Levitikosy 25
1 Hoe ty nitsara’ Iehovà amy Mosè ambohi-Sinay añe:
Yahweh said to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain,
2 Misaontsia amo ana’ Israeleo, le ano ty hoe: Ie mimoak’ an-tane hatoloko anahareo ao le hambena’ i taney ty fitofàñe am’ Iehovà.
“Tell the Israelis [that I, Yahweh, say this]: When you enter the land that I am about to give you, every seventh year you must honor me by [not planting any seeds. You will be] allowing the ground to rest.
3 Enen-taoñe ty hitongisa’o ami’ty tete’o, naho enen-taoñe ty hañetefa’o o valobo’oo vaho ty hanontoña’o ty voka’e,
For six years you are to plant seeds in your fields and prune your grapevines and harvest the crops.
4 fe ho Sabata àñom-pitofà’ i taney i taom-pahafitoy, Sabata am’ Iehovà. Tsy hitongisa’o ty tete’o ndra hetefa’o o valobo’oo.
But the seventh/next year you must [dedicate] to me, and allow your fields to rest. Do not plant seeds in your fields or prune your grapevines [during that year].
5 Tsy ho tataheñe o misonjoñeo naho fa afake ty fitataha’o, le tsy hatontoñe ze valoboke mitiry amo vahe tsy nañetefañeo, amy t’ie taom-pitofàñe heneke ho a i taney.
Do not reap [the grain] that grows in your fields without having been planted, or harvest the grapes that grow [without the vines being pruned]; you must allow the land to rest for that one year.
6 Fe ho fikama’ areo ty voka’ i fitofà’ i taneiy, ihe naho ty mpitoro’o lahy naho ty mpitoro’o ampela, naho ty mpièke, naho ty renetane mañialo ama’o,
But you are permitted to eat whatever crops grow by themselves during that year without having been planted. You and your male and female servants, and workers whom you have hired, and people who are living among you temporarily are permitted to eat it.
7 vaho hihinana’ o hare’oo naho ze biby lý an-tane’o ao ze hene voka’e.
Also, [during that year] your livestock and the wild animals in your land are permitted to eat it.’
8 Mañiaha taom-pitofàñe fito ho azo, fito taoñe atombo fito; le ty fitontoña’ i taom-pitofàñe fito rey ro mañomey efa-polo siv’amby taoñe.
‘Also, after every 49 years has ended, you must do this: (On the tenth day of the seventh month/At the end of September) [of the next/50th year], blow trumpets throughout the country, to declare that it will be a day on which you request that I forgive you for the sins that you have committed.
9 Ie amy zay, ampipopoeñe antsiva-paniahiañe ty andro faha-folo’ i volam-pahafitoy, i andro fijebañañey, le ho tsitsihe’ areo fipopòn’ antsiva ty tane’ areo.
10 Le ampiambaho i taom-paha limampoloy naho tsitsiho koim-pidadàñe i taney, amo mpimoneñe ama’e iabio. Ho Jobily ama’ areo, sindre himpoly amo fanaña’eo, songa himpoly aman-dongo’e.
Set apart that year, and proclaim that throughout the country, it will be a year of restoring the land and freeing people: All the people [who sold their property] will receive back the property that they previously owned, and slaves must be (freed/allowed to return to [their property and] their families).
11 Jobily ho anahareo i taom-paha-limampoloy: tsy hitongy ama’e, le tsy ho tatahe’ areo ze sonjo’e vaho tsy hatonto’o ze am-bahe tsy hineteke,
That year will be a Year of Celebration; [during that year] do not plant anything, and do not harvest [in the usual way] the grain/wheat that grows without having been planted, or the grapes that grow without the vines being pruned.
12 amy te Jobily, le hiavake ho anahareo izay; ho kamae’ areo ze mipike an-tetek’ ao.
It will be a Year of Celebration, so eat [only] what grows in the fields (by itself/without any work being done to produce anything).
13 Songa hibalik’ amy lova’ey amy taon-Jobiliy nahareo.
‘In that Year of Celebration, everyone must return to their own property.
