¹ `When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

² `If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

³ if the sun hath risen upon him, blood [is] for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

⁴ if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep -- double he repayeth.

⁵ `When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, [of] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.

⁶ `When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.

⁷ `When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

⁸ `If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;

⁹ for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.

¹⁰ `When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing --

¹¹ an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

¹² but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

¹³ if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

¹⁴ `And when a man doth ask [anything] from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay;

¹⁵ if its owner [is] with it, he doth not repay, -- if it [is] a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.

¹⁶ `And when a man doth entice a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;

¹⁷ if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

¹⁸ `A witch thou dost not keep alive.

¹⁹ `Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.

²⁰ `He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.

²¹ `And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

²² `Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

²³ if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

²⁴ and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

²⁵ `If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

²⁶ if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

²⁷ for it alone is his covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious.

²⁸ `God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

²⁹ `Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;

³⁰ so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me.

³¹ `And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

¹ Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

² O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

³ From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

⁴ And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

⁵ Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,

⁶ And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it [is] His treasure.

⁷ Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.

⁸ Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.

⁹ Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

¹⁰ Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.

¹¹ Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you.

¹² And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.

¹³ Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.

¹⁴ Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?

¹⁵ Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

¹⁶ He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

¹⁷ A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.

¹⁸ Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?

¹⁹ The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

²⁰ See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes See Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.

²¹ But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.

²² For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us.

²³ Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

²⁴ Nor doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!

³⁴ `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, In the fifteenth day of this seventh month [is] a feast of booths seven days to Jehovah;