Okukala naapika
(Deut. 15:12-18)1 “Longa Aaisraeli oompango ndhika: 2 Ngele to landa omupika Omuhebeli, ne ku longele omimvo hamano. Momumvo omutiheyali oku na okumangululwa pwaa na iifuta yasha. 3 Ngele okwa ningi omupika gwoye, manga inaa ya mondjokana, ina ya nomukiintu nge ta manguluka, ihe ngele okwa li mondjokana, sho a ningi omupika gwoye, nena na ye nomukadhi. 4 Ngele omwene gwe te mu pe omukiintu e te mu valele aamati naakadhona, nena omukiintu naanona oyamwene gwe, nomulumentu ota yi awike. 5 Ihe ngele omupika ota ti, ye oku hole mwene gwe, omukadhi noyana noina hala okumanguluka, 6 nena mwene gwe ne mu fale kehala lyelongelokalunga e te mu tula pomweelo nenge piikulo yomweelo e tu ulula okutsi kwe noniho. Nena ota kala omupika gwe sigo aluhe.
7 “Ngele oku na omuntu ta landitha po omwana omukadhona a ninge omupika, ina mangululwa, ngaashi aapika aalumentu haa ningwa. 8 Ngele okwa landithwa po kungoka e mu hala a ninge omukadhi, ihe ine mu hala we, nena ne mu landithulule po, a shune kuhe; mwene gwe ita vulu oku mu landitha po kaakwiilongo, oshoka okwe mu henge po. 9 Ngele oku na omuntu ta landa omupika omukiintu, e mu pe omwana, nena na kale naye ngaashi omwana omukadhona. 10 Ngele ope na omuntu tu ushike omukiintu omutiyali, oku na okupa omukadhi gwotango natango iikulya, omizalo nuuthemba mboka a kala nawo nale. 11 Ngele ite mu gwanithile mbika itatu, ne mu ethe a ye pwaa na iikahu yasha.”
Aadhipagi yaantu
12 “Ngele oku na ngoka ta dhenge omuntu e ta si, na dhipagwe. 13 Ihe ngele oshiponga shohaluka, molwashoka ina dhiladhila a dhipage omuntu, nena ota vulu okufadhuka po, a ye kehala ndyoka tandi mu hogololele nota hupu. 14 Ihe uuna omuntu a geya e ta dhipaga mukwawo owina, na dhipagwe, nonando na ka holame koshiyambelo.
15 “Ngele oku na ngoka ta dhenge he nenge yina, na dhipagwe.
16 “Ngele ope na ngoka ta yaka po omuntu, ashihe shimwe ngele te mu landitha po nenge ta ningi omupika gwe, na dhipagwe.
17 “Ngele oku na ngoka ta tuku he nenge yina, na dhipagwe.
18 “Ngele oku na olugodhi, nagumwe ta dhenge mukwawo nemanya nenge nongonyo, ye ine mu dhipaga, nena ina geelwa. Ngele omudhengwa okwa kala momulalo, 19 nokomeho okwa aluka e ta yi pondje ti itsile koshiti, ngoka e mu dhengele oku na oku mu futila ethimbo lye ndyoka a kanitha noku mu sila oshimpwiyu, sigo a ti po nawa.
20 “Ngele oku na ngoka ta kutha oshitago e ta dhenge omupika gwe omulumentu nenge omukiintu, nomupika ta sile miikaha ye, na geelwe. 21 Ihe ngele omupika ina sa esiku ndyoka nenge konima yomasiku gaali, nena mwene gwe ina geelwa, oshoka oye eliko lye.
22 “Ngele oku na omukiintu omusimba, ndele ela tali gu mo, ye ina mona we oshiponga shilwe, ngoka e mu ehameke na fute, omulume shoka ta pula, nongaashi aatokolihapu ya koleke. 23 Ihe ngele omukiintu mwene oye a si, nena egeelo otali pula omwenyo gu futwe nomwenyo, 24 eho okeho, eyego okeyego, oshikaha okoshikaha, ompadhi okompadhi, 25 efiko okefiko, oshilalo okoshilalo, ombole okombole.
26 “Ngele ope na omuntu ta dhenge omupika gwe omulumentu nenge omukiintu keho e tali tsipuka mo, nena ne mu mangulule omolweho lye. 27 Ngele ota kula mo eyego lyomupika, ne mu mangulule omolweyego lye.”