14 Aa ie mandetake inoñ’inoñe am’ ondatio ndra mikalo am-pità’ ondaty, le asoao tsy hifampikatramo.
‘If you sell some of your land to a fellow Israeli or if you buy some land from one of them, you must treat that person fairly:
15 Ty ami’ ty ia’ o taoñe manonjohy i Jobilio ty ho vilie’o am’ondatio le ty ami’ty ia’ o taom-pamokarañe sisao ty handetaha’e.
If you buy land, the price that you will pay will depend on the number of years there will be until the next Year of Celebration. If someone sells land to you, he will charge a price that is determined by the number of years until the next Year of Celebration.
16 Ty ami’ty hamaro’ o taoñeo ty hañonjona’o ty vili’e vaho ami’ty hatsiampe’ o taoñeo ty hampiketraha’o ty vili’e; ty ia’ o fitatahañeo ro haleta’e ama’o.
If there will be many years before the next Year of Celebration, the price will be higher; if there will be only a few years until the next Year of Celebration, the price will be lower. [You could say that] what he is really selling you is the number of crops [which you can harvest before the next Year of Celebration].
17 Aa le ko mifamorekeke, fa i Andrianañahare’o ro hañeveña’o; Izaho Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo.
Do not cheat each other; instead, revere me. I, Yahweh your God, [am the one who am commanding this].
18 Aa le ambeno o fañèkoo naho oriho aman-dili-po o fepèkoo, vaho hiaiñ’ añoleñañe amy taney nahareo,
‘Obey all my laws [DOU] carefully. If you do that, you will continue to live safely in your country [DOU].
19 le ho toly ty sabo’ i taney naho ho anjam-pikamañe nahareo vaho himoneñe ao tsy aman’ ore.
And crops will grow well on the land, and you will have plenty to eat.
20 Aa naho hanoa’areo ty hoe, Ino ty ho hane’ay amy taom-pahafitoy, zahay tsy hitongy, tsy hanontoñe an-driha?
But you may ask, “If we do not plant or harvest our crops during the seventh year, what will we have to eat?”
21 Fa ho lilieko ho anahareo ty fanintsiñako amy taom-paha-eneñey, hanataha’ areo ty mahakama tsahatse telo taoñe.
[My answer is that] I will bless you very much during the sixth/previous year, with the result that during that year there will be enough crops to provide food for you for three years!
22 Ie hitongy ami’ty taom-paha-valo, le ho kamae’ areo ty voka’e nivokats’ ela; pak’ amy taom-pahasivey, ampara’ i fitatahañe ama’ey, ty hikama’ areo i elay.
Then, after you plant seed during the eighth/next year [and wait for the crops to grow], you will eat the food grown in the sixth year, and continue to eat it until more food is harvested in the ninth year!
23 Tsy haletake ho nainai’e i taney amy te ahiko o taneo; mpañialo naho renetane amako nahareo.
‘You must not sell any of your land to belong to someone else permanently, because the land [is not yours, it]; is really mine, and you are only living on it temporarily and (farming/taking care of) it for me.
24 Aa ty amo hene tanem-panaña’ areoo, añajào ty hijebañañe aze.
Throughout the country that you will possess, you must remember that if someone sells some of his land to you, he is permitted to buy it back from you [if he wants to].
25 Ie mifotsak’ an-kararahañe ty longo’o naho mandetake i hanaña’ey, le homb’eo ty longo’e marine aze, hijebañe i tane naletan-dongo’ey.
‘So, if one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells some of his property [to obtain some money], the person who is most closely related to him is permitted to come and buy that land for him.
26 Aa naho tsy amam-pijebañe t’indaty, fe am-pahimbañam-pità’e ro mahatontoñe ty hijebaña’e,
However, if a man has no one to buy the land for him, and he himself prospers again and saves enough money to buy that land back,
27 le hiahe’e o taoñe mifototse amy nandetaha’e azeio, le havaha’e amy nivily azey ty tsi’ri’e amo tao’eo vaho hibalik’ amy fanaña’ey re.
he must calculate how many years there will be until the next Year of Celebration. Then he must pay to the man who bought the land the money that he would have earned by continuing to grow crops on that land for those years.
28 Aa naho tsy lefe’e ty hañitia’e fitàñe hahaeneñe ty hampibalihañe aze le hidok’ am-pità’ i nikalo azey i naletakey ampara’ ty Taon-Jobily; havotsotse amy Jobiliy izay le himpolia’e i fanaña’ey.
