Levítivo 25

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in monte Sinai, dicens :	1 Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and said:
2 Loquere filiis Israël, et dices ad eos : Quando ingressi fueritis terram quam ego dabo vobis, sabbatizes sabbatum Domino.	2 'Speak to the Israelites and say to them: "When you enter the country which I am giving you, the landmust keep a Sabbath's rest for Yahweh.
3 Sex annis seres agrum tuum, et sex annis putabis vineam tuam, colligesque fructus ejus :	3 For six years you wil sow your field, for six years you wil prune your vineyard and gather its produce.
4 septimo autem anno sabbatum erit terræ, requietionis Domini : agrum non seres, et vineam non putabis.	4 But in the seventh year the land wil have a sabbatical rest, a Sabbath for Yahweh. You wil neithersow your field, nor prune your vineyard,
5 Quæ sponte gignet humus, non metes : et uvas primitiarum tuarum non colliges quasi vindemiam : annus enim requietionis terræ est :	5 nor reap any grain which has grown of its own accord, nor gather the grapes from your untrimmedvine. It wil be a year of rest for the land.
6 sed erunt vobis in cibum, tibi et servo tuo, ancillæ et mercenario tuo, et advenæ qui peregrinantur apud te :	6 But what the land produces in its Sabbath wil serve to feed you, your slave, male or female, youremployee and your guest residing with you;
7 jumentis tuis et pecoribus, omnia quæ nascuntur præbebunt cibum.	7 for your cattle too, and the wild animals of your country, whatever it produces wil serve as food.
8 Numerabis quoque tibi septem hebdomadas annorum, id est, septies septem, quæ simul faciunt annos quadraginta novem :	8 "You wil count seven weeks of years -- seven times seven years, that is to say a period of sevenweeks of years, forty-nine years.
9 et clanges buccina mense septimo, decima die mensis, propitiationis tempore, in universa terra vestra.	9 And on the tenth day of the seventh month you wil sound the trumpet; on the Day of Expiation you wilsound the trumpet throughout the land.
10 Sanctificabisque annum quinquagesimum, et vocabis remissionem cunctis habitatoribus terræ tuæ : ipse est enim jubilæus. Revertetur homo ad possessionem suam, et unusquisque rediet ad familiam pristinam :	10 You wil declare this fiftieth year to be sacred and proclaim the liberation of al the country'sinhabitants. You will keep this as a jubilee: each of you wil return to his ancestral property, each to his own clan.
11 quia jubilæus est, et quinquagesimus annus. Non seretis neque metetis sponte in agro nascentia, et primitias vindemiæ non colligetis,	11 This fiftieth year wil be a jubilee year for you; in it you wil not sow, you wil not harvest the grain thathas come up on its own or in it gather grapes from your untrimmed vine.
12 ob sanctificationem jubilæi : sed statim oblata comedetis.	12 The jubilee wil be a holy thing for you; during it you wil eat whatever the fields produce.
13 Anno jubilæi, redient omnes ad possessiones suas.	13 "In this year of jubilee, each of you wil return to his ancestral property.
14 Quando vendes quippiam civi tuo, vel emes ab eo, ne contristes fratrem tuum, sed juxta numerum annorum jubilæi emes ab eo,	14 If you buy land from, or sell land to, your fel ow-countryman, neither of you may exploit the other.
15 et juxta supputationem frugum vendet tibi.	15 In buying from your fel ow-countryman, you will take account of the number of years since the jubilee;the sale-price he fixes for you will depend on the number of productive years still to run.
16 Quanto plures anni remanserint post jubilæum, tanto crescet et pretium : et quanto minus temporis numeraveris, tanto minoris et emptio constabit : tempus enim frugum vendet tibi.	16 The greater the number of years, the higher the price you wil ask for it; the fewer the number ofyears, the greater the reduction; for what he is sel ing you is a certain number of harvests.
17 Nolite affligere contribules vestros, sed timeat unusquisque Deum suum, quia ego Dominus Deus vester.	17 So you wil not exploit one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.
18 Facite præcepta mea, et judicia custodite, et implete ea : ut habitare possitis in terra absque ullo pavore,	18 "Hence, you wil put my laws and customs into practice; you will keep them and put them intopractice, and you wil live securely in the country.
