Levitiko 25

1 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese ʻi he moʻunga ko Sainai, ʻo pehē,

And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

2 Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, mo ke pehē kiate kinautolu, ʻOka mou ka hoko atu ki he fonua ʻaia ʻoku ou foaki kiate kimoutolu, ʻe toki fai ai ʻe he fonua ʻae Sāpate kia Sihova.

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the Lord.

3 Ko e taʻu ʻe ono ke ke tō ai hoʻo ngoue, mo e taʻu ʻe ono ke ke ʻauhani hoʻo ngoue vaine, ʻo tānaki hono fua;

Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof:

4 Ka ko hono fitu ʻoe taʻu ko e Sāpate ia ke mālōlō ai ʻae fonua, ko e Sāpate ia kia Sihova: ʻoua naʻa ke tō ai hoʻo ngoue, pe ʻauhani hoʻo ngoue vaine.

But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 Ko ia ʻoku tupu ʻiate ia pe ʻi he ngaahi fua ʻo hoʻo taʻu ʻoua naʻa ke tuʻusi, pe toli ʻae ngaahi kālepi ʻoe vaine taʻeʻauhani he ko e taʻu mālōlō ia ki ho fonua.

What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes of the firstfruits as a vintage: for it is a year of rest to the land:

6 Pea ko e Sāpate ʻoe fonua ko e meʻakai ia maʻamoutolu; kiate koe, pea ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, pea ki hoʻo kaunanga, pea ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki unga ngāue, pea ki he muli ʻoku ʻāunofo kiate koe,

But they shall be unto you for meat, to thee and to thy manservant, to thy maidservant and thy hireling, and to the strangers that sojourn with thee:

7 Pea ki hoʻo fanga manu lahi, pea ki hoʻo fanga manu ʻi ho fonua kotoa pē, ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku tupu ko e meʻakai ia kiate kinautolu.

All things that grow shall be meat to thy beasts and to thy cattle.

8 Pea ke lau kiate koe ʻae Sāpate ʻe fitu ʻoe ngaahi taʻu; ko e taʻu ʻe fitu lau ʻe fitu; pea ko hono lau ʻoe Sāpate ʻe fitu ʻoe ngaahi taʻu ko e taʻu ʻe fāngofulu ma hiva.

Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years, that is to say, seven times seven, which together make forty-nine years:

9 Pea te ke toki fekau ke ifi ʻae meʻa lea ʻoe siupeli ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe [ʻaho ]ʻi hono fitu ʻoe māhina, ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe fakalelei ke mou fakaongo atu ʻae meʻa lea ʻi homou fonua kotoa pē.

And thou shalt sound the trumpet in the seventh month, the tenth day of the month, in the time of the expiation in all your land.

10 Pea ke mou fakatapui hono nimangofulu ʻoe taʻu, ʻo fakahā ʻae huhuʻi ʻi he fonua kotoa pē ki hono kakai kotoa pē; ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ia ko e siupeli: pea ʻe toe hoko ʻae tangata taki taha kotoa pē ki hono ʻapi, pea ʻe toe haʻu taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono fale.

And thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man shall return to his possession, and every one shall go back to his former family:

11 Ko e nimangofulu taʻu ko ia ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ia ko e siupeli: ʻoua naʻa mou tūtuuʻi, pe tuʻusi ʻaia ʻoku tupu ʻiate ia pe, pe tānaki mei he vaine ʻoku taʻeʻauhani.

Because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year. You shall not sow, nor reap the things that grow in the field of their own accord, neither shall you gather the firstfruits of the vines,

12 He ko e siupeli ia; ʻe māʻoniʻoni ia kiate kimoutolu: te mou kai ʻa hono fua ʻo ia mei he ngoue pe.

Because of the sanctification of the jubilee: but as they grow you shall presently eat them.

13 Pea ʻi he taʻu ʻoe siupeli ni ʻe toe haʻu ʻae tangata taki taha kotoa pē ki hono tofiʻa,

In the year of the jubilee all shall return to their possessions.

14 Pea kapau ʻoku ke fakatau ha meʻa ki ho kaungāʻapi, pe fakatau ha meʻa meiate ia, ʻoua naʻa mou fefakamamahiʻaki ʻakimoutolu:

When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy brother: but thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee.

