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Exodus 21
21
Exodus
The covenant at Sinai
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Berean Standard Bible
1
GMVE
«ኔኒ ኢስራኤሌ ናይታስ ኢማና ዎጋይ ሃይሳ።
BSB
BSB:
“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
2
GMVE
ኔኒ ኢስራኤሌ ናይታ ጋርሳፌ ኣይሌ ሻሚኮ ኢዚ ኔስ ኡሱፑን ላይꬅ ኦꬆ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ላፑንꬃ ላይꬃን ኢዚ ኣይኮካ ቃንጾንታ ኣይሌቴꬃፌ ጮ ሜላ ዬዴቶ።
BSB
BSB:
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
3
GMVE
ኢዚ ባርካ ዪዳ ጊዲኮ ባርካ ቦ፤ ባ ማቼይራ ዪዳ ጊዲኮ ኢዛ ማቼያካ ኢዛራ ቡ።
BSB
BSB:
If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
4
GMVE
ኢዛ ጎዳይ ኢዛስ ማቾ ኤኪዳ ጊዲኮ ማቼያ ኢዛስ ኣዴ ናይታ ዎይኮ ማጫ ናይታ ዬሊዳ ጊዲኮ፥ ሄ ማጫሳያኔ ኢዚ ናይቲ ኢዛ ጎዳስ ኣቲኮ ኢዚ ባርካ ኬዚ ቦ።
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
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ሄ ኣይሌይ፥ ‹ታኒ ታ ጎዳ፥ ታ ማቺዮኔ ታ ናይታ ሲቃይስ፤ ታኒ ኣይሌቴꬃፌ ኬዚኬ› ጊኮ፥
BSB
BSB:
But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
6
GMVE
ኢዛ ጎዳይ ኢዛ ፒርዲዛ ኣሳ ሲንꬅ ኣꬆ፤ ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ኬꬃ ፔንጌ ዎይኮ ፔንጌ ቆሲላꬃኮ ኢዛ ኤፊዲ ኢዛ ሃይꬅ ጎንꬃን ሉኮ። ሂስቲኮ ኢዚ ባ ዴኦ ላይꬅ ኡባን ኢዛስ ኣይሌ ጊዳና።
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
GMVE
«ኣሲ ባ ማጫ ናዮ ኣይሌቴꬃስ ባይዚኮ ኣዴ ኣይሌቲ ኣይሌቴꬃፌ ኬዚዛ ማላ ኢዛ ኬዙፑ።
BSB
BSB:
And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
8
GMVE
ኢዛ ባና ዶሪዲ ኤፊዳ ጎዳ ኡፋይሶንታ ኢጺኮ ኢዚ ጎዳይ ኢዞ ዎዚሳናስ ኮሼስ። ኢዚ ኢዚስ ኣማኔቶንታ ኣጊዳ ጊሻስ ኢዞ ኣላጋስ ባይዛና ቤሴና።
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
GMVE
ኢዚ ኢዞ ባ ናስ ኤካናስ ኮይኮ ባ ማጫ ናስ ኦꬂዛ ማላ ኢዚስ ቤሲዛይሳ ኦꬆ።
BSB
BSB:
And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
10
GMVE
ኢዚ ባስ ሃራ ማቾ ኤኪኮ ኮይሮ ማቼይስ ቁማ ዎይኮ ማይኦ ፓጪሶፖ፤ ቃሴ ኢዚራ ኣቆ ኣጎፎ።
BSB
BSB:
If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
