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).
Al fin de cada siete años harás una remisión.
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].
Este es el modo de la remisión: Todo acreedor condonará lo que haya prestado a su prójimo. No se lo exigirá a su prójimo ni a su hermano, porque se proclama la remisión de Yavé.
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.
Al extranjero lo puedes cobrar, pero a tu hermano perdonarás todo lo que tenga de ti,
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.
para que así no haya mendigo en medio de ti. Porque Yavé te bendecirá con abundancia en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da como herencia para que la poseas,
si solo escuchas atentamente la voz de Yavé tu ʼElohim, para observar cuidadosamente todos estos Mandamientos que yo te ordeno hoy.
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].
Porque Yavé tu ʼElohim te bendecirá como te prometió: Prestarás a muchas naciones, pero tú no tomarás prestado. Dominarás a muchas naciones, pero a ti no te dominarán.
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.
Cuando haya en medio de ti un necesitado de alguno de tus hermanos en alguna de tus ciudades, en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da, no endurecerás tu corazón ni cerrarás tu mano a tu hermano pobre,
8 Instead, be generous [IDM] and lend to them the money that they need.
sino le abrirás tu mano liberalmente y le prestarás con generosidad suficiente para su necesidad.
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].
Guárdate de no tener en tu corazón alguna intención perversa, y te digas: Se acerca el año séptimo, el de la remisión, y tus ojos sean hostiles hacia tu hermano pobre y nada le des, y clame contra ti a Yavé, y resulte en ti pecado.
10 Give freely to poor people and give generously [IDM].
Sin falta le darás, y tu corazón no será mezquino cuando le des, porque a causa de esto, Yavé tu ʼElohim te bendecirá en todas tus obras y en todo lo que emprendas.
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.”
Porque no dejarán de estar presente los necesitados en la tierra. Por eso yo te ordeno: Abrirás con generosidad tu mano a tu hermano, al necesitado y pobre en tu tierra.
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.
Si tu hermano, hebreo o hebrea, se vende a ti, te servirá seis años, pero al séptimo año lo dejarás ir libre.
13 When you free them, do not allow them to go (empty-handed/without giving them anything).
Cuando lo dejes ir libre, no lo enviarás con las manos vacías,
14 Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine.
sino lo abastecerás generosamente de tu rebaño, de tu era y tu lagar. Le darás de aquello con lo cual Yavé te bendijo.
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.
Te acordarás que fuiste esclavo en tierra de Egipto, y que Yavé tu ʼElohim te rescató. Por eso yo te ordeno esto hoy.
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.
Pero si, porque te ama a ti y a tu familia, y le va bien contigo, él te dice: No te dejaré,
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].
entonces tomarás un punzón, horadarás su oreja contra la puerta y será tu esclavo para siempre. Del mismo modo harás con tu esclava.
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.”
No te parezca duro dejarlo libre, porque por la mitad del salario de un jornalero te sirvió seis años. Así Yavé tu ʼElohim te bendecirá en todo lo que hagas.
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].
Consagrarás a Yavé tu ʼElohim todo primogénito macho nacido de tu manada de ganado vacuno y de tu rebaño. No te sirvas del primogénito de tu manada de ganado vacuno, ni trasquiles el primogénito de tu rebaño.
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].
Te los comerás delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim, de año en año, tú y tu familia, en el lugar que Yavé escoja.
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.
Si hay en él algún defecto, si es ciego o cojo, o tiene cualquier defecto, no lo sacrificarás a Yavé tu ʼElohim.
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.
Te lo comerás en tus ciudades. Podrán comer de él tanto el impuro como el purificado, como si fuera gacela o venado.
23 But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground [when you kill those animals].”
Solo que no comerás su sangre. La derramarás en la tierra como agua.
