< 申命記 15 >
From [the] end of seven years you will observe a remission.
2 豁免的方式是這樣:債主應把借與近人的一切,全部豁免,不應再向近人或兄弟追還,因為已為光榮上主宣佈了豁免。
And this [is] [the] manner of the remission he will remit every owner [the] loan of hand his which he will lend to neighbor his not he will press neighbor his and countryman his for someone has proclaimed a remission of Yahweh.
The foreigner you will press and [that] which it will belong to you with countryman your let it release hand your.
4 其實,在你中間不會有窮人,因為在你的天主賜給你作為產業的地上,上主必豐厚地祝福你,
Nevertheless for not he will be among you a needy [person] for surely he will bless you Yahweh in the land which Yahweh God your [is] about to give to you an inheritance to take possession of it.
5 只要你聽從上主你天主的話,謹守遵行我今日吩咐你的這一切誡命。
Only certainly [if] you will listen to [the] voice of Yahweh God your to take care to observe all the commandment this which I [am] commanding you this day.
6 因為你的天主必照他說的,祝福你:你要借給許多民族,而你卻不需要借貸;你要統治許多民族,但他們卻不會統治你。
For Yahweh God your he has blessed you just as he spoke to you and you will lend to nations many and you not you will borrow and you will rule over nations many and over you not they will rule.
7 如果在上主你的天主賜給你的地內的一座城裏,在你中間有了一個窮人,又是你的兄弟,對這窮苦的兄弟,不可心硬,不可袖手旁觀,
If he will be among you a needy [person] any one of countrymen your in one of gates your in land your which Yahweh God your [is] about to give to you not you will harden heart your and not you will shut hand your from countryman your needy.
For certainly you will open hand your to him and certainly you will lend to him sufficiency of lack his which it will be lacking to him.
9 你應提防,不要心生惡念說:「第七年的豁免年快到了! 」就冷眼對待你窮苦的兄弟,不借給他什麼。如果他呼求上主反對你,你應負罪。
Take heed to yourself lest it should be a word with heart your worthlessness saying it has drawn near [the] year of the seven [the] year of the remission and it will be evil eye your on countryman your needy and not you will give to him and he will call out against you to Yahweh and it will be on you sin.
10 你應盡量供給他;供給他時,不應傷心,因為為了這事,上主你的天主必在你的一切工作,和你著手所作的一切事上祝福你。
Certainly you will give to him and not it will sadden heart your when giving you to him for on account of - the thing this he will bless you Yahweh God your in all work your and in every undertaking of hand your.
11 既然在這地上總少不了窮人,為此我吩咐你說:對你地區內困苦貧窮兄弟,你應大方地伸出援助之手。
For not he will cease [the] needy from [the] midst of the land there-fore I [am] commanding you saying certainly you will open hand your to countryman your to poor [person] your and to needy [person] your in land your.
12 你的兄弟,無論是希伯來男人,或是希伯來女人,若賣身與你,只應服事你六年,在第七年上,你應使他自由。
If he will sell himself to you countryman your Hebrew [masc] or Hebrew [fem] and he will serve you six years and in the year seventh you will let go him a free [person] from with you.
And if you will let go him a free [person] from with you not you will let go him emptily.
14 應由你羊群中,打禾場上,榨酒池內,取一些厚厚地酬報他,照上主你的天主祝福你的,分給他。
Certainly you will provide for him from flock your and from threshing floor your and from wine-press your [that] which he has blessed you Yahweh God your you will give to him.
15 應記得你在埃及地也曾做過奴隸,上主你的天主將你贖回。為此我今日特將這事吩咐你。
And you will remember that a slave you were in [the] land of Egypt and he redeemed you Yahweh God your there-fore I [am] commanding you the matter this this day.
16 倘若他對你說:「我不願離開你,」因為他愛你和你的家庭,又喜歡同你在一起,
And it will be that he will say to you not I will go out from with you for he loves you and household your for it has been good for him with you.
17 你就拿錐子在門上把他耳朵刺透,他便永遠成了你的奴僕;對你的婢女也該這樣做。
And you will take the awl and you will put [it] in ear his and in the door and he will be of you a slave of perpetuity and also to maidservant your you will do thus.
18 使他自由的時候,你不應感到不滿,因為他六年給你服務,應得傭工的雙倍工資,並且上主你的天主也必在你所做的事業上祝福你。
Not it will be hard in view your when letting go you him a free [person] from with you for double [the] hire of a hired laborer he has served you six years and he will bless you Yahweh God your in all that you will do.
19 你的牛羊中所生的,凡是頭胎雄性的,都應祝聖與上主你的天主;你不可使頭胎公牛耕作,也不可剪頭胎公羊的毛。
Every firstborn which it will be born in herd your and in flock your the male you will consecrate to Yahweh God your not you will labor by [the] firstborn of ox[en] your and not you will shear [the] firstborn of sheep your.
20 你和你的家屬,年年在上主所選的地方,在上主你的天主面前,吃這些首生的牲畜。
Before Yahweh God your you will eat it a year in a year in the place which he will choose Yahweh you and household your.
21 但如果這牲畜有殘缺、或腿瘸、或瞎眼、或有任何缺點、你不可祭獻給上主你的天主,
And if it will be in it a blemish lame or blind any blemish bad not you will sacrifice it to Yahweh God your.
22 可在家裏吃,不潔與潔淨的,人都可以吃,如吃羚羊和鹿一樣;
In gates your you will eat it the unclean and the clean alike like gazelle and like deer.
Only blood its not you must eat on the ground you will pour out it like water.