Deuteronomio 15
1 Al final de cada siete años, cancelarás las deudas.
“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 se hará: todo acreedor liberará lo que haya prestado a su vecino. No exigirá el pago a su prójimo ni a su hermano, porque se ha proclamado la liberación de Yahvé.
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 De un extranjero podrás exigirlo; pero lo que sea tuyo con tu hermano, tu mano lo liberará.
[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 habrá pobres con ustedes (porque Yahvé ciertamente los bendecirá en la tierra que Yahvé su Dios les da en herencia para que la posean)
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 si tan sólo escuchan diligentemente la voz de Yahvé su Dios, para cumplir con todo este mandamiento que hoy les ordeno.
6 Porque el Señor, tu Dios, te bendecirá, como te ha prometido. Prestarás a muchas naciones, pero no pedirás prestado. Dominarás a muchas naciones, pero ellas no te dominarán a ti.
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 un pobre, uno de tus hermanos, está contigo dentro de cualquiera de tus puertas en tu tierra que Yahvé vuestro Dios te da, no endurecerás tu corazón ni cerrarás tu mano a tu hermano pobre;
“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 sino que le abrirás tu mano y le prestarás lo suficiente para su necesidad, que le falta.
Instead, be generous [IDM] and lend to them the money that they need.
9 Guárdate de que no haya un pensamiento perverso en tu corazón, diciendo: “El séptimo año, el año de la liberación, está cerca”, y tu ojo sea malvado contra tu hermano pobre y no le des nada; y él clame a Yahvé contra ti, y sea pecado para ti.
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 Ciertamente darás, y tu corazón no se entristecerá cuando le des, porque es por esto que Yahvé vuestro Dios te bendecirá en todo tu trabajo y en todo lo que pongas tu mano.
Give freely to poor people and give generously [IDM].
11 Porque los pobres nunca dejarán de estar en la tierra. Por eso te ordeno que ciertamente abras tu mano a tu hermano, a tu necesitado y a tu pobre, en tu tierra.
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 tu hermano, hombre hebreo o mujer hebrea, se vende a ti y te sirve seis años, al séptimo año lo dejarás libre de ti.
“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 Cuando lo dejes libre, no lo dejarás ir vacío.
When you free them, do not allow them to go (empty-handed/without giving them anything).
14 Le darás generosamente de tus rebaños, de tu era y de tu lagar. Le darás todo lo que el Señor, tu Dios, te haya bendecido.
Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine.
15 Recordarás que fuiste esclavo en la tierra de Egipto, y que el Señor, tu Dios, te redimió. Por eso te ordeno esto hoy.
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 Si él te dice: “No saldré de ti”, porque te ama a ti y a tu casa, porque está bien 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 tomarás un punzón y se lo meterás por la oreja hasta la puerta, y será tu siervo para siempre. Lo mismo harás con tu sierva.
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 te parecerá duro cuando lo dejes libre de ti, porque ha sido el doble de un jornalero al servirte seis años. El Señor, tu Dios, te bendecirá en todo lo que hagas.
“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 Dedicarás a Yahvé, tu Dios, todos los primogénitos varones que nazcan de tu rebaño y de tus ovejas. No harás ningún trabajo con los primogénitos de tu rebaño, ni esquilarás a los primogénitos de tu rebaño.
“(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 Lo comerás ante Yahvé vuestro Dios cada año en el lugar que Yahvé elija, tú y tu familia.
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 Si tiene algún defecto — es cojo o ciego, o tiene cualquier defecto —, no lo sacrificarás a Yahvé vuestro 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 Lo comerás dentro de tus puertas. Los impuros y los limpios lo comerán por igual, como la gacela y el 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 Sólo que no comerás su sangre. La derramarás en la tierra como si fuera agua.
But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground [when you kill those animals].”
