Leviticus 25

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

١ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى فِي جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ:

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the Lord.

٢ «أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: مَتَى جِئْتُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَهَبُكُمْ إِيَّاهَا، لَا تَزْرَعُوهَا فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ.

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof:

٣ ازْرَعْ حَقْلَكَ سِتَّ سَنَوَاتٍ، وَقَلِّمْ كَرْمَكَ سِتَّ سَنَوَاتٍ، وَاجْمَعْ غَلَّتَهُمَا.

4 But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

٤ وَأَمَّا السَّنَةُ السَّابِعَةُ فَفِيهَا تُرِيحُ الأَرْضَ وَتُعَطِّلُهَا سَبْتاً لِلرَّبِّ. لَا تَزْرَعْ فِيهَا حَقْلَكَ وَلا تُقَلِّمْ كَرْمَكَ.

5 What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes of the firstfruits as a vintage: for it is a year of rest to the land:

٥ لَا تَحْصُدْ زَرْعَكَ الَّذِي نَمَا بِنَفْسِهِ، وَلا تَقْطِفْ عِنَبَ كَرْمِكَ الْمُحْوِلِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ سَنَةَ رَاحَةٍ لِلأَرْضِ.

6 But they shall be unto you for meat, to thee and to thy manservant, to thy maidservant and thy hireling, and to the strangers that sojourn with thee:

٦ وَمَا تُغِلُّهُ الأَرْضُ فِي سَنَةِ الرَّاحَةِ يَكُونُ طَعَاماً لَكَ وَلِعَبْدِكَ وَأَمَتِكَ وَأَجِيرِكَ وَالْمُسْتَوْطِنِ النَّازِلِ عِنْدَكَ،

7 All things that grow shall be meat to thy beasts and to thy cattle.

٧ وَكَذَلِكَ تَكُونُ كُلُّ غَلَّتِهَا طَعَاماً لِلْبَهَائِمِ وَلِلْحَيَوَانِ الرَّاعِي فِيهَا.

8 Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years, that is to say, seven times seven, which together make forty-nine years:

٨ وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ تِسْعٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، أَيْ بَعْدَ سَبْعِ سُبُوتٍ مِنَ السِّنِينَ،

9 And thou shalt sound the trumpet in the seventh month, the tenth day of the month, in the time of the expiation in all your land.

٩ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ، مِنْ كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً عِبْرِيَّةً، تَنْفُخُونَ بُوقَ الْهُتَافِ فِي يَوْمِ الْكَفَّارَةِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِكُمْ،

10 And thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man shall return to his possession, and every one shall go back to his former family:

١٠ وَتُقَدِّسُونَ السَّنَةَ الْخَمْسِينَ وَتُعْلِنُونَ فِيهَا الْعِتْقَ لِجَمِيعِ سُكَّانِهَا، فَتَكُونُ لَكُمْ يُوبِيلاً، وَتَرْجِعُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ.

11 Because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year. You shall not sow, nor reap the things that grow in the field of their own accord, neither shall you gather the firstfruits of the vines,

١١ وَتَكُونُ لَكُمُ السَّنَةُ الْخَمْسُونَ هَذِهِ يُوبِيلاً، لَا تَزْرَعُوا فِيهَا وَلا تَحْصُدُوا غَلَّتَهَا وَلا تَقْطِفُوا كَرْمَهَا الْمُحْوِلَ.

12 Because of the sanctification of the jubilee: but as they grow you shall presently eat them.

١٢ إِنَّهَا يُوبِيلٌ، سَنَةٌ مُقَدَّسَةٌ لَكُمْ. لَا تَأْكُلُوا إِلّا مَا يُجْنَى مُبَاشَرَةً مِنَ الْحَقْلِ.

13 In the year of the jubilee all shall return to their possessions.

١٣ وَفِي سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ هَذِهِ يَرْتَدُّ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ.

14 When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy brother: but thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee.

١٤ فَإِنْ بِعْتَ مُوَاطِنَكَ، أَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ مِنْهُ، فَلا تَظْلِمْهُ.

15 And he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits.

١٥ يَكُونُ شِرَاؤُكَ مِنْ صَاحِبِكَ وَفْقاً لِعَدَدِ السِّنِينَ بَعْدَ الْيُوبِيلِ، وَبَيْعُهُ لَكَ يَكُونُ بِنَاءً عَلَى سِنِي الْغَلَّةِ.

