Levitikọs 25
1 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu nʼugwu Saịnaị sị ya,
Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,
2 “Gwa ụmụ Izrel sị ha, ‘Mgbe unu batara nʼala ahụ m ga-enye unu, unu ga-eme ka ala ahụ nwee afọ izuike nke ya nye Onyenwe anyị.
“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land that I give you, then the land must be made to keep a Sabbath for Yahweh.
3 Afọ isii ka unu ga-akụ ihe nʼubi, afọ isii ka unu ga-ewe ihe ubi, kwachaakwa alaka osisi vaịnị unu.
You must plant your field for six years, and for six years you must prune your vineyard and gather the produce.
4 Ma mgbe o ruru afọ nke asaa, unu ga-ahapụ ala ubi unu ka o zuo ike, afọ izuike nye Onyenwe anyị. Unu akụla ihe ọbụla nʼubi unu maọbụ kwachaa osisi vaịnị unu.
But in the seventh year, a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land must be observed, a Sabbath for Yahweh. You must not plant your field or prune your vineyard.
5 Unu agaghị ewe ihe ubi ọbụla ga-epupụtara onwe ha nʼoge a, maọbụ tụtụọ mkpụrụ osisi vaịnị ndị ga-ada ada. Nʼihi na afọ ahụ bụ afọ ozuzu ike dịrị ala ubi niile.
You must not conduct an organized harvest of whatever grows by itself, and you must not conduct an organized harvest of whatever grapes grow on your unpruned vines. This will be a year of solemn rest for the land.
6 Ihe ubi puputara nʼala ahụ niile nʼafọ izuike ahụ bụ nri dịrị unu onwe unu, na ndị odibo nwoke na nwanyị unu niile, na onye i goro ọrụ, na onye ọbịa bi nʼetiti unu.
Whatever the unworked land grows during the Sabbath year will be food for you. You, your male and female servants, your hired servants and the foreigners who live with you may gather food,
7 Ihe ubi ahụ dịkwara anụ ụlọ gị, na anụ ọhịa bi nʼala gị. Ihe ọbụla puputara nʼala bụ ihe unu ga-eri.
and your livestock and also wild animals may eat whatever the land produces.
8 “‘Gụpụta afọ izuike asaa, afọ asaa, ụzọ asaa. Ngụkọ afọ izuike ndị a niile ga-enye iri afọ anọ na itoolu.
You must count off seven Sabbaths of years, that is, seven times seven years, so that there will be seven Sabbaths of years, totaling forty-nine years.
9 Nʼụbọchị nke iri nke ọnwa asaa, zipụ onye ga-egbu opi ike, ya bụ, nʼụbọchị mkpuchi mmehie, a ga-egbu opi ike nʼala Izrel niile.
Then you must blow a loud trumpet everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you must blow a trumpet throughout all your land.
10 Doonụ afọ nke iri ise ahụ nsọ, kwusaakwa inwere onwe nye mmadụ niile nʼala ahụ niile. Afọ ahụ ga-abụ afọ inwere onwe nye unu. Onye ọbụla nʼime unu ga-alaghachi nʼihe onwunwe nke ezinaụlọ ya, onye ọbụla kwa ga-alaghachi nʼagbụrụ ya.
You must set apart the fiftieth year to Yahweh and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It will be a Jubilee for you, in which property and slaves must be returned to their families.
11 Afọ nke iri ise bụ afọ inwere onwe nye unu. A gaghị akụ ihe ọbụla nʼubi, a gakwaghị ewe ihe ubi ọbụla puputara nʼonwe ya, maọbụ mkpụrụ osisi vaịnị mịrị nʼonwe ya.
The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you. You must not plant or conduct an organized harvest. Eat whatever grows by itself, and gather the grapes that grow on the unpruned vines.
12 Ọ bụ afọ inwere onwe, bụrụkwa afọ dị nsọ nye unu, nke onye ọbụla ga-eri naanị ihe e wetara nʼubi.
For it is a Jubilee, which will be holy for you. You must eat the produce that grows by itself out of the fields.
13 “‘Onye ọbụla ga-alaghachi nʼihe onwunwe nke ya, nʼafọ inwere onwe a.
You must return everyone to his own property in this year of Jubilee.
14 “‘Ọ bụrụ na i resiri onye agbataobi gị ala, maọbụ na o nwere nke ọ zụrụ site nʼaka gị, unu aghọgbula ibe unu.
If you sell any land to your neighbor or buy any land from your neighbor, you must not cheat or wrong each other.
15 Ị ga-azụrụ ala site nʼaka onye agbataobi dịka ọnụọgụgụ afọ si dị site nʼafọ inwere onwe. Ha ga-eresi gị ya dịka ọnụọgụgụ afọ ole fọdụrụ maka ịkọ ihe nʼala ahụ.