But if the original owner does not have any money to buy the land that he sold, it will continue to belong to the man who bought it, until the next Year of Celebration. In that year it must be returned to its original owner, and he will be able to live on it again.
29 Aa naho aleta’ t’indaty ty anjomba-pimoneñañe an-drova finahetse ao le azo’e jebañeñe i anjombay añate’ ty taoñe mifototse amy nandetahañe azey; taoñe raike do’e ty mete hijebañañe aze.
‘If someone who lives in a city that has a wall around it sells a house there, during the next year he will be permitted to buy it from the man who bought it.
30 F’ie tsy jebañe’e añate’ ty taoñe raike le mijadoñe ho fanaña’ i nikalo azey nainai’e pak’ añ’ afeafe’e i anjomba an-drova mifahetsey. Ie tsy havotsotse amo Jobilio.
If he does not buy it during that year, it will belong permanently to the man who bought it and to his descendants. It must not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Celebration.
31 Fe ty anjomba tsy mifahetse ro volilieñe manahake o tetekeo: azo jebañeñe izay vaho havotsotse ami’ty Jobily.
But houses that are in villages that do not have walls around them are considered to be as though they are in a field. So if someone sells one of those houses, he is permitted to buy it back at any time. And [if he does not buy it], it must be returned to him in the Year of Celebration.
32 Fe ty amo rova’ o nte-Levio, toe manan-jo nainai’e o nte-Levio hijebañe o anjomba an-drovam-panaña’ iareoo.
‘If any descendants of Levi sell their houses in the towns in which they live, they are permitted to buy them back at any time.
33 Aa naho mivily anjomba amo nte-Levio t’indaty, le i anjomba naletak’ an-drova ao ho vara’ey ro havotso’e amy Jobiliy; amy te fanaña’ i nte-Leviý añivo’ o ana’ Israeleo ze anjomba’e an-drova’ o nte-Levio.
And because the houses in their towns are on land that [was given to them by] other Israelis, that land will become theirs again in the Year of Celebration [if they do not buy it back before then].
34 Fe tsy azo aletake o tanem-piandrazañe mañohoke o rova’ iareoo, amy t’ie fanaña’ iareo nainai’e.
But the pastureland near their towns must not be sold. It must belong to the original owners permanently/forever.
35 Aa naho mivariñ’ an-tsotry ty longo’o vaho moly ama’o, rambeso himoneñe ama’o manahake t’ie renetane ndra mpañialo.
‘If one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and is unable to buy what he needs [IDM], others of you must help him like you would help a foreigner who is living among you [DOU] temporarily.
36 Ko angala’o anan-tsongo ndra ampandivà’o, fe añeveño t’i Andrianañahare’o, le angao himoneña’e.
[If you lend money to him], do not charge any kind of interest [DOU]. Instead, [show by what you do that you] revere me, your God, and help that man, in order that he will be able to continue to live among you.
37 Ko ampisongoen-drala hangala’o ana’e vaho ko ampanovoñe’o aze ze hanton-karo’e.
If you lend him money, do not charge interest; and if you sell food to him, [charge him only what you paid for it]; do not get a profit from it.
38 Izaho Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo nañavotse anahareo an-tane Mitsraime añe hitolorako i tane Kanàney, vaho ho Andrianañahare’ areo.
[Do not forget that] I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God and to give you the land of Canaan, [and I did not charge you for doing that].
39 Aa naho mifotsak’ an-kasotriañe ty longo’o ama’o, hera havili’e ama’o ty fiai’e, ko ampitoroñe’o hoe ondevo.
‘If one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not force him to work like a slave.
40 Hoe mpikarama naho mpañialo ty hitraofa’e, hitoroñe ampara’ ty taon-Jobily;
Treat him like you treat workers that you hire or like someone who is living on your land temporarily. But he must work for you [only] until the Year of Celebration.
41 ie amy zay ro hieng’ azo rekets’ o keleia’eo, himpoly mb’ aman-drolongo’e mb’eo, mb’am-panañan-droae’e añe.
During that year, you must free him, and he will go back to his family and to the property that his ancestors owned.
