¹ Kui varas tabatakse sissemurdmiselt ja lüüakse surnuks, siis tapjal ei ole veresüüd.

² Aga kui päike oli juba tõusnud, siis on tapjal veresüü. Varas peab tasuma kõik; kui tal midagi ei ole, võib teda ennast müüa varguse pärast.

³ Kui varastatu, olgu härg või eesel või lammas leitakse tema käest elusana, siis ta peab tasuma kahekordselt.

⁴ Kui keegi söödab ära põllu või viinamäe, laseb karja lahti ja söödab teise põllul, siis ta peab asemele andma parimat oma põllult ja viinamäelt.

⁵ Kui tuli pääseb lahti ja hakkab kibuvitste külge ning põletab ära nabrad või lõikamata vilja või põllu, siis süütaja peab põlenu eest täielikult tasuma.

⁶ Kui keegi teisele annab hoiule raha või riistu ja need varastatakse selle kojast, siis peab varas, kui ta leitakse, tasuma kahekordselt.

⁷ Aga kui varast ei tabata, viidagu koja omanik Jumala ette: kas ta ise ei ole pannud oma kätt ligimese vara külge?

⁸ Kõigis süütegudes härja, eesli, lamba, riiete ja kõigi kadunud asjade pärast, mida keegi ütleb enese oma olevat, tuleb mõlema asi viia Jumala ette: kelle Jumal süüdi mõistab, see peab teisele tasuma kahekordselt.

⁹ Kui keegi teisele annab hoiule eesli või härja või lamba või mõne muu looma ja see sureb või saab vigastada või viiakse ära kellegi nägemata,

¹⁰ siis peab nende mõlema vahel toimuma vanne Issanda ees: kas ta pole pannud oma kätt teise omandi külge? Omanik peab vandega leppima ja teine ärgu tasugu.

¹¹ Kui see aga tõepoolest on temalt varastatud, siis ta peab omanikule tasuma.

¹² Kui see aga tõepoolest on maha murtud, siis ta toogu see tõendiks; mahamurtut ta ei tarvitse tasuda.

¹³ Kui keegi teiselt laenab looma ja see saab vigastada või sureb, ilma et omanik juures oleks, siis ta peab selle eest temale tasuma.

¹⁴ Aga kui omanik juures oli, siis tal ei ole vaja tasuda; kui see oli renditud, siis asendab selle rendihind.

¹⁵ Kui keegi võrgutab neitsi, kes ei ole kihlatud, ja magab temaga, siis ta peab mõrsjahinna eest tema enesele naiseks võtma.

¹⁶ Aga kui selle isa keeldub teda temale andmast, siis mees vaagigu raha, nagu on mõrsjahind neitsi eest.

¹⁷ Sa ei tohi nõida ellu jätta!

¹⁸ Igaühte, kes ühtib loomaga, tuleb karistada surmaga!

¹⁹ Kes ohverdab jumalatele ja mitte üksnes Issandale, see tuleb hukata!

²⁰ Ära rõhu võõrast ja ära tee temale häda, sest te ise olete olnud võõrad Egiptusemaal!

²¹ Te ei tohi halvasti kohelda ühtegi lesknaist ega vaeslast!

²² Kui sa neid halvasti kohtled, nii et nad mind appi hüüavad, siis ma kuulen tõesti nende hüüdu,

²³ mu viha süttib põlema ja ma tapan teid mõõgaga, nõnda et teie naised jäävad leskedeks ja lapsed orbudeks.

²⁴ Kui sa laenad raha minu rahvale, mõnele, kes on vaene, siis ära ole tema suhtes liigkasuvõtja: te ei tohi temalt kasu võtta!

²⁵ Kui sa oled võtnud pandiks oma ligimese üleriide, siis sa pead selle temale tagasi andma, enne kui päike loojub,

²⁶ sest see ta üleriie on tema ihu ainsaks katteks. Millega ta muidu magaks? Ma kuulen, kui ta mind appi hüüab, sest mina olen halastaja.

²⁷ Sa ei tohi needa Jumalat ja sajatada oma rahva vürsti!

²⁸ Oma külluse ja ülevooluga ära viivita! Sa pead esmasündinu oma poegadest minule andma!

²⁹ Nõndasamuti tee oma veiste, lammaste ja kitsede esmasündinutega: seitse päeva olgu ta oma ema juures, kaheksandal päeval pead ta minule andma.

³⁰ Ja te peate olema minule pühitsetud inimesed: väljal mahamurtu liha te ei tohi süüa, visake see koertele!

¹ Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

² He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

³ and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

⁴ Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

⁵ I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

⁶ Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

⁷ Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

⁸ He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

⁹ They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?" He said, "See, in the tent."

¹⁰ He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

¹² Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

¹³ Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

¹⁶ The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

¹⁷ Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

¹⁸ since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

¹⁹ For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

²⁰ Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

²¹ I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

²² The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

²³ Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

²⁵ Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

²⁶ Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

²⁷ Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

²⁸ What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

²⁹ He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

³⁰ He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

³¹ He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

³² He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

³³ Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.