1 Verder het die HERE met Moses gespreek by die berg Sinai en gesê:
2 Spreek met die kinders van Israel en sê vir hulle: As julle in die land inkom wat Ek julle gee, moet die land 'n sabbat hou vir die HERE.
3 Ses jaar lank mag jy jou land saai en ses jaar lank jou wingerd snoei en die opbrings daarvan insamel;
4 maar in die sewende jaar moet daar vir die land volkome rus wees, 'n sabbat vir die HERE; jou land mag jy nie saai en jou wingerd nie snoei nie.
5 Wat van jou oes opslaan, moet jy nie afoes nie, en die druiwe van jou ongesnoeide wingerdstok nie afsny nie. Dit moet 'n jaar van rus vir die land wees.
6 En die opbrings van die sabbat van die land sal julle voedsel wees; vir jou en jou slaaf en jou slavin en jou dagloner en jou bywoner wat by jou vertoef,
7 en vir jou vee en die wild wat in jou land is, sal die hele opbrings daarvan wees om te eet.
8 Jy moet ook sewe jaarweke tel, sewe maal sewe jaar, sodat die dae van die sewe jaarweke vir jou nege en veertig jaar is.
9 Dan moet jy in die sewende maand, op die tiende van die maand, 'n basuingeklank laat deurgaan; op die versoendag moet julle die basuin deur julle hele land laat gaan.
10 En julle moet die vyftigste jaar heilig en 'n vrylating in die land uitroep aan al sy bewoners. Dit moet vir julle 'n jubeljaar wees; dan moet julle elkeen na sy besitting en elkeen na sy geslag teruggaan.
11 'n Jubeljaar moet dit, die vyftigste jaar, vir julle wees. Julle mag nie saai nie, ook nie afoes wat dan opslaan of die druiwe van die onbesnoeide wingerdstok dan afsny nie.
12 Want dit is 'n jubeljaar, dit moet vir julle heilig wees: van die land af moet julle die opbrings daarvan eet.
13 In hierdie jubeljaar moet julle elkeen na sy besitting teruggaan.
14 Daarom, as jy iets aan jou naaste verkoop of van jou naaste koop, moet julle mekaar nie verdruk nie;
15 volgens die getal jare n die jubeljaar moet jy van jou naaste koop; volgens die getal jare dat daar 'n oes is, moet hy dit aan jou verkoop;
16 volgens die groter aantal jare moet jy die koopprys daarvan vermeerder, en volgens die kleiner aantal jare moet jy die koopprys daarvan verminder, want hy verkoop aan jou die aantal oeste.
17 Laat niemand dan sy naaste verdruk nie, en vrees jy jou God; want Ek is die HERE julle God.
18 En doen my insettinge en onderhou my verordeninge en doen dit, dat julle veilig kan woon in die land.
19 En die land sal sy vrug gee, en julle sal volop eet en veilig daarin woon.
20 En as julle sê: Wat moet ons in die sewende jaar eet as ons nie mag saai nie en ons oes nie mag insamel nie?
21 dan gebied Ek my seën vir julle in die sesde jaar, en dit sal die oes vir die drie jare oplewer.
22 En in die agtste jaar moet julle saai en van die ou opbrings eet tot die negende jaar toe; totdat die opbrings hiervan inkom, moet julle die oue eet.
23 Die grond moet ook nie vir altyd verkoop word nie; want die land is myne, omdat julle vreemdelinge en bywoners by My is.
24 Daarom moet julle, in die hele land van julle besitting, lossing van die grond toelaat.
25 As jou broer verarm en van sy besitting verkoop, moet sy losser wat sy nabestaande is, kom en hy moet los wat sy broer verkoop het.
26 En as iemand geen losser het nie, maar dit kan bekostig en genoeg vind vir die lossing,
27 moet hy die jare bereken dat dit verkoop is, en wat oorskiet, moet hy aan die man aan wie hy verkoop het, teruggee en dan na sy besitting teruggaan.
28 Maar as hy nie genoeg vind om dit terug te koop nie, moet die verkoopte goed in die hand van die koper bly tot die jubeljaar toe; maar in die jubeljaar moet dit vry word, en hy moet na sy besitting teruggaan.
29 En as iemand 'n woonhuis in 'n ommuurde stad verkoop, moet daar reg van lossing wees tot die end van die jaar dat dit verkoop is; 'n jaar lank moet daar reg van lossing wees.
30 Maar as dit nie gelos word voordat 'n hele jaar verby is nie, moet die huis wat in die ommuurde stad is, vir altyd die eiendom van sy koper bly vir sy geslagte; in die jubeljaar sal dit nie vry word nie.
