出埃及记 21
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
奴婢的条例(A)
21 “你在百姓面前所要立的典章是这样：
2 “你若买希伯来人作奴仆，他服事你六年，第七年他可以自由，白白地离去。 3 他若单身来就可以单身去；他若是有妻子的，他的妻子可以同他离去。 4 若他主人给他娶了妻，妻子为他生了儿子或女儿，妻子和儿女要归主人，他要独自离去。 5 倘若奴仆声明：‘我爱我的主人和我的妻子儿女，不愿意自由离去。’ 6 他的主人就要带他到审判官[a]前，再带他到门或门框那里，用锥子穿他的耳朵，他就要永远服事主人。
7 “人若卖女儿作婢女，婢女不可像男的奴仆那样离去。 8 主人若选定她归自己，后来看不顺眼，就要允许她赎身；主人既然对她失信，就没有权柄把她卖给外邦人。 9 主人若选定她给自己的儿子，就当照女儿的规矩对待她。 10 若另娶一个，她的饮食、衣服和房事不可减少。 11 若不向她行这三样，她就可以白白离去，不必付赎金。”
惩罚暴行的条例
12 “打人致死的，必被处死。 13 他若不是出于预谋[b]，而是 神交在他手中，我就设立一个地方，让他可以逃到那里。 14 人若蓄意用诡计杀了他的邻舍，就是逃到我的坛那里，也当把他捉去处死。
15 “打父母的，必被处死。
16 “诱拐人口的，无论是把人卖了，或是扣留在他手中，必被处死。
17 “咒骂父母的，必被处死。
18 “人若彼此争吵，一个用石头或拳头打另一个，被打的人没有死去，却要躺卧在床， 19 若他还能起来扶杖行走，那打他的可免处刑，却要赔偿他不能工作的损失，并要把他完全医好。
20 “人若用棍子打奴仆或婢女，当场死在他的手下，他必受报应。 21 若能撑过一两天，主人就不必受惩罚，因为那是他的财产。
22 “人若彼此打斗，伤害有孕的妇人，以致胎儿掉了出来，随后却无别的伤害，那伤害她的人，总要按妇人的丈夫所提出的，照审判官所裁定的赔偿。 23 若有别的伤害，就要以命抵命， 24 以眼还眼，以牙还牙，以手还手，以脚还脚， 25 以灼伤还灼伤，以损伤还损伤，以鞭打还鞭打。
26 “人若打奴仆或婢女的眼睛，毁了一只，就要因他的眼让他自由离去。 27 若打掉了奴仆或婢女的一颗牙，就要因他的牙让他自由离去。”
物主的责任
28 “牛若抵死男人或女人，总要用石头打死那牛，却不可吃它的肉；牛的主人可免处刑。 29 倘若那牛向来是抵人的，牛的主人虽然受过警告，仍不把它拴好，以致把男人或女人抵死，牛要用石头打死，主人也要被处死。 30 若罚他付赎命的赔款，他就要照所罚的数目赎他的命。 31 牛若抵了男孩或女孩，也要照这条例处理。 32 牛若抵了奴仆或婢女，就要把三十舍客勒银子给奴仆的主人，牛要用石头打死。
33 “人若敞开井口，或挖井不盖住它，有牛或驴掉进井里， 34 井的主人要拿钱赔偿牲畜的主人，死牲畜要归自己。
35 “人的牛若抵死邻舍的牛，他们就要卖了那活牛，平分价钱；也要平分死牛。 36 若这牛向来是以好抵人出名的，主人竟不把牛拴好，他必要以牛赔牛，死牛却归自己。”
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.
Exodus 21
English Standard Version
Laws About Slaves
21 “Now these are the (A)rules that you shall set before them. 2 (B)When you buy a Hebrew slave,[a] he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. 3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone. 5 But (C)if the slave 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 (D)God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.
7 “When a man (E)sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. 8 If she does not please her master, who has designated her[b] for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her. 9 If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter. 10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or (F)her marital rights. 11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
12 (G)“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. 13 (H)But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then (I)I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14 But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, (J)you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
15 “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
16 (K)“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found (L)in possession of him, shall be put to death.
17 (M)“Whoever curses[c] his father or his mother shall be put to death.
18 “When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed, 19 then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.
20 “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. 21 But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the (N)slave is his money.
22 “When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and (O)he shall pay as the (P)judges determine. 23 But if there is harm,[d] then you shall pay (Q)life for life, 24 (R)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 “When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye. 27 If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free because of his tooth.
28 “When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the (S)ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable. 29 But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. 30 If (T)a ransom is imposed on him, then (U)he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him. 31 If it gores a man's son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule. 32 If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master (V)thirty shekels[e] of silver, and (W)the ox shall be stoned.
Laws About Restitution
33 “When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.
35 “When one man's ox butts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and share its price, and the dead beast also they shall share. 36 Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.
Footnotes
- Exodus 21:2 Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles; also verses 5, 6, 7, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32 (see Preface)
- Exodus 21:8 Or so that he has not designated her
- Exodus 21:17 Or dishonors; Septuagint reviles
- Exodus 21:23 Or so that her children come out and it is clear who was to blame, he shall be fined as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he alone shall pay. 23 If it is unclear who was to blame
- Exodus 21:32 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
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