Deuteronomy 15
1 'At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,
Septimo anno facies remissionem,
2 and this [is] the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan [is] to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;
quæ hoc ordine celebrabitur. Cui debetur aliquid ab amico vel proximo ac fratre suo, repetere non poterit, quia annus remissionis est Domini.
3 of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;
A peregrino et advena exiges: civem et propinquum repetendi non habebis potestatem.
4 only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance to possess it.
Et omnino indigens et mendicus non erit inter vos: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in terra, quam traditurus est tibi in possessionem.
5 'Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,
Si tamen audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, et custodieris universa quæ iussit, et quæ ego hodie præcipio tibi, benedicet tibi, ut pollicitus est.
6 for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent [to] many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.
Fœnerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo accipies mutuum. Dominaberis nationibus plurimis, et tui nemo dominabitur.
7 'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
Si unus de fratribus tuis, qui morantur intra portas civitatis tuæ in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi, ad paupertatem venerit: non obdurabis cor tuum, nec contrahes manum,
8 for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.
sed aperies eam pauperi, et dabis mutuum, quo eum indigere perspexeris.
9 'Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart — worthless, saying, Near [is] the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
Cave ne forte subrepat tibi impia cogitatio, et dicas in corde tuo: Appropinquat septimus annus remissionis; et avertas oculos tuos a paupere fratre tuo, nolens ei quod postulat mutuum commodare: ne clamet contra te ad Dominum, et fiat tibi in peccatum.
10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;
Sed dabis ei: nec ages quippiam callide in eius necessitatibus sublevandis: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni tempore, et in cunctis ad quæ manum miseris.
11 because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.
Non deerunt pauperes in terra habitationis tuæ: idcirco ego præcipio tibi ut aperias manum fratri tuo egeno et pauperi, qui tecum versatur in terra.
12 'When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years — then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee.
Cum tibi venditus fuerit frater tuus Hebræus, aut Hebræa, et sex annis servierit tibi, in septimo anno dimittes eum liberum:
13 And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;
et quem libertate donaveris, nequaquam vacuum abire patieris:
14 thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; [of] that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,
sed dabis viaticum de gregibus, et de area, et torculari tuo, quibus Dominus Deus tuus benedixerit tibi.
15 and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee; therefore I am commanding thee this thing to-day.
Memento quod et ipse servieris in Terra Ægypti, et liberaverit te Dominus Deus tuus, et idcirco ego nunc præcipio tibi.
16 'And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee — because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because [it is] good for him with thee —
Sin autem dixerit: Nolo egredi: eo quod diligat te, et domum tuam, et bene sibi apud te esse sentiat:
17 then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put [it] through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.
assumes subulam, et perforabis aurem eius in ianua domus tuæ, et serviet tibi usque in æternum. ancillæ quoque similiter facies.
18 'It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.
Non avertas ab eis oculos tuos, quando dimiseris eos liberos: quoniam iuxta mercedem mercenarii per sex annos servivit tibi: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in cunctis operibus quæ agis.
19 'Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock — the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock;
De primogenitis, quæ nascuntur in armentis, et in ovibus tuis, quidquid est sexus masculini, sanctificabis Domino Deo tuo. Non operaberis in primogenito bovis, et non tondebis primogenita ovium.
20 before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.
In conspectu Domini Dei tui comedes ea per annos singulos in loco, quem elegerit Dominus, tu et domus tua.
21 'And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God;
Sin autem habuerit maculam, vel claudum fuerit, vel cæcum, aut in aliqua parte deforme vel debile, non immolabitur Domino Deo tuo.
22 within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.
sed intra portas urbis tuæ comedes illud: tam mundus quam immundus similiter vescentur eis quasi caprea, et cervo.
23 Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.
Hoc solum observabis, ut sanguinem eorum non comedas, sed effundes in terram quasi aquam.