If you buy land from your neighbor, consider the number of years and crops that can be harvested until the next Jubilee. Your neighbor selling the land must consider that also.
16 Ọ bụrụ na a zụrụ ala ahụ nso nso mmemme iri afọ ise a, ọnụahịa ala ahụ ga-adị ala, ọ bụrụkwanụ na ọ dị anya site na mmemme ahụ, ọnụahịa ya ga-adị elu, nʼihi na ụgwọ onye ahụ na-akwụ bụ ụgwọ ugboro ole ọ ga-akụ ihe nʼala ahụ.
A larger number of years until the next Jubilee will increase the value of land, and a smaller number of years until the next Jubilee will decrease the value, because the number of harvests the land will produce for the new owner is related to the number of years before the next Jubilee.
17 Unu emegbula ibe unu kama tụọnụ egwu Chineke unu. Abụ m Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.
You must not cheat or wrong one another; instead, you must honor your God, for I am Yahweh your God.
18 “‘Gbasoonụ ụkpụrụ m, ma lezie anya imezu ihe m nyere nʼiwu, ka unu nwee ike ibi obi udo nʼala ahụ.
Therefore you must obey my decrees, keep my laws, and carry them out. Then you will live in the land in safety.
19 Mgbe ahụ, ala ga-amị mkpụrụ ya, unu ga-eriju afọ, birikwa nʼala ahụ nʼudo.
The land will yield its produce, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.
20 Unu nwere ike jụọ ajụjụ sị, “Gịnị ka anyị ga-eri nʼafọ nke asaa ahụ ebe ọ bụ na anyị agaghị akụ ihe ọbụla, maọbụ wee ihe ubi ọbụla nʼafọ ahụ?”
You might say, “What will we eat during the seventh year? Look, we cannot plant or gather our produce.”
21 Aga m ezitere unu ngọzị dị ukwuu nʼafọ nke isii, nke ga-eme ka ala mee ihe omume nke ga-ezuru unu afọ atọ.
I will command my blessing to come upon you in the sixth year, and it will produce harvest enough for three years.
22 Mgbe unu ga-akụ ihe ubi nʼafọ nke asatọ unu ga na-eri site nʼowuwe ihe ubi ochie unu tutu ruo nʼafọ nke itoolu mgbe unu ga-ewebata ihe ubi ọhụrụ.
You will plant in the eighth year and continue to eat from the previous years' produce and the stored food. Until the harvest of the ninth year comes in, you will be able to eat from the provisions stored in the previous years.
23 “‘Chetanụ na ala bụ nke m, nʼihi nke a, o kwesighị ka unu ree ala ọbụla kpamkpam. Unu bụ naanị ndị ọbịa na ndị nlekọta nye m.
The land must not be sold to a new permanent owner, because the land is mine. You are all foreigners and temporary residents on my land.
24 Nʼala obibi unu niile, unu ga-enye ohere maka mgbapụta ala erere ere.
You must observe the right of redemption for all the land that you acquire; you must allow the land to be bought back by the family from whom you bought it.
25 “‘Ọ bụrụ na otu onye nʼime unu aghọọ onye ogbenye si otu a ree ala ya, nwanna ya dị ya nso ga-abịa gbapụta ala ahụ.
If your fellow Israelite became poor and for that reason sold some of his property, then his nearest relative may come and buy back the property that he sold to you.
26 Ọ bụrụ na-enweghị onye ga-agbapụta ala ahụ nye ha, ma ha mesịa ghọọ ndị bara ụba nwekwa ihe ga-ezu ịgbapụta ala ahụ nʼonwe ha.
If a man has no relative to redeem his property, but if he has prospered and has the ability to redeem it,
27 A ga-agụ afọ ole gara site na mgbe o rere ala ahụ, nyeghachi ya ego ole o kwesiri inweta. Onye rere ala ga-alaghachikwa nʼala ya.
then he may calculate the years since the land was sold and repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it. Then he may return to his own property.
28 Ọ bụrụ na onyenwe ya enweghị ike ịchọta ego ọ ga-eji gbara ya, ala ahụ ga-adị nʼaka onye ahụ zụrụ ya tutu ruo nʼafọ inwere onwe. Mgbe ahụ ọ ga-ewerekwa ala ahụ nyeghachi ya onye resiri ya.
But if he is not able to get the land back for himself, then the land he has sold will remain in the ownership of the one who bought it until the year of Jubilee. At the year of Jubilee, the land will be returned to the man who sold it, and the original owner will return to his property.
