Levítico 25
1 Yahvé dijo a Moisés en el monte Sinaí:
Yahweh said to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain,
2 “Habla a los hijos de Israel y diles: ‘Cuando entréis en la tierra que os doy, la tierra guardará un sábado para Yahvé.
“Tell the Israelis [that I, Yahweh, say this]: When you enter the land that I am about to give you, every seventh year you must honor me by [not planting any seeds. You will be] allowing the ground to rest.
3 Sembrarás tu campo durante seis años, y podarás tu viña durante seis años, y recogerás sus frutos;
For six years you are to plant seeds in your fields and prune your grapevines and harvest the crops.
4 pero en el séptimo año habrá un sábado de descanso solemne para la tierra, un sábado para Yahvé. No sembrarás tu campo ni podarás tu viña.
But the seventh/next year you must [dedicate] to me, and allow your fields to rest. Do not plant seeds in your fields or prune your grapevines [during that year].
5 Lo que crezca por sí mismo en tu cosecha no lo cosecharás, y no recogerás las uvas de tu viña desnuda. Será un año de descanso solemne para la tierra.
Do not reap [the grain] that grows in your fields without having been planted, or harvest the grapes that grow [without the vines being pruned]; you must allow the land to rest for that one year.
6 El sábado de la tierra será para tu comida; para ti, para tu siervo, para tu sierva, para tu jornalero y para tu extranjero, que vive como forastero contigo.
But you are permitted to eat whatever crops grow by themselves during that year without having been planted. You and your male and female servants, and workers whom you have hired, and people who are living among you temporarily are permitted to eat it.
7 También para tu ganado y para los animales que están en tu tierra, todo su producto será para comer.
Also, [during that year] your livestock and the wild animals in your land are permitted to eat it.’
8 “‘Contarás siete sábados de años, siete veces siete años; y serán para ti los días de siete sábados de años, cuarenta y nueve años.
‘Also, after every 49 years has ended, you must do this: (On the tenth day of the seventh month/At the end of September) [of the next/50th year], blow trumpets throughout the country, to declare that it will be a day on which you request that I forgive you for the sins that you have committed.
9 Entonces harás sonar la trompeta en el décimo día del séptimo mes. En el Día de la Expiación tocarás la trompeta en toda tu tierra.
10 Santificarás el quincuagésimo año y proclamarás la libertad en toda la tierra para todos sus habitantes. Será un jubileo para vosotros; y cada uno de vosotros volverá a su propiedad, y cada uno de vosotros volverá a su familia.
Set apart that year, and proclaim that throughout the country, it will be a year of restoring the land and freeing people: All the people [who sold their property] will receive back the property that they previously owned, and slaves must be (freed/allowed to return to [their property and] their families).
11 Ese quincuagésimo año será un jubileo para vosotros. En él no sembraréis, ni cosecharéis lo que crezca por sí mismo, ni recogeréis de las viñas deshojadas.
That year will be a Year of Celebration; [during that year] do not plant anything, and do not harvest [in the usual way] the grain/wheat that grows without having been planted, or the grapes that grow without the vines being pruned.
12 Porque es un jubileo; será sagrado para vosotros. Comeréis de su cosecha del campo.
It will be a Year of Celebration, so eat [only] what grows in the fields (by itself/without any work being done to produce anything).
13 “‘En este Año del Jubileo cada uno de vosotros volverá a su propiedad.
‘In that Year of Celebration, everyone must return to their own property.
14 “‘Si vendes algo a tu prójimo, o compras a tu prójimo, no te perjudicarás mutuamente.
‘If you sell some of your land to a fellow Israeli or if you buy some land from one of them, you must treat that person fairly:
15 Según el número de años después del jubileo comprarás a tu prójimo. Según el número de años de las cosechas te venderá.
If you buy land, the price that you will pay will depend on the number of years there will be until the next Year of Celebration. If someone sells land to you, he will charge a price that is determined by the number of years until the next Year of Celebration.
16 Según la duración de los años, aumentaréis su precio, y según la brevedad de los años, disminuiréis su precio; porque él os vende el número de las cosechas.
If there will be many years before the next Year of Celebration, the price will be higher; if there will be only a few years until the next Year of Celebration, the price will be lower. [You could say that] what he is really selling you is the number of crops [which you can harvest before the next Year of Celebration].
17 No os perjudicaréis unos a otros, sino que temeréis a vuestro Dios, porque yo soy Yahvé, vuestro Dios.
Do not cheat each other; instead, revere me. I, Yahweh your God, [am the one who am commanding this].
18 “‘Por tanto, pondréis en práctica mis estatutos, y guardaréis mis ordenanzas y las pondréis en práctica; y habitaréis en la tierra con seguridad.
‘Obey all my laws [DOU] carefully. If you do that, you will continue to live safely in your country [DOU].
