Deuteronomii 15

1 Septimo anno facies remissionem,

“At the end of seven years you 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 matter of the release: every owner of a loan [is] to release his hand which he lifts up against his neighbor, he does not exact of his neighbor and of his brother, but has proclaimed a release to YHWH;

3 A peregrino et advena exiges: civem et propinquum repetendi non habebis potestatem.

of the stranger you may exact, but that which is yours with your brother your hand releases,

4 Et omnino indigens et mendicus non erit inter vos: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in terra, quam traditurus est tibi in possessionem.

except there is an end [when] no poor [are] with you; for YHWH greatly blesses you in the land which your God YHWH is giving to you [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.

only if you listen diligently to the voice of your God YHWH, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding you today.

6 Foenerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo accipies mutuum. Dominaberis nationibus plurimis, et tui nemo dominabitur.

For your God YHWH has blessed you as He has spoken to you; and you have lent [to] many nations, but you have not borrowed; and you have ruled over many nations, but they do not rule over you.

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,

When there is with you any poor of one of your brothers, in one of your cities, in your land which your God YHWH is giving to you, you do not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your needy brother;

8 sed aperies eam pauperi, et dabis mutuum, quo eum indigere perspexeris.

for you certainly open your hand to him, and certainly lend him sufficiency for his lack which he lacks.

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.

Take heed to yourself lest there be a worthless word in your heart, saying, The seventh year [is] near, the year of release; and your eye is evil against your needy brother, and you do not give to him, and he has called to YHWH concerning you, and it has been sin in you;

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.

you certainly give to him, and your heart is not sad in your giving to him, for because of this thing your God YHWH blesses you in all your works and in every putting forth of your 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.

because the poor does not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding you, saying, You certainly open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to your needy one in your land.

12 Cum tibi venditus fuerit frater tuus Hebraeus, aut Hebraea, et sex annis servierit tibi, in septimo anno dimittes eum liberum:

When your brother is sold to you, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he has served you [for] six years, then in the seventh year you send him away free from you.

13 et quem libertate donaveris, nequaquam vacuum abire patieris:

And when you send him away free from you, you do not send him away empty;

14 sed dabis viaticum de gregibus, et de area, et torculari tuo, quibus Dominus Deus tuus benedixerit tibi.

you certainly adorn him from your flock, and from your threshing-floor, and from your wine-vat; you give to him [from] that which your God YHWH has blessed you [with],

15 Memento quod et ipse servieris in Terra Aegypti, et liberaverit te Dominus Deus tuus, et idcirco ego nunc praecipio tibi.

and you have remembered that you have been a servant in the land of Egypt, and your God YHWH ransoms you; therefore I am commanding you this thing today.

16 Sin autem dixerit: Nolo egredi: eo quod diligat te, et domum tuam, et bene sibi apud te esse sentiat:

And it has been, when he says to you, I do not go out from you, because he has loved you and your house, because [it is] good for him with you,

17 assumes subulam, et perforabis aurem eius in ianua domus tuae, et serviet tibi usque in aeternum. ancillae quoque similiter facies.

then you have taken the awl, and have put [it] through his ear, and through the door, and he has been a perpetual servant to you; and you also do so to your handmaid.

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.

It is not hard in your eyes in your sending him away free from you; for [his worth has been] double the hire of a hired worker [when] he has served you six years; and your God YHWH has blessed you in all that you do.

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 in your herd and in your flock—you sanctify the male to your God YHWH; you do not work with the firstling of your ox, nor shear the firstling of your flock;

20 In conspectu Domini Dei tui comedes ea per annos singulos in loco, quem elegerit Dominus, tu et domus tua.

you eat it before your God YHWH year by year, in the place which YHWH chooses, you and your house.

21 Sin autem habuerit maculam, vel claudum fuerit, vel caecum, aut in aliqua parte deforme vel debile, non immolabitur Domino Deo tuo.

And when there is a blemish in it, [or it is] lame or blind, [or has] any evil blemish, you do not sacrifice it to your God YHWH;

22 sed intra portas urbis tuae comedes illud: tam mundus quam immundus similiter vescentur eis quasi caprea, et cervo.

you eat it within your gates, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe and as the deer.

23 Hoc solum observabis, ut sanguinem eorum non comedas, sed effundes in terram quasi aquam.

Only, you do not eat its blood—you pour it on the earth as water.”