29 “‘Onye ọbụla rere ụlọ obibi dị nʼobodo e ji mgbidi gbaa gburugburu nwere ikike mgbapụta ya naanị mgbe otu afọ zuru site na mgbe e rere ya. Nʼoge ahụ ka onye rere ya nwere ike ịgbaghachi ya.
If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may buy it back within a whole year after it was sold. For a full year he will have the right of redemption.
30 Ọ bụrụ na a gbapụtaghị ya tupu otu afọ agafee, ụlọ ahụ dị nʼime obodo nwere mgbidi ga-abụ nke onye ahụ zụrụ ya mgbe niile, bụrụkwa nke ụmụ ụmụ ya. A gaghị enyeghachikwa ya mgbe afọ inwere onwe ruru.
If the house is not redeemed within a full year, then the house in the walled city will become the permanent property of the buyer and his descendants. It is not to be returned in the year of Jubilee.
31 Ma ụlọ ndị dị nʼobodo nta na-enweghị mgbidi a ga-agụ ha dịka ihe dị nʼọhịa. E nwere ike ịgbapụta ha, ha bụkwa nke a ga-eweghachite mgbe afọ inwere onwe ruru.
But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them will be considered as the field of the land. They may be redeemed, and they must be returned during the year of Jubilee.
32 “‘Ma banyere obodo niile nke ndị Livayị dị iche iche. Ha nwere ikike ịgbapụta ụlọ ha dị nʼime nketa ha mgbe ọbụla.
However, the houses owned by the Levites in their cities may be redeemed at any time.
33 Ihe onwunwe ndị Livayị bụ nke e nwere ike ịgbapụta, bụ ndị a, ụlọ niile e rere nke dị nʼobodo ha nwere. Ọ ga-abụ nʼafọ inwere onwe ka aga enwetaghachi ha, nʼihi na ụlọ ndị ahụ dị nʼobodo ndị Livayị bụ naanị oke ha nwere nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel.
If one of the Levites does not redeem a house he sold, then the house that was sold in the city where it is located must be returned in the year of Jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property among the people of Israel.
34 Ma a gaghị ere ala ebe ịta nri nke anụ ụlọ gbara obodo ha gburugburu ere, nʼihi ọ bụ ihe ha nwee nʼọha ruo ebighị ebi.
But the fields around their cities may not be sold because they are the permanent property of the Levites.
35 “‘Ọ bụrụ na nwanne gị adaa ogbenye ruo na o nweghị ike inyere onwe ya aka, ọ dị gị nʼaka inyere ya aka, kpọbata ya ka ọ bịa biri nʼụlọ gị dịka ị ga-esi kpọbata onye ọbịa. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ọ ga-anọgide biri nʼetiti unu.
If your fellow countryman becomes poor, so that he can no longer provide for himself, then you must help him as you would help a foreigner or anyone else living as an outsider among you.
36 Tụọ egwu Chineke, kwerekwa ka nwanna gị soro gị biri nʼala ahụ. A nakwala ụma maọbụ ọmụrụnwa ọbụla.
Do not charge him interest or try to profit from him in any way, but honor your God so that your brother may keep living with you.
37 Ị gaghị ana ọmụrụnwa nʼego i gbazinyere ha, maọbụ rie uru site na nri i resiri ha.
You must not give him a loan of money and charge interest, nor sell him your food to earn a profit.
38 Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, onye kpọpụtara unu site nʼala Ijipt, inye unu ala Kenan, na ị bụ Chineke unu.
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, in order that I might give you the land of Canaan, and that I might be your God.
39 “‘Ọ bụrụ na onye Izrel ọbụla adaa ogbenye, resi gị onwe ya, emela ka o jere gị ozi dịka onye ohu.
If your fellow countryman has become poor and sells himself to you, you must not make him work like a slave.
40 Kama ị ga-emeso ya mmeso dịka ị ga-esi meso onye ọrụ e goro ego, maọbụ dịka onye ọbịa nọ nʼetiti unu. Ọ ga-ejere gị ozi tutu ruo afọ inwere onwe.
Treat him as a hired servant. He must be like someone living temporarily with you. He will serve with you until the year of Jubilee.
41 Nʼafọ ahụ, ị ga-ahapụ ha na ụmụ ha ka ha laghachikwuru ndị ikwu ha, si otu a nwetaghachi ala ubi dị nʼezinaụlọ ha.
Then he will go away from you, he and his children with him, and he will return to his own family and to his fathers' property.
42 Nʼihi na a kpọpụtara m ndị Izrel site nʼala Ijipt ka ha bụrụ ndị na-ejere m ozi. Ya mere, a gaghị ere ha mgbe ọbụla dịka ohu.
For they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They will not be sold as slaves.