16 The more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits.

١٦ فَكُلَّمَا كَثُرَتِ السِّنُونَ تَزِيدُ قِيمَتُهُ، وَكُلَّمَا قَلَّتِ السِّنُونَ يَنْخَفِضُ ثَمَنُهُ، لأَنَّهُ يَبِيعُكَ بِنَاءً عَلَى عَدَدِ الْغَلّاتِ،

17 Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the Lord your God.

١٧ فَلا يَظْلِمَنَّ أَحَدٌ صَاحِبَهُ، بَلِ اتَّقِ إِلَهَكَ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

18 Do my precepts, and keep my judgments, and fulfill them: that you may dwell in the land without any fear,

١٨ فَاعْمَلُوا بِفَرَائِضِي وَرَاعُوا أَحْكَامِي وَمَارِسُوهَا، لِتَسْكُنُوا فِي الأَرْضِ آمِنِينَ،

19 And the ground may yield you its fruits, of which you may eat your fill, fearing no mall’s invasion.

١٩ عِنْدَئِذٍ تَغِلُّ الأَرْضُ ثَمَرَهَا، فَتَأْكُلُونَ وَتَشْبَعُونَ وَتَسْكُنُونَ عَلَيْهَا آمِنِينَ.

20 But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits?

٢٠ وَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ: مَاذَا نَأْكُلُ فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ إِنْ لَمْ نَزْرَعْ وَلَمْ نَجْمَعْ غَلَّتَنَا؟

21 I will give you my blessing the sixth year, and it shall yield the fruits of three years:

٢١ هَا أَنَا آمُرُ بِبَرَكَتِي لَكُمْ فِي السَّنَةِ السَّادِسَةِ فَتُغِلُّ لِثَلاثِ سِنِينَ،

22 And the eighth year you shall sow, and shall eat of the old fruits, until the ninth year: till new grow up, you shall eat the old store.

٢٢ فَتَزْرَعُونَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ وَتَأْكُلُونَ مِنَ الْغَلَّةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ إِلَى أَنْ يَتِمَّ حَصِيدُ مَوْسِمِ السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ.

23 The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.

٢٣ أَمَّا الأَرْضُ فَلا تُبَاعُ مُطْلَقاً لأَنَّ لِي الأَرْضَ، وَأَنْتُمْ غُرَبَاءُ وَنُزَلاءُ عِنْدِي.

24 For which cause all the country of your possession shall be under the condition of redemption.

٢٤ بَلْ فِي كُلِّ عَقْدِ بَيْعٍ تَضَعُونَ شَرْطَ فِكَاكٍ لِلأَرْضِ.

25 If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will, he may redeem what he had sold.

٢٥ وَإذَا افْتَقَرَ مُوَاطِنُكَ وَبَاعَ بَعْضَ مُلْكِهِ فَلْيَأْتِ أَقْرَبُ أَقْرِبَائِهِ وَيَفُكَّ مَبِيعَ قَرِيبِهِ

26 But if he have no kinsman, and he himself can find the price to redeem it:

٢٦ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ قَرِيبٌ، وَاسْتَطَاعَ الْحُصُولَ عَلَى مِقْدَارٍ كَافٍ مِنَ الْمَالِ لِفَكِّ الْبَيْعِ،

27 The value of the fruits shall be counted from that time when he sold it: and the overplus he shall restore to the buyer, and so shall receive his possession again.

٢٧ فَلْيَحْسُبْ عَدَدَ السَّنَوَاتِ الَّتِي انْقَضَتْ عَلَى الْمَبِيعِ، وَمَا هُوَ مُتَبَقٍّ مِنْهَا حَتَّى حُلُولِ سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ، فَيَدْفَعَ لِلْمُشْتَرِي مَا يُعَادِلُ غِلَالَ السَّنَوَاتِ الْمُتَبَقِّيَةِ، وَيَسْتَرِدَّ مُلْكَهُ

28 But if his hands find not the means to repay the price, the buyer shall have what he bought, until the year of the jubilee. For in that year all that is sold shall return to the owner, and to the ancient possessor.

٢٨ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَتَوَافَرْ لَدَيْهِ الْمَالُ لاِسْتِرْدَادِ مَبِيعِهِ مِنْ يَدِ الشَّارِي، فَلْيَنْتَظِرْ حَتَّى حُلُولِ سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ لِيَسْتَرِدَّ مُلْكَهُ.