Iinakugwanithwa yooyene
28 “Ongombe ngele tayi tsu omuntu e ta si, nayi dhipagwe nomamanya, nonyama yayo inayi liwa, ihe mwene gwayo ina geelwa. 29 Ihe ongombe ngele ohayi tsu aantu, namwene okwe shi lombwelwa noine yi edhilila moshili — nena nge tayi tsu omuntu e ta si, nayi dhipagwe nomamanya, ndele namwene gwayo na dhipagwe wo. 30 Mwene gwayo ngele okwa ziminwa a fute oshikolo, a hupithe omwenyo gwe, nena na fute omwaalu aguhe gwa pulwa. 31 Ongombe ngele otayi tsu omumati nenge omukadhona e ta si, osho ngaa tashi ningwa, ngaashi sha tiwa. 32 Ongombe ngele otayi tsu omupika omulumentu nenge omukiintu e ta si, mwene gwayo na fute mwene gwomupika iimaliwa iisiliveli omilongo ndatu, nongombe nayi dhipagwe nomamanya.
33 “Ngele oku na omuntu itaa siikile onyombo, nenge te yi hupu ye ite yi siikile, ndele ongombe nenge okasino taka gwile mo, 34 na fute oshimuna shoka. Iimaliwa mbyoka ne yi pe mwene gwasho ye ta kala noshimuna shoka sha sa. 35 Ngele ongombe yomuntu tayi tsu ongombe yamukwawo e tayi si, nena aantu ayehe yaali naa landithe po ongombe yi na omwenyo, yo ya topolelathane iimaliwa. Otaa topolelathana wo onyama yongombe ya sa. 36 Ihe ngele okwa tseyika kutya ongombe ndjoka ohayi tsana, namwene gwayo ine yi dhiginina, nena na gandje ongombe yi na omwenyo ye a kuthe po ndjoka ya sa.”
Hebrew Slaves
(Deuteronomy 15.12-18)1 The Lord gave Moses the following laws for his people:
2 If you buy a Hebrew slave, he must remain your slave for six years. But in the seventh year you must set him free, without cost to him. 3 If he was single at the time you bought him, he alone must be set free. But if he was married at the time, both he and his wife must be given their freedom. 4 If you give him a wife, and they have children, only the man himself must be set free; his wife and children remain the property of his owner.
5 But suppose the slave loves his wife and children and his owner so much that he won't leave them. 6 Then he must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship, while his owner punches a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life.
7 A young woman who was sold by her father doesn't gain her freedom in the same way that a man does. 8 If she doesn't please the man who bought her to be his wife, he must let her be bought back. He cannot sell her to foreigners; this would break the contract he made with her. 9 If he selects her as a wife for his son, he must treat her as his own daughter.
10 If the man later marries another woman, he must continue to provide food and clothing for the one he bought and to treat her as a wife. 11 If he fails to do any of these things, she must be given her freedom without paying for it.
Murder and Other Violent Crimes
The Lord said:
12 Death is the punishment for murder. 13 But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the Lord, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside. 14 If you plan in advance to murder someone, there's no escape, not even by holding on to my altar. You will be dragged off and killed.
15 Death is the punishment for attacking your father or mother.
16 Death is the punishment for kidnapping. If you sell the person you kidnapped, or if you are caught with that person, the penalty is death.
17 Death is the punishment for cursing your father or mother.
18 Suppose two of you are arguing, and you hit the other with either a rock or your fist, without causing a fatal injury. If the victim has to stay in bed, 19 and later has to use a stick when walking outside, you must pay for the loss of time and do what you can to help until the injury is completely healed. That's your only responsibility.
20 Death is the punishment for beating to death any of your slaves. 21 However, if the slave lives a few days after the beating, you are not to be punished. After all, you have already lost the services of that slave who was your property.
22 Suppose a pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage as the result of an injury caused by someone who is fighting. If she isn't badly hurt, the one who injured her must pay whatever fine her husband demands and the judges approve. 23 But if she is seriously injured, the payment will be life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, cut for cut, and bruise for bruise.
26 If you hit one of your slaves and cause the loss of an eye, the slave must be set free. 27 The same law applies if you knock out a slave's tooth—the slave goes free.
28 A bull that kills someone with its horns must be killed and its meat destroyed, but the owner of the bull isn't responsible for the death.
29 Suppose you own a bull that has been in the habit of attacking people, but you have refused to keep it fenced in. If that bull kills someone, both you and the bull must be put to death by stoning. 30 However, you may save your own life by paying whatever fine is demanded. 31 This same law applies if the bull gores someone's son or daughter. 32 If the bull kills a slave, you must pay the slave owner 30 pieces of silver for the loss of the slave, and the bull must be killed by stoning.
33 Suppose someone's ox or donkey is killed by falling into an open pit that you dug or left uncovered on your property. 34 You must pay for the dead animal, and it becomes yours.
35 If your bull kills someone else's, yours must be sold. Then the money from your bull and the meat from the dead bull must be divided equally between you and the other owner.
36 If you refuse to fence in a bull that is known to attack others, you must replace any animal it kills, but the dead animal will belong to you.
