1 ¶ Al cabo de los siete años harás remisión.

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

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 form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord ’s release.

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

Of a foreigner you may require it; but you shall give up your claim to what is owed by your brother,

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,

except when there may be no poor among you; for the Lord will greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance—

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

only if you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today.

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.

For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. Generosity to the Poor

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 of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from 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 hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.

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 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 out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among 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 surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.

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 from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’ The Law Concerning Bondservants

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.

“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 away 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 supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord your God has blessed you with, 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.

You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing 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;

And if it happens that he says to you, ‘I will not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, since he prospers 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 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 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 send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do. The Law Concerning Firstborn Animals

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 firstborn males that come from your herd and your flock you shall sanctify to the Lord your God; you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn 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 and your household shall eat it before the Lord your God year by year in the place which the Lord chooses.

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 there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, 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 may eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean person alike may eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer.

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.