15 Ke ke fakatau mei ho kaungāʻapi ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe taʻu ʻi he hili ʻae siupeli, pea te ne fakatau kiate koe ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe taʻu ʻo hono ngaahi fua:

And he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits.

16 Te ke fakalahi ʻa hono totongi ʻo fakatatau mo hono lahi ʻoe taʻu, pea ke fakasiʻisiʻi hono totongi ʻo fakatatau ki hono siʻi ʻoe taʻu: he ʻoku ne fakatau ia kiate koe ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe taʻu ʻo hono fua ʻo ia.

The more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits.

17 Ko ia ʻoua naʻa mou fefakamamahiʻaki ʻakimoutolu; ka ke manavahē ki ho ʻOtua; he ko au ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua.

Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the Lord your God.

18 Ko ia ke mou fai ʻeku ngaahi fekau, pea tauhi ʻeku ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, ʻo fai ki ai; pea te mou nofo malu pe ʻi he fonua.

Do my precepts, and keep my judgments, and fulfill them: that you may dwell in the land without any fear,

19 Pea ʻe tupu ʻi he fonua hono fua, pea te mou kai ʻo mākona, ʻo nofo ʻi ai ʻi he fiemālie.

And the ground may yield you its fruits, of which you may eat your fill, fearing no mall’s invasion.

20 Pea kapau ʻoku mou pehē, Ko e hā te mau kai ʻi hono fitu ʻoe taʻu? Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te mau tūtuuʻi, pe tānaki ʻemau fua:

But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits?

21 Teu toki fekau ʻeku tāpuaki kiate kimoutolu ʻi hono ono ʻoe taʻu, pea ʻe tupu ʻi ai ʻae fua ʻo feʻunga mo e taʻu ʻe tolu.

I will give you my blessing the sixth year, and it shall yield the fruits of three years:

22 Pea te mou tūtuuʻi ʻi hono valu ʻoe taʻu, kae kai ʻae fua motuʻa ʻo aʻu ki hono hiva ʻoe taʻu: te mou kai ʻae meʻakai motuʻa kaeʻoua ke hoko ʻa hono toʻukai.

And the eighth year you shall sow, and shall eat of the old fruits, until the ninth year: till new grow up, you shall eat the old store.

23 ʻE ʻikai fakatau ʻae fonua ʻo taʻengata: he ʻoku ʻoʻoku ʻae fonua; he ko e kau muli mo e ʻāunofo ʻakimoutolu kiate au.

The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.

24 Pea ʻi he fonua kotoa pē ʻoku mou maʻu te mou tuku ke huhuʻi ʻae fonua.

For which cause all the country of your possession shall be under the condition of redemption.

25 Kapau kuo fakaʻaʻau ʻo masiva ʻa ho kāinga, pea kuo ne fakatau ha potu ʻo hono ʻapi, pea kapau ʻe haʻu ha niʻihi ʻi hono kāinga ke huhuʻi ia, ke ne huhuʻi ai ʻaia naʻe fakatau ʻe hono kāinga.

If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will, he may redeem what he had sold.

26 Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he tangata ha tokotaha ke huhuʻi ia, pea ʻoku faʻa huhuʻi ia ʻe ia pe;

But if he have no kinsman, and he himself can find the price to redeem it:

27 Tuku ai ke ne lau ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi taʻu ʻo hono fakatau ʻo ia, pea ʻatu hono toe ʻo ia ki he tangata naʻa ne fakatau ia ki ai; koeʻuhi ke toe haʻu ia ki hono ʻapi.

The value of the fruits shall be counted from that time when he sold it: and the overplus he shall restore to the buyer, and so shall receive his possession again.

28 Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai mafai ʻe ia ke toe ʻomi ia kiate ia, pea ko e meʻa naʻe fakatau ʻe tuku pe ia ʻi he nima ʻo ia naʻa ne fakatau ia ʻo aʻu ki he taʻu ʻoe siupeli: pea ʻi he siupeli ʻe tukuange ia, pea ʻe haʻu ia ki hono ʻapi.

But if his hands find not the means to repay the price, the buyer shall have what he bought, until the year of the jubilee. For in that year all that is sold shall return to the owner, and to the ancient possessor.

29 Pea kapau ʻoku fakatau ʻe ha tangata ha fale nofoʻanga ʻi loto kolo ʻoku ai hano ʻā maka, ʻe ngofua ʻa ʻene huhuʻi ia ʻi he ʻikai ʻosi ʻae taʻu kotoa hili hono fakatau: ʻi he taʻu kotoa ʻe ngofua ʻa ʻene huhuʻi ia.

