Leviticus 25

1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in monte Sinai, dicens:

And the LORD spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

2 Loquere filiis Israel, et dices ad eos: Quando ingressi fueritis terram quam ego dabo vobis, sabbatizes sabbatum Domino.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

3 Sex annis seres agrum tuum, et sex annis putabis vineam tuam, colligesque fructus eius:

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.

4 septimo autem anno sabbatum erit terræ, requietionis Domini: agrum non seres, et vineam non putabis.

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 Quæ sponte gignet humus, non metes: et uvas primitiarum tuarum non colliges quasi vindemiam: annus enim requietionis terræ est:

That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; 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:

And the sabbath-produce of the land shall be for food for you: for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for the settler by thy side that sojourn with thee;

7 iumentis tuis et pecoribus omnia quæ nascuntur, præbebunt cibum.

and for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.

8 Numerabis quoque tibi septem hebdomadas annorum, id est, septies septem, quæ simul faciunt annos quadraginta novem:

And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

9 et clanges buccina mense septimo, decima die mensis, propitiationis tempore, in universa terra vestra.

Then shalt thou make proclamation with the blast of the horn on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye make proclamation with the horn 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:

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

11 quia iubilæus est et quinquagesimus annus. Non seretis, neque metetis sponte in agro nascentia, et primitias vindemiæ non colligetis,

A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.

12 ob sanctificationem iubilæi, sed statim oblata comedetis.

For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you; ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

13 Anno iubilæi redient omnes ad possessiones suas.

In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

14 quando vendes quippiam civi tuo, vel emes ab eo, ne contristes fratrem tuum, sed iuxta numerum annorum iubilei emes ab eo,

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

15 et iuxta supputationem frugum vendet tibi.

According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.

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 multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.

17 Nolite affligere contribules vestros, sed timeat unusquisque Deum suum, quia ego Dominus Deus vester.

And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy 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,

Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

19 et gignat vobis humus fructus suos, quibus vescamini usque ad saturitatem, nullius impetum formidantes.

And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat until ye have enough, and dwell therein in safety.

20 Quod si dixeritis: Quid comedemus anno septimo, si non severimus, neque collegerimus fruges nostras?

And if ye shall say: 'What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we may 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 upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth produce for the three years.

22 seretisque anno octavo, et comedetis veteres fruges usque ad nonum annum: donec nova nascantur, edetis vetera.

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the produce, the old store; until the ninth year, until her produce come in, ye shall eat the old store.

23 Terra quoque non vendetur in perpetuum: quia mea est, et vos advenæ et coloni mei estis.

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me.

24 unde cuncta regio possessionis vestræ sub redemptionis conditione vendetur.

And in all the land of your possession ye 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 thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.

26 sin autem non habuerit proximum, et ipse pretium ad redimendum potuerit invenire:

And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find 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 count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

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 have not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

29 Qui vendiderit domum intra urbis muros, habebit licentiam redimendi, donec unus impleatur annus.

And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he 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.

And if it be not 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 that bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not go out 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 round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

32 Ædes Levitarum, quæ in urbibus sunt, semper possunt redimi:

But as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.

33 si redemptæ non fuerint, in iubileo revertentur ad dominos, quia domus urbium Levitarum pro possessionibus sunt inter filios Israel.

And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession, shall go out 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 fields of the open land about their cities may not be sold; for that is their perpetual possession.

35 Si attenuatus fuerit frater tuus, et infirmus manu, et susceperis eum quasi advenam, et peregrinum, et vixerit tecum,

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee.

36 ne accipias usuras ab eo, nec amplius quam dedisti. Time Deum tuum, ut vivere possit frater tuus apud te.

Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

37 Pecuniam tuam non dabis ei ad usuram, et frugum superabundantiam non exiges.

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

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 forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.

39 Si paupertate compulsus vendiderit se tibi frater tuus, non eum opprimes servitute famulorum,

And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.

40 sed quasi mercenarius et colonus erit: usque ad annum iubileum operabitur apud te,

As a hired servant, and as a settler, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee.

41 et postea egredietur cum liberis suis, et revertetur ad cognationem ad possessionem patrum suorum.

Then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

42 mei enim servi sunt, et ego eduxi eos de Terra Ægypti. non veneant conditione servorum:

For they are My servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.

43 ne affligas eum per potentiam, sed metuito Deum tuum.

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

44 Servus et ancilla sint vobis de nationibus quæ in circuitu vestro sunt.

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

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 strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession.

46 et hereditario iure transmittetis ad posteros, ac possidebitis in æternum. fratres autem vestros filios Israel ne opprimatis per potentiam.

And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour.

47 Si invaluerit apud vos manus advenæ atque peregrini, et attenuatus frater tuus vendiderit se ei, aut cuiquam de stirpe eius:

And if a stranger who is a settler with thee be waxen rich, and thy brother be waxen poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger who is a settler with thee, or to the offshoot of a stranger's family,

48 post venditionem potest redimi. Qui voluerit ex fratribus suis, redimet eum,

after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren 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 that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxen 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.

And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

51 Si plures fuerint anni qui remanent usque ad iubileum, secundum hos reddet et pretium.

If there be yet many years, according unto 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,

And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he 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 rigour over him in thy sight.

54 Quod si per hæc redimi non potuerit, anno iubileo egredietur cum liberis suis.

And if he be not redeemed by any of these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.

55 Mei enim sunt servi, filii Israel, quos eduxi de Terra Ægypti.

For unto Me the children of Israel are servants; they are My servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.