Torati 15
1 Kila mwisho wa kila miaka saba, mnapaswa kufuta madeni.
At the end of seven years thou shalt make a release,
2 Hii ni tabia ya ukombozi. Kila mkopeshaji atafuta kile alichompa jirani yake, hata dai kutoka kwa jirani yake au ndugu yake kwa sababu ufutaji wa madeni wa Yahwe umetangazwa.
and this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall relax his hand from the loan which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not demand it of his neighbour, or of his brother; for a release to Jehovah hath been proclaimed.
3 Kutoka kwa mgeni mnaweza kudai; lakini kwa chochote chenu kilicho na ndugu yenu mnapaswa mkitoe.
Of the foreigner thou mayest demand it; but what is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release;
4 Hata hivyo, pasiwepo maskini miongoni mwenu (kwa kuwa Yahwe kwa hakika atawabariki kwenye nchi ambayo anawapa kama urithi kumiliki)
save when there shall be no one in need among you; for Jehovah will greatly bless thee in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it,
5 kama peke yenu mnasikiliza kwa bidii sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, kuzishika amri zote ambazo anawaamuru leo.
if thou only diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.
6 Kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wenu atawabariki, kama alivyowaahidia; mtakopesha mataifa mengi, lakini hamtaazima; mtaongoza juu ya mataifa mengi, lakini hayatawaongoza ninyi.
For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee; and thou shalt lend on pledge to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.
7 Kama kuna mtu maskini miongoni mwenu, moja wa ndugu zenu, ndani ya malango yenu yoyote kwenye nchi yenu ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa, msifanye migumu mioyo yenu wala kufunga mkono wenu toka kwa ndugu yenu,
If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
8 Lakini mnapaswa hakika kufungua mkono wenu kwake na hakika mkopeshe yeye vya kutosha hitaji lake.
but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, [in that] which he lacketh.
9 Muwe makini kutokuwa na wazo ovu au potovu katika moyo wenu, kusema, “Mwaka wa saba, mwaka wa ukombozi u karibu; ili kwamba msiwe wachoyo kuhusiana na ndugu zenu maskini na haumpi chochote; anaweza kumlilia Yahwe kuhusu nyie, na itakuwa dhambi yenu.
Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
10 Mnapaswa kwa hakika mmpe, na moyo wenu hampaswi kuhuzunika wakati mnampa, kwa sababu kurudishiwa kwa Yahwe huyu Mungu wenu atawabariki katika kazi zenu zote na katika chochote mnaweka mkono wenu.
Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.
11 Kwa kuwa maskini kamwe hatakoma kuishi katika nchi, kwa hiyo nakuamuru wewe na kusema, “Unapaswa kwa hakika ufungue mkono wako kwa ndugu yako, kwa mhitaji wako, na kwa maskini wako katika nchi yako.
For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.
12 Kama ndugu yako, ni mwebrania wa kiume au mwebrania wa kike, ameuzwa kwako na anakutumikia kwa miaka saba, basi katika mwaka wa saba unapaswa umwache aende zake huru.
If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
13 Unapomwacha aende zake huru, usimwache aende mkono mtupu.
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;
14 Unapaswa kwa ukarimu hutoe kwake kutoka mifugo yako, kutoka pura iliyo chini, na kinu chako cha mvinyo. Kama Yahwe Mungu wako alivyokubariki, unapaswa umpe yeye.
thou shalt certainly furnish him from thy sheep, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of what Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee with shalt thou give unto him.
15 Unapaswa kukumbuka kwamba ulikuwa mtumwa kwenye nchi ya Misri, na kwamba Yahwe Mungu wako alikukomboa; kwa hiyo ninakuamuru leo kufanya hivi.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
16 Itakuwa kwamba kama atasema kwako, “Sitaenda mbali yako; kwa sababu anakupenda na nyumba yako, na kwa sababu ni mzuri kwako,
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, — because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, —
17 basi unapaswa kuchukua uma na msukumo kupitia sikio lake kwenye mlango, na atakuwa mtumwa wako milele. Na pia kwa mtumwa wako wa kike utafanya vilevile.
then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door; and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy handmaid thou shalt do likewise.
18 Isionekane kuwa vigumu kwako kumwachia aende zake huru, kwa sababu amekutumikia kwa miaka sita na amekupa mara mbili udhamani wa mtu aliyeajiriwa. Yahwe Mungu wako atakubariki katika yote unayofanya.
Let it not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for double the worth of a hired servant hath he been to thee, [in] serving thee six years; and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
19 Wazao wote wa kwanza wa kiume katika wanyama na mifugo wako unapaswa uwatenge kwa Yahwe Mungu wako. Hautafanya kazi na mzao wa kwanza wa wanyama wako wala kumnyoa mzao wa kwanza wa mfugo wako.
Every firstling that is born among thy kine and among thy sheep that is a male, thou shalt hallow to Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy kine, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
20 Unapaswa umle mzaliwa wa kwanza mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako kila mwaka katika eneo ambalo Yahwe atachagua, wewe na nyumba yako.
Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God, year by year, in the place which Jehovah will choose, thou and thy household.
21 Kama ina kasoro yoyote- kwa mfano, kama ni kilema au kipofu, au ana kasoro yoyote- haupaswi kumtoa dhabihu kwa Yahwe Mungu wako.
But if there be a defect therein, [if it be] lame, or blind, [or have] any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God.
22 Utamla ndani ya malango yako; mtu asiye najisi na aliye najisi ni sawa unapaswa kula, kama ungekula paa au kulungu.
In thy gates shalt thou eat it; the unclean and the clean [shall eat it] alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.
23 Pekee haupaswi kunywa damu yake; unapaswa kuimwanga damu yake juu ya ardhi kama maji.
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