He that selleth a house within the walls of a city, shall have the liberty to redeem it, until one year be expired:

30 Pea kapau ʻe ʻikai huhuʻi ia ʻi he taʻu kātoa, pea ko e fale ko ia ʻoku ʻi he kolo ʻā maka ʻe ʻoʻona ia naʻa ne fakatau ia ʻo taʻengata ʻi hono ngaahi toʻutangata; ʻe ʻikai toe tukuange ia ʻi he siupeli.

If he redeem it not, and the whole year be fully out, the buyer shall possess it, and his posterity for ever, and it cannot be redeemed, not even in the jubilee.

31 Ka ko e ngaahi fale ʻi he ngaahi potu kakai ʻoku ʻikai hanau ʻā, ʻe lau ia fakataha mo e ngaahi ngoue ʻoe fonua: ʻe ngofua ke huhuʻi ia, pea ʻe tukuange ia ʻi he siupeli.

But if the house be in a village, that hath no walls, it shall be sold according to the same law as the fields: if it be not redeemed before, in the jubilee it shall return to the owner.

32 Ka ko e ngaahi potu nofoʻanga ʻoe kau Livai, mo e ngaahi fale ʻi he ngaahi potu nofoʻanga ʻo honau ʻapi, ʻe ngofua ki he kau Livai, ke huhuʻi ia ʻi he kuonga kotoa pē.

The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed:

33 Pea kapau ʻoku fakatau ʻe ha tangata mei he kau Livai, pea ko e fale naʻe fakatau, mo e potu kakai ʻo hono ʻapi, ʻe tukuange ia ʻi he siupeli: he ko e ngaahi fale ʻoe ngaahi potu kakai ʻoe kau Livai, ko honau ʻapi ia ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.

If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they shall all return to the owners, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are for their possessions among the children of Israel.

34 Ka ko e ngoue ʻoku hoko ʻo ofi mo honau ngaahi potu kakai, ʻe ʻikai fakatau ia: he ko honau tofiʻa tuʻumaʻu ia.

But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is a perpetual possession.

35 Pea kapau kuo hoko ʻo masiva ʻa ho kāinga, pea kuo vaivai ia; pea te ke tokoni ia; neongo pe ko e muli ia pe ko ha ʻāunofo kiate koe; koeʻuhi ke ne moʻui ai mo koe.

If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee,

36 ‌ʻOua naʻa ke toʻo ha totongi ʻiate ia, pe hano tupu; ka ke manavahē ki he ʻOtua; koeʻuhi ke moʻui ho kāinga mo koe.

Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest: fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.

37 ‌ʻOua naʻa ke ʻatu hoʻo koloa kiate ia ke maʻu ai ʻae totongi, pe nō hoʻo meʻakai ke maʻu ai hono tupu.

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor exact of him any increase of fruits.

38 Ko au ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, kuo u ʻomi ʻakimoutolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ke foaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae fonua ko Kēnani, pea ke u hoko ko homou ʻOtua.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.

39 Pea kapau kuo hoko ʻo masiva ho kāinga ʻoku nofo ofi kiate koe, pea fakatau ʻe ia ia kiate koe: ʻoua naʻa ke fakapōpulaʻi ia ke fai ʻo hangē ha hopoate;

If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants:

40 Ka ʻe ʻiate koe ia ʻo hangē ha tamaioʻeiki ʻoku ngāue ki ha totongi, mo e ʻāunofo, pea te ne ʻiate koe ko e tauhi ʻo aʻu ki he taʻu ʻoe siupeli:

But he shall be as a hireling, and a sojourner: he shall work with thee until the year of the jubilee,

41 Pea ʻe toki ʻalu ia ʻiate koe, ʻaia mo ʻene fānau mo ia, pea ʻe toe hoko atu ia ki hono kāinga, pea ʻe hoko ki he ʻapi ʻo ʻene ngaahi tamai.

And afterwards he shall go out with his children, and shall return to his kindred and to the possession of his fathers,

42 He ko ʻeku kau tamaioʻeiki ʻakinautolu, ʻaia naʻaku ʻomi mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite: ʻoua naʻa fakatau ʻakinautolu ke fakapōpulaʻi.

