1 “ Al cabo de cada siete años harás remisión (perdón) de deudas.

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

2 A sí se hará la remisión (el perdón): 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.

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

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

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

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 sólo escuchas fielmente la voz del Señor tu Dios, para guardar cuidadosamente todo este mandamiento que te ordeno 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 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 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 “ Si 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 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 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 open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.

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 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 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 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 nunca faltarán pobres en tu tierra; por eso te ordeno: ‘Con liberalidad abrirás tu mano a tu hermano, al necesitado y al pobre 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 “ Si 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 dejes ir libre, no lo enviarás con las manos vacías.

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

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

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 redimió; por eso te ordeno 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 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,

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 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 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 “ Todo 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.

“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 T ú y tu casa lo comerán cada año delante del Señor tu Dios en el lugar que el Señor escoja.

You and your household shall eat it before the Lord your God year by year in the place which the Lord chooses.

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.

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 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 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 P ero no comerás su sangre; la derramarás como agua sobre la tierra.

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