Deuteronomio 15
1 Al cabo de siete años harás remisión.
At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts.
2 He aquí en qué consiste la remisión: Todo acreedor remitirá lo que haya prestado a su prójimo; no lo exigirá a su prójimo, esto es, su hermano, una vez publicada la remisión de Yahvé.
This is the manner of the release: Every creditor will cancel that which he has lent to his neighbor; he will not demand it from his neighbor or his brother because Yahweh's cancellation of debts has been proclaimed.
3 Podrás exigirlo a un extranjero, pero lo que tu hermano tiene de lo tuyo, se lo remitirás;
From a foreigner you may demand it; but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand must release.
4 para que no haya en medio de ti menesteroso alguno, pues Yahvé te bendecirá abundantemente en la tierra que Yahvé, tu Dios, te dará en propiedad hereditaria,
However, there should be no poor among you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land that he gives you as an inheritance to possess),
5 con tal que oigas cuidadosamente la voz de Yahvé, tu Dios, empeñándote en cumplir todos estos mandamientos que hoy te prescribo.
if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all these commandments that I am commanding you today.
6 Porque Yahvé, tu Dios, te bendecirá como te ha dicho, tú prestarás a muchas naciones, mas no pedirás prestado; dominarás a muchos pueblos, y ellos no te dominarán a ti.
For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you; you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
7 Cuando hubiere en medio de ti un pobre de entre tus hermanos, en una de tus ciudades, en la tierra que Yahvé, tu Dios, te dará, no endurezcas tu corazón, ni cierres tu mano contra tu hermano pobre;
If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, within any of your gates in your land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you must not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
8 sino ábrele tu mano y préstale lo suficiente para satisfacer la necesidad que le oprime.
but you must surely open your hand to him and surely lend him sufficient for his need.
9 Ten cuidado, no sea que se levante en tu corazón el perverso pensamiento: ‘Se va acercando el año séptimo, el año de la remisión’; y tu ojo sea malo para con tu hermano indigente, de modo que no le des nada; pues si él clama contra ti a Yahvé, tú te acarreas pecado.
Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you will not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you.
10 Dale sin falta, y al darle no debe dolerte el corazón; porque a raíz de esto te bendecirá Yahvé, tu Dios, en todas tus obras y en todo aquello que emprendas.
You must surely give to him, and your heart must not be sorry when you give to him, because in return for this Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
11 Porque nunca dejará de haber pobres en el país, por lo cual yo te mando diciendo: Abre tu mano a tu hermano, es decir, a tu pobre y a tu necesitado en tu tierra.
For the poor will never cease to exist in the land; therefore I command you and say, 'You must surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.'
12 Cuando uno de tus hermanos, hebreo o hebrea, te fuere vendido, te sirva seis años, y al séptimo le despedirás libre de tu lado.
If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let him go free from you.
13 Y al despedirle libre de tu lado no le dejarás ir con las manos vacías;
When you let him go free from you, you must not let him go empty-handed.
14 antes al contrario le darás liberalmente de tu rebaño, de tu era y de tu lagar; le darás de aquello con que Yahvé, tu Dios, te ha bendecido.
You must liberally provide for him out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. As Yahweh your God has blessed you, you must give to him.
15 Acuérdate de que tú fuiste siervo en la tierra de Egipto y que Yahvé, tu Dios, te puso en libertad; por eso te doy ahora este mandato.
You must remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you today to do this.
16 Mas si te dijere: “No quiero salir de tu casa”, por cuanto te ama a ti y a tu casa, porque le va bien contigo,
It will happen that if he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, and because he is well off with you,
17 tomarás una lezna y horadarás su oreja contra la puerta, y será esclavo tuyo para siempre. Lo mismo harás con tu esclava.
then you must take an awl and thrust it through his ear to a door, and he will be your servant for life. You must do the same with your female servant.
18 No te parezca duro a tus ojos darle por libre; pues sirviéndote seis años te ha ahorrado el salario de dos jornaleros, y Yahvé, tu Dios, te bendecirá en cuanto hagas.
It must not seem difficult for you to let him go free from you, because he has served you for six years and given twice the value of a hired person. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
19 Consagrarás a Yahvé, tu Dios, todo primerizo que naciere de tus vacas y de tus ovejas; no trabajarás con el primerizo de tu vaca, ni esquilarás el primer nacido de tus ovejas:
All the firstborn males in your herd and your flock you must set apart to Yahweh your God. You will do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
20 Los comerás, cada año, tú y tu casa, delante de Yahvé, tu Dios, en el lugar escogido por Yahvé.
You must eat the firstborn before Yahweh your God year by year in the place that Yahweh will choose, you and your household.
21 Pero si hay en él alguna tacha, si es cojo o ciego, o tiene otro defecto grave, no se lo ofrecerás en sacrificio a Yahvé, tu Dios;
If it has any blemish—for example, if it is lame or blind, or has any blemish whatever—you must not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
22 sino que lo comerás dentro de tus puertas, sin hacer distinción entre el impuro y el limpio, así como se come la gacela y el ciervo.
You will eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean persons alike must eat it, as you would eat a gazelle or a deer.
23 Pero no comerás su sangre, la cual derramarás sobre la tierra como agua.
Only you must not eat its blood; you must pour its blood out on the ground like water.
