Deteronòm 15
1 “Nan fen chak sèt ane, nou va bay yon remisyon pou dèt yo.
“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).
2 Se konsa remisyon an va ye: tout moun ki prete yon moun yo va bliye sa ke li te prete vwazen li an. Li pa pou egzije li a vwazen li ni frè li, akoz remisyon an te pwoklame.
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].
3 “A yon etranje, nou gen dwa egzije li; men nou va bliye nenpòt sa ki pou nou avèk frè nou.
[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.
4 Sepandan, p ap gen malere pami nou, (akoz SENYÈ a va, anverite, beni nou nan peyi ke SENYÈ Bondye nou an, ap bannou kòm yon eritaj pou posede)
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.
5 si sèlman ou koute avèk obeyisans a vwa SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou swiv avèk atansyon tout kòmandman sila ke mwen ap kòmande nou jodi a.
6 “Paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va beni nou jan Li te pwomèt nou an. Nou va prete a anpil nasyon, men nou p ap prete nan men yo. Nou va domine sou anpil nasyon, men yo p ap domine sou nou.
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].
7 “Si gen yon malere pami nou, youn nan frè nou yo, nan nenpòt vil nou yo nan peyi ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ap bannou an, nou pa pou fè kè nou di, ni sere men nou kont frè malere a.
“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.
8 Men nou va louvri men nou byen laj vè li, e nou va prete a li avèk jenewozite sa ki sifi pou li nan nenpòt sa li manke.
Instead, be generous [IDM] and lend to them the money that they need.
9 “Fè atansyon pou nou pa vin gen yon lide mechan nan kè nou ki di: ‘Setyèm ane a, lane pou remisyon an prè;’ epi zye nou vin move kont frè nou ki malere a, pou nou pa ba li anyen. Alò, konsa li kab kriye a SENYÈ a kont nou, epi sa va peche nan nou.
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].
10 Nou va ba li avèk jenewozite, san fè kè tris lè nou ba li. Paske pou bagay sa a, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va beni nou nan tout travay nou ak tout sa ke nou antreprann.
Give freely to poor people and give generously [IDM].
11 “Paske malere yo p ap janm sispann la nan peyi a. Akoz sa, mwen kòmande nou, e di: ‘Nou va louvri men nou byen laj a frè malere nou yo avèk pòv nan peyi nou yo.’
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.”
12 “Si moun peyi parèy nou yo, yon Ebre, gason oswa fanm, vann a nou menm, alò, li va sèvi nou pandan sis ane, men nan setyèm ane a, nou va ba li libète.
“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.
13 Lè nou lage li, nou p ap voye li ale men vid.
When you free them, do not allow them to go (empty-handed/without giving them anything).
14 Nou va byen founi li soti nan bann mouton an, rekòlt jaden ak nan sitèn diven an. Nou va ba li jan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te beni nou an.
Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine.
15 Nou va sonje ke nou te esklav nan peyi Égypte la, e SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te peye ranson nou. Pou sa, mwen kòmande nou sa, jodi a.
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.
16 “Li va vin rive ke si li di nou: “Mwen p ap sòti kite nou,” paske li renmen nou avèk tout lakay nou, akoz ke sa mache byen pou li avèk nou;
“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.
17 alò, nou va pran yon pik byen file pou pèse zòrèy li nèt antre nan poto pòt la, epi li va sèvitè nou nèt. Osi, nou va fè menm bagay la avèk sèvant yo.
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].
18 Li p ap sanble li difisil pou nou lè nou lage li, paske li te bannou sis ane nan doub sèvis yon anplwaye. Konsa, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va beni nou nan nenpòt sa nou fè.
“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.”
19 “Nou va konsakre a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, tout mal premye ne ki fèt nan twoupo oswa bann mouton nou yo. Nou p ap travay avèk premye ne nan twoupo nou, ni taye lenn nan premye ne nan bann mouton an.
“(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].
20 Nou avèk tout lakay nou va manje li chak ane devan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, nan kote ke SENYÈ a chwazi a.
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].
21 “Men si li gen yon defo, tankou bwate, avèg, oswa nenpòt gwo defo, nou pa pou fè sakrifis li bay SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
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.
22 Nou va manje li anndan pòtay nou yo. Pa pwòp la avèk pwòp la menm jan an, tankou yon kabrit mawon oswa yon sèf.
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.
23 Sèlman, nou p ap bwè san li. Nou dwe vide li atè tankou dlo.
But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground [when you kill those animals].”
