Deuteronomy 15
1 Every seven years you shall make a release.
Al final de cada siete años, cancelarás las deudas.
2 And this [is] the ordinance of the release: you shall remit every private debt which your neighbour owes you, and you shall not ask payment of it from your brother; for it has been called a release to the Lord your God.
Así se hará: todo acreedor liberará lo que haya prestado a su vecino. No exigirá el pago a su prójimo ni a su hermano, porque se ha proclamado la liberación de Yahvé.
3 Of a stranger you shall ask again whatever he has of your, but to your brother you shall remit his debt to you.
De un extranjero podrás exigirlo; pero lo que sea tuyo con tu hermano, tu mano lo liberará.
4 For [thus] there shall not be a poor person in the midst of you, for the Lord your God will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you by inheritance, that you should inherit it.
Sin embargo, no habrá pobres con ustedes (porque Yahvé ciertamente los bendecirá en la tierra que Yahvé su Dios les da en herencia para que la posean)
5 And if you shall indeed listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep and do all these commandments, as many as I charge you this day,
si tan sólo escuchan diligentemente la voz de Yahvé su Dios, para cumplir con todo este mandamiento que hoy les ordeno.
6 (for the Lord your God has blessed you in the way of which he spoke to you, ) then you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.
Porque el Señor, tu Dios, te bendecirá, como te ha prometido. Prestarás a muchas naciones, pero no pedirás prestado. Dominarás a muchas naciones, pero ellas no te dominarán a ti.
7 And if there shall be in the midst of you a poor [man] of your brethren in one of your cities in the land, which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, neither shall you by any means close up your hand from your brother who is in lack.
Si un pobre, uno de tus hermanos, está contigo dentro de cualquiera de tus puertas en tu tierra que Yahvé vuestro Dios te da, no endurecerás tu corazón ni cerrarás tu mano a tu hermano pobre;
8 You shall surely open your hands to him, and shall lend to him as much as he wants according to his need.
sino que le abrirás tu mano y le prestarás lo suficiente para su necesidad, que le falta.
9 Take heed to yourself that there be not a secret thing in your heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws near; and your eye shall be evil to your brother that is in lack, and you shall not give to him, and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in you.
Guárdate de que no haya un pensamiento perverso en tu corazón, diciendo: “El séptimo año, el año de la liberación, está cerca”, y tu ojo sea malvado contra tu hermano pobre y no le des nada; y él clame a Yahvé contra ti, y sea pecado para ti.
10 You shall surely give to him, and you shall lend him as much as he wants, according as he is in need; and you shall not grudge in your heart as you give to him, because on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your works, and in all things on which you shall lay your hand.
Ciertamente darás, y tu corazón no se entristecerá cuando le des, porque es por esto que Yahvé vuestro Dios te bendecirá en todo tu trabajo y en todo lo que pongas tu mano.
11 For the poor shall not fail off your land, therefore I charge you to do this thing, saying, You shall surely open your hands to your poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon your land.
Porque los pobres nunca dejarán de estar en la tierra. Por eso te ordeno que ciertamente abras tu mano a tu hermano, a tu necesitado y a tu pobre, en tu tierra.
12 And if your brother [or sister], a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, be sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall send him out free from you.
Si tu hermano, hombre hebreo o mujer hebrea, se vende a ti y te sirve seis años, al séptimo año lo dejarás libre de ti.
13 And when you shall send him out free from you, you shall not send him out empty.
Cuando lo dejes libre, no lo dejarás ir vacío.
14 You shall give him provision for the way from your flock, and from your corn, and from your wine; as the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
Le darás generosamente de tus rebaños, de tu era y de tu lagar. Le darás todo lo que el Señor, tu Dios, te haya bendecido.
15 And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from thence; therefore I charge you to do this thing.
Recordarás que fuiste esclavo en la tierra de Egipto, y que el Señor, tu Dios, te redimió. Por eso te ordeno esto hoy.
16 And if he should say to you, I will not go out from you, because he continues to love you and your house, because he is well with you;
Si él te dice: “No saldré de ti”, porque te ama a ti y a tu casa, porque está bien contigo,
17 then you shall take an awl, and bore his ear through to the door, and he shall be your servant for ever; and in like manner shall you do to your maidservant.
entonces tomarás un punzón y se lo meterás por la oreja hasta la puerta, y será tu siervo para siempre. Lo mismo harás con tu sierva.
18 It shall not seem hard to you when they are sent out free from you, because [your servant] has served you six years according to the annual hire of a hireling; so the Lord your God shall bless you in all things whatever you may do.
No te parecerá duro cuando lo dejes libre de ti, porque ha sido el doble de un jornalero al servirte seis años. El Señor, tu Dios, te bendecirá en todo lo que hagas.
19 Every firstborn that shall be born amongst your kine and your sheep, you shall sanctify the males to the Lord your God; you shall not work with your firstborn calf, and you shall not shear the firstborn of your sheep.
Dedicarás a Yahvé, tu Dios, todos los primogénitos varones que nazcan de tu rebaño y de tus ovejas. No harás ningún trabajo con los primogénitos de tu rebaño, ni esquilarás a los primogénitos de tu rebaño.
20 You shall eat it before the Lord year by year in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, you and your house.
Lo comerás ante Yahvé vuestro Dios cada año en el lugar que Yahvé elija, tú y tu familia.
21 And if there be in it a blemish, if it be lame or blind, an evil blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
Si tiene algún defecto — es cojo o ciego, o tiene cualquier defecto —, no lo sacrificarás a Yahvé vuestro Dios.
22 You shall eat it in your cities; the unclean in you and the clean shall eat it in like manner, as the doe or the stag.
Lo comerás dentro de tus puertas. Los impuros y los limpios lo comerán por igual, como la gacela y el ciervo.
23 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
Sólo que no comerás su sangre. La derramarás en la tierra como si fuera agua.
