Deuteronomii 15
1 Septimo anno facies remissionem,
At the end of seven years thou shalt make a release,
2 quae hoc ordine celebrabitur. Cui debetur aliquid ab amico vel proximo ac fratre suo, repetere non poterit, quia annus remissionis est Domini.
and this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall relax his hand from the loan which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not demand it of his neighbour, or of his brother; for a release to Jehovah hath been proclaimed.
3 A peregrino et advena exiges: civem et propinquum repetendi non habebis potestatem.
Of the foreigner thou mayest demand it; but what is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release;
4 Et omnino indigens et mendicus non erit inter vos: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in terra, quam traditurus est tibi in possessionem.
save when there shall be no one in need among you; for Jehovah will greatly bless thee in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it,
5 Si tamen audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, et custodieris universa quae iussit, et quae ego hodie praecipio tibi, benedicet tibi, ut pollicitus est.
if thou only diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.
6 Foenerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo accipies mutuum. Dominaberis nationibus plurimis, et tui nemo dominabitur.
For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee; and thou shalt lend on pledge to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.
7 Si unus de fratribus tuis, qui morantur intra portas civitatis tuae in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi, ad paupertatem devenerit: non obdurabis cor tuum, nec contrahes manum,
If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
8 sed aperies eam pauperi, et dabis mutuum, quo eum indigere perspexeris.
but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, [in that] which he lacketh.
9 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.
Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
10 Sed dabis ei: nec ages quippiam callide in eius necessitatibus sublevandis: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni tempore, et in cunctis ad quae manum miseris.
Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.
11 Non deerunt pauperes in terra habitationis tuae: idcirco ego praecipio tibi ut aperias manum fratri tuo egeno et pauperi, qui tecum versatur in terra.
For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.
12 Cum tibi venditus fuerit frater tuus Hebraeus, aut Hebraea, et sex annis servierit tibi, in septimo anno dimittes eum liberum:
If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
13 et quem libertate donaveris, nequaquam vacuum abire patieris:
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;
14 sed dabis viaticum de gregibus, et de area, et torculari tuo, quibus Dominus Deus tuus benedixerit tibi.
thou shalt certainly furnish him from thy sheep, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of what Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee with shalt thou give unto him.
15 Memento quod et ipse servieris in Terra Aegypti, et liberaverit te Dominus Deus tuus, et idcirco ego nunc praecipio tibi.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
16 Sin autem dixerit: Nolo egredi: eo quod diligat te, et domum tuam, et bene sibi apud te esse sentiat:
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, — because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, —
17 assumes subulam, et perforabis aurem eius in ianua domus tuae, et serviet tibi usque in aeternum. ancillae quoque similiter facies.
then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door; and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy handmaid thou shalt do likewise.
18 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 quae agis.
Let it not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for double the worth of a hired servant hath he been to thee, [in] serving thee six years; and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
19 De primogenitis, quae 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.
Every firstling that is born among thy kine and among thy sheep that is a male, thou shalt hallow to Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy kine, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
20 In conspectu Domini Dei tui comedes ea per annos singulos in loco, quem elegerit Dominus, tu et domus tua.
Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God, year by year, in the place which Jehovah will choose, thou and thy household.
21 Sin autem habuerit maculam, vel claudum fuerit, vel caecum, aut in aliqua parte deforme vel debile, non immolabitur Domino Deo tuo.
But if there be a defect therein, [if it be] lame, or blind, [or have] any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God.
22 sed intra portas urbis tuae comedes illud: tam mundus quam immundus similiter vescentur eis quasi caprea, et cervo.
In thy gates shalt thou eat it; the unclean and the clean [shall eat it] alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.
23 Hoc solum observabis, ut sanguinem eorum non comedas, sed effundes in terram quasi aquam.
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
