1 A l cabo de cada siete años harás remisión de deudas.

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

2 A sí se hará la remisión: todo acreedor hará remisión de lo que haya prestado a su prójimo; no lo exigirá de su prójimo ni de su hermano, porque se ha proclamado la remisión del Señor.

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 e un extranjero lo puedes exigir, mas tu mano perdonará cualquier cosa tuya que tu hermano tenga.

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

4 Y no habrá menesteroso entre vosotros, ya que el Señor de cierto te bendecirá en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da por heredad para poseerla,

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 sólo escuchas fielmente la voz del Señor tu Dios, para guardar cuidadosamente todo este mandamiento que te ordeno 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 P ues el Señor tu Dios te bendecirá como te ha prometido, y tú prestarás a muchas naciones, pero tú no tomarás prestado; y tendrás dominio sobre muchas naciones, pero ellas no tendrán dominio sobre ti.

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 hay un menesteroso contigo, uno de tus hermanos, en cualquiera de tus ciudades en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da, no endurecerás tu corazón, ni cerrarás tu mano a tu hermano pobre,

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 s ino que le abrirás libremente tu mano, y con generosidad le prestarás lo que le haga falta para cubrir sus necesidades.

but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.

9 C uídate de que no haya pensamiento perverso en tu corazón, diciendo: “El séptimo año, el año de remisión, está cerca ”, y mires con malos ojos a tu hermano pobre, y no le des nada; porque él podrá clamar al Señor contra ti, y esto te será 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 C on generosidad le darás, y no te dolerá el corazón cuando le des, ya que el Señor tu Dios te bendecirá por esto en todo tu trabajo y en todo lo que emprendas.

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 nunca faltarán pobres en tu tierra; por eso te ordeno, diciendo: “Con liberalidad abrirás tu mano a tu hermano, al necesitado y al pobre 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 S i un hermano tuyo, hebreo o hebrea, te es vendido, te servirá por seis años, pero al séptimo año lo pondrás en libertad.

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 libertes, no lo enviarás con las manos vacías.

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

14 L e abastecerás liberalmente de tu rebaño, de tu era y de tu lagar; le darás conforme te haya bendecido el Señor tu Dios.

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 redimió; por eso te ordeno 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 sucederá que si él te dice: “No me iré de tu lado”, porque te ama a ti y a tu casa, pues 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 lezna y horadarás su oreja contra la puerta, y será tu siervo para siempre. Y lo mismo harás a tu sierva.

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 lo dejes en libertad, porque te ha dado seis años con el doble del servicio de un jornalero; y el Señor tu Dios te bendecirá en todo lo que hagas.

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 T odo primogénito que nazca de tu ganado y de tu rebaño consagrarás al Señor tu Dios; no trabajarás con el primogénito de tu ganado ni trasquilarás el primogénito de tu rebaño.

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 L o comerás tú y tu casa cada año delante del Señor tu Dios en el lugar que el Señor escoja.

You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.

21 P ero si tiene algún defecto, si es cojo o ciego o con cualquier otro defecto grave, 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 L o comerás dentro de tus ciudades; el inmundo lo mismo que el limpio pueden comerlo, como se come una gacela o 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 ólo que no comerás su sangre; la derramarás como agua sobre la tierra.

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