Levitico 25

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in monte Sinai di cens:	1 The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
2 “ Loquere filiis Israel et dices ad eos: Quando ingressi fueritis terram, quam ego dabo vobis, sabbatizet terra sabbatum Domino.	2 "Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, let the land, too, keep a sabbath for the LORD.
3 Sex annis seres agrum tuum et sex annis putabis vineam tuam colligesque fructus eius;	3 For six years you may sow your field, and for six years prune your vineyard, gathering in their produce.
4 septimo autem anno, sabbatum requietionis erit terrae, sabbatum Domino: agrum tuum non seres et vineam tuam non putabis.	4 But during the seventh year the land shall have a complete rest, a sabbath for the LORD, when you may neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
5 Quae sponte gignit humus, non metes et uvas vineae tuae non putatae non colliges quasi vindemiam; annus enim requietionis erit terrae.	5 The aftergrowth of your harvest you shall not reap, nor shall you pick the grapes of your untrimmed vines in this year of sabbath rest for the land.
6 Et erit sabbatum terrae vobis in cibum: tibi et servo tuo, ancillae et mercennario tuo et advenis, qui peregrinantur apud te,	6 While the land has its sabbath, all its produce will be food equally for you yourself and for your male and female slaves, for your hired help and the tenants who live with you,
7 iumentis tuis et animalibus, quae in terra tua sunt, omnia, quae nascuntur, praebebunt cibum.	7 and likewise for your livestock and for the wild animals on your land.
8 Numerabis quoque tibi septem hebdomadas annorum, id est septem septies, quae simul faciunt annos quadraginta novem;	8 "Seven weeks of years shall you count--seven times seven years--so that the seven cycles amount to forty-nine years.
9 et clanges bucina mense septimo, decima die mensis expiationis die clangetis tuba in universa terra vestra.	9 Then, on the tenth day of the seventh month let the trumpet resound; on this, the Day of Atonement, the trumpet blast shall re-echo throughout your land.
10 Sanctificabitisque annum quinquagesimum et vocabitis remissionem in terra cunctis habitatoribus eius: ipse est enim iobeleus. Revertemini unusquisque ad possessionem suam, et unusquisque rediet ad familiam pristinam.	10 This fiftieth year you shall make sacred by proclaiming liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when every one of you shall return to his own property, every one to his own family estate.
11 Iobeleus erit vobis quinquagesimus annus. Non seretis neque metetis sponte in agro nascentia neque vineas non putatas vindemiabitis	11 In this fiftieth year, your year of jubilee, you shall not sow, nor shall you reap the aftergrowth or pick the grapes from the untrimmed vines.
12 ob sanctificationem iobelei; sed de agro statim ablatas comedetis fruges.	12 Since this is the jubilee, which shall be sacred for you, you may not eat of its produce, except as taken directly from the field.
13 Hoc anno iobelei rediet unusquisque vestrum ad possessionem suam.	13 "In this year of jubilee, then, every one of you shall return to his own property.
14 Quando vendes quippiam civi tuo vel emes ab eo, ne contristet unusquisque fratrem suum; sed iuxta numerum annorum post iobeleum emes ab eo,	14 Therefore, when you sell any land to your neighbor or buy any from him, do not deal unfairly.
15 et iuxta supputationem annorum frugum vendet tibi.	15 On the basis of the number of years since the last jubilee shall you purchase the land from him; and so also, on the basis of the number of years for crops, shall he sell it to you.
16 Quanto plures anni remanserint post iobeleum, tanto crescet et pretium; et quanto minus temporis numeraveris, tanto minoris et emptio constabit: tempus enim frugum vendet tibi.	16 When the years are many, the price shall be so much the more; when the years are few, the price shall be so much the less. For it is really the number of crops that he sells you.
17 Nolite affligere contribules vestros, sed timeas Deum tuum, quia ego Dominus Deus vester.	17 Do not deal unfairly, then; but stand in fear of your God. I, the LORD, am your God.
18 Facite praecepta mea et iudicia, custodite et implete ea, ut habitare possitis in terra absque ullo pavore,	18 "Observe my precepts and be careful to keep my regulations, for then you will dwell securely in the land.
19 et gignat vobis humus fructus suos, quibus vescamini usque ad saturitatem, et habitabitis super terram, nullius impetum formidantes.	19 The land will yield its fruit and you will have food in abundance, so that you may live there without worry.
