Deuteronomy 15
1 from end seven year to make: offer remission
“At the end of every seven years, you must (cancel all debts/tell people who owe you money that they do not need to pay it back).
2 and this Chronicles [the] remission to release all master: [master of] loan hand his which to lend in/on/with neighbor his not to oppress [obj] neighbor his and [obj] brother: compatriot his for to call: call out remission to/for LORD
Do it like this: Each of you who has lent money to a fellow Israeli must cancel that debt. You must not insist that he pay it back. You must do that because Yahweh has declared that the debts must be canceled [every seven years].
3 [obj] [the] foreign to oppress and which to be to/for you with brother: compatriot your to release hand your
[During that year] you may require foreigners [who live among you] to pay what they owe you, but you must not try to require that any fellow Israeli pay you what he owes you.
4 end for not to be in/on/with you needy for to bless to bless you LORD in/on/with land: country/planet which LORD God your to give: give to/for you inheritance to/for to possess: possess her
Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that he is giving to you. If you obey Yahweh our God and obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today, there will not be any poor people among you.
5 except if to hear: obey to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your to/for to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all [the] commandment [the] this which I to command you [the] day
6 for LORD God your to bless you like/as as which to speak: promise to/for you and to lend nation many and you(m. s.) not to lend and to rule in/on/with nation many and in/on/with you not to rule
Yahweh our God will bless you like he has promised to do, and you will [be able to] lend money to people of other people-groups, but you will not [need to] borrow from any of them. You will control [the finances of] many people-groups, but they will not control your [finances].
7 for to be in/on/with you needy from one brother: compatriot your in/on/with one gate: town your in/on/with land: country/planet your which LORD God your to give: give to/for you not to strengthen [obj] heart your and not to gather [obj] hand your from brother: compatriot your [the] needy
“In the towns that Yahweh our God is giving to you, if there are any Israelis who are poor, do not be selfish [IDM] and refuse [IDM] to help them.
8 for to open to open [obj] hand your to/for him and to lend to lend him sufficiency need his which to lack to/for him
Instead, be generous [IDM] and lend to them the money that they need.
9 to keep: careful to/for you lest to be word with heart your Belial: worthless to/for to say to present: come year [the] seven year [the] remission and be evil eye your in/on/with brother: compatriot your [the] needy and not to give: give to/for him and to call: call to upon you to(wards) LORD and to be in/on/with you sin
Be sure that you do not say to yourself, ‘The year when debts will be canceled is near, [so I do not want to lend anyone any money now, because he will not need to pay it back when that year comes].’ It would be evil to even think that. If you act in an unfriendly way toward a needy fellow Israeli, and give him nothing, he will cry out to Yahweh about you, and [Yahweh will say that] you have sinned [by not helping that person].
10 to give: give to give: give to/for him and not be evil heart your in/on/with to give: give you to/for him for in/on/with because of [the] word: because [the] this to bless you LORD God your in/on/with all deed: work your and in/on/with all sending hand: undertake your
Give freely to poor people and give generously [IDM].
11 for not to cease needy from entrails: among [the] land: country/planet upon so I to command you to/for to say to open to open [obj] hand your to/for brother: compatriot your to/for afflicted your and to/for needy your in/on/with land: country/planet your
If you do that, Yahweh will bless you in everything that you do. There will always be some poor people in your land, so I command you to give generously to poor [DOU] people.”
12 for to sell to/for you brother: compatriot your [the] Hebrew or [the] Hebrew and to serve you six year and in/on/with year [the] seventh to send: let go him free from from with you
“If any of your fellow Israeli men or women sell themselves to one of you [to become your slave], you must free them after they have worked for you for six years. When the seventh year comes, you must free them.
13 and for to send: let go him free from from with you not to send: let go him emptily
When you free them, do not allow them to go (empty-handed/without giving them anything).
14 to ornament to ornament to/for him from flock your and from threshing floor your and from wine your which to bless you LORD God your to give: give to/for him
Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine.
15 and to remember for servant/slave to be in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and to ransom you LORD God your upon so I to command you [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this [the] day
Do not forget that your ancestors were once slaves in Egypt, and Yahweh our God freed them. That is the reason that I am now commanding you to do this.
16 and to be for to say to(wards) you not to come out: come from from with you for to love: lover you and [obj] house: household your for be pleasing to/for him with you
“But one of your slaves may say, ‘I do not want to leave you.’ He loves you and your family, because you have treated him well.
17 and to take: take [obj] [the] awl and to give: put in/on/with ear his and in/on/with door and to be to/for you servant/slave forever: enduring and also to/for maidservant your to make: do so
If he says that, take him to the door of your house and, [while he stands against the doorway], pierce one of his earlobes with (an awl/a sharp pointed tool). That will indicate that he will be your slave for the rest of his life. Do the same thing to any female slave [who does not want to leave you].
18 not to harden in/on/with eye: appearance your in/on/with to send: let go you [obj] him free from from with you for second wages hired to serve you six year and to bless you LORD God your in/on/with all which to make: do
“Do not complain when you are required to free your slaves. [Keep in mind that] they served you for six years, and you paid them only half as much as you pay the servants that you hire. [If you free them, ] Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do.”
19 all [the] firstborn which to beget in/on/with cattle your and in/on/with flock your [the] male to consecrate: dedicate to/for LORD God your not to serve: labour in/on/with firstborn cattle your and not to shear firstborn flock your
“(Set aside for/Dedicate to) Yahweh our God the firstborn male animals from your cattle and sheep. Do not force them to do any work for you, and do not (shear/cut off) the wool [of the firstborn animals to sell the wool].
20 to/for face: before LORD God your to eat him year in/on/with year in/on/with place which to choose LORD you(m. s.) and house: household your
You and your family may [kill them and] eat their meat in the presence of Yahweh at the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him].
21 and for to be in/on/with him blemish lame or blind all blemish bad: harmful not to sacrifice him to/for LORD God your
But if the animals have any defects, if they are lame or blind, or if they have any other serious defect, you must not sacrifice them to Yahweh our God.
22 in/on/with gate: town your to eat him [the] unclean and [the] pure together like/as gazelle and like/as deer
You may [kill and] eat [the meat of those animals] at your homes. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done such things are permitted to eat that meat, just like anyone is permitted to eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
23 except [obj] blood his not to eat upon [the] land: soil to pour: pour him like/as water
But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground [when you kill those animals].”