29 He that selleth a house within the walls of a city, shall have the liberty to redeem it, until one year be expired:

٢٩ وَإذَا بَاعَ إِنْسَانٌ بَيْتاً لِلسُّكْنَى فِي مَدِينَةٍ مُسَوَّرَةٍ يَحِقُّ اسْتِرْدَادُهُ فِي خِلالِ سَنَةٍ مِنْ بَيْعِهِ.

30 If he redeem it not, and the whole year be fully out, the buyer shall possess it, and his posterity for ever, and it cannot be redeemed, not even in the jubilee.

٣٠ وَإِنْ عَجَزَ عَنْ فِكَاكِهِ قَبْلَ انْقِضَاءِ سَنَةٍ، يُصْبِحُ الْبَيْتُ الَّذِي فِي الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُسَوَّرَةِ مِنْ حَقِّ شَارِيهِ وَنَسْلِهِ لَا يُرَدُّ فِي سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ.

31 But if the house be in a village, that hath no walls, it shall be sold according to the same law as the fields: if it be not redeemed before, in the jubilee it shall return to the owner.

٣١ أَمَّا الْبُيُوتُ الْمَبِيعَةُ فِي الْقُرَى غَيْرِ الْمُسَوَّرَةِ فَإِنَّهَا تُعَامَلُ مُعَامَلَةَ الْحُقُولِ الزِّرَاعِيَّةِ، قَابِلَةٌ لِلْفِكَاكِ وَالاسْتِرْدَادِ فِي سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ.

32 The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed:

٣٢ أَمَّا بُيُوتُ اللّاوِيِّينَ الْقَائِمَةُ فِي مُدُنِ اللّاوِيِّينَ الْمُسَوَّرَةِ، فَإِنَّ لِلّاوِيِّينَ حَقَّ اسْتِرْدَادِهَا دَائِماً،

33 If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they shall all return to the owners, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are for their possessions among the children of Israel.

٣٣ فَبُيُوتُ اللّاوِيِّينَ قَابِلَةٌ لِلْفِكَاكِ وَتُسْتَرَدُّ فِي سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ، لأَنَّ بُيُوتَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِ اللّاوِيِّينَ هِيَ مُلْكُهُمْ بَيْنَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

34 But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is a perpetual possession.

٣٤ أَمَّا الْمَزَارِعُ الْمُحِيطَةُ بِمُدُنِهِمْ فَلا تُبَاعُ، لأَنَّهَا مُلْكٌ أَبَدِيٌّ لَهُمْ.

35 If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee,

٣٥ وَإذَا افْتَقَرَ أَخُوكَ وَعَجَزَ عَنْ إِعَالَةِ نَفْسِهِ فِي وَسَطِكَ، فَأَعِنْهُ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ غَرِيباً أَوْ مُوَاطِناً، لِيَتَمَكَّنَ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ مَعَكَ.

36 Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest: fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.

٣٦ اِتَّقِ إِلَهَكَ وَلا تَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ رِباً وَلا رِبْحاً، لِيَتَمَكَّنَ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ فِي وَسَطِكَ

37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor exact of him any increase of fruits.

٣٧ لَا تُقْرِضْهُ فِضَّتَكَ بِرِباً، وَلا تَبِعْهُ طَعَامَكَ بِرِبْحٍ.

38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.

٣٨ أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمُ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ لِيَهَبَكُمْ أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ، فَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ إِلَهاً.

39 If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants:

٣٩ وَإذَا افْتَقَرَ أَخُوكَ وَبِيعَ لَكَ عَبْداً، فَلا تُعَامِلْهُ كَعَبْدٍ،

40 But he shall be as a hireling, and a sojourner: he shall work with thee until the year of the jubilee,

٤٠ بَلْ لِيَكُنْ عِنْدَكَ كَأَجِيرٍ أَوْ نَزِيلٍ، فَيَخْدُمَكَ حَتَّى حُلُولِ سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ،

41 And afterwards he shall go out with his children, and shall return to his kindred and to the possession of his fathers,

٤١ ثُمَّ تَعْتِقُهُ هُوَ وَأَوْلادَهُ، وَيَعُودُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ، وَيَرْجِعُ إِلَى مُلْكِ آبَائِهِ،

42 For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen:

٤٢ لأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَبِيدِي الَّذِينَ أَخْرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، لَا يُبَاعُونَ كَالْعَبِيدِ.

43 Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.

٤٣ لَا تَطْغَ بِتَسَلُّطِكَ، بَلِ اتَّقِ إِلَهَكَ،

44 Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you.

