1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. 6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
7 ¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
12 ¶ And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; 17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee , in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
19 ¶ All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
1 septimo anno facies remissionem
2 quae hoc ordine celebrabitur
cui debetur aliquid ab amico vel proximo ac fratre suo
repetere non poterit quia annus remissionis est Domini
3 a peregrino et advena exiges
civem et propinquum repetendi non habes potestatem
4 et omnino indigens et mendicus non erit inter vos
ut benedicat tibi Dominus in terra
quam traditurus est tibi in possessionem
5 si tamen audieris vocem Domini Dei tui
et custodieris universa quae iussit et quae ego hodie praecipio tibi
benedicet tibi ut pollicitus est
6 fenerabis gentibus multis et ipse a nullo accipies mutuum
dominaberis nationibus plurimis et tui nemo dominabitur
7 si unus de fratribus tuis qui morantur intra portas
civitatis tuae
in terra quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi
ad paupertatem venerit
non obdurabis cor tuum nec contrahes manum
8 sed aperies eam pauperi
et dabis mutuum quod eum indigere perspexeris
9 cave ne forte subripiat tibi impia cogitatio
et dicas in corde tuo
adpropinquat septimus annus remissionis
et avertas oculos a paupere fratre tuo
nolens ei quod postulat mutuum commodare
ne clamet contra te ad Dominum et fiat tibi in peccatum
10 sed dabis ei
nec ages quippiam callide in eius necessitatibus sublevandis
ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni tempore
et in cunctis ad quae manum miseris
11 non deerunt pauperes in terra habitationis tuae
idcirco ego praecipio tibi ut aperias manum fratri tuo
egeno et pauperi qui tecum versatur in
terra
12 cum tibi venditus fuerit frater tuus hebraeus aut hebraea
et sex annis servierit tibi
in septimo anno dimittes eum liberum
13 et quem libertate donaveris
nequaquam vacuum abire patieris
14 sed dabis viaticum de gregibus et de area et
torculari tuo
quibus Dominus Deus tuus benedixerit tibi
15 memento quod et ipse servieris in terra Aegypti
et liberaverit te Dominus Deus tuus
et idcirco ego nunc praecipiam tibi
16 sin autem dixerit nolo egredi
eo quod diligat te et domum tuam
et bene sibi apud te esse sentiat
17 adsumes subulam et perforabis aurem eius in ianua domus tuae
et serviet tibi usque in aeternum
ancillae quoque similiter facies
18 non avertes ab eis oculos tuos quando dimiseris eos
liberos
quoniam iuxta mercedem mercennarii per sex annos servivit tibi
ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in cunctis operibus quae agis
19 de primogenitis quae nascuntur in armentis et
ovibus tuis
quicquid sexus est masculini sanctificabis
Domino Deo tuo
non operaberis in primogenito bovis
et non tondebis primogenita ovium
20 in conspectu Domini Dei tui comedes ea per annos singulos
in loco quem elegerit Dominus tu et domus tua
21 sin autem habuerit maculam et vel claudum fuerit vel caecum
aut in aliqua parte deforme vel debile
non immolabitur Domino Deo tuo
22 sed intra portas urbis tuae comedes illud
tam mundus quam inmundus similiter vescentur eis quasi caprea et cervo
23 hoc solum observabis ut sanguinem eorum non comedas
sed effundas in terram quasi aquam