Exodus · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Exodus 21 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 “Estos son los reglamentos que debe presentarles:
1 “Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them:
2 “Si compran un esclavo hebreo, debe trabajar para ustedes durante seis años. Pero en el séptimo año, debe ser liberado sin tener que pagar nada.
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
3 Si era soltero cuando llegó, debe irse soltero. Si tenía una esposa cuando llegó, ella debe irse con él.
3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 Si su amo le da una esposa y ella tiene hijos con él, la mujer y sus hijos pertenecerán a su amo, y sólo el hombre será liberado.
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 by himself.
5 “Sin embargo, si el esclavo declara formalmente: ‘Amo a mi señor, a mi esposa y a mis hijos; no quiero ser liberado’
5 But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’
6 entonces su señor lo llevará ante los jueces. Luego lo pondrá de pie contra la puerta o el poste de la puerta y usará una herramienta de metal para hacerle un agujero en la oreja. Entonces trabajará para su amo de por vida.
6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
7 “Si un hombre vende a su hija como esclava, no será liberada de la misma manera que los esclavos.
7 “If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
8 Si el hombre que la eligió para sí no está satisfecho con ella, debe dejar que sea comprada de nuevo. No podrá venderla a los extranjeros, ya que ha sido injusto con ella.
8 If she doesn’t please her master, who has married 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 Si decide dársela a su hijo, debe tratarla como a una hija.
9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.
10 Si toma a otra mujer, no debe reducir los subsidios de comida y ropa, ni los derechos maritales de la primera.
10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
11 Si no le da estas tres cosas, ella es libre de irse sin pagar nada.
11 If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
12 “Todo aquel que golpee y mate a otra persona debe ser ejecutado.
12 “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
13 Sin embargo, si no fue intencional y Dios permitió que sucediera, entonces arreglaré un lugar para ustedes donde puedan correr y estar seguros.
13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
14 Pero si alguien planea deliberadamente y mata a propósito a otro, debe alejarlo de mi altar y ejecutarlo.
14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
15 “Cualquiera que golpee a su padre o madre debe ser ejecutado.
15 “Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
16 Cualquiera que secuestre a alguien más debe ser ejecutado, ya sea que la víctima sea vendida o que aún esté en su posesión.
16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 “Cualquiera que desprecie a su padre o a su madre debe ser ejecutado.
17 “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
18 “Si los hombres están peleando y uno golpea al otro con una piedra o con el puño, y el hombre herido no muere pero tiene que permanecer en cama,
18 “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;
19 y luego se levanta y camina afuera con su bastón, entonces el que lo golpeó no será castigado. Aún así, debe compensar al hombre por el tiempo perdido de su trabajo y asegurarse de que esté completamente curado.
19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
20 “Cualquiera que golpee a su esclavo o esclava con una vara, y el esclavo muera como resultado, debe ser castigado.
20 “If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
21 Sin embargo, si después de un día o dos el esclavo mejora, el dueño no será castigado porque el esclavo es de su propiedad.
21 Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.
22 “Si los hombres que están peleando golpean a una mujer embarazada para que dé a luz prematuramente, pero no se produce ninguna lesión grave, debe ser multado con la cantidad que el marido de la mujer demande y según lo permitan los jueces.
22 “If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.
23 Pero si se produce una lesión grave, entonces debe pagar una vida por otra vida;
23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
24 ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida y moretón por moretón.
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
26 “El que golpee a su esclavo o esclava en el ojo y lo ciegue, debe liberar al esclavo como compensación por el ojo.
26 “If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
27 El que golpee el diente de su esclavo o esclava debe liberar al esclavo como compensación por el diente.
27 If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
28 “Si un buey usa sus cuernos para matar a un hombre o una mujer, el buey debe ser apedreado hasta morir, y su carne no debe ser comida. Pero el dueño del buey no será castigado.
28 “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
29 Pero si el buey ha herido repetidamente a la gente con sus cuernos, y su dueño ha sido advertido pero aún no lo tiene bajo control, y mata a un hombre o una mujer, entonces el buey debe ser apedreado hasta morir y su dueño también debe ser ejecutado.
29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
30 Pero si en lugar de ello se exige el pago de una indemnización, el propietario puede compensar su vida pagando la totalidad de la indemnización exigida.
30 If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.
31 Pero si en lugar de ello se exige el pago de una indemnización, el propietario puede salvar su vida pagando la totalidad de la indemnización exigida.