For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen:

43 ‌ʻE ʻikai te ke puleʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he mālohi lahi; ka ke manavahē ki ho ʻOtua.

Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.

44 Ko hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki mo hoʻo kau kaunanga ʻaia te ke maʻu, ʻe maʻu ia mei he kakai taʻelotu ʻoku nofo takatakai ʻiate koe; ke mou fakatau ʻiate kinautolu ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki mo e kau kaunanga.

Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you.

45 Pea koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻae kau muli ʻoku ʻāunofo ʻiate kimoutolu, te mou fakatau ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻi honau ngaahi faʻahinga ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻaia naʻa nau fakatupu ʻi homou fonua: pea ko homou kakai ʻakinautolu.

And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were born of them in your land, these you shall have for servants:

46 Pea ke mou maʻu ʻakinautolu ko e kakai ki hoʻomou fānau ʻoku muimui ʻiate kimoutolu, kenau maʻu ʻakinautolu ko honau kakai; ko hoʻomou kau tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata; ka ʻe ʻikai te mou pule mālohi ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ko homou kāinga, ko e taha ki he taha.

And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.

47 Pea kapau ʻe fakaʻaʻau ʻo koloaʻia ha ʻāunofo, pe ha muli ʻoku nofo ofi kiate koe, pea fakaʻaʻau ʻo masiva ho kāinga ʻoku nofo ofi kiate ia, ʻo ne fakatau ia ki he muli pe ko e ʻāunofo ʻoku nofo ʻāunofo ofi kiate ia, pe ki ha tokotaha ʻi he hako ʻoe muli:

If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:

48 Hili hono fakatau ia ʻoku ngofua ke huhuʻi ia: ʻoku ngofua ke huhuʻi ia ʻe ha tokotaha ʻi hono kāinga.

After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him:

49 ‌ʻE ngofua ke huhuʻi ia ʻe he tokoua ʻo ʻene tamai, pe ko e foha ʻoʻona, pe huhuʻi ia ʻe ha tokotaha ʻoku kāinga ofi kiate ia ʻi hono kāinga; pea kapau ʻoku ne mafai, ke huhuʻi ia ʻe ia pe.

Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, or his kinsman, by blood, or by affinity. But if he himself be able also, he shall redeem himself,

50 Pea te ne lau kiate ia naʻa ne fakatau ia ʻo fai mei he taʻu naʻe fakatau ai ia kiate ia ʻo hoko ki he taʻu ʻoe siupeli: pea ko e totongi ʻoe fakatau ʻe fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe taʻu, ʻe fakatatau ia kiate ia mo e ngāue ʻae tamaioʻeiki ʻoku totongi.

Counting only the years from the time of his selling unto the year of the jubilee: and counting the money that he was sold for, according to the number of the years and the reckoning of a hired servant,

51 Kapau ʻoku toe lahi ʻae taʻu kimui, ʻe toe ʻatu ʻe ia ʻo fakatatau ki ai ʻae koloa ʻo hono huhuʻi mei he koloa naʻe fakatauʻaki ia.

If there be many years that remain until the jubilee, according to them shall he also repay the price.

52 Pea kapau ʻoku toe siʻi pe ʻae taʻu ki he siupeli, pea ʻe lau ia ki ai mo ia, pea ʻe toe ʻatu kiate ia ʻo fakatatau ki hono taʻu ʻae totongi ʻo hono huhuʻi.

If few, he shall make the reckoning with him according to the number of the years, and shall repay to the buyer of what remaineth of the years,

53 Pea ʻe ʻiate ia ia ʻo hangē ha tamaioʻeiki ngāue ʻoku totongi ʻi he taʻu taki taha; pea ʻe ʻikai puleʻi mālohi ia kiate ia ʻi ho ʻao.

His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.

54 Pea kapau ʻe ʻikai huhuʻi ia ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ko ia, pea ʻe toki tukuange ia ʻi he taʻu ʻoe siupeli, ʻa ia, mo ʻene fānau mo ia.

And if by these means he cannot be redeemed, in the year of the jubilee he shall go out with his children.

55 He ko e kau tamaioʻeiki kiate au ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli; ko ʻeku kau tamaioʻeiki ʻakinautolu, ʻaia kuo u ʻomi mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite: Ko au ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua.

For the children of Israel are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt.