1 ULB የምትመሠርታቸው ድንጋጌዎች እነዚህ ናቸው፦ BSB BSB: “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
3 ULB ከመጣ፣ ብቻውን ነጻ ይውጣ፤ ሚስት ያገባ ከሆነ፣ ሚስቱም ዐብራው ነጻ ትውጣ። BSB BSB: If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
4 ULB ጌታው ሚስት አጋብቶት ከሆነና እርሷም ወንዶች ወይም ሴቶች ልጆችን ከወለደችለት፣ ሚስቲቱና ልጆቿ የጌታዋ ይሆናሉ፤ ባልዮው ግን ብቻውን በነጻ ይሂድ። BSB BSB: If 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 ULB ግን አገልጋይ፣ “ጌታዬን፣ ሚስቴንና ልጆቼን እወድዳለሁ፤ ነጻ ወጥቼ አልሄድም” ቢል፣ BSB BSB: But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
6 ULB ውደ ዳኞች ይውስደው፥ ወደ በሩ ወይም ወደ መቃኑ ወስዶም ጆሮውን በወስፌ ይብሳው፤ ከዚያም አገልጋይ ጌታውን ለዘለዓለም ያገለግለዋል። BSB BSB: then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
7 ULB ሰው ሴቶ ልጁን በአገልጋይነት ቢሸጣት፣ እንደ ወንዶቹ አገልጋዮች በነጻ መሄድ የለባትም። BSB BSB: And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
8 ULB ለራሱ የመረጣትን ጌታዋን ደስ ባታሰኝ፣ በዎጆ ይልቀቃት። ለባዕዳን እንዲሸጣት መብት የለውም፤ ምክንያቱም አታልሎአታል። BSB BSB: If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
9 ULB ለልጁ አያያዝ ያድርግለት። BSB BSB: And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
10 ULB ሌላ ሚስት ቢያጋባውም፣ የመጀመሪያዋን ሚስቱን ምግብ፥ ልብስ፣ ወይም ቊሳዊ መብት ማጕደል የለበትም። BSB BSB: If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
11 ULB ነገር ግን እነዚህን ሦስት ነገሮች የማይሰጣት ቢሆን፣ ያለ ምንም የገንዘብ ክፍያ በነጻ መሄድ ትችላለች። BSB BSB: If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
12 ULB ሰው ሰውን ቢደበድብና ቢገድል፣ ሊሞት ይገባዋል። BSB BSB: Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
13 ULB ሰውየው ዐስቦ ሳይሆን ድንገት አድርጎት ከሆነ፣ የሚሸሽበት ስፍራ አዘጋጃለሁ። BSB BSB: If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
14 ULB አንድ ሰው ባልንጀራውን ሆነ ብሎ በተንኮል ቢያጠቃውና ቢገድለው፣ ከእግዚአብሔር መሠዊያም እንኳ ተወስዶ ይገደል። BSB BSB: But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
15 ULB ወይም እናቱን የሚመጣ ይገደል። BSB BSB: Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
17 ULB ወይም እናቱን የሚሳደብ ይገደል። BSB BSB: Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
18 ULB ቢጣሉና እንደኛው ሌላውን በድንጋይ ወይም በቡጢ ቢመታው፣ የተመታው ሰውም ባይሞትና ዐልጋው ላይ ቢቀር፤ BSB BSB: If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
19 ULB በኋላም ቢያገግምና በትሩን ተደግፎ በአካባቢው መንቀሳቀስ ቢችል፣ ለባከነበት ጊዜ የመታው ሰውን ይክፈል፤ ያገገመበትንም በሙሉ ይክፈል። ነገር ግን ያ ሰው የነፍስ ተጠያቂ አይደለም። BSB BSB: then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
