Deuteronomii 15
1 Septimo anno facies remissionem,
At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts.
2 quæ hoc ordine celebrabitur. Cui debetur aliquid ab amico vel proximo ac fratre suo, repetere non poterit, quia annus remissionis est Domini.
This is the manner of the release: Every creditor will cancel that which he has lent to his neighbor; he will not demand it from his neighbor or his brother because Yahweh's cancellation of debts has been proclaimed.
3 A peregrino et advena exiges: civem et propinquum repetendi non habebis potestatem.
From a foreigner you may demand it; but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand must release.
4 Et omnino indigens et mendicus non erit inter vos: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in terra, quam traditurus est tibi in possessionem.
However, there should be no poor among you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land that he gives you as an inheritance to possess),
5 Si tamen audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, et custodieris universa quæ iussit, et quæ ego hodie præcipio tibi, benedicet tibi, ut pollicitus est.
if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all these commandments that I am commanding you today.
6 Fœnerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo accipies mutuum. Dominaberis nationibus plurimis, et tui nemo dominabitur.
For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you; you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
7 Si unus de fratribus tuis, qui morantur intra portas civitatis tuæ in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi, ad paupertatem venerit: non obdurabis cor tuum, nec contrahes manum,
If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, within any of your gates in your land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you must not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
8 sed aperies eam pauperi, et dabis mutuum, quo eum indigere perspexeris.
but you must surely open your hand to him and surely lend him sufficient for his need.
9 Cave ne forte subrepat tibi impia cogitatio, et dicas in corde tuo: Appropinquat septimus annus remissionis; et avertas oculos tuos a paupere fratre tuo, nolens ei quod postulat mutuum commodare: ne clamet contra te ad Dominum, et fiat tibi in peccatum.
Be careful not to have a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' so that you will not be stingy in regard to your poor brother and give him nothing; he might cry out to Yahweh about you, and it would be sin for you.
10 Sed dabis ei: nec ages quippiam callide in eius necessitatibus sublevandis: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni tempore, et in cunctis ad quæ manum miseris.
You must surely give to him, and your heart must not be sorry when you give to him, because in return for this Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
11 Non deerunt pauperes in terra habitationis tuæ: idcirco ego præcipio tibi ut aperias manum fratri tuo egeno et pauperi, qui tecum versatur in terra.
For the poor will never cease to exist in the land; therefore I command you and say, 'You must surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.'
12 Cum tibi venditus fuerit frater tuus Hebræus, aut Hebræa, et sex annis servierit tibi, in septimo anno dimittes eum liberum:
If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let him go free from you.
13 et quem libertate donaveris, nequaquam vacuum abire patieris:
When you let him go free from you, you must not let him go empty-handed.
14 sed dabis viaticum de gregibus, et de area, et torculari tuo, quibus Dominus Deus tuus benedixerit tibi.
You must liberally provide for him out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. As Yahweh your God has blessed you, you must give to him.
15 Memento quod et ipse servieris in Terra Ægypti, et liberaverit te Dominus Deus tuus, et idcirco ego nunc præcipio tibi.
You must remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you today to do this.
16 Sin autem dixerit: Nolo egredi: eo quod diligat te, et domum tuam, et bene sibi apud te esse sentiat:
It will happen that if he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, and because he is well off with you,
17 assumes subulam, et perforabis aurem eius in ianua domus tuæ, et serviet tibi usque in æternum. Ancillæ quoque similiter facies.
then you must take an awl and thrust it through his ear to a door, and he will be your servant for life. You must do the same with your female servant.
18 Non avertas ab eis oculos tuos, quando dimiseris eos liberos: quoniam iuxta mercedem mercenarii per sex annos servivit tibi: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in cunctis operibus quæ agis.
It must not seem difficult for you to let him go free from you, because he has served you for six years and given twice the value of a hired person. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
19 De primogenitis, quæ nascuntur in armentis, et in ovibus tuis, quidquid est sexus masculini, sanctificabis Domino Deo tuo. Non operaberis in primogenito bovis, et non tondebis primogenita ovium.
All the firstborn males in your herd and your flock you must set apart to Yahweh your God. You will do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
20 In conspectu Domini Dei tui comedes ea per annos singulos in loco, quem elegerit Dominus, tu et domus tua.
You must eat the firstborn before Yahweh your God year by year in the place that Yahweh will choose, you and your household.
21 Sin autem habuerit maculam, vel claudum fuerit, vel cæcum, aut in aliqua parte deforme vel debile, non immolabitur Domino Deo tuo.
If it has any blemish—for example, if it is lame or blind, or has any blemish whatever—you must not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
22 Sed intra portas urbis tuæ comedes illud: tam mundus quam immundus similiter vescentur eis quasi caprea, et cervo.
You will eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean persons alike must eat it, as you would eat a gazelle or a deer.
23 Hoc solum observabis, ut sanguinem eorum non comedas, sed effundes in terram quasi aquam.
Only you must not eat its blood; you must pour its blood out on the ground like water.