42 Ahiko iereo, mpitoroko nampiavoteko an-tane Mitsraime añe; tsy haletake ho ondevo.
[It is as though] you Israelis are my slaves/servants, whom I [freed from being slaves] in Egypt. So none of you should be sold to become slaves.
43 Ko silofe’o ami’ty famehea’o aze, fe añeveño t’i Andrianañahare’o.
And do not treat the Israelis whom you buy cruelly; instead, revere me, your God.
44 Aa ty am’ ondevo lahilahy ndra ampela fanaña’oo; le boak’ amo fifeheañe mañohokeo ty ivilia’ areo ondevo.
‘If you want to have slaves, you are permitted to buy them from nearby countries.
45 Azo’ areo vilieñe ka ty anan-drenetane mañialo ama’ areo, naho amo hasavereña’ iareo nisamak’ an-tane’ areoo; mete ho fanaña’ areo ka iereo.
You are also permitted to buy some of the foreigners who are living among you, and members of their clans that were born in your country. Then you will own them.
46 Azo’ areo ampandovaeñe amo ana’ areo mandimbeo ho fanaña’e, ho ondevo’ areo nainai’e. Fe o longo’ areo ana’ Israeleo, le tsy ho fehe’ ty raike ty raike am-pisengean-kery.
They will be your slaves for the remaining years of your life, and after you die, it is permitted for your children to own them. But you must not act in brutal ways toward your fellow Israelis.
47 Aa naho miraorao ty renetane ndra ty mpañialo ama’o, le ie mivariñ’ an-tsotry ty longo’o marine aze vaho mandeta vatañe ke amy renetaney he amy mpañialo ama’oy, hera ami’ty tarira’ i ambahiniy,
‘If a foreigner who is living among you [DOU] becomes rich, and if one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells himself to that foreigner or to a member of his clan/family,
48 ie naletake ro mete jebañeñe. Hijebañe aze ty raik’ amo rahalahi’eo;
it is permitted for someone to pay for him to be freed. It is permitted for one of his relatives to pay for him to be released:
49 mete hijebañ’aze ka i rahalahin-drae’ey ndra i ana-drahalahin-drae’ey; ndra ze amy fifokoa’ey ty hijebañe aze; he ie miraorao ro hahaava-piaiñe.
An uncle or a cousin or another relative in his clan may pay for him to be released. Or, if he prospers [and gets enough money], he is permitted to pay for his own release.
50 Ty hifamolilia’e amy nivily azey, le boak’ amy taoñe nandetaha’e vatañey pak’amy Jobiliy; ty amo taoñeo ty vilin’ aim-pijebañañe aze; ampiraeñe ami’ty taom-pikarama i nitraofa’ey.
The man who wants to pay for his own release must count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration. The price he pays to the man who bought him will depend on the pay that would be given to a hired worker for that number of years.
51 Ie mbe maro taoñe ty añe, le izay ty añavaha’e ty vilin’ ai’e amy drala nikaloañe azey;
If there are a lot of years that remain until the Year of Celebration, he must pay for his release a larger amount of the money.
52 ie tsy ampe ty taoñe pak’ amy taon-Jobiliy le inao ty hamoliliañe iareo roe: ty amo tao’eo ty añavahañe ty vilin’ai’e.
If there are only a few years that remain until the Year of Celebration, he must pay a smaller amount to be released.
53 Ho ama’e re manahake ty mpikarama mpitoloñe taoñ’ an-taoñe; tsy hisengean-kery am-pahaisaha’o.
During the years that he is working for the man who bought him, the man who bought him must treat him like he would treat a hired worker, and all of you must make sure that his owner does not treat him cruelly.
54 Aa naho tsy jebañeñe amy hoe zay, mbe hienga avao amy taon-Jobiliy, ie rekets’ o keleia’eo.
‘And even if a fellow Israeli who has sold himself to a rich man is not able to pay for himself to be freed by any of these ways, he and his children must be freed in the Year of Celebration,
55 Ahiko o ana’ Israeleo; mpitoroko nakareko an-tane Mitsraime añe: Izaho Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo.
because [it is as though] you Israelis are my slaves/servants, whom I, Yahweh your God, freed from [being slaves in] Egypt.’”
