1 ¶ Al cabo de los siete años harás remisión.

At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel 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.

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 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 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,

However there shall 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 it)

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 diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment 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 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 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 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 M as abrirás a él tu mano liberalmente, y le prestarás todo lo que necesite en lo que hubiere menester.

but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which 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 that there not be a base 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 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, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.

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 to surely open your hand 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.

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.

When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty.

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, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press. As Yahweh 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.

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 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;

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 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 let him go free from you; for he has been double value of a hired hand as he served you six years. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that 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.

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 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 Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh 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.

If it has any defect, is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh 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 gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the 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 out on the ground like water.