Deuteronomio 15
1 Al final de cada siete años, cancelarás las deudas.
At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts.
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.
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 De un extranjero podrás exigirlo; pero lo que sea tuyo con tu hermano, tu mano lo liberará.
From a foreigner you may demand it; but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand must release.
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)
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 si tan sólo escuchan diligentemente la voz de Yahvé su Dios, para cumplir con todo este mandamiento que hoy les ordeno.
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 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.
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 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;
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 que le abrirás tu mano y le prestarás lo suficiente para su necesidad, que le falta.
but you must surely open your hand to him and surely lend him sufficient for his 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 Cuando lo dejes libre, no lo dejarás ir vacío.
When you let him go free from you, you must not let him go empty-handed.
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.
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 Recordarás que fuiste esclavo en la tierra de Egipto, y que el Señor, tu Dios, te redimió. Por eso te ordeno esto hoy.
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 Si él te dice: “No saldré de ti”, porque te ama a ti y a tu casa, porque está 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Lo comerás ante Yahvé vuestro Dios cada año en el lugar que Yahvé elija, tú y tu familia.
You must eat the firstborn before Yahweh your God year by year in the place that Yahweh will choose, you and your household.
21 Si tiene algún defecto — es cojo o ciego, o tiene cualquier defecto —, no lo sacrificarás a Yahvé vuestro 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 Lo comerás dentro de tus puertas. Los impuros y los limpios lo comerán por igual, como 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 Sólo que no comerás su sangre. La derramarás en la tierra como si fuera agua.
Only you must not eat its blood; you must pour its blood out on the ground like water.