20 Quod si dixeritis: "Quid comedemus anno septimo, si non seruerimus neque collegerimus fruges nostras?".	20 Therefore, do not say, 'What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not then sow or reap our crop?'
21 Dabo benedictionem meam vobis anno sexto, et faciet fructus trium annorum,	21 I will bestow such blessings on you in the sixth year that there will then be crop enough for three years.
22 seretisque anno octavo et comedetis veteres fruges usque ad nonum annum; donec nova nascantur, edetis vetera.	22 When you sow in the eighth year, you will continue to eat from the old crop; and even into the ninth year, when the crop comes in, you will still have the old to eat from.
23 Terra quoque non veniet in perpetuum, quia mea est, et vos advenae et coloni mei estis.	23 "The land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine, and you are but aliens who have become my tenants.
24 Unde cuncta regio possessionis vestrae sub redemptionis condicione a vobis vendetur.	24 Therefore, in every part of the country that you occupy, you must permit the land to be redeemed.
25 Si attenuatus frater tuus vendiderit partem possessionis suae, veniet ut redemptor propinquus eius, et redimet, quod ille vendiderat.	25 When one of your countrymen is reduced to poverty and has to sell some of his property, his closest relative, who has the right to redeem it, may go and buy back what his kinsman has sold.
26 Sin autem non habuerit redemptorem et ipse pretium ad redimendum potuerit invenire,	26 If, however, the man has no relative to redeem his land, but later on acquires sufficient means to buy it back in his own name,
27 computabuntur fructus ex eo tempore, quo vendidit; et, quod reliquum est, reddet emptori sicque recipiet possessionem suam.	27 he shall make a deduction from the price in proportion to the number of years since the sale, and then pay back the balance to the one to whom he sold it, so that he may thus regain his own property.
28 Quod si non invenerit manus eius, ut reddat pretium, habebit emptor, quod emerat, usque ad annum iobeleum. In ipso enim omnis venditio rediet ad dominum et ad possessorem pristinum.	28 But if he does not acquire sufficient means to buy back his land, what he has sold shall remain in the possession of the purchaser until the jubilee, when it must be released and returned to its original owner.
29 Qui vendiderit domum intra urbis muros, habebit licentiam redimendi, donec unus impleatur annus.	29 "When someone sells a dwelling in a walled town, he has the right to buy it back during the time of one full year from its sale.
30 Si non redemerit, et anni circulus fuerit evolutus, emptor possidebit eam et posteri eius in perpetuum; et redimi non poterit, etiam in iobeleo.	30 But if such a house in a walled town has not been redeemed at the end of a full year, it shall belong in perpetuity to the purchaser and his descendants; nor shall it be released in the jubilee.
31 Sin autem in villa fuerit domus, quae muros non habet, agrorum iure vendetur: potest redimi et in iobeleo revertetur ad dominum.	31 However, houses in villages that are not encircled by walls shall be considered as belonging to the surrounding farm land; they may be redeemed at any time, and in the jubilee they must be released.
32 Aedes Levitarum, quae in urbibus possessionis eorum sunt, semper possunt ab eis redimi.	32 "In levitical cities the Levites shall always have the right to redeem the town houses that are their property.
33 Si autem quis redemerit a Levitis, domus et urbs in iobeleo revertentur ad dominos; quia domus urbium leviticarum pro possessionibus eorum sunt inter filios Israel.	33 Any town house of the Levites in their cities that had been sold and not redeemed, shall be released in the jubilee; for the town houses of the Levites are their hereditary property in the midst of the Israelites.
34 Suburbana autem pascua eorum non venient, quia possessio sempiterna est eis.	34 Moreover, the pasture land belonging to their cities shall not be sold at all; it must always remain their hereditary property.
35 Si attenuatus fuerit frater tuus, et infirma manus eius apud te, suscipies eum quasi advenam et peregrinum, et vivet tecum.	35 "When one of your fellow countrymen is reduced to poverty and is unable to hold out beside you, extend to him the privileges of an alien or a tenant, so that he may continue to live with you.
36 Ne accipias usuras ab eo nec amplius quam dedisti: time Deum tuum, ut vivere possit frater tuus apud te.	36 Do not exact interest from your countryman either in money or in kind, but out of fear of God let him live with you.
