Leviticus 25
1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in monte Sinai, dicens:
The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
2 Loquere filiis Israel, et dices ad eos: Quando ingressi fueritis terram quam ego dabo vobis, sabbatizes sabbatum Domino.
“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD.
3 Sex annis seres agrum tuum, et sex annis putabis vineam tuam, colligesque fructus eius:
You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits;
4 septimo autem anno sabbatum erit terræ, requietionis Domini: agrum non seres, et vineam non putabis.
but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
5 Quæ sponte gignet humus, non metes: et uvas primitiarum tuarum non colliges quasi vindemiam: annus enim requietionis terræ est:
What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and you shall not gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
6 sed erunt vobis in cibum, tibi et servo tuo, ancillæ et mercenario tuo, et advenæ qui peregrinantur apud te:
The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.
7 iumentis tuis et pecoribus omnia quæ nascuntur, præbebunt cibum.
For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.
8 Numerabis quoque tibi septem hebdomadas annorum, id est, septies septem, quæ simul faciunt annos quadraginta novem:
“‘You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.
9 et clanges buccina mense septimo, decima die mensis, propitiationis tempore, in universa terra vestra.
Then you shall sound the loud shofar on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the shofar throughout all your land.
10 Sanctificabisque annum quinquagesimum, et vocabis remissionem cunctis habitatoribus terræ tuæ: ipse est enim Iubilæus. Revertetur homo ad possessionem suam, et unusquisque rediet ad familiam pristinam:
You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
11 quia Iubilæus est et quinquagesimus annus. Non seretis, neque metetis sponte in agro nascentia, et primitias vindemiæ non colligetis,
That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines.
12 ob sanctificationem Iubilæi, sed statim oblata comedetis.
For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.
13 Anno Iubilæi redient omnes ad possessiones suas.
“‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
14 Quando vendes quippiam civi tuo, vel emes ab eo, ne contristes fratrem tuum, sed iuxta numerum annorum Iubilei emes ab eo,
“‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
15 et iuxta supputationem frugum vendet tibi.
According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
16 Quanto plures anni remanserint post Iubilæum, tanto crescet et pretium: et quanto minus temporis numeraveris, tanto minoris et emptio constabit. Tempus enim frugum vendet tibi.
According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.
17 Nolite affligere contribules vestros, sed timeat unusquisque Deum suum, quia Ego Dominus Deus vester.
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
18 Facite præcepta mea, et iudicia custodite, et implete ea, ut habitare possitis in terra absque ullo pavore,
“‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
19 et gignat vobis humus fructus suos, quibus vescamini usque ad saturitatem, nullius impetum formidantes.
The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
20 Quod si dixeritis: Quid comedemus anno septimo, si non severimus, neque collegerimus fruges nostras?
If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”
21 Dabo benedictionem meam vobis anno sexto, et faciet fructus trium annorum:
then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.
22 seretisque anno octavo, et comedetis veteres fruges usque ad nonum annum: donec nova nascantur, edetis vetera.
You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits from the old store until the ninth year. Until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
23 Terra quoque non vendetur in perpetuum: quia mea est, et vos advenæ et coloni mei estis.
“‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
24 Unde cuncta regio possessionis vestræ sub redemptionis conditione vendetur.
In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.
25 Si attenuatus frater tuus vendiderit possessiunculam suam, et voluerit propinquus eius, potest redimere quod ille vendiderat.
“‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.
26 Sin autem non habuerit proximum, et ipse pretium ad redimendum potuerit invenire:
If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
27 computabuntur fructus ex eo tempore quo vendidit: et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori, sicque recipiet possessionem suam.
then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
28 Quod si non invenerit manus eius ut reddat pretium, habebit emptor quod emerat, usque ad annum Iubileum. In ipso enim omnis venditio redibit ad dominum, et ad possessorem pristinum.
But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
29 Qui vendiderit domum intra urbis muros, habebit licentiam redimendi, donec unus impleatur annus.
“‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
30 Si non redemerit, et anni circulus fuerit evolutus, emptor possidebit eam, et posteri eius in perpetuum, et redimi non poterit, etiam in Iubileo.
If it isn’t redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
31 Sin autem in villa domus, quæ muros non habet, agrorum iure vendetur. Si ante redempta non fuerit, in iubileo revertetur ad dominum.
But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
32 Ædes Levitarum, quæ in urbibus sunt, semper possunt redimi:
“‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time.
33 si redemptæ non fuerint, in iubileo revertentur ad dominos, quia domus urbium Levitarum pro possessionibus sunt inter filios Israel.
The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
34 Suburbana autem eorum non veneant, quia possessio sempiterna est.
But the field of the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.
35 Si attenuatus fuerit frater tuus, et infirmus manu, et susceperis eum quasi advenam, et peregrinum, et vixerit tecum,
“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.
36 ne accipias usuras ab eo, nec amplius quam dedisti. Time Deum tuum, ut vivere possit frater tuus apud te.
Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.
37 Pecuniam tuam non dabis ei ad usuram, et frugum superabundantiam non exiges.
You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
38 Ego Dominus Deus vester, qui eduxi vos de Terra Ægypti, ut darem vobis Terram Chanaan, et essem vester Deus.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
39 Si paupertate compulsus vendiderit se tibi frater tuus, non eum opprimes servitute famulorum,
“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
40 sed quasi mercenarius et colonus erit: usque ad annum Iubileum operabitur apud te,
As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee.
41 et postea egredietur cum liberis suis, et revertetur ad cognationem ad possessionem patrum suorum.
Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.
42 Mei enim servi sunt, et ego eduxi eos de Terra Ægypti, non veneant conditione servorum:
For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
43 ne affligas eum per potentiam, sed metuito Deum tuum.
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
44 Servus et ancilla sint vobis de nationibus quæ in circuitu vestro sunt,
“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
45 et de advenis qui peregrinantur apud vos, vel qui ex his nati fuerint in terra vestra: hos habebitis famulos:
Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.
46 et hereditario iure transmittetis ad posteros, ac possidebitis in æternum. Fratres autem vestros filios Israel ne opprimatis per potentiam.
You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
47 Si invaluerit apud vos manus advenæ atque peregrini, et attenuatus frater tuus vendiderit se ei, aut cuiquam de stirpe eius:
“‘If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,
48 post venditionem potest redimi. Qui voluerit ex fratribus suis, redimet eum,
after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;
49 et patruus, et patruelis, et consanguineus, et affinis. Sin autem et ipse potuerit, redimet se,
or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
50 supputatis dumtaxat annis a tempore venditionis suæ usque ad annum Iubileum: et pecunia, qua venditus fuerat, iuxta annorum numerum et rationem mercenarii supputata.
He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; he shall be with him according to the time of a hired servant.
51 Si plures fuerint anni qui remanent usque ad Iubileum, secundum hos reddet et pretium.
If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
52 Si pauci, ponet rationem cum eo iuxta annorum numerum, et reddet emptori quod reliquum est annorum,
If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.
53 quibus ante servivit mercedibus imputatis: non affliget eum violenter in conspectu tuo.
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
54 Quod si per hæc redimi non potuerit, anno Iubileo egredietur cum liberis suis.
If he isn’t redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee: he and his children with him.
55 Mei enim sunt servi, filii Israel, quos eduxi de Terra Ægypti.
For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
