牛，並且不可吃牠的肉，牛的主人可算無罪。 29 但倘若牛常常用角傷人，並且已經有人向牛的主人投訴，他卻不拴好牛，以致牛牴死了人，就要用石塊打死牛，並處死主人。 30 若判他以罰款抵命，不論金額多少，他都得照付。 31 牛若牴死了別人的兒女，也要照以上的條例辦理。 32 牛若牴死了別人的僕婢，牛的主人要賠三百三十克銀子[a]給那僕婢的主人，並要用石頭打死牛。 33 倘若有人打開井蓋或挖了井後不把井口蓋好，以致有牛或驢掉進井裡， 34 井的主人就要賠償牲畜的主人，死牲畜則歸井的主人。 35 倘若某人的牛牴死了別人的牛，兩家的主人就要賣掉活牛，平分所得，同時也要平分那頭死掉的牛。 36 倘若素知牛好牴，主人卻沒有拴好牠，他就要以牛還牛，死牛則歸他。
Footnotes
- 21·32 三百三十克銀子約是當時一個奴僕的身價。
Exodus 21
Living Bible
21 “Here are other laws you must obey:
2 “If you buy a Hebrew slave,[a] he shall serve only six years and be freed in the seventh year, and need pay nothing to regain his freedom.
3 “If he sold himself as a slave before he married, then if he married afterwards, only he shall be freed; but if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife shall be freed with him at the same time. 4 But if his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they have sons or daughters, the wife and children shall still belong to the master, and he shall go out by himself free.
5 “But if the man shall plainly declare, ‘I prefer my master, my wife, and my children, and I would rather not go free,’ 6 then his master shall bring him before the judges and shall publicly bore his ear with an awl, and after that he will be a slave forever.
7 “If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. 8 If she does not please the man who bought her, then he shall let her be bought back again; but he has no power to sell her to foreigners, since he has wronged her by no longer wanting her after marrying her. 9 And if he arranges an engagement between a Hebrew slave girl and his son, then he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but must treat her as a daughter. 10 If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing, or fail to sleep with her as his wife. 11 If he fails in any of these three things, then she may leave freely without any payment.
12 “Anyone who hits a man so hard that he dies shall surely be put to death. 13 But if it is accidental—an act of God—and not intentional, then I will appoint a place where he can run and get protection. 14 However, if a man deliberately attacks another, intending to kill him, drag him even from my altar, and kill him.
15 “Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.
16 “A kidnapper must be killed, whether he is caught in possession of his victim or has already sold him as a slave.
17 “Anyone who reviles or curses his mother or father shall surely be put to death.
18 “If two men are fighting, and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist and injures him so that he must be confined to bed, but doesn’t die, 19 if later he is able to walk again, even with a limp,[b] the man who hit him will be innocent except that he must pay for the loss of his time until he is thoroughly healed, and pay any medical expenses.
20 “If a man beats his slave to death—whether the slave is male or female—that man shall surely be punished. 21 However, if the slave does not die for a couple of days, then the man shall not be punished—for the slave is his property.
22 “If two men are fighting, and in the process hurt a pregnant woman so that she has a miscarriage, but she lives, then the man who injured her shall be fined whatever amount the woman’s husband shall demand, and as the judges approve. 23 But if any harm comes to the woman and she dies, he shall be executed.
24 “If her eye is injured, injure his; if her tooth is knocked out, knock out his; and so on—hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, lash for lash.
26 “If a man hits his slave in the eye, whether man or woman, and the eye is blinded, then the slave shall go free because of his eye. 27 And if a master knocks out his slave’s tooth, he shall let him go free to pay for the tooth.
28 “If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox shall be stoned and its flesh not eaten, but the owner shall not be held— 29 unless the ox was known to gore people in the past, and the owner had been notified and still the ox was not kept under control; in that case, if it kills someone, the ox shall be stoned and the owner also shall be killed. 30 But the dead man’s relatives may accept a fine instead, if they wish. The judges will determine the amount.[c]
31 “The same law holds if the ox gores a boy or a girl. 32 But if the ox gores a slave, whether male or female, the slave’s master shall be given thirty pieces of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 “If a man digs a well and doesn’t cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the owner of the well shall pay full damages to the owner of the animal, and the dead animal shall belong to him.
35 “If a man’s ox injures another, and it dies, then the two owners shall sell the live ox and divide the price between them—and each shall also own half of the dead ox. 36 But if the ox was known from past experience to gore, and its owner has not kept it under control, then there will not be a division of the income; but the owner of the living ox shall pay in full for the dead ox, and the dead one shall be his.
Footnotes
- Exodus 21:2 If you buy a Hebrew slave, that is, “If he owes you money and defaults in the payment, and thus becomes your slave.”
- Exodus 21:19 if later he is able to walk again, even with a limp, literally, “if he walks abroad with his staff.”
- Exodus 21:30 Literally, v. 30 reads: “But if a ransom is laid upon him, he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.”
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
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