Deuteronomio 15

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1 Cada siete años harás remisión.	1 "At the end of every seven-year period you shall have a relaxation of debts,
2 En esto consiste la remisión. Todo acreedor que posea una prenda personal obtenida de su prójimo, le hará remisión; no apremiará a su prójimo ni a su hermano, si se invoca la remisión en honor de Yahveh.	2 which shall be observed as follows. Every creditor shall relax his claim on what he has loaned his neighbor; he must not press his neighbor, his kinsman, because a relaxation in honor of the LORD has been proclaimed.
3 Podrás apremiar al extranjero, pero a tu hermano le concederás la remisión de lo que te debe.	3 You may press a foreigner, but you shall relax the claim on your kinsman for what is yours.
4 Cierto que no debería haber ningún pobre junto a ti, porque Yahveh te otorgará su bendición en la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da en herencia para que la poseas,	4 Nay, more! since the LORD, your God, will bless you abundantly in the land he will give you to occupy as your heritage, there should be no one of you in need.
5 pero sólo si escuchas de verdad la voz de Yahveh tu Dios cuidando de poner en práctica todos estos mandamientos que yo te prescribo hoy.	5 If you but heed the voice of the LORD, your God, and carefully observe all these commandments which I enjoin on you today,
6 Sí, Yahveh tu Dios te bendecirá como te ha dicho: prestarás a naciones numerosas, y tú no pedirás prestado, dominarás a naciones numerosas, y a ti no te dominarán.	6 you will lend to many nations, and borrow from none; you will rule over many nations, and none will rule over you, since the LORD, your God, will bless you as he promised.
7 Si hay junto a ti algún pobre de entre tus hermanos, en alguna de las ciudades de tu tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da, no endurecerás tu corazón ni cerrarás tu mano a tu hermano pobre,	7 If one of your kinsmen in any community is in need in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor close your hand to him in his need.
8 sino que le abrirás tu mano y le prestarás lo que necesite para remediar su indigencia.	8 Instead, you shall open your hand to him and freely lend him enough to meet his need.
9 Cuida de no abrigar en tu corazón estos perversos pensamientos: «Ya pronto llega el año séptimo, el año de la remisión», para mirar con malos ojos a tu hermano pobre y no darle nada; él apelaría a Yahveh contra ti y te cargarías con un pecado.	9 Be on your guard lest, entertaining the mean thought that the seventh year, the year of relaxation, is near, you grudge help to your needy kinsman and give him nothing; else he will cry to the LORD against you and you will be held guilty.
10 Cuando le des algo, se lo has de dar de buena gana, que por esta acción te bendecirá Yahveh, tu Dios en todas tus obras y en todas tus empresas.	10 When you give to him, give freely and not with ill will; for the LORD, your God, will bless you for this in all your works and undertakings.
11 Pues no faltarán pobres en esta tierra; por eso te doy yo este mandamiento: debes abrir tu mano a tu hermano, a aquel de los tuyos que es indigente y pobre en tu tierra.	11 The needy will never be lacking in the land; that is why I command you to open your hand to your poor and needy kinsman in your country.
12 Si tu hermano hebreo, hombre o mujer, se vende a ti, te servirá durante seis años y al séptimo le dejarás libre.	12 "If your kinsman, a Hebrew man or woman, sells himself to you, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year you shall dismiss him from your service, a free man.
13 Al dejarle libre, no le mandarás con las manos vacías;	13 When you do so, you shall not send him away empty-handed,
14 le harás algún presente de tu ganado menor, de tu era y de tu lagar; le darás según como te haya bendecido Yahveh tu Dios.	14 but shall weight him down with gifts from your flock and threshing floor and wine press, in proportion to the blessing the LORD, your God, has bestowed on you.
15 Recordarás que tu fuiste esclavo en el país de Egipto y que Yahveh tu Dios te rescató: por eso te mando esto hoy.	15 For remember that you too were once slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD, your God, ransomed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.
16 Pero si él te dice: «No quiero marcharme de tu lado», porque te ama, a ti y a tu casa, porque le va bien contigo,	16 If, however, he tells you that he does not wish to leave you, because he is devoted to you and your household, since he fares well with you,
17 tomarás un punzón, le horadarás la oreja contra la puerta, y será tu siervo para siempre. Lo mismo harás con tu sierva.	17 you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear into the door, and he shall then be your slave forever. Your female slave, also, you shall treat in the same way.
18 No se te haga demasiado duro el dejarle en libertad, porque el haberte servido seis años vale por un doble salario de jornalero. Y Yahveh tu Dios te bendecirá en todo lo que hagas.	18 You must not be reluctant to let your slave go free, since the service he has given you for six years was worth twice a hired man's salary; then also the LORD, your God, will bless you in everything you do.
19 Todo primogénito que nazca en tu ganado mayor o menor, si es macho, lo consagraras a Yahveh tu Dios. No someterás al trabajo al primogénito de tu vaca ni esquilarás al primogénito de tu oveja.	19 "You shall consecrate to the LORD, your God, all the male firstlings of your herd and of your flock. You shall not work the firstlings of your cattle, nor shear the firstlings of your flock.
20 Lo comerás, tú y tu casa, cada año, en presencia de Yahveh tu Dios, en el lugar elegido por Yahveh.	20 Year after year you and your family shall eat them before the LORD, your God, in the place he chooses.
21 Si tiene alguna tara, si es cojo o ciego o con algún otro defecto grave, no lo sacrificarás a Yahveh tu Dios.	21 If, however, a firstling is lame or blind or has any other serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD, your God,
22 Lo comerás en tus ciudades, lo mismo el puro que el impuro, como si fuese gacela o ciervo;	22 but in your own communities you may eat it, the unclean and the clean eating it alike, as you would a gazelle or a deer.
23 sólo la sangre no la comerás; la derramarás en tierra como agua.	23 Only, you shall not partake of its blood, which must be poured out on the ground like water.