Keessa Deebii 15
1 Ati yeroo hunda dhuma waggaa torbaffaatti gatii namaaf dhiisuu qabda.
“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 Kunis akkanatti taʼa: namni liqii kennu hundii liqii ollaa isaa nama Israaʼeliif liqeesse dhiisuufii qaba. Sababii yeroon Waaqayyoo kan itti gatiin namaaf dhiifamu labsameef inni ollaa isaa yookaan obboleessa isaa Israaʼelicha irraa waan isaaf liqeesse hin gaafatin.
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 Ati waan alagaaf liqeessite gaafachuu ni dandeessa; garuu waan obboleessi kee sirraa liqeeffate dhiisuufii qabda.
[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 Taʼus waan Waaqayyo Waaqni kee biyya akka ati dhaaltuuf siif kennu irratti akka malee si eebbisuuf hiyyeessi gidduu keetti hin argamu;
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 kunis yoo ati guutumaan guutuutti Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif ajajamtee fi yoo ati ajajawwan ani harʼa siif kennu kanneen hunda eegde qofa taʼa.
6 Waan Waaqayyo Waaqni kee akkuma si abdachiisetti si eebbisuuf ati saboota baayʼeedhaaf liqeessita malee tokko irraa iyyuu hin liqeeffattu. Ati saboota baayʼee bulchita malee isaan si hin bulchan.
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 Magaalaawwan Waaqayyo Waaqni kee siif kennu keessatti yoo obboloota kee gidduu hiyyeessi jiraate obboleessa kee sana irratti garaan kee hin jabaatin yookaan isa gargaaruu irraa harka kee hin deebifatin.
“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 Qooda kanaa harka kee isaaf diriirsiitii waan isa gaʼu liqeessiif.
Instead, be generous [IDM] and lend to them the money that they need.
9 Akka yaadni hamaan, “Waggaan torbaffaan, waggaan itti gatiin namaaf dhiifamu sun dhiʼaateera” jedhu si keessatti kuufamee ati akkasiin obboleessa kee rakkataa ija hamaadhaan ilaaltee gargaaruu hin dhiifne of eeggadhu. Inni Waaqayyotti ol iyyata; kunis cubbuu sitti taʼa.
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 Ati arjummaadhaan isaaf kenni; yommuu kennituufis garaan kee hin gaabbin; sababii kanaaf Waaqayyo Waaqni kee hojii kee hundaa fi waan harki kee qabate hundaan si eebbisa.
Give freely to poor people and give generously [IDM].
11 Yoom iyyuu taanaan hiyyeeyyiin lafa irra ni jiraatu. Kanaafuu ani akka ati harka kee obboloota keetiif, hiyyeeyyii fi rakkattoota biyya keetiitiif diriirfattu sin ajaja.
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 Yoo namni gosa Ibrootaa, dhiirri yookaan dubartiin sitti gurguramtee waggaa jaʼa siif hojjette, waggaa torbafaatti bilisa baasii gad dhiisi.
“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 Yommuu gad dhiiftuttis harka duwwaa hin geggeessin.
When you free them, do not allow them to go (empty-handed/without giving them anything).
14 Bushaayee kee keessaa, oobdii fi iddoo cuunfaa wayinii keetii irraa arjummaadhaan kenniif. Akkuma Waaqayyo Waaqni kee si eebbisetti isaaf kenni.
Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine.
15 Akka atis biyya Gibxitti garba turtee fi akka Waaqayyo Waaqni kee si fure yaadadhu. Wanni ani harʼa ajaja kana siif kennuufis kanuma.
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 Garuu yoo garbichi kee sun sababii siʼii fi maatii kee jaallatuuf si wajjin jiraachuun itti tolee, “Ani si dhiisee hin deemu” siin jedhe,
“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 mutaa fuudhii balbala irratti gurra isaa uri; innis bara baraan garbicha kee taʼa. Garbittii kees akkasuma godhi.
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 Garbicha kee bilisoomsuun waan ulfaataa sitti hin fakkaatin; tajaajilli isaa kan waggaa jaʼaa sun gatii nama qaxaramee hojjetu tokkootti harka lama tureetii. Waaqayyo Waaqni kee waan ati hojjetu hundaan si eebbisa.
“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 Loonii fi bushaayee kee keessaa korma hangafa hunda Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif addaan baasi; qotiyyoo kee keessaa hangafaan hin hojjetin; hangafa hoolaa keetii irraa rifeensa hin murin.
“(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 Waggaa waggaadhaan atii fi maatiin kee iddoo Waaqayyo Waaqni kee filatutti fuula isaa duratti isaan nyaattu.
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 Yoo horiin sun hirʼina qabaate jechuunis yoo inni naafa yookaan jaamaa yookaan mudaa hamaa kam iyyuu qabaate, ati horii sana aarsaa gootee Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif hin dhiʼeessin.
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 Ati magaalaa kee keessatti nyaadhu. Akkuma waan horiin sun kuruphee yookaan gadamsa taʼeetti namni akka seeraatti qulqulluu hin taʼinii fi kan qulqulluu taʼe nyaachuu dandaʼa.
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 Ati garuu dhiiga sana hin nyaatin; akkuma bishaaniitti lafatti dhangalaasi.
But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground [when you kill those animals].”