43 A gakwaghị emegbu ha nʼụzọ dị njọ. Tụọnụ egwu Chineke unu.
You must not rule over them harshly, but you must honor your God.
44 “‘Ma unu nwere ike gbara ndị ohu nwoke maọbụ nwanyị site nʼetiti ndị mba ọzọ niile bi nʼakụkụ unu. Unu nwere ike site nʼebe ahụ zụta ndị ohu.
As for your male and female slaves, whom you can obtain from the nations who live around you, you may buy slaves from them.
45 Unu nwere ike ịzụ ndị ohu site nʼetiti ndị mbịarambịa bi nʼetiti unu, maọbụ site nʼetiti ndị agbụrụ ha a mụrụ nʼala Izrel. Ndị dị otu a ga-abụkwa ihe onwunwe unu.
You may also buy slaves from the foreigners who are living among you, that is, from their families who are with you, children who have been born in your land. They may become your property.
46 Unu nwere ike kenye ha ụmụ unu dịka ihe nketa, ma mee ha ndị ohu unu ụbọchị ndụ ha niile. Ma unu agaghị eji aka ike chịa onye Izrel ibe unu.
You may provide such slaves as an inheritance for your children after you, to hold as property, and make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your brothers among the people of Israel with harshness.
47 “‘Ọ bụrụ na onye ọbịa bi nʼetiti unu aghọọ ọgaranya, ma otu nʼime ụmụnna unu adaa ogbenye were onwe ya resi onye ọbịa ahụ bi nʼetiti unu, maọbụ were onwe ya resi nwanna ndị ikwu onye ọbịa ahụ,
If a foreigner or someone living temporarily with you has become wealthy, and if one of your fellow Israelites has become poor and sells himself to that foreigner, or to someone in a foreigner's family,
48 ha nwere ikike ịgbapụta ya mgbe ha resiri onwe ha. Otu nʼime ụmụnna ya nwere ike gbapụta ha.
after your fellow Israelite has been bought, he may be bought back. Someone in his family may redeem him.
49 Nwanne nne ya, maọbụ nwanne nna ya, maọbụ nwanna nʼikwu ha ọbụla nwere ike ịgbapụta ya. Ọ nwekwara ike ịgbapụta onwe ya ma ọ bụrụ na ọ kpata ego.
It might be the person's uncle, or his uncle's son, who redeems him, or anyone who is his close relative from his family. Or, if he has become prosperous, he may redeem himself.
50 Ya na onye ahụ o resiri onwe ya ga-agụ afọ ole ọ bụ site na mgbe o rere onwe ya ruo nʼafọ inwere onwe. Ego a ga-akwụ nʼihi ịgbapụta ya ga-abụ ego ọ ga-efu ịkwụ ohu ọzọ ụgwọ ịrụ ọrụ ọnụọgụgụ afọ ndị ahụ niile.
He must bargain with the man who bought him; they must count the years from the year he sold himself to his purchaser until the year of Jubilee. The price of his redemption must be figured in keeping with the rate paid to a hired servant, for the number of years he might continue to work for the one who bought him.
51 Ọ bụrụ nʼọtụtụ afọ fọdụrụ, ọ ga-esite nʼọnụ ego e rere ha kwụọ nke dị ukwu dịka ego mgbapụta ha. Naanị ihe ntakịrị ga-apụ nʼime ego ahụ.
If there are still many years until the year of Jubilee, he must pay back as the price for his redemption an amount of money that is in proportion to the number of those years.
52 Ọ bụrụ naanị afọ ole na ole fọdụrụ tupu afọ inwere onwe eruo, ọ ga-agụkọ ihe ego ahụ pụtara, kwụọ ya maka ịgbara onwe ya dịka o kwesiri.
If there are only a few years to the year of Jubilee, then he must bargain with his purchaser to reflect the number of years left before the year of Jubilee, and he must pay for his redemption in keeping with the number of years.
53 A ga-emeso ha dịka ndị ọrụ e goro ego kwa afọ, ma ị ga-ahụ na onye ha nọ nʼokpuru ya agaghị eji aka ike chịa ha.
He is to be treated like a man hired year by year. You must make sure he is not treated with harshness.
54 “‘Ma ọ bụrụ na e nweghị ike gbapụta ya site nʼụzọ ndị a niile, ya na ụmụ ya ga-enwere onwe ha mgbe afọ inwere onwe ahụ zuru.
If he is not redeemed by these means, then he must serve until the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.
55 Nʼihi na mụ ka ụmụ Izrel bụ ndị ohu nye. Ha bụ ndị ohu m, ndị m kpọpụtara site nʼala Ijipt. Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.
To me the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'”
