1 ¶ Al cabo de los siete años harás remisión.

At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release.

2 Y ésta es la manera de la remisión: todo aquel que hizo préstamo de su mano, con que adeudó a su prójimo, lo soltará; no lo demandará más a su prójimo, o a su hermano; porque la remisión del SEÑOR es pregonada.

And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, for the Lord’s release is proclaimed.

3 D el extranjero demandarás el reintegro; mas lo que tu hermano tuviere tuyo, lo soltará tu mano,

Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

4 p ara que así no haya en ti mendigo; porque el SEÑOR te bendecirá con abundancia en la tierra que Dios te da por heredad para que la poseas,

But there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance to possess,

5 s i empero escuchares fielmente la voz del SEÑOR tu Dios, para guardar y cumplir todos estos mandamientos que yo te mando hoy.

If only you carefully listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to do watchfully all these commandments which I command you this day.

6 Y a que el SEÑOR tu Dios te habrá bendecido, como te ha dicho, prestarás entonces a muchos gentiles, mas tú no tomarás prestado; y te enseñorearás de muchos gentiles, pero de ti no se enseñorearán.

When the Lord your God blesses you as He promised you, then you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

7 S i hubiere en ti mendigo de entre tus hermanos en alguna de tus ciudades, en tu tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, no endurecerás tu corazón, ni cerrarás tu mano a tu hermano mendigo.

If there is among you a poor man, one of your kinsmen in any of the towns of your land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your hearts or close your hands to your poor brother;

8 M as abrirás a él tu mano liberalmente, y le prestarás todo lo que necesite en lo que hubiere menester.

But you shall open your hands wide to him and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.

9 G uárdate que no haya en tu corazón pensamiento de Belial, diciendo: Cerca está el año séptimo, el de la remisión; y tu ojo sea maligno sobre tu hermano menesteroso para no darle; porque él clamará contra ti al SEÑOR, y te será por pecado.

Beware lest there be a base thought in your hearts, and you say, 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 the Lord against you, and it be sin in you.

10 S in falta le darás, y no sea tu corazón maligno cuando le dieres; que por ello te bendecirá el SEÑOR tu Dios en todos tus hechos, y en todo lo que pusiereis mano.

You shall give to him freely without begrudging it; because of this the Lord will bless you in all your work and in all you undertake.

11 P orque no faltarán menesterosos de en medio de la tierra; por eso yo te mando, diciendo: Abrirás tu mano a tu hermano, a tu pobre, y a tu menesteroso en tu tierra.

For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hands to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.

12 ¶ Cuando se vendiere a ti tu hermano hebreo o hebrea, y te hubiere servido seis años, al séptimo año le enviarás de ti libre.

And 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 Y cuando lo enviares de ti libre, no lo enviarás vacío.

And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed.

14 L e abastecerás liberalmente de tus ovejas, de tu era, y de tu lagar; le darás de aquello en que el SEÑOR te hubiere bendecido.

You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress; of what the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

15 Y te acordarás que fuiste esclavo en la tierra de Egipto, y que el SEÑOR tu Dios te rescató; por tanto yo te mando esto hoy.

And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I give you this command today.

16 Y será que, si él te dijere: No saldré de tu lado; porque te ama a ti y a tu casa, porque le va bien contigo;

But if the servant says to you, I will not go away from you, because he loves you and your household, since he does well with you,

17 e ntonces tomarás una lesna, y horadarás su oreja junto a la puerta, y será tu siervo para siempre; así también harás a tu criada.

Then take an awl and pierce his ear through to the door, and he shall be your servant always. And also to your bondwoman you shall do likewise.

18 N o te parezca duro cuando le enviares libre de ti; que por la mitad del costo del jornalero te sirvió seis años; y el SEÑOR tu Dios te bendecirá en todo cuanto hicieres.

It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for at half the cost of a hired servant he has served you six years; and the Lord your God will bless you in all you do.

19 ¶ Santificarás al SEÑOR tu Dios todo primerizo macho que nacerá de tus vacas y de tus ovejas; no te sirvas del primerizo de tus vacas, ni trasquiles el primerizo de tus ovejas.

All the firstling males that are born of your herd and flock you shall set apart for the Lord your God; you shall do no work with the firstling of your herd, nor shear the firstling of your flock.

20 D elante del SEÑOR tu Dios los comerás cada año, tú y tu casa, en el lugar que el SEÑOR escogiere.

You shall eat it before the Lord your God annually in the place which the Lord shall choose, you and your household.

21 Y si hubiere en él tacha, si fuere ciego o cojo, o hubiere en él cualquier falta maligna, no lo sacrificarás al SEÑOR tu Dios.

But if it has any blemish, if it is lame, blind, or has any bad blemish whatsoever, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

22 E n tus poblaciones lo comerás; el inmundo lo mismo que el limpio comerán de él, como de un corzo o de un ciervo.

You shall eat it within your towns; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a hart.

23 S olamente que no comas su sangre; sobre la tierra la derramarás como agua.

Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water.