19 La tierra dará su fruto, y comeréis hasta saciaros, y habitaréis en ella con seguridad.
And crops will grow well on the land, and you will have plenty to eat.
20 Si dijerais: “¿Qué comeremos el séptimo año? He aquí que no sembraremos, ni recogeremos nuestros frutos”;
But you may ask, “If we do not plant or harvest our crops during the seventh year, what will we have to eat?”
21 entonces ordenaré mi bendición sobre vosotros en el sexto año, y dará fruto durante los tres años.
[My answer is that] I will bless you very much during the sixth/previous year, with the result that during that year there will be enough crops to provide food for you for three years!
22 El octavo año sembrarás y comerás de los frutos de la vieja tienda hasta el noveno año. Hasta que dé sus frutos, comerás de la vieja tienda.
Then, after you plant seed during the eighth/next year [and wait for the crops to grow], you will eat the food grown in the sixth year, and continue to eat it until more food is harvested in the ninth year!
23 “‘La tierra no se venderá a perpetuidad, pues la tierra es mía; porque vosotros sois extranjeros y vivís como tales conmigo.
‘You must not sell any of your land to belong to someone else permanently, because the land [is not yours, it]; is really mine, and you are only living on it temporarily and (farming/taking care of) it for me.
24 En toda la tierra de vuestra posesión concederéis un rescate por la tierra.
Throughout the country that you will possess, you must remember that if someone sells some of his land to you, he is permitted to buy it back from you [if he wants to].
25 “‘Si tu hermano se empobrece y vende parte de sus bienes, entonces su pariente más cercano vendrá a rescatar lo que su hermano ha vendido.
‘So, if one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells some of his property [to obtain some money], the person who is most closely related to him is permitted to come and buy that land for him.
26 Si el hombre no tiene quien lo rescate, y llega a ser próspero y encuentra medios suficientes para redimirlo,
However, if a man has no one to buy the land for him, and he himself prospers again and saves enough money to buy that land back,
27 entonces que cuente los años transcurridos desde su venta, y devuelva el excedente al hombre a quien lo vendió; y éste volverá a su propiedad.
he must calculate how many years there will be until the next Year of Celebration. Then he must pay to the man who bought the land the money that he would have earned by continuing to grow crops on that land for those years.
28 Pero si no puede recuperarlo para sí, entonces lo que haya vendido quedará en manos del que lo compró hasta el Año del Jubileo. En el Jubileo será liberado, y volverá a su propiedad.
But if the original owner does not have any money to buy the land that he sold, it will continue to belong to the man who bought it, until the next Year of Celebration. In that year it must be returned to its original owner, and he will be able to live on it again.
29 “‘Si un hombre vende una vivienda en una ciudad amurallada, podrá rescatarla en el plazo de un año entero después de haberla vendido. Durante un año completo tendrá el derecho de redención.
‘If someone who lives in a city that has a wall around it sells a house there, during the next year he will be permitted to buy it from the man who bought it.
30 Si no se rescata en el plazo de un año completo, la casa que esté en la ciudad amurallada quedará asegurada a perpetuidad para el que la compró, por sus generaciones. No se liberará en el jubileo.
If he does not buy it during that year, it will belong permanently to the man who bought it and to his descendants. It must not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Celebration.
31 Pero las casas de las aldeas que no tengan muro alrededor serán contabilizadas con los campos del país; podrán ser redimidas, y serán liberadas en el Jubileo.
But houses that are in villages that do not have walls around them are considered to be as though they are in a field. So if someone sells one of those houses, he is permitted to buy it back at any time. And [if he does not buy it], it must be returned to him in the Year of Celebration.
32 “‘Sin embargo, en las ciudades de los levitas, los levitas podrán redimir las casas de las ciudades de su posesión en cualquier momento.
‘If any descendants of Levi sell their houses in the towns in which they live, they are permitted to buy them back at any time.
33 Los levitas podrán rescatar la casa vendida y la ciudad de su posesión, y será liberada en el jubileo; porque las casas de las ciudades de los levitas son su posesión entre los hijos de Israel.
And because the houses in their towns are on land that [was given to them by] other Israelis, that land will become theirs again in the Year of Celebration [if they do not buy it back before then].
34 Pero el campo de las tierras de pastoreo de sus ciudades no podrá ser vendido, porque es su posesión perpetua.
But the pastureland near their towns must not be sold. It must belong to the original owners permanently/forever.
35 “‘Si tu hermano se ha empobrecido, y su mano no puede mantenerse entre vosotros, entonces lo mantendrás. Vivirá contigo como un extranjero y un residente temporal.
‘If one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and is unable to buy what he needs [IDM], others of you must help him like you would help a foreigner who is living among you [DOU] temporarily.
36 No tomes de él ningún interés ni ganancia, sino teme a tu Dios, para que tu hermano viva entre vosotros.
[If you lend money to him], do not charge any kind of interest [DOU]. Instead, [show by what you do that you] revere me, your God, and help that man, in order that he will be able to continue to live among you.
