Deuteronomy 15
1 At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts.
每過七年，應施行豁免。
2 This is the manner of the release: Every creditor will cancel that which he has lent to his neighbor; he will not demand it from his neighbor or his brother because Yahweh's cancellation of debts has been proclaimed.
豁免的方式是這樣：債主應把借與近人的一切，全部豁免，不應再向近人或兄弟追還，因為已為光榮上主宣佈了豁免。
3 From a foreigner you may demand it; but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand must release.
向外邦人可以追還，但你兄弟欠你的應一概豁免。
4 However, there should be no poor among you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land that he gives you as an inheritance to possess),
其實，在你中間不會有窮人，因為在你的天主賜給你作為產業的地上，上主必豐厚地祝福你，
5 if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all these commandments that I am commanding you today.
只要你聽從上主你天主的話，謹守遵行我今日吩咐你的這一切誡命。
6 For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you; you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
因為你的天主必照他說的，祝福你：你要借給許多民族，而你卻不需要借貸；你要統治許多民族，但他們卻不會統治你。
7 If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, within any of your gates in your land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you must not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
如果在上主你的天主賜給你的地內的一座城裏，在你中間有了一個窮人，又是你的兄弟，對這窮苦的兄弟，不可心硬，不可袖手旁觀，
8 but you must surely open your hand to him and surely lend him sufficient for his need.
應向他伸手，凡他所需要的儘量借給他。
9 Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you will not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you.
你應提防，不要心生惡念說：「第七年的豁免年快到了! 」就冷眼對待你窮苦的兄弟，不借給他什麼。如果他呼求上主反對你，你應負罪。
10 You must surely give to him, and your heart must not be sorry when you give to him, because in return for this Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
你應盡量供給他；供給他時，不應傷心，因為為了這事，上主你的天主必在你的一切工作，和你著手所作的一切事上祝福你。
11 For the poor will never cease to exist in the land; therefore I command you and say, 'You must surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.'
既然在這地上總少不了窮人，為此我吩咐你說：對你地區內困苦貧窮兄弟，你應大方地伸出援助之手。
12 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let him go free from you.
你的兄弟，無論是希伯來男人，或是希伯來女人，若賣身與你，只應服事你六年，在第七年上，你應使他自由。
13 When you let him go free from you, you must not let him go empty-handed.
使他自由時，不可讓他空手離去；
14 You must liberally provide for him out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. As Yahweh your God has blessed you, you must give to him.
應由你羊群中，打禾場上，榨酒池內，取一些厚厚地酬報他，照上主你的天主祝福你的，分給他。
15 You must remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you today to do this.
應記得你在埃及地也曾做過奴隸，上主你的天主將你贖回。為此我今日特將這事吩咐你。
16 It will happen that if he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, and because he is well off with you,
倘若他對你說：「我不願離開你，」因為他愛你和你的家庭，又喜歡同你在一起，
17 then you must take an awl and thrust it through his ear to a door, and he will be your servant for life. You must do the same with your female servant.
你就拿錐子在門上把他耳朵刺透，他便永遠成了你的奴僕；對你的婢女也該這樣做。
18 It must not seem difficult for you to let him go free from you, because he has served you for six years and given twice the value of a hired person. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
使他自由的時候，你不應感到不滿，因為他六年給你服務，應得傭工的雙倍工資，並且上主你的天主也必在你所做的事業上祝福你。
19 All the firstborn males in your herd and your flock you must set apart to Yahweh your God. You will do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
你的牛羊中所生的，凡是頭胎雄性的，都應祝聖與上主你的天主；你不可使頭胎公牛耕作，也不可剪頭胎公羊的毛。
20 You must eat the firstborn before Yahweh your God year by year in the place that Yahweh will choose, you and your household.
你和你的家屬，年年在上主所選的地方，在上主你的天主面前，吃這些首生的牲畜。
21 If it has any blemish—for example, if it is lame or blind, or has any blemish whatever—you must not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
但如果這牲畜有殘缺、或腿瘸、或瞎眼、或有任何缺點、你不可祭獻給上主你的天主，
22 You will eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean persons alike must eat it, as you would eat a gazelle or a deer.
可在家裏吃，不潔與潔淨的，人都可以吃，如吃羚羊和鹿一樣；
23 Only you must not eat its blood; you must pour its blood out on the ground like water.
只不可吃牠的血，應將血如水一樣潑在地上。