19 et gignat vobis humus fructus suos, quibus vescamini usque ad saturitatem, nullius impetum formidantes.	19 The land wil give its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live in security.
20 Quod si dixeritis : Quid comedemus anno septimo, si non severimus, neque collegerimus fruges nostras ?	20 "In case you should ask: What shal we eat in this seventh year if we do not sow or harvest ourproduce?
21 dabo benedictionem meam vobis anno sexto, et faciet fructus trium annorum :	21 I shall order my blessing to be on you in the sixth year, which wil yield you enough produce for threeyears.
22 seretisque anno octavo, et comedetis veteres fruges usque ad nonum annum : donec nova nascantur, edetis vetera.	22 You wil have the old produce to eat while you are sowing in the eighth year, and even in the ninthyear, you wil be eating the old produce, while waiting for the harvest of that year.
23 Terra quoque non vendetur in perpetuum, quia mea est, et vos advenæ et coloni mei estis :	23 "Land wil not be sold absolutely, for the land belongs to me, and you are only strangers and guestsof mine.
24 unde cuncta regio possessionis vestræ sub redemptionis conditione vendetur.	24 You wil al ow a right of redemption over any ancestral property.
25 Si attenuatus frater tuus vendiderit possessiunculam suam, et voluerit propinquus ejus, potest redimere quod ille vendiderat.	25 If your brother becomes impoverished and sel s off part of his ancestral property, his nearest malerelative wil come and exercise his family rights over what his brother has sold.
26 Sin autem non habuerit proximum, et ipse pretium ad redimendum potuerit invenire,	26 The man who has no one to exercise this right may, once he has found the means to effect theredemption,
27 computabuntur fructus ex eo tempore quo vendidit : et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori, sicque recipiet possessionem suam.	27 calculate the number of years that the alienation would have lasted, repay to the purchaser the sumdue for the time stil to run, and so recover his ancestral property.
28 Quod si non invenerit manus ejus ut reddat pretium, habebit emptor quod emerat, usque ad annum jubilæum. In ipso enim omnis venditio redibit ad dominum et ad possessorem pristinum.	28 If he cannot find the sum in compensation, the property sold will remain in the possession of thepurchaser until the jubilee year. In the jubilee year, the latter wil vacate it and return to his own ancestralproperty.
29 Qui vendiderit domum intra urbis muros, habebit licentiam redimendi, donec unus impleatur annus.	29 "If anyone sel s a dwel ing house inside a wal ed town, he wil have the right of redemption until theexpiry of the year fol owing the sale. His right of redemption is limited to the year;
30 Si non redemerit, et anni circulus fuerit evolutus, emptor possidebit eam, et posteri ejus in perpetuum, et redimi non poterit, etiam in jubilæo.	30 and if the redemption has not been effected by the end of the year, the house in the wal ed town wilbecome the property of the purchaser and his descendants in perpetuity; he need not vacate it at the jubilee.
31 Sin autem in villa domus, quæ muros non habet, agrorum jure vendetur : si ante redempta non fuerit, in jubilæo revertetur ad dominum.	31 But houses in villages not enclosed by wal s wil be considered as situated in the open country; theycarry the right of redemption, and the purchaser wil vacate them at the jubilee.
32 Ædes Levitarum quæ in urbibus sunt, semper possunt redimi :	32 "As regards the towns of the Levites, town houses forming part of their ancestral property wil carry aperpetual right of redemption in their favour.
33 si redemptæ non fuerint, in jubilæo revertentur ad dominos, quia domus urbium Levitarum pro possessionibus sunt inter filios Israël.	33 If a Levite is the one to be affected by the right of redemption, at the jubilee he will vacate thepurchased property and return to his own home, to the town in which he has a title to property. The houses in theLevites' towns represent their ancestral property in Israel,
34 Suburbana autem eorum non veneant, quia possessio sempiterna est.	34 and the arable land depending on these towns cannot be sold, being their ancestral property for ever.
35 Si attenuatus fuerit frater tuus, et infirmus manu, et susceperis eum quasi advenam et peregrinum, et vixerit tecum,	35 "If your brother becomes impoverished and cannot support himself in the community, you wil assisthim as you would a stranger or guest, so that he can go on living 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 charge him interest on a loan, but fear your God, and let your brother live with you.
