Deuteronomy 15

1 At the terme of seuen yeeres thou shalt make a freedome.

“ʻI he ngataʻanga ʻo hono fitu ʻoe taʻu kotoa pē ke ke fai ʻae vete ange.

2 And this is the maner of the freedome: euery creditour shall quite ye lone of his hand which he hath lent to his neighbour: he shall not aske it againe of his neighbour, nor of his brother: for the yeere of the Lords freedome is proclaimed.

Pea ko hono anga ʻoe vete ange eni: Ko ia kotoa pē naʻe nō atu ha meʻa ki hono kaungāʻapi ke vete ʻe ia ia; ʻoua naʻa ʻeke ia ʻi hono kaungāʻapi, pe ki hono tokoua; koeʻuhi ʻoku ui ia ko e vete ange kia Sihova.

3 Of a stranger thou mayest require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine hand shall remit:

‌ʻE ngofua ʻa hoʻo ʻeke ia ki he muli ka ko ia ʻoku ʻaʻau mo ho tokoua ʻe tukuange ia ʻe ho nima;

4 Saue when there shall be no poore with thee: for the Lord shall blesse thee in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, for an inheritance to possesse it:

Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa ai ha kau masiva ʻiate kimoutolu; koeʻuhi ʻe tāpuaki lahi koe ʻe Sihova ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ke maʻu ko e tofiʻa:

5 So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God to obserue and doe all these commandements, which I commande thee this day.

‌ʻO kapau te ke fanongo lelei ki he leʻo ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ke tokanga ʻo fai ʻae ngaahi fekau ni kotoa pē ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau kiate koe he ʻaho ni.

6 For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee, as he hath promised thee: and thou shalt lend vnto many nations, but thou thy selfe shalt not borow, and thou shalt reigne ouer many nations, and they shall not reigne ouer thee.

He ʻoku tāpuakiʻi koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻo hangē ko ʻene talaʻofa kiate koe: pea te ke nō atu ki he ngaahi puleʻanga lahi, ka ʻe ʻikai te ke nō mai; pea te ke pule koe ki he ngaahi puleʻanga lahi, ka ʻe ʻikai tenau pule kiate koe.

7 If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother:

“Kapau ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ha tangata masiva ʻi ho kāinga ʻi he ngaahi matanikolo ʻo ho fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe, ʻoua naʻa ke fakafefeka ho loto, pe tāpuni ho nima ki ho tokoua masiva:

8 But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath.

Ka te ke mafola ke lahi ho nima kiate ia, pea ke nō atu moʻoni kiate ia ke tatau mo ʻene masiva, ʻaia ʻoku ne masiva ai.

9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lord against thee, so that sinne be in thee:

Vakai telia naʻa ai ha mahalo ʻi ho loto kovi, ʻo pehē, ʻOku ofi ʻa hono fitu ʻoe taʻu, ko e taʻu ʻoe vete ange: pea kovi ai ho mata ki ho tokoua masiva, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke tuku ha meʻa kiate ia; pea tangi lāunga ai ia kia Sihova ʻiate koe, pea hoko ia ko e angahala kiate koe.

10 Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

Ko e moʻoni te ke foaki kiate ia, pea ʻoua naʻa mamahi ho loto ʻi hoʻo foaki kiate ia: he koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni ʻe tāpuaki ai koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi hoʻo ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē, pea ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku mafao atu ho nima ki ai.

11 Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.

Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ngata ʻae masiva mei ho fonua: ko ia ʻoku ou fekauʻi koe, ʻo pehē, Ke ke mafola ho nima ʻo lahi ki ho tokoua, ki he masiva, mo ia ʻoku tuʻutāmaki, ʻi ho fonua.

12 If thy brother an Ebrewe sell himselfe to thee, or an Ebrewesse, and serue thee sixe yeere, euen in the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe free from thee:

“Pea kapau kuo fakatau kiate koe ho tokoua, ko e tangata Hepelū, pe ko e fefine Hepelū, ʻo ne tauhi koe ʻi he taʻu ʻe ono; ke ke toki tukuange ia ke ʻataʻatā meiate koe ʻi hono fitu ʻoe taʻu.