11
GMVE
ኢዚ ሃይታ ሄꬓታ ኢዚስ ኢሞንታ ኢጺኮ ኣይኮ ሚሼይካ ቃንጼቶንታ ኣይሌቴꬃፌ ኬዛዳ ቡ።
BSB
BSB:
If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
12
GMVE
«ኣስ ዎꬊዳ ኣሲ ሃይቃናስ ቤሴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
13
GMVE
ጾሳ ሼኔ ጊዲ ኡቲን ቆፖንታ ዲሼ ኣስ ዎꬊዳዴይ ታኒ ጊግሲዳሶ ቤቴ ቦ።
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
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ኣስ ዎꬋና ቆፒዲ ኤሪሼ ሃራ ኣስ ዎꬊኮ ሄሳዴይ ኣታናስ ጊዲ ሄ ታ ጊግሲዳ ታስ ያርሾ ሺሺዛሶ ዪኮ ያርሺዛሶሆዛፔ ሃራሶ ኤፋዳ ዎꬋ።
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
GMVE
«ባ ኣዋ ዎይኮ ባ ኣዮ ዋꬊዛ ኣሲ ኦኒካ ሃይቆ።
BSB
BSB:
Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
16
GMVE
«ኣሳ ዎልቃን ኦይኪዲ ባይዚዛዴይ ዎይኮ ዎልቃን ኦይኪን ኣሲ ኢዛ ኩሼን ቤቲዳዴይ ሃይቃናስ ቤሴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
17
GMVE
«ባ ኣዋ ዎይኮ ባ ኣዮ ጫዪዛዴይ ሃይቆ።
BSB
BSB:
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
18
GMVE
«ናምኡ ኣሳቲ ባ ጋርሳን ኦዬቲኮ፥ ኢሶይ ኢሳ ሹቻራ ጫዲኮ ዎይኮ ኩሼራ ኢጪኮ ሄ ቆሄቲዳዴዚ ሃይቆንታ ሃርጊዲ ሂጻን ኢቺኮ፥
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
GMVE
ሄሳፌ ዴንዲዲ ጉፌራ ካሬ ጊዶን ሄሜቲኮ፥ ሄ ቆሂዳይሲ ቃጻዬቶንታ ኣቴስ፤ ጊዲኮካ ኢዚ ኢዛ ኦሶ ቴቂዳ ጊሻስ ሚሼ ቃንጻናሲኔ ኢዚ ፓጻና ጋካናስ ኢዛ ጼላናስ ኮሼስ።
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
GMVE
«ኣሲ ባ ኣቱማ ኣይሌ ዎይኮ ማጫ ኣይሌዮ ጉፌን ሾጪኮ ሄ ሾቻ ጌዶን ሄራካ ኢዛ ኩሼን ሃይቂኮ ሾጪዳይሲ ቃጻዬታናስ ቤሴስ።
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
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ሄ ቆሄቲዳይሲ ኢሲ ጋላስ ዎይኮ ናምኡ ጋላስ ጋካናስ ሃይቆንታ ኣጊኮ ሄ ኣይሌዚ ኢዛ ሚሽ ጊዲዳ ጊሻስ ኢዚ ቃጻዬቴና።
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
GMVE
«ናምኡ ኣሳቲ ባ ጋርሳን ኢሶይ ኢሳራ ኦዬቲሼ ቃንꬃራ ዲዛ ማጫሳዮ ቦሻስ ጋꬂኮ፥ ሄሳፌ ሃራ ኢታ ሚሽ ኢዚ ቦላ ጋꬆንታ ኣጊኮ፥ ኢዚ ቦላ ቆሆ ጋꬂዳዴይ ሄ ማጫሳይ ኣዚናይ ኦይቺዳይሳ ዳናቲ ፒርዲኮ ኣይ ሚሼካ ቃንጾ።
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.