37 Pecuniam tuam non dabis ei ad usuram, et frugum superabundantiam non exiges.	37 You wil not lend him money on interest or give him food to make a profit out of it.
38 Ego Dominus Deus vester, qui eduxi vos de terra Ægypti, ut darem vobis terram Chanaan, et essem vester Deus.	38 I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and be yourGod.
39 Si paupertate compulsus vendiderit se tibi frater tuus, non eum opprimes servitute famulorum,	39 "If your brother becomes impoverished while with you and sells himself to you, you will not make himdo the work of a slave;
40 sed quasi mercenarius et colonus erit : usque ad annum jubilæum operabitur apud te,	40 you wil treat him like an employee or guest, and he wil work for you until the jubilee year.
41 et postea egredietur cum liberis suis, et revertetur ad cognationem, ad possessionem patrum suorum.	41 He wil then leave you, both he and his children, and return to his clan and regain possession of hisancestral property.
42 Mei enim servi sunt, et ego eduxi eos de terra Ægypti : non veneant conditione servorum :	42 For they are my servants whom I have brought out of Egypt, and they may not be bought and sold asslaves.
43 ne affligas eum per potentiam, sed metuito Deum tuum.	43 You wil not oppress your brother-Israelites harshly but wil fear your God.
44 Servus et ancilla sint vobis de nationibus quæ in circuitu vestro sunt :	44 "The male and female slaves you have wil come from the nations round you; from these you maypurchase male and female slaves.
45 et de advenis qui peregrinantur apud vos, vel qui ex his nati fuerint in terra vestra, hos habebitis famulos :	45 As slaves, you may also purchase the children of aliens resident among you, and also members oftheir families living with you who have been born on your soil; and they will become your property,
46 et hæreditario jure transmittetis ad posteros, ac possidebitis in æternum : fratres autem vestros filios Israël ne opprimatis per potentiam.	46 and you may leave them as a legacy to your sons after you as their perpetual possession. These youmay have for slaves; but you wil not oppress your brother-Israelites.
47 Si invaluerit apud vos manus advenæ atque peregrini, et attenuatus frater tuus vendiderit se ei, aut cuiquam de stirpe ejus :	47 "If a stranger or guest living with you gets rich and your brother, in the course of dealings with him,becomes impoverished and sel s himself to this stranger or guest, or to the descendant of a stranger's family,
48 post venditionem potest redimi. Qui voluerit ex fratribus suis, redimet eum,	48 he wil enjoy the right of redemption after being sold, and one of his brothers may redeem him.
49 et patruus, et patruelis, et consanguineus, et affinis. Sin autem et ipse potuerit, redimet se,	49 His paternal uncle, his uncle's son, or a member of his own family may redeem him; if he has themeans, he may redeem himself.
50 supputatis dumtaxat annis a tempore venditionis suæ usque ad annum jubilæum : et pecunia, qua venditus fuerat, juxta annorum numerum, et rationem mercenarii supputata.	50 By agreement with his purchaser, he wil count the number of years between the year of sale and thejubilee year; his sale-price will be proportionate to the number of years, his time being valued as that of anemployee.
51 Si plures fuerint anni qui remanent usque ad jubilæum, secundum hos reddet et pretium :	51 If there are stil many years to run, in proportion to their number he wil refund part of his sale-price aspayment for his redemption.
52 si pauci, ponet rationem cum eo juxta annorum numerum, et reddet emptori quod reliquum est annorum,	52 And if there are only a few years stil to run before the jubilee year, he wil calculate with him whatshould be refunded for his redemption, in proportion to their number,
53 quibus ante servivit mercedibus imputatis : non affliget eum violenter in conspectu tuo.	53 as though he were hired by the year. You wil see to it that he is not harshly oppressed.
54 Quod si per hæc redimi non potuerit, anno jubilæo egredietur cum liberis suis.	54 "If he has not been redeemed in any of these ways, he wil go free in the jubilee year, both he and hischildren;
55 Mei enim sunt servi filii Israël, quos eduxi de terra Ægypti.	55 for the Israelites are my servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of Egypt. I am Yahwehyour God." '