37 Pecuniam tuam non dabis ei ad usuram nec plus aequo exiges pro cibo tuo.	37 You are to lend him neither money at interest nor food at a profit.
38 Ego Dominus Deus vester, qui eduxi vos de terra Aegypti, ut darem vobis terram Chanaan et essem vester Deus.	38 I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39 Si paupertate compulsus vendiderit se tibi frater tuus, non eum opprimes servitute servorum,	39 "When, then, your countryman becomes so impoverished beside you that he sells you his services, do not make him work as a slave.
40 sed quasi mercennarius et colonus erit tecum. Usque ad annum iobeleum operabitur apud te	40 Rather, let him be like a hired servant or like your tenant, working with you until the jubilee year,
41 et postea egredietur cum liberis suis et revertetur ad cognationem suam et ad possessionem patrum suorum.	41 when he, together with his children, shall be released from your service and return to his kindred and to the property of his ancestors.
42 Mei enim servi sunt, et ego eduxi eos de terra Aegypti: non venient condicione servorum;	42 Since those whom I brought out of the land of Egypt are servants of mine, they shall not be sold as slaves to any man.
43 ne affligas eum per po tentiam, sed metuito Deum tuum.	43 Do not lord it over them harshly, but stand in fear of your God.
44 Servus et ancilla sint tibi de nationibus, quae in circuitu vestro sunt; de illis emetis servum et ancillam.	44 "Slaves, male and female, you may indeed possess, provided you buy them from among the neighboring nations.
45 De filiis quoque advenarum, qui peregrinantur apud vos, emetis et de cognatione eorum, quae est apud vos et quam genuerint in terra vestra, hos habebitis in possessionem	45 You may also buy them from among the aliens who reside with you and from their children who are born and reared in your land. Such slaves you may own as chattels,
46 et hereditario iure transmittetis ad posteros ac possidebitis in aeternum ut servos; fratres autem vestros filios Israel ne opprimatis cum potentia.	46 and leave to your sons as their hereditary property, making them perpetual slaves. But you shall not lord it harshly over any of the Israelites, your kinsmen.
47 Si invaluerit apud vos manus advenae atque peregrini, et attenuatus frater tuus vendiderit se ei aut cuiquam de stirpe eius,	47 "When one of your countrymen is reduced to such poverty that he sells himself to a wealthy alien who has a permanent or a temporary residence among you, or to one of the descendants of an immigrant family,
48 post venditionem potest redimi. Unus ex fratribus suis redimet eum	48 even after he has thus sold his services he still has the right of redemption; he may be redeemed by one of his own brothers,
49 et patruus et patruelis et consanguineus et affinis. Sin autem et ipse potuerit, redimat se,	49 or by his uncle or cousin, or by some other relative or fellow clansman; or, if he acquires the means, he may redeem himself.
50 supputatis dumtaxat cum emptore annis a tempore venditionis suae usque ad annum iobeleum, et pecunia, qua venditus fuerat, iuxta annorum numerum et rationem mercennarii supputata.	50 With his purchaser he shall compute the years from the sale to the jubilee, distributing the sale price over these years as though he had been hired as a day laborer.
51 Si plures fuerint anni, qui remanent usque ad iobeleum, secundum hos reddet et pretium redemptionis de pecunia emptionis;	51 The more such years there are, the more of the sale price he shall pay back as ransom;
52 si pauci, ponet rationem cum eo; iuxta annorum numerum reddet emptori, quod reliquum est annorum,	52 the fewer years there are left before the jubilee year, the more he has to his credit; in proportion to his years of service shall he pay his ransom.
53 quibus ante servivit, mercedibus mercennarii imputatis. Non affliget eum violenter in conspectu tuo.	53 The alien shall treat him as a servant hired on an annual basis, and he shall not lord it over him harshly under your very eyes.
54 Quod si per haec redimi non potuerit, anno iobeleo egredietur cum liberis suis:	54 If he is not thus redeemed, he shall nevertheless be released, together with his children, in the jubilee year.
55 mei sunt enim servi filii Israel, quos eduxi de terra Aegypti. Ego Dominus Deus vester ”.	55 For to me the Israelites belong as servants; they are servants of mine, because I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I, the LORD, your God.