20 ULB አንድ ሰው ወንድ ወይም የሴት አገልጋዩን በበትር ሲመታና አገልጋዩም ከድብደባው የተነሣ ቢሞት፥ ያ ሰው መቀጣት አለበት። BSB BSB: If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
21 ULB ነገር ግን አገልጋዩ አንድ ወይም ሁለት ቀን በሕይወት ቢቆይ፣ ጌታው መቀጣት የለበትም፤ አገልጋዩ የግል ንብረቱ ነውና። BSB BSB: However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
22 ULB ሰዎች ቢጣሉና ነፍሰ ጡር ሴት ቢጎዱ፣ እርሷም ብትጨነግፍ፣ ሆኖም ሌላ ጉዳት ባይደርስባት፣ በደለኛው ሰውዬ የሴትዮዋ ባል የሚጠብቅበትንና ዳኞቹ የሚወስኑትን መክፈል አለበት። BSB BSB: If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
24 ULB ዐይንን ለዐይን፣ ጥርስን ለጥርስ፣ እጅን ለእጅ፣ እግርን ለእግር፣ BSB BSB: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 ULB ቃጠሎን ለቃተሎ፣ ቊስልን ለቊስል፣ ወይም ግርፋትን ለግርፋት በቅጣት ታስከፍላለህ። BSB BSB: burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
27 ULB የወንድ ወይም የሴት አገልጋዩን ጥርስ ቢያወልቅ፣ አገልጋዩን ለጥርሱ ካሣ ነጻ ሆኖ እንዲሄድ ማድረግ አለበት። BSB BSB: And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
28 ULB በሬ አንድን ሰው ወይም ሴት ቢወጋና የሞት አደጋ ቢያደርስ፣ በሬው በድንጋይ ይወገር፣ ሥጋውም አይበላ፤ የበሬው ባለቤት ግን ከተጠያቂነት ነጻ ይሁን። BSB BSB: If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
29 ULB ግን በሬው የመዋጋት ልማድ ከቀድሞ ጀምሮ ካለበትና ባለቤቱ ማስጠንቀቂያ ተሰጥቶት በሬውን ሳይጠብቀው ቀርቶ፣ በሬው አንድ ወንድ ወይም ሴት ወግቶ ቢገድል፣ ያ በሬ በድንጋይ ይወገር፤ ባለቤቱም በሞት ይቀጣ። BSB BSB: But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
30 ULB ለሕይወቱ ካሣ እንዲከፍል ካስፈለገ፣ የተጠየቀውን ይክፈል። BSB BSB: If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
31 ULB በሬው የአንድን ሰው ወንድ ወይም ሴት ልጅ ቢወጋ፣ የበሬው ባለቤት ይህ ሕግ የሚጠብቅበትን ያድርግ። BSB BSB: If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
32 ULB ወንድ ወይም ሴት አገልጋይን ቢወጋ፣ የበሬው ባለቤት ሠላሳ የብር ሰቅል ለአገልጋዩ ጌታ መክፈልና በሬውም በድንጋይ መወገር አለበት። BSB BSB: If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
33 ULB ሰው ጕድጓድ ቢከፍት ወይም ቢቆፍርና ሳይደፍነው ቀርቶ በሬ ወይም አህያ ቢገባበት፣ BSB BSB: If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
34 ULB ባለቤት ለጠፋው መክፈል ይኖርበታል። ለሞተው እንስሳ ባለቤት ገንዘብ መክፈል አለበት፤ የሞተው እንስሳም የእርሱ ይሆናል። BSB BSB: the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
35 ULB የአንድ ሰው በሬ የሌላ ሰውን በሬ ቢወጋና ቢሞት፣ የበሬዎቹ ባለቤቶች በሕይወት ያለውን በሬ ሽጠው የተሸጠበትንና የሞተውንም በሬ ይካፈሉ። BSB BSB: If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
36 ULB ነገር ግን በሬው ከቀድሞ ጀምሮ የመውጋት ልማድ ያለበት መሆኑ ከታወቀና ባለቤቱም ያልጠበቀው ከሆነ፣ በበሬው ፈንታ በሬውን መክፈል አለበት፤ የሞተው እንስሳም የእርሱ ይሆናል። BSB BSB: But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.