31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
32 Si el buey usa sus cuernos y mata a un esclavo o esclava, el propietario del buey debe pagar treinta siclos de plata al amo del esclavo, y el buey debe ser apedreado hasta la muerte.
32 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 “Si alguien quita la tapa de una cisterna o cava una y no la cubre, y un buey o un asno cae en ella,
33 “If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
34 el dueño de la fosa debe pagar una compensación al dueño del animal y quedarse con el animal muerto.
34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
35 “Si el buey de alguien hiere al de otro y éste muere, debe vender al buey vivo y compartir el dinero recibido; también debe compartir al animal muerto.
35 “If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.
36 Pero si se sabe que el buey ha herido repetidamente a personas con sus cuernos, y su dueño ha sido advertido pero aún no lo tiene bajo control, debe pagar una compensación completa, buey por buey; pero el dueño puede quedarse con el animal muerto”.
36 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 4:14; Deuteronomy 6:20; Exodus 24:3–4; Psalm 147:19; Matthew 28:20
- 2 Deuteronomy 15:12–15; Exodus 12:44; Deuteronomy 15:18; Nehemiah 5:1–5; Deuteronomy 15:1
- 3 Deuteronomy 15:12–14
- 5 2 Corinthians 5:14–15; Deuteronomy 15:16–17; Isaiah 26:13
- 6 Deuteronomy 15:17; Leviticus 25:40; Deuteronomy 19:17–18; 1 Samuel 28:2; 1 Samuel 27:12
- 7 Nehemiah 5:5; Exodus 21:2–3
- 8 Judges 14:3; Judges 9:19; Malachi 2:11–15; Genesis 28:8; Deuteronomy 21:11–14
- 10 1 Corinthians 7:1–6
- 12 Genesis 9:6; Matthew 26:52; Leviticus 24:17; Numbers 35:30–31; Numbers 35:16–24
- 13 Joshua 20:2–9; 1 Samuel 24:18; Deuteronomy 19:1–13; Deuteronomy 4:41–43; 1 Samuel 24:10
- 14 1 Kings 2:28–34; Hebrews 10:26; Deuteronomy 1:43; 1 Kings 1:50–51; Numbers 15:30–31
- 15 Proverbs 30:11; Deuteronomy 21:18–21; 1 Timothy 1:9; Deuteronomy 27:24; Proverbs 30:17
- 16 Deuteronomy 24:7; 1 Timothy 1:10; Exodus 22:4; Genesis 37:28; Genesis 40:15
- 17 Proverbs 20:20; Mark 7:10–11; Matthew 15:3–6; Deuteronomy 27:16; Proverbs 30:11
- 18 Exodus 21:20; Exodus 2:13; Deuteronomy 25:11; 2 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 35:16–24
- 19 2 Samuel 3:29; Zechariah 8:4
- 20 Proverbs 29:19; Deuteronomy 19:21; Isaiah 58:3–4; Numbers 35:30–33; Romans 13:4
- 21 Leviticus 25:44–46
- 22 Deuteronomy 22:18–19; Exodus 21:30; Deuteronomy 16:18
- 23 Deuteronomy 19:21; Numbers 35:31; Leviticus 24:19
- 24 Deuteronomy 19:21; Matthew 7:2; Matthew 5:38–40; Leviticus 24:19–20; Revelation 16:6
- 26 Nehemiah 5:5; Job 31:13–15; Colossians 4:1; Psalm 72:12–14; Exodus 21:20
- 28 Exodus 21:32; Genesis 9:5–6; Leviticus 20:15–16
- 29 Deuteronomy 21:1–9
- 30 Exodus 21:22; Exodus 30:12; Numbers 35:31–33; Proverbs 13:8
- 32 Zechariah 11:12–13; Matthew 26:15; Matthew 27:3–9; Genesis 37:28; Philippians 2:7
- 33 Jeremiah 18:22; Proverbs 28:10; Psalm 9:15; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Jeremiah 18:20
- 34 Exodus 21:29–30; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:14
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For, "honor," saith He, "thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest live long upon the earth." And again, "He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death." But He, omitting the first, the reward appointed for them that honor their parents, states that which is more awful, the punishment, I mean, threatened to such as dishonor them; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… put no obstacle to godliness in our way, if we are ever carried away by ingratitude, and, forgetting their benefits to us, hold them in contempt, then the oracle will have place which says, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)