< Deuteronomy 15 >
1 In the seuenthe yeer thou schalt make remyssioun,
“每逢七年末一年,你要施行豁免。
2 that schal be fillid bi this ordre. To whom ony thing is `dettid, ethir owid of his freend, ether neiybore, and brother, he schal not mowe axe, for it is the yeer of remyssioun of the Lord.
豁免的定例乃是这样:凡债主要把所借给邻舍的豁免了;不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨,因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
3 Thou schalt axe of a pilgrym and comelyng; thou hast not power to axe of a citeseyn and neiybore;
若借给外邦人,你可以向他追讨;但借给你弟兄,无论是什么,你要松手豁免了。
4 and outerli a nedi man and begger schal not be among you, that thi Lord God blesse thee, in the lond which he schal yyue to thee in to the possessioun.
你若留意听从耶和华—你 神的话,谨守遵行我今日所吩咐你这一切的命令,就必在你们中间没有穷人了(在耶和华—你 神所赐你为业的地上,耶和华必大大赐福与你。)
5 If netheles thou schalt here the vois of thi Lord God, and schalt kepe alle thingis whiche he comaundide, and whiche Y comaunde to dai to thee, he schal blesse thee, as he bihiyte.
6 Thou schalt leene to many folkis, and thou schalt not take borewyng of ony man; thou schalt be lord of ful many naciouns, and no man schal be lord of thee.
因为耶和华—你的 神必照他所应许你的赐福与你。你必借给许多国民,却不致向他们借贷;你必管辖许多国民,他们却不能管辖你。
7 If oon of thi britheren that dwellen with ynne the yatis of thi citee, in the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee, cometh to pouert, thou schalt not make hard thin herte, nether thou schalt `drawe to gydere the hond,
“在耶和华—你 神所赐你的地上,无论哪一座城里,你弟兄中若有一个穷人,你不可忍着心、揝着手不帮补你穷乏的弟兄。
8 but thou schalt opene it to the pore man, and thou schalt `yyue loone to which thou siest hym haue nede.
总要向他松开手,照他所缺乏的借给他,补他的不足。
9 Be thou war lest perauenture wickid thouyt crepe priueli to thee, and thou seie in thin herte, The seuenthe yeer of remyssioun neiyeth; and thou turne awey the iyen fro thi pore brother, and thou nyle yyue to hym the loone that he axith; lest he crie ayens thee to the Lord, and it be maad to thee in to synne.
你要谨慎,不可心里起恶念,说:‘第七年的豁免年快到了’,你便恶眼看你穷乏的弟兄,什么都不给他,以致他因你求告耶和华,罪便归于你了。
10 But thou schalt yyue to hym, and thou schalt `not do ony thing falsly in releuynge `hise nedis, that thi Lord God blesse thee in al tyme, and in alle thingis to whiche thou schalt sette to hond.
你总要给他,给他的时候心里不可愁烦;因耶和华—你的 神必在你这一切所行的,并你手里所办的事上,赐福与你。
11 Pore men schulen not faile in the lond of `thin habitacioun; therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou opene the hond to thi brother nedi and pore, that lyuen with thee in the lond.
原来那地上的穷人永不断绝;所以我吩咐你说:‘总要向你地上困苦穷乏的弟兄松开手。’”
12 Whanne thi brothir an Ebrew man, ethir an Ebrew womman, is seeld to thee, and hath serued thee sixe yeer, in the seuenthe yeer thou schalt delyuere hym fre.
“你弟兄中,若有一个希伯来男人或希伯来女人被卖给你,服事你六年,到第七年就要任他自由出去。
13 And thou schalt not suffre hym go awey voide, to whom thou hast yyue fredom;
你任他自由的时候,不可使他空手而去,
14 but thou schalt yyue lijflode in the weye, of flockis, and of cornfloor, and of thi pressour, in whiche thi Lord God hath blessid thee.
要从你羊群、禾场、酒榨之中多多地给他;耶和华—你的 神怎样赐福与你,你也要照样给他。
15 Haue thou mynde that also thou seruedist in the lond of Egipt, and thi Lord God delyurede thee, `ether made thee free, and therfor Y comaunde now to thee.
要记念你在埃及地作过奴仆,耶和华—你的 神将你救赎;因此,我今日吩咐你这件事。
16 Forsothe if `the seruaunt seith, Y nyle go out, for he loueth thee, and thin hows, and feelith that it is wel to hym at thee, thou schalt take `a nal,
他若对你说:‘我不愿意离开你’,是因他爱你和你的家,且因在你那里很好,
17 and thou schalt peerse his eere in the yate of thin hous, and he schal serue thee til in to the world, `that is til to the iubilee, ethir fiftithe yeer; also thou schalt do in lijk maner to the handmayde.
你就要拿锥子将他的耳朵在门上刺透,他便永为你的奴仆了。你待婢女也要这样。
18 Thou schalt not turne awei fro hem thin iyen, whanne thou schalt delyure hem fre, for bi the hire of an hirid man thei serueden thee bi sixe yeer; that thi Lord God blesse thee, in alle the werkis whiche thou doist.
你任他自由的时候,不可以为难事,因他服事你六年,较比雇工的工价多加一倍了。耶和华—你的 神就必在你所做的一切事上赐福与你。”
19 Of the first gendrid thingis that ben borun in thi droues, and scheep, what euer is of male kynde, thou schalt halewe to thi Lord God. Thou schalt not worche in the firste gendrid thing `of oxe, and thou schalt not clippe the firste gendrid thinges of scheep.
“你牛群羊群中头生的,凡是公的,都要分别为圣,归耶和华—你的 神。牛群中头生的,不可用它耕地;羊群中头生的,不可剪毛。
20 Thou schalt ete tho bi alle yeeris in the siyt of thi Lord God, thou, and thin hows, in the place `which the Lord chees.
这头生的,你和你的家属,每年要在耶和华所选择的地方,在耶和华—你 神面前吃。
21 Sotheli if it hath a wem, ethir is crokid, ethir is blynd, ethir is foul, ethir feble in ony part, it schal not be offrid to thi Lord God;
这头生的若有什么残疾,就如瘸腿的、瞎眼的,无论有什么恶残疾,都不可献给耶和华—你的 神;
22 but thou schalt ete it with ynne the yatis of thi citee, bothe a cleene man and vncleene schulen ete tho in lijk maner, as a capret and an hert.
可以在你城里吃;洁净人与不洁净人都可以吃,就如吃羚羊与鹿一般。
23 Onely thou schalt kepe this, that thou ete not the blood of tho, but schede out as watir in to erthe.
只是不可吃它的血;要倒在地上,如同倒水一样。”