37 No le prestarás tu dinero con intereses, ni le darás tu comida con fines de lucro.
If you lend him money, do not charge interest; and if you sell food to him, [charge him only what you paid for it]; do not get a profit from it.
38 Yo soy el Señor, tu Dios, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto para darte la tierra de Canaán y para ser tu Dios.
[Do not forget that] I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God and to give you the land of Canaan, [and I did not charge you for doing that].
39 “‘Si tu hermano se ha empobrecido entre vosotros y se vende a ti, no lo harás servir como esclavo.
‘If one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not force him to work like a slave.
40 Como jornalero y como residente temporal estará contigo; servirá contigo hasta el Año del Jubileo.
Treat him like you treat workers that you hire or like someone who is living on your land temporarily. But he must work for you [only] until the Year of Celebration.
41 Entonces saldrá de vosotros, él y sus hijos con él, y volverá a su familia y a la posesión de sus padres.
During that year, you must free him, and he will go back to his family and to the property that his ancestors owned.
42 Porque son mis siervos, a quienes saqué de la tierra de Egipto. No serán vendidos como esclavos.
[It is as though] you Israelis are my slaves/servants, whom I [freed from being slaves] in Egypt. So none of you should be sold to become slaves.
43 No te enseñorearás de él con dureza, sino que temerás a tu Dios.
And do not treat the Israelis whom you buy cruelly; instead, revere me, your God.
44 “‘En cuanto a tus esclavos y esclavas, que puedes tener de las naciones que te rodean, de ellos podrás comprar esclavos y esclavas.
‘If you want to have slaves, you are permitted to buy them from nearby countries.
45 Además, de los hijos de los extranjeros que vivan entre vosotros, podréis comprar, y de sus familias que estén con vosotros, lo que hayan concebido en vuestra tierra; y serán de vuestra propiedad.
You are also permitted to buy some of the foreigners who are living among you, and members of their clans that were born in your country. Then you will own them.
46 Podrás convertirlos en herencia para tus hijos después de ti, para que los tengas en posesión. De ellos podréis tomar vuestros esclavos para siempre, pero sobre vuestros hermanos los hijos de Israel no gobernaréis, unos sobre otros, con dureza.
They will be your slaves for the remaining years of your life, and after you die, it is permitted for your children to own them. But you must not act in brutal ways toward your fellow Israelis.
47 “‘Si un extranjero o un residente temporal entre vosotros se enriquece, y su hermano junto a él se ha empobrecido, y se vende al extranjero o a la extranjera que vive entre vosotros, o a un miembro de la familia del extranjero,
‘If a foreigner who is living among you [DOU] becomes rich, and if one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells himself to that foreigner or to a member of his clan/family,
48 después de ser vendido podrá ser redimido. Uno de sus hermanos podrá redimirlo;
it is permitted for someone to pay for him to be freed. It is permitted for one of his relatives to pay for him to be released:
49 o su tío, o el hijo de su tío, podrá redimirlo, o cualquiera que sea pariente cercano de su familia podrá redimirlo; o si se ha enriquecido, podrá redimirlo él mismo.
An uncle or a cousin or another relative in his clan may pay for him to be released. Or, if he prospers [and gets enough money], he is permitted to pay for his own release.
50 Contará con el que lo compró desde el año en que se vendió a él hasta el año del jubileo. El precio de su venta será según el número de años; estará con él según el tiempo de un jornalero.
The man who wants to pay for his own release must count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration. The price he pays to the man who bought him will depend on the pay that would be given to a hired worker for that number of years.
51 Si aún quedan muchos años, según ellos devolverá el precio de su redención del dinero por el que fue comprado.
If there are a lot of years that remain until the Year of Celebration, he must pay for his release a larger amount of the money.
52 Si faltan pocos años para el año del jubileo, entonces contará con él; según sus años de servicio devolverá el precio de su redención.
If there are only a few years that remain until the Year of Celebration, he must pay a smaller amount to be released.
53 Como siervo contratado año tras año estará con él. No gobernará con dureza sobre él a sus ojos.
During the years that he is working for the man who bought him, the man who bought him must treat him like he would treat a hired worker, and all of you must make sure that his owner does not treat him cruelly.
54 Si no es redimido por estos medios, será liberado en el Año del Jubileo: él y sus hijos con él.
‘And even if a fellow Israeli who has sold himself to a rich man is not able to pay for himself to be freed by any of these ways, he and his children must be freed in the Year of Celebration,
55 Porque para mí los hijos de Israel son siervos; son mis siervos que saqué de la tierra de Egipto. Yo soy Yahvé, vuestro Dios.
because [it is as though] you Israelis are my slaves/servants, whom I, Yahweh your God, freed from [being slaves in] Egypt.’”
