Deuteronomio 15
1 Al cabo de los siete años harás remisión.
At the end of every seven years there is to be a general forgiveness of debt.
2 Y ésta es la manera de la remisión: perdonará a su deudor todo aquél que hizo empréstito de su mano, con que adeudó a su prójimo; no lo demandará más a su prójimo, o a su hermano; porque la remisión del SEÑOR es pregonada.
This is how it is to be done: every creditor is to give up his right to whatever he has let his neighbour have; he is not to make his neighbour, his countryman, give it back; because a general forgiveness has been ordered by the Lord.
3 Del extranjero demandarás el reintegro; mas lo que tu hermano tuviere tuyo, lo soltará tu mano,
A man of another nation may be forced to make payment of his debt, but if your brother has anything of yours, let it go;
4 para que así no haya en ti mendigo; porque el SEÑOR te bendecirá con abundancia en la tierra que Dios te da por heredad para que la poseas,
But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;
5 si empero escuchares fielmente la voz del SEÑOR tu Dios, para guardar y cumplir todos estos mandamientos que yo te mando hoy.
If only you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to keep all these orders which I give you today.
6 Ya que el SEÑOR tu Dios te habrá bendecido, como te ha dicho, prestarás entonces a muchos gentiles, mas tú no tomarás prestado; y te enseñorearás de muchos gentiles, pero de ti no se enseñorearán.
For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.
7 Si hubiere en ti mendigo de entre tus hermanos en alguna de tus ciudades, en tu tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, no endurecerás tu corazón, ni cerrarás tu mano a tu hermano mendigo.
If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;
8 Mas abrirás a él tu mano liberalmente, y le prestarás todo lo que necesite en lo que hubiere menester.
But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.
9 Guárdate que no haya en tu corazón perverso pensamiento, diciendo: Cerca está el año séptimo, el de la remisión; y tu ojo sea maligno sobre tu hermano menesteroso para no darle; porque él clamará contra ti al SEÑOR, y te será por pecado.
And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
10 Sin falta le darás, y no sea tu corazón maligno cuando le dieres; que por ello te bendecirá el SEÑOR tu Dios en todos tus hechos, y en todo lo que pusiereis mano.
But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.
11 Porque no faltarán menesterosos de en medio de la tierra; por eso yo te mando, diciendo: Abrirás tu mano a tu hermano, a tu pobre, y a tu menesteroso en tu tierra.
For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.
12 Cuando se vendiere a ti tu hermano hebreo o hebrea, y te hubiere servido seis años, al séptimo año le enviarás de ti libre.
If one of your countrymen, a Hebrew man or woman, becomes your servant for a price and does work for you six years, in the seventh year let him go free.
13 Y cuando lo enviares de ti libre, no lo enviarás vacío.
And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:
14 Le abastecerás liberalmente de tus ovejas, de tu era, y de tu lagar; le darás de aquello en que el SEÑOR te hubiere bendecido.
But give him freely from your flock and from your grain and your wine: in the measure of the wealth which the Lord your God has given you, you are to give to him.
15 Y te acordarás que fuiste siervo en la tierra de Egipto, y que el SEÑOR tu Dios te rescató; por tanto yo te mando esto hoy.
And keep in mind that you yourself were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: so I give you this order today.
16 Y será que, si él te dijere: No saldré de contigo; porque te ama a ti y a tu casa, que le va bien contigo;
But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;
17 entonces tomarás una lesna, y horadarás su oreja junto a la puerta, y será tu siervo para siempre; así también harás a tu criada.
Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.
18 No te parezca duro cuando le enviares libre de ti; que por la mitad del costo del jornalero te sirvió seis años; y el SEÑOR tu Dios te bendecirá en todo cuanto hicieres.
Let it not seem hard to you that you have to send him away free; for he has been working for you for six years, which is twice the regular time for a servant: and the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.
19 Santificarás al SEÑOR tu Dios todo primerizo macho que nacerá de tus vacas y de tus ovejas; no te sirvas del primerizo de tus vacas, ni trasquiles el primerizo de tus ovejas.
All the first males to come to birth in your herd and your flock are to be holy to the Lord your God: the first birth of your ox is not to be used for work, the wool of your first lamb is not to be cut.
20 Delante del SEÑOR tu Dios los comerás cada año, tú y tu casa, en el lugar que el SEÑOR escogiere.
But year by year you and all your house are to take a meal of it before the Lord, in the place of his selection.
21 Y si hubiere en él tacha, si fuere ciego o cojo, o hubiere en él cualquier falta maligna, no lo sacrificarás al SEÑOR tu Dios.
But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.
22 En tus poblaciones lo comerás; el inmundo lo mismo que el limpio comerán de él, como de un corzo o de un ciervo.
It may be used for food in your houses: the unclean and the clean may take of it, as of the gazelle and the roe.
23 Solamente que no comas su sangre; sobre la tierra la derramarás como agua.
Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
