1 At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts. 2 This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed. 3 Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release. 4 However there will be no poor with you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess) 5 if only you diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today. 6 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 If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; 8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks. 9 Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand," and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. 10 You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to. 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land. 12 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. 13 When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty. 14 You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press. As Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. 15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this thing today. 16 It shall be, if he tells you, "I will not go out from you," because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you, 17 then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do. 19 You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. 20 You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household. 21 If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God. 22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer. 23 Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.
1 "每七年的最后一年， 你要施行豁免。
2 豁免的方式是这样： 债主都要把借给邻舍的一切豁免了， 不可向邻舍和兄弟追讨， 因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
3 如果借给外族人， 你可以向他追讨， 但借给你的兄弟， 无论你借的是什么， 你都要豁免。
4 在你中间必没有穷人， 因为在耶和华你的 神赐给你作产业的地上， 耶和华必大大赐福给你。
5 只要你留心听从耶和华你的 神的话， 谨守遵行我今日吩咐你的一切诫命。
6 因为耶和华你的 神， 必照着他应许你的， 赐福给你； 你必借贷给许多国的民， 却不会向他们借贷； 你必统治许多国的民， 他们却不会统治你。
7 "但是在耶和华你的 神赐给你的地上， 无论哪一座城里， 在你中间如果有一个穷人， 又是你的兄弟， 你对这穷苦的兄弟不可硬着心肠， 也不可袖手不理。
8 你一定要向他伸手， 照着他缺乏的借给他， 补足他的缺乏。
9 你要自己谨慎， 不可心里起恶念， 说： ‘第七年的豁免年近了’， 你就冷眼对待你穷苦的兄弟， 什么都不给他， 以致他因你求告耶和华， 你就有罪了。
10 你必须给他， 给他的时候， 你不要心里难受， 因为为了这事， 耶和华你的 神必在你一切工作上， 和你所办的一切事上， 赐福给你。
11 既然在地上必有穷人存在， 所以我吩咐你说： ‘你总要向你地上的困苦和贫穷的兄弟大伸援助之手。’
12 "你的兄弟， 无论是希伯来男人， 或是希伯来女人， 如果卖身给你， 要服事你六年； 到第七年， 就要让他离开你得自由。
13 你使他自由离开的时候， 不可让他空手而去；
14 要从你的羊群、禾场、榨酒池中， 多多地供给他； 耶和华你的 神怎样赐福给你， 你也要怎样分给他。
15 你要记得你在埃及地作过奴仆， 耶和华你的 神救赎了你； 因此我今日吩咐你这件事。
16 如果他对你说： ‘我不愿离开你。’他说这话是因为他爱你和你的家， 又因为他喜欢和你相处，
17 那么， 你就要拿锥子， 把他的耳朵在门上刺透， 他就永远作你的奴仆； 对待你的婢女， 你也要这样行。
18 你使他自由离开你的时候， 不要为难， 因为他服事了你六年， 应得雇工双倍的工资； 这样， 耶和华你的 神必在你所作的一切事上， 赐福给你。
19 "你的牛群羊群中所生， 是头生雄性的， 你都要把它分别为圣归给耶和华你的 神。你的牛群中头生的， 你不可用它去耕田； 你的羊群中头生的， 你不可给它剪毛。
20 你和你的家人， 年年要在耶和华选择的地方， 在耶和华你的 神面前， 吃这头生的牲畜。
21 这头生的， 如果有什么残疾， 像瘸腿或是瞎眼， 无论有任何严重的残疾， 你都不可献给耶和华你的 神。
22 你可以在家里吃， 不洁净的人和洁净的人都一样可以吃， 像吃羚羊和鹿一样。
23 只是不可吃它的血； 要把血倒在地上， 像倒水一样。"