٤٤ وَلْيَكُنْ عَبِيدُكُمْ وَإِمَاؤُكُمْ مِنَ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي حَوْلَكُمْ، مِنْهَا تَقْتَنُونَ عَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً،

45 And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were born of them in your land, these you shall have for servants:

٤٥ وَكَذَلِكَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْمُسْتَوْطِنِينَ النَّازِلِينَ عِنْدَكُمْ، فَمِنْهُمْ وَمِنْ عَشَائِرهِمْ، الَّذِينَ عِنْدَكُمُ الْمَوْلُودِينَ فِي أَرْضِكُمْ، تَقْتَنُونَ عَبِيداً لَكُمْ.

46 And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.

٤٦ وَتُوَرِّثُونَهُمْ لِبَنِيكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ مِيرَاثَ مُلْكٍ، فَيَكُونُونَ عَبِيداً لَكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. وَأَمَّا إِخْوَتُكُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلا تَطْغَوْا بِتَسَلُّطِكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ.

47 If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:

٤٧ وَإذَا اغْتَنَى غَرِيبٌ أَوْ نَزِيلٌ مُقِيمٌ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، وَافْتَقَرَ أَخُوكَ فَبِيعَ لِلْغَرِيبِ الْمُسْتَوْطِنِ عِنْدَكَ، أَوْ لِنَسْلِ عَشِيرَتِهِ،

48 After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him:

٤٨ فَلْيَفُكَّهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أَقْرِبَائِهِ بَعْدَ بَيْعِهِ، لأَنَّهُ يَمْلِكُ حَقَّ الانْعِتَاقِ.

49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, or his kinsman, by blood, or by affinity. But if he himself be able also, he shall redeem himself,

٤٩ أَوْ يَفُكَّهُ عَمُّهُ أَوِ ابْنُ عَمِّهِ أَوْ أَحَدُ أَقْرِبَائِهِ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ عَشِيرَتِهِ، أَوْ يَسْتَرِدَّ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ حُرِّيَّتَهُ إِذَا حَصَلَ عَلَى مَا يَكْفِي مِنْ مَالٍ،

50 Counting only the years from the time of his selling unto the year of the jubilee: and counting the money that he was sold for, according to the number of the years and the reckoning of a hired servant,

٥٠ فَيَتَحَاسَبُ مَعَ شَارِيهِ مُنْذُ سَنَةِ بَيْعِهِ حَتَّى سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ، فَيَكُونُ ثَمَنُ عِتْقِهِ وَفْقاً لِمَا يُدْفَعُ لأَجِيرٍ، لِذَلِكَ الْعَدَدِ مِنَ السَّنَوَاتِ.

51 If there be many years that remain until the jubilee, according to them shall he also repay the price.

٥١ وَإذَا كَانَتِ السَّنَوَاتُ الْبَاقِيَةُ حَتَّى حُلُولِ الْيُوبِيلِ كَثِيرَةً، فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَدْفَعَ نِسْبَةً أَكْبَرَ مِنْ أَصْلِ الثَّمَنِ الَّذِي دُفِعَ فِي شِرَائِهِ، اِسْتِرْدَاداً لِحُرِّيَّتِهِ.

52 If few, he shall make the reckoning with him according to the number of the years, and shall repay to the buyer of what remaineth of the years,

٥٢ وَإِنْ كَانَتِ السَّنَوَاتُ الْبَاقِيَةُ حَتَّى سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ قَلِيلَةً، فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَحْسُبَ عَدَدَ السَّنَوَاتِ وَيَدْفَعَ وَفْقَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ فِكَاكِهِ.

53 His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.

٥٣ وَعَلَى الأَجْنَبِيِّ أَنْ يُعَامِلَهُ كَأَجِيرٍ مِنْ سَنَةٍ إِلَى سَنَةٍ، وَلا يَقْسُوَ عَلَيْهِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْكَ.

54 And if by these means he cannot be redeemed, in the year of the jubilee he shall go out with his children.

٥٤ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُوْجَدْ سَبِيلٌ لِفِكَاكِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُعْتَقُ هُوَ وَبَنُوهُ مَعَهُ فِي سَنَةِ الْيُوبِيلِ.

55 For the children of Israel are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt.

٥٥ لأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِي عَبِيدٌ. هُمْ عَبِيدِي الَّذِينَ أَخْرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ. أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.