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The Code of Hammurabi is a stone slab that contains 282 ancient laws.
《汉谟拉比法典》写在一块石板上，包含282条古代律法。
It was created around 1750 B.C., during the reign of Babylonian ruler Hammurabi, who claimed that the laws had come from the gods.
它颁布于公元前1750年左右，正值古巴比伦国王汉谟拉比统治时期。汉谟拉比声称法律来自众神。
The code was written in Akkadian, an ancient Babylonian language.
法律条文是用一种古巴比伦语言——阿卡得语——写的。
Some of the laws dealt with crimes such as murder, theft, or assault, while others focused on civil disputes.
其中一些法律涉及谋杀、盗窃或袭击等罪行，另一些法律则侧重民事纠纷。
The slab was displayed in public so that everyone could know the law.
这块石板被公开展示，以便每个人都能了解法律。
Hammurabi enforced laws through retribution, which meant that a perpetrator would often be punished with the same crime they had committed.
汉谟拉比通过“以牙还牙”的方式来执法，这意味着罪犯通常会受到与他们所犯的罪行相同的惩罚。
Although laws today are very different, many legal systems have been influenced by the Code of Hammurabi.
虽然如今的法律与之差别很大，但许多法律体系都受到了《汉谟拉比法典》的影响。
