出埃及记 21
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
僕婢的條例(A)
21 “你要在眾民面前訂立的典章是這樣的。 2 如果你買希伯來人作奴僕，他要服事你六年；到第七年他可以自由出去，不必補償甚麼。 3 他若是單身來，就可以單身出去；他若是有婦之夫，他的妻子就可以和他同去。 4 他的主人若是給他妻子，妻子又給他生了兒女，那麼妻子和兒女都要歸給主人，他自己要單獨出去。 5 如果那奴僕明明說：‘我愛我的主人和我的妻子兒女，不願意自由出去。’ 6 他的主人就要把他帶到審判官（“審判官”原文作“ 神”）那裡，又要把他帶到門前，或是門柱旁；他的主人要用錐子刺穿他的耳朵，他就要永遠服事他的主人。 7 如果有人把女兒賣作婢女，婢女不可像男僕那樣出去。 8 如果主人選定她歸自己，以後又不喜歡她，就要准她贖身；主人沒有權力可以把她賣給外族人，因為主人曾經欺騙了她。 9 如果主人選定她歸自己的兒子，就必須照著待女兒的規矩待她。 10 如果他另娶一個妻子，那麼，對她的飲食、衣著和性的需要，仍然不可減少。 11 如果他不向她行這三樣，她就可以自由出去，不必補償甚麼。
懲罰殺人者或傷人者的條例
12 “打人以致把人打死的，必要把那人處死。 13 人若不是蓄意殺人，而是 神交在他手中的，我就給你設立一個地方，他可以逃到那裡去。 14 若有人任意待他的鄰舍，用詭計把他殺了，你要把他從我的祭壇那裡拿去處死。
15 “打父母的，必要把那人處死。
16 “拐帶人口的，無論是把人賣了，或是還留在他手中，必要把那人處死。 17 咒罵父母的，必要把那人處死。
18 “如果人彼此爭論，一個用石頭或拳頭打另一個，但他還沒有死，不過要躺在床上， 19 以後，他若是能起來，能扶杖出外行走，那打他的就可算無罪，但要賠償他停工的損失，並且要把他完全醫好。
20 “如果有人用棍打他的奴僕或婢女，以致死在他的手下，他必須受刑罰； 21 但如果他還活一兩天，那人就不必受刑罰，因為那奴僕是他的財產。
22 “如果人彼此爭鬥，擊傷了懷孕的婦人，以致流產，但沒有別的損害，那傷害她的必須按照婦人的丈夫要求的，和照著審判官斷定的，繳納罰款。 23 如果有別的損害，你就要以命償命， 24 以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳， 25 以烙還烙，以傷還傷，以打還打。
26 “如果有人擊打他奴僕的一隻眼，或婢女的一隻眼，把眼打壞了，就要因他的眼的緣故讓他自由離去。 27 如果有人打落了他奴僕的一顆牙，或婢女的一顆牙，就要因他的牙的緣故讓他自由離去。
牲畜傷人的賠償條例
28 “如果牛觸了男人或女人，以致死亡，那牛必須用石頭打死，只是不可吃牛的肉；牛的主人卻不必受刑罰。 29 如果那牛以前常常觸人，牛主也曾經受過警告，他仍然不把牛拴好，以致觸死了男人或是女人，就要用石頭把那牛打死，牛主也必要處死。 30 如果給他提出贖金，他就必須照著提出的數量全數繳付贖命金。 31 牛無論觸了人的兒子，或是觸了人的女兒，都必須照著這定例辦理。 32 如果牛觸了人的奴僕，或是婢女，必須把三百四十克銀子給他的主人，那牛也必須用石頭打死。
傷害牲畜的賠償條例
33 “如果有人把井敞開，或是有人挖了井，而不把井口遮蓋，以致有牛或驢掉進裡面， 34 井主要賠償，要把銀子還給牛主或驢主，死的牲畜可以歸自己。
35 “如果有人的牛傷了他鄰舍的牛，以致死亡，他們要把活牛賣了，平分銀子，也要平分死牛。 36 如果人知道那牛以前常常觸人，牛主竟不把牛拴好，他必須賠償，以牛還牛，死的可以歸自己。”
Exodus 21
New King James Version
The Law Concerning Servants(A)
21 “Now these are the [a]judgments which you shall (B)set before them: 2 (C)If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing. 3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. 5 (D)But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ 6 then his master shall bring him to the (E)judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
7 “And if a man (F)sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. 8 If she [b]does not please her master, who has betrothed 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. 9 And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. 10 If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, (G)and her marriage rights. 11 And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.
The Law Concerning Violence
12 (H)“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. 13 However, (I)if he did not lie in wait, but God (J)delivered him into his hand, then (K)I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
14 “But if a man acts with (L)premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, (M)you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.
15 “And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
16 (N)“He who kidnaps a man and (O)sells him, or if he is (P)found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
17 “And (Q)he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
18 “If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed, 19 if he rises again and walks about outside (R)with his staff, then he who struck him shall be [c]acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.
20 “And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his (S)property.
22 “If men [d]fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that [e]she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall (T)pay as the judges determine. 23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, 24 (U)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye. 27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
Animal Control Laws
28 “If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then (V)the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be [f]acquitted. 29 But if the ox [g]tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay (W)to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him. 31 Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. 32 If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master (X)thirty shekels of silver, and the (Y)ox shall be stoned.
33 “And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it, 34 the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.
35 “If one man’s ox hurts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide. 36 Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.
Footnotes
- Exodus 21:1 ordinances
- Exodus 21:8 Lit. is evil in the eyes of
- Exodus 21:19 exempt from punishment
- Exodus 21:22 struggle
- Exodus 21:22 Lit. her children come out
- Exodus 21:28 exempt from punishment
- Exodus 21:29 was inclined
Exodus 21
King James Version
21 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 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.
5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
6 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.
7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
8 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.
9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13 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.
14 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.
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19 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.
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
22 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.
23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 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.
27 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.
28 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.
29 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.
30 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.
31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 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.
33 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;
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35 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.
36 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.
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