23
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢዚስ ቦሻይ ዳሪኮ ሼምፖ ጊሻስ ሼምፖ፥
BSB
BSB:
But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
24
GMVE
ኣይፌ ጊሻስ ኣይፌ፥ ኣቻ ጊሻስ ኣቻ፥ ኩሼ ጊሻስ ኩሼ፥ ቶሆ ጊሻስ ቶሆ፥
BSB
BSB:
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25
GMVE
ጹሳ ጊሻስ ጹስ፥ ማዱንꬃ ጊሻስ ማዱንꬅ፥ ቆኦ ጊሻስ ቆኦ ኤካናስ ቤሴስ።
BSB
BSB:
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
26
GMVE
«ኢሲ ኣሲ ኣቱማ ዎይኮ ማጫ ኣይሌ ኣይፌ ሾጪ ቶይሲኮ ሄ ኣይፌዛ ጊሻስ ኣይሌቴꬃፌ ኬሲ ዬዶ።
BSB
BSB:
If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
27
GMVE
ሄሳꬆካ ባ ኣይሌይ ዎይኮ ባ ኣይሌዛ ኣች ሜንꬂኮ ሄ ኣቻ ጊሻስ ኣይሌቴꬃፌ ኬሲ ዬዶ።
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
GMVE
«ቦራይ ማጫስ ዎይኮ ኣቱማስ ኢጪ ዎꬊኮ፥ ሄ ቦራይ ሹቻን ጫዴቲ ሃይቆ፤ ኢዛ ኣሾይ ሜቴቶፎ። ጊዶ ኣቲን ቦራ ጎዳይ ቃጻዬቶፎ።
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
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ቦራይ ካሴካ ኢጪዛ ቦራ ጊዲኮ፥ ኣሳይ ቦራዛ ጎዳስ ዮቲዲሺን ቦራ ጎዳይ ቦራ ቃቾንታ ኣጊኮ፥ ቦራይ ኣዴ ዎይኮ ማጫ ኣስ ዎꬊኮ ሄ ቦራይ ሹቻን ጫዴቲ ሃይቆ፤ ቃሴ ቦራዛ ጎዳይካ ሃይቆ።
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
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢዚ ጪጎ ቃንጻና ማላ ኦይሼቲኮ ኢስቲ ኦይቺዳይሳ ኣይ ጊዲኮካ ቃንጺዲ ባ ሼምፖ ዎዞ።
BSB
BSB:
If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
31
GMVE
ቦራይ ኣቱማ ና ዎይኮ ማጫ ና ኢጪ ዎꬊኮ ፒርዳይ ኢሲ ማላ ጊዶ።
BSB
BSB:
If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
32
GMVE
ቦራይ ኣቱማ ኣይሌ ዎይኮ ማጫ ኣይሌዮ ኢጪ ዎꬊኮ ቦራ ጎዳይ ኣይሌዛ ጎዳስ ሄꬑ ታሙ ቢራ ጪጎ፤ ቦራይካ ሹቻን ጫዴቲዲ ሃይቆ።
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
GMVE
«ኢሲ ኣሲ ኦላ ካማ ቃሪኮ ዎይኮ ኦላ ቦኪዲ ካሞንታ ኣጊኮ፥ ቦራይ ዎይኮ ሃሬይ ሄ ኦላን ዉሊኮ፥
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
GMVE
ሄ ኦላዛ ጎዳይ ሜሄዛ ዋጋ ቃንጾ። ኢዚ ሜሄዛ ጎዳስ ዋጋ ቃንጺዲ ሃይቄꬃ ባስ ኤኮ።
BSB
BSB:
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
35
GMVE
«ኢሲ ኣሳ ቦራይ ሃራ ኣሳ ቦራ ኢጪ ዎꬊኮ፥ ኢጪ ዎꬊዳ ፓጻ ቦራ ባይዚዲ ኢዛ ሚሻኔ ሃይቂዳ ቦራዛ ኣሾዛ ጊዶን ጊና ሻኪ ኤኬቶ።
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
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ሄ ቦራይ ኢጪዛ ቦራ ጊዲዳይሲ ካሴቲ ኤሬቲሺን፥ ኢዛ ጎዳይ ኢዛ ቃቾንታ ኣጊኮ፥ ኢዛ ጎዳይ ቦራ ጊሻስ ቦራ ቃንጺዲ ሄ ሃይቂዳይሳ ባስ ኤኮ።
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.
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