Deuteronomy 15

1 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

1 “每逢第七年末，你们要免除他人的债务。

2 This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

2 你们要这样做，所有债主都要免除同胞所欠的债务，不可向他们追讨，因为宣布免除债务的是耶和华。

3 You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.

3 你们可以向外族人讨债，但无论同胞欠你什么债务，都要免除。

4 There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,

4–5 只要你们留心听从你们上帝耶和华的话，谨遵我今天吩咐你们的诫命，祂必使你们在祂赐给你们作产业的土地上蒙福，你们中间不会有穷人。

5 if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.

6 When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.

6 你们的上帝耶和华必照祂的应许赐福给你们，你们必借贷给多国，却不需要向他们借贷。你们必统治多国，却不被他们统治。

7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

7 “在进入你们的上帝耶和华将要赐给你们的土地后，如果你们居住的城中有贫穷的同胞，你们不可硬着心肠拒施援手。

8 Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

8 你们要伸出援手，按他们的所需慷慨地借给他们。

9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

9 你们要谨慎，不可因为免除债务的第七年将近，就心怀恶念，对贫穷同胞冷眼相待，拒施援手。否则，他们会向耶和华控诉你们，那时你们便有罪了。

10 Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.

10 你们要慷慨给予，并且无怨无悔，因为你们的上帝耶和华必在你们所做的一切事上赐福给你们。

11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

11 你们居住的地方总会有穷人，所以我吩咐你们要慷慨地帮助贫穷和有需要的同胞。

12 If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

12 “如果你们的希伯来同胞，不论男女，卖身给你们为奴，他们要服侍你们六年，到第七年，你们要给他们自由。

13 And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.

13 你们释放他们时，不可让他们空手离去，

14 You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.

14 要慷慨地把你们的上帝耶和华赐给你们的羊、五谷和酒分给他们。

15 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

15 要记住，你们曾在埃及做奴隶，你们的上帝耶和华救赎了你们。所以，我今天吩咐你们这样做。

16 But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

16 如果你们的奴仆因为爱你们和你们的家人，与你们相处融洽，不愿意离去，

17 then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

17 你们就要让他靠在门上，用锥子在他耳朵上扎个洞，他便终身成为你们的奴仆。对待婢女也要这样。

18 Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

18 你们释放奴仆时，不要不情愿，因为他们服侍你们六年，所做的是普通雇工的两倍。而且，你们的上帝耶和华也会在你们所做的一切事上赐福给你们。

19 You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

19 “你们要把头生的公牛和公羊分别出来，献给你们的上帝耶和华。不可用头生的公牛耕田，也不要剪头生公羊的毛。

20 Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.

20 每年，你们全家要去你们的上帝耶和华选定的地方，在祂面前吃这些头生的牛羊。

21 But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

21 如果这些牛羊有什么残疾，如瘸腿、瞎眼或其他缺陷，就不可献给你们的上帝耶和华。

22 Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

22 要在你们的城里吃这些牛羊。洁净的人和不洁净的人都可以吃，就像吃羚羊和鹿一样。

23 But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

23 但不可吃它们的血，要把血倒在地上，像倒水一样。