Deuteronomy 15
1 “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).
Sjuande kvart år skal vera eit ettergjevingsår;
2 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].
med dette hev det seg so: Den som hev eit lån til gode hjå grannen sin, skal gjeva det etter; han skal ikkje krevja ein granne eller landsmann når dei hev lyst ettergjeving i Herrens namn.
3 [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.
Dei framande kann du krevja, men det du hev hjå landsmannen din, skal du gjeva etter.
4 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.
Med retten skulde det no ikkje finnast fatige hjå deg; for Herren, din Gud, vil velsigna deg i det landet han gjev deg til odel og eiga,
so sant du berre lyder honom og held desse bodi, som eg ber fram for deg no.
6 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].
Ja Herren, din Gud, vil velsigna deg, som han hev lova, og du skal låna til mange folk, men sjølv skal du ikkje trenga noko lån, og du skal råda yver mange folk, men dei skal ikkje råda yver deg.
7 “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.
Finst det nokon fatig millom landsmennerne dine, i dei byarne som Herren, din Gud, vil gjeva deg, so ver ikkje hardhjarta, og lat ikkje att handi for den fatige bror din,
8 Instead, be generous [IDM] and lend to them the money that they need.
men opna handi di for honom, og lån honom det han vantar og treng!
9 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].
Agta deg att det ikkje kjem upp noko vondt i hjarta ditt, når du tenkjer på at det lid nær innåt det sjuande året, ettergjevingsåret, so du ser med ublide augo på den fatige bror din, og ikkje gjev honom noko; for då kjem han til å klaga deg for Herren, og du fær synd på deg.
10 Give freely to poor people and give generously [IDM].
Gjev honom med godhug og tregelaust; det er for den skuld Herren, din Gud, velsignar deg i alt du gjer og tek deg fyre.
11 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.”
Fatige kjem det stødt til å finnast i landet; difor segjer eg deg: Opne handi di for bror din, for dei arme og fatige i landet ditt!
12 “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.
Når ein landsmann - ein hebræar, kar eller kvinna - hev selt til deg, so skal han tena hjå deg seks år; i det sjuande året skal du gjeva honom fri, so han kann fara kvar han vil.
13 When you free them, do not allow them to go (empty-handed/without giving them anything).
Og når du gjev honom fri, skal du ikkje senda honom frå deg tomhendt.
14 Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine.
Du skal reida honom ut vel, både med småfe og med korn og vin; i same mun som Herren, din Gud, hev velsigna deg, skal du gjeva honom.
15 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.
Kom i hug at du sjølv var træl i Egyptarland, og at Herren, din Gud, fria deg ut; difor gjev eg deg i dag dette bodet.
16 “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.
Men segjer tenaren at han ikkje vil skiljast ifrå deg, av di han hev det godt hjå deg og held av deg og folket ditt,
17 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].
so skal du taka ein syl og stinga gjenom øyra hans og inn i hurdi, og sidan skal han tena deg all si tid. Sameleis skal du gjera med tenestgjenta di.
18 “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.”
Du skal ikkje trega på at du lyt sleppa deim frå deg; for han hev arbeidt for deg i seks år, og leigefolk hadde kosta deg tvo gonger so mykje. Kom i hug dette, so skal Herren, din Gud, velsigna deg i alt du gjer!
19 “(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].
Alle frumborne handyr i buskapen din skal du vigja til Herren din Gud. Frumborne uksar må du ikkje hava til arbeids, og frumborne sauer må du ikkje klyppa.
20 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].
For Herrens åsyn skal du eta deim, år etter år, du og huslyden din, på den staden som Herren hev valt seg ut.
21 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.
Er det nokon lyte på deim, er dei halte eller blinde eller hev noko anna leidt lyte, då skal du ikkje ofra deim til Herren, din Gud;
22 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.
men heime hjå dykk sjølve kann de eta deim anten det er reine og ureine, liksom det var gasella eller hjort,
23 But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground [when you kill those animals].”
so nær som blodet; det må de ikkje eta; du skal slå det ut på marki som vatn.
