Deuteronomio 15
1 Debes anular las deudas al final de cada siete años.
Every seven years you shall make a release.
2 Así es como funcionará: Si le diste un préstamo a alguien, deberás anularlo. No podrás cobrar nada de otro israelita, porque el tiempo de cancelación de la deuda del Señor ha sido anunciado.
And this [is] the ordinance of the release: you shall remit every private debt which your neighbor owes you, and you shall not ask payment of it from your brother; for it has been called a release to the Lord your God.
3 Podrás cobrarle a un extranjero, pero deberás anular lo que te deba tu compañero israelita.
Of a stranger you shall ask again whatever he has of your, but to your brother you shall remit his debt to you.
4 Sin embargo, no debes tener gente pobre entre ti, porque el Señor ciertamente te bendecirá en el país que el Señor tu Dios te da para que lo poseas.
For [thus] there shall not be a poor person in the midst of you, for the Lord your God will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you by inheritance, that you should inherit it.
5 Sólo deberás asegurarte de obedecer al Señor tu Dios y seguir todos estos mandamientos que te doy hoy.
And if you shall indeed listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep and do all these commandments, as many as I charge you this day,
6 El Señor tu Dios te va a bendecir como lo prometió. Prestarás dinero a muchas naciones, pero no necesitarás pedir prestado a ninguna de ellas; gobernarás sobre muchas naciones, pero no serás gobernado por ellas.
(for the Lord your God has blessed you in the way of which he spoke to you, ) then you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.
7 Si hubiera israelitas pobres en cualquiera de tus pueblos, en el país que el Señor tu Dios te está dando, entonces no debes ser insensible o avaro con ellos.
And if there shall be in the midst of you a poor [man] of your brethren in one of your cities in the land, which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, neither shall you by any means close up your hand from your brother who is in lack.
8 Al contrario. Debes ser generoso con ellos y prestarles lo que necesiten.
You shall surely open your hands to him, and shall lend to him as much as he wants according to his need.
9 No tengas malos pensamientos como: “Se acerca el séptimo año en el que se anularán las deudas”, para despreciar a los pobres con burlas y negarles cosa alguna. Ellos se quejarán de ti ante el Señor, y serás hallado culpable de pecado.
Take heed to yourself that there be not a secret thing in your heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws near; and your eye shall be evil to your brother that is in lack, and you shall not give to him, and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in you.
10 Dales una y otra vez, y hazlo sin enojo. Cuando das generosamente, el Señor tu Dios te bendecirá en todo tu trabajo y en todo lo que emprendas.
You shall surely give to him, and you shall lend him as much as he wants, according as he is in need; and you shall not grudge in your heart as you give to him, because on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your works, and in all things on which you shall lay your hand.
11 Siempre habrá personas pobres y necesitadas entre ustedes, por eso les ordeno que los ayuden generosamente.
For the poor shall not fail off your land, therefore I charge you to do this thing, saying, You shall surely open your hands to your poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon your land.
12 Si un hebreo, uno de tu propio pueblo, sea hombre o mujer, se vende a ti como esclavo y trabaja para ti durante seis años, tienes que liberarlo en el séptimo año.
And if your brother [or sister], a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, be sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall send him out free from you.
13 Y cuando lo liberes, no lo despidas con las manos vacías.
And when you shall send him out free from you, you shall not send him out empty.
14 Dale muchos regalos: animales de tus rebaños, grano de tu era y vino de tu lagar. Dale tan generosamente como el Señor tu Dios te ha bendecido a ti.
You shall give him provision for the way from your flock, and from your corn, and from your wine; as the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
15 No olvides que una vez fuiste esclavo en Egipto, y el Señor su Dios te liberó. Por eso hoy les doy esta orden.
And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from thence; therefore I charge you to do this thing.
16 Sin embargo, si tu esclavo varón te dice: “No quiero dejarte”, porque te ama a ti y a tu familia y es mejor que se quede contigo,
And if he should say to you, I will not go out from you, because he continues to love you and your house, because he is well with you;
17 entonces usa una herramienta de metal para perforar su oreja contra la puerta, y será tu esclavo de por vida. Haz lo mismo con tu esclava.
then you shall take an awl, and bore his ear through to the door, and he shall be your servant for ever; and in like manner shall you do to your maidservant.
18 No veas como un problema liberar a tu esclava, porque los seis años de servicio de tu esclava valieron el doble de lo que hubieras pagado por contratar a alguien. El Señor tu Dios te bendecirá en todo lo que hagas por actuar de esta manera.
It shall not seem hard to you when they are sent out free from you, because [your servant] has served you six years according to the annual hire of a hireling; so the Lord your God shall bless you in all things whatever you may do.
19 Debes hacer división para darle al Señor tu Dios todos los primogénitos de tus rebaños y manadas. No debes hacer trabajar al primogénito de tu ganado, y no deberás esquilar al primogénito de tus ovejas.
Every firstborn that shall be born among your kine and your sheep, you shall sanctify the males to the Lord your God; you shall not work with your firstborn calf, and you shall not shear the firstborn of your sheep.
20 Cada año tú y tu familia comerán estos animales que han sido sacrificados en presencia del Señor tu Dios en el lugar que el Señor elija.
You shall eat it before the Lord year by year in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, you and your house.
21 Sin embargo, si un animal tiene algún defecto o es cojo o ciego, de hecho si tiene algún defecto grave, no debes sacrificarlo al Señor tu Dios.
And if there be in it a blemish, if it be lame or blind, an evil blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
22 Cómelo en casa. Todos ustedes, tanto si están ceremonialmente limpios como si no, pueden comerlo como si se comieran una gacela o un ciervo,
You shall eat it in your cities; the unclean in you and the clean shall eat it in like manner, as the doe or the stag.
23 pero no comerán la sangre derramada.
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.
