Exodus
21:1 A ko nga whakaritenga enei e whakatakotoria e koe ki to ratou aroaro.
21:2 Ki te hoki koe i tetahi pononga Hiperu, e ono nga tau e mahi ia ia;
tuawhitu me haere noa atu.
21:3 Ki te mea he takakau ia i tana haerenga mai, me haere atu ano he takakau: ki te mea ko ia anake
kua marenatia, me haere tahi tana wahine.
21:4 Ki te mea na tona ariki te wahine i hoatu ki a ia, a ka whanau a raua tama
tamahine; ma tona ariki te wahine ratou ko ana tamariki, mana ano ia
haere ko ia anake.
21:5 A ki te mea matanui te pononga, E aroha ana ahau ki toku ariki, ki taku wahine, ki taku wahine;
tamariki; E kore ahau e haere noa atu:
21:6 Na, me kawe ia e tona ariki ki te Atua; mana ano e kawe mai
ki te tatau, ki te pou tatau ranei; a ka mau tona ariki ki tona taringa
na roto i te aul; a ka mahi tonu ia ki a ia.
21:7 Ki te hokona atu hoki e tetahi tangata tana tamahine hei pononga, e kore ia e haere ki waho
mai ta te mau tavini tane e rave ra.
21:8 Ki te kino ia ki te titiro a tona ariki, i taumau nei ia ia mana, na
me tuku ranei ia mo tetahi utu: me hoko e ia ki tetahi iwi ke
kahore koe e kaha, he mahi tinihanga hoki tana ki a ia.
21:9 A ki te taumautia ia e ia ma tana tama, me mahi ano ki a ia i muri iho
te ahua o nga tamahine.
21:10 Ki te tango ia i tetahi atu wahine mana; tana kai, ona kakahu, me tana mahi
te marena, kaua ranei ia e whakaiti.
21:11 A ki te kahore enei mea e toru e meatia e ia ki a ia, na, me haere noa atu ia
kahore he moni.
21:12 Ki te patu tetahi i te tangata kia mate, me tino whakamate ano ia.
21:13 A ki te kahore tetahi e whanga atu, a ka mea te Atua kia tupono ki tona ringa; katahi ahau
mana e whakarite ki a koe te wahi e rere ai ia.
21:14 Tena ko tenei i poka noa te tangata ki tona hoa, ki te kohuru raua ko ia
tinihanga; me tango ia e koe i taku aata, kia mate ai ia.
21:15 Me tino whakamate ano hoki te tangata e patu ana i tona papa, i tona whaea ranei
mate.
21:16 Ko te tangata hoki e tahae ana i tetahi tangata, a hokona ana e ia, e kitea ana ranei ki roto ki tona whare.
ringa, ka mate rawa ia.
21:17 Me tino whakamate ano hoki te tangata e kanga ana i tona papa, i tona whaea ranei
mate.
21:18 Ki te whawhai etahi tangata ki a raua a ka akina tona hoa e tetahi ki te kohatu, ki te kohatu ranei
tona ringa, a kahore ia e mate, engari e mau ana i tona moenga.
21:19 Ki te ara ake ia, a ka haereere ki waho me tana tokotoko, katahi ano tera
i patua ia kia whakamutua: otiia me utu e ia te wa i maumauria ai, a ka utua
meinga kia tino ora ia.
21:20 Ki te patu hoki te tangata i tana pononga tane, i tana pononga wahine ranei, ki te rakau, a ka mate.
i raro i tona ringa; he pono ka whiua ia.
21:21 Otiia ki te ora ia, kotahi, e rua ranei nga ra, e kore e whiua:
ko tana moni hoki ia.
21:22 Ki te whawhai etahi tangata, a ka tukinotia e ratou te wahine hapu, a ka mate ona hua
mai i a ia, heoi kahore he he e whai ana: he pono ka whiua ia;
ko ta te tahu o te wahine e whakatakoto ai ki runga ki a ia; me utu ano e ia
ma nga kaiwhakawa e whakatau.
21:23 A ki te whai tetahi he, me homai e koe he ora hei utu mo te ora;
21:24 He kanohi mo te kanohi, he niho mo te niho, he ringa mo te ringa, he waewae mo te waewae,
21:25 He wera mo te wera, he motu mo te motu, he karawarawa mo te karawarawa.
21:26 A ki te patua e te tangata te kanohi o tana pononga tane, te kanohi ranei o tana pononga wahine;
ka mate; me tuku kia haere noa atu, hei utu mo tona kanohi.
21:27 A ki te patua e ia kia marere te niho o tana pononga tane, te niho ranei o tana pononga wahine;
me tuku kia haere noa atu, hei utu mo tona niho.
21:28 Ki te werohia tetahi tangata, tetahi wahine ranei e te kau, a ka mate;
me aki ki te kohatu, kaua ano hoki ona kikokiko e kainga; engari te rangatira o te kau
ka whakamutua.
21:29 Otiia ki te mea he kau wero ia no mua ki tona haona, a kua werohia.
i whakaaturia ki tona rangatira, a kahore ia i tiaki i a ia, engari ko ia anake
kua whakamate i te tangata, i te wahine ranei; me aki te kau ki te kohatu, me tona rangatira ano hoki
ka whakamatea.
21:30 Ki te whakaritea kia whakaritea he moni ki a ia, me homai e ia hei utu
hei utu mo tona ora nga mea katoa i utaina ki a ia.
21:31 Ahakoa he tama, he kotiro ranei i werohia e ia, kia rite ki tenei
ka tau te whakawa ki a ia.
21:32 Ki te wero te kau i tetahi pononga tane, i tetahi pononga wahine ranei; mana e hoatu ki a
to ratou ariki kia toru tekau hekere hiriwa, me aki te kau ki te kohatu.
21:33 A ki te whakatuwhera e te tangata tetahi poka, ki te keria ranei e te tangata tetahi rua, a ka kore
hipokina, a ka taka he kau, he kaihe ranei ki roto;
21:34 Me utu e te tangata nana te poka, me homai he moni e ia ki tona rangatira
o ratou; a mana te mea mate.
21:35 Ki te tukia te kau a tetahi tangata e te kau e tetahi, a ka mate; katahi ratou ka hoko
te kau ora, ka wehe ai i ona moni; me te kau mate ano ratou
wehewehe.
21:36 Ki te mea ranei i mohiotia he kau wero ia no mua, raua ko tana
kahore te rangatira i tiaki i a ia; me utu e ia te kau ki te kau; me te hunga mate
mana ake.