Deuteronomy 15
1 At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts.
Al fin de cada siete años harás una remisión.
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.
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 From a foreigner you may demand it; but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand must release.
Al extranjero lo puedes cobrar, pero a tu hermano perdonarás todo lo que tenga de ti,
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),
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,
5 if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all these commandments that I am commanding you today.
si solo escuchas atentamente la voz de Yavé tu ʼElohim, para observar cuidadosamente todos estos Mandamientos que yo te ordeno hoy.
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.
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 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;
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 but you must surely open your hand to him and surely lend him sufficient for his need.
sino le abrirás tu mano liberalmente y le prestarás con generosidad suficiente para su necesidad.
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.
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 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.
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 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.'
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 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.
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 let him go free from you, you must not let him go empty-handed.
Cuando lo dejes ir libre, no lo enviarás con las manos vacías,
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.
sino lo abastecerás generosamente de tu rebaño, de tu era y tu lagar. Le darás de aquello con lo cual Yavé te bendijo.
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.
Te acordarás que fuiste esclavo en tierra de Egipto, y que Yavé tu ʼElohim te rescató. Por eso yo te ordeno esto hoy.
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,
Pero si, porque te ama a ti y a tu familia, y le va bien contigo, él te dice: No te dejaré,
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.
entonces tomarás un punzón, horadarás su oreja contra la puerta y será tu esclavo para siempre. Del mismo modo harás con tu esclava.
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.
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 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.
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 must eat the firstborn before Yahweh your God year by year in the place that Yahweh will choose, you and your household.
Te los comerás delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim, de año en año, tú y tu familia, en el lugar que Yavé escoja.
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.
Si hay en él algún defecto, si es ciego o cojo, o tiene cualquier defecto, no lo sacrificarás a Yavé tu ʼElohim.
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.
Te lo comerás en tus ciudades. Podrán comer de él tanto el impuro como el purificado, como si fuera gacela o venado.
23 Only you must not eat its blood; you must pour its blood out on the ground like water.
Solo que no comerás su sangre. La derramarás en la tierra como agua.
