Deuteronomio 15
1 Debes anular las deudas al final de cada siete años.
“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 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.
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 Podrás cobrarle a un extranjero, pero deberás anular lo que te deba tu compañero israelita.
[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 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.
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 Sólo deberás asegurarte de obedecer al Señor tu Dios y seguir todos estos mandamientos que te doy hoy.
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.
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 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.
“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 Al contrario. Debes ser generoso con ellos y prestarles lo que necesiten.
Instead, be generous [IDM] and lend to them the money that they 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.
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 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.
Give freely to poor people and give generously [IDM].
11 Siempre habrá personas pobres y necesitadas entre ustedes, por eso les ordeno que los ayuden generosamente.
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 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.
“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 Y cuando lo liberes, no lo despidas con las manos vacías.
When you free them, do not allow them to go (empty-handed/without giving them anything).
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.
Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine.
15 No olvides que una vez fuiste esclavo en Egipto, y el Señor su Dios te liberó. Por eso hoy les doy esta orden.
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 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,
“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 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.
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 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.
“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 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.
“(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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 pero no comerán la sangre derramada.
But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground [when you kill those animals].”