13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,

Pea ʻoka ke ka fekau ia ke ʻalu ʻo ʻataʻatā meiate koe, ʻoua naʻa ke tuku ia ke ʻalu masiva;

14 But shalt giue him a liberall reward of thy sheepe, and of thy corne, and of thy wine: thou shalt giue him of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

Ka te ke tuku ʻae meʻa lahi kiate ia mei hoʻo fanga manu, pea mei hoʻo hahaʻanga, pea mei hoʻo tataʻoʻanga uaine: ʻi he meʻa ʻaia kuo tāpuakiʻi ai koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua te ke ʻatu kiate ia.

15 And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God deliuered thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

Pea ke manatu ko e tangata pōpula koe ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, pea naʻe huhuʻi koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua: ko ia ʻoku ou fekau ai ʻae meʻa ni kiate koe he ʻaho ni.

16 And if he say vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee and thine house, and because he is well with thee,

Pea ʻe pehē, kapau ʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate koe, ʻE ʻikai te u ʻalu ʻiate koe; ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa kiate koe mo ho fale, pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene lelei ʻiate koe;

17 Then shalt thou take a naule, and perce his eare through against the doore, and he shall be thy seruant for euer: and vnto thy maid seruant thou shall doe likewise.

Te ke toki toʻo mai ha vili, pea tui ʻaki ia hono telinga [ke maʻu ki ]he matapā, pea ʻe hoko ia ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata. Pea ke fai pehē foki ki hoʻo kaunanga.

18 Let it not grieue thee, when thou lettest him goe out free from thee: for he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, which is the double worth of an hired seruant: and the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.

‌ʻOua naʻa matamata faingataʻa kiate koe, ʻoka ke ka tukuange ia ke ʻalu ʻo ʻataʻatā meiate koe; he naʻe tatau ia kiate koe mo e tamaioʻeiki ʻe toko ua ʻoku ngāue ki he totongi, ʻi heʻene tauhi koe ʻi he taʻu ʻe ono: pea ʻe tāpuaki koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke fai.

19 All the first borne males that come of thy cattell, and of thy sheepe, thou shalt sanctifie vnto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt do no worke with thy first borne bullocke, nor sheare thy first borne sheepe.

“Ko e ʻuluaki fānau tangata kotoa pē ʻoku tupu ʻi hoʻo fanga manu lalahi mo hoʻo fanga manu siʻi ke ke fakatapui kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua: ʻoua naʻa ke fai ha ngāue ʻe taha ʻaki ʻae ʻuluaki ʻo hoʻo fanga pulu, pea ʻoua naʻa kosi ʻae ʻuluaki fānau ʻa hoʻo sipi.

20 Thou shalt eate it before the Lord thy God yeere by yeere, in the place which the Lord shall chose, both thou, and thine household.

Ka ke kai ia, ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻe koe mo ho fale kotoa, ʻi he taʻu tukufakaholo kotoa pē, ʻi he potu ʻaia ʻe fili ʻe Sihova.

21 But if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or haue any euill fault, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lord thy God,

Pea kapau ʻoku ai hano mele, kapau ʻoku ketu, pe kui, pe[ʻi ai ]ha lavea kovi, ʻoua naʻa ke feilaulau ʻaki ia kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.

22 But shalt eate it within thy gates: the vncleane, and the cleane shall eate it alike, as the roe bucke, and as the hart.

Ke ke kai ia ʻi ho lotoʻā: ʻe fakatou kai ʻi ai ʻae taʻemaʻa mo e maʻa, ʻo hangē ko e ʻanitelope, mo e haʻate.

23 Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof, but powre it vpon the ground as water.

Kaeʻoua naʻa ke kai ʻa hono toto ka ke lilingi ia ki he kelekele ʻo hangē ko e vai.