31 Maar die huise van die dorpe wat rondom geen muur het nie, moet by die veld van die land gereken word; daar moet reg van lossing voor wees en in die jubeljaar moet dit vry word.
32 Wat die stede van die Leviete aangaan, die huise in die stede wat in hulle besit is vir die Leviete moet daar 'n ewige reg van lossing wees.
33 En as iemand van die Leviete dit sal los, moet die huis wat verkoop is, naamlik in die stad van sy besitting, in die jubeljaar vry word; want die huise in die stede van die Leviete is hulle besitting onder die kinders van Israel.
34 En die weiveld om hulle stede mag nie verkoop word nie, want dit is 'n ewige besitting vir hulle.
35 En as jou broer by jou verarm en agterraak, moet jy hom ondersteun, soos 'n vreemdeling en bywoner, dat hy by jou kan lewe.
36 Jy moenie rente of wins van hom neem nie, maar jy moet jou God vrees, dat jou broer by jou kan lewe.
37 Jou geld mag jy hom nie op rente gee nie, en jou eetware mag jy nie teen wins gee nie.
38 Ek is die HERE julle God wat julle uit Egipteland uitgelei het om julle die land Kana„n te gee, om julle God te wees.
39 En as jou broer by jou verarm en hom aan jou verkoop, mag jy hom nie as slaaf laat dien nie.
40 Soos 'n dagloner, soos 'n bywoner moet hy by jou wees; tot die jubeljaar toe moet hy by jou dien;
41 dan moet hy vry van jou af weggaan, hy en sy kinders saam met hom; en hy moet na sy geslag terugkeer en na die besitting van sy vaders teruggaan.
42 Want hulle is my knegte wat Ek uit Egipteland uitgelei het; hulle mag nie verkoop word soos 'n mens 'n slaaf verkoop nie.
43 Jy mag nie met hardheid oor hom heers nie, maar jy moet jou God vrees.
44 Wat jou slaaf of jou slavin aangaan wat aan jou sal behoort van die nasies wat rondom julle is, van hulle mag julle 'n slaaf of slavin koop.
45 En ook van die kinders van die bywoners wat by julle vertoef van hulle mag julle koop en van hulle geslag wat by julle is, wat hulle in julle land verwek het; en die sal vir julle 'n besitting wees.
46 En julle mag die aan julle kinders n julle nalaat as 'n erflike besitting; vir ewig mag julle hulle laat dien. Maar oor julle broers, die kinders van Israel, die een oor die ander oor hom mag jy nie met hardheid heers nie.
47 En as 'n vreemdeling of bywoner by jou vermoënd word, en jou broer by hom verarm en hy homself aan 'n vreemdeling of bywoner by jou verkoop, of aan 'n familielid uit die geslag van 'n vreemdeling,
48 dan moet daar vir hom, nadat hy hom verkoop het, reg van lossing wees; een van sy broers kan hom los,
49 of sy oom of sy oom se seun kan hom los, of een van sy naaste bloedverwante uit sy geslag kan hom los, of as hy dit kan bekostig, kan hy homself los.
50 En hy moet met sy koper reken van die jaar af dat hy hom aan hom verkoop het, tot die jubeljaar toe. En die prys waarvoor hy hom verkoop het, moet wees volgens die aantal jare; soos 'n dagloner sal hy dan die tyd by hom gewees het.
51 As daar nog baie jare is, moet hy volgens hulle sy losprys uit die geld waarvoor hy gekoop is, teruggee;
52 en as daar maar min jare tot die jubeljaar toe oor is, moet hy daarmee rekening hou; volgens die jare moet hy sy losprys teruggee.
53 Soos een wat van jaar tot jaar loonarbeider is, moet hy by hom wees; hy mag nie met hardheid oor hom voor jou oë heers nie.
54 En as hy nie op die wyse gelos word nie, moet hy in die jubeljaar vrygelaat word, hy en sy kinders saam met hom.
55 Want die kinders van Israel is my knegte; my knegte is hulle wat Ek uit Egipteland uitgelei het. Ek is die HERE julle God.
1 And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
2 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.
3 For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the produce of them;
4 But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.
5 That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.
6 And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and those working for payment, and for those of another country who are living among you;
7 And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for food.
8 And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years;
9 Then let the loud horn be sounded far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of taking away sin let the horn be sounded through all your land.
10 And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.
11 Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes may not be taken from the uncared-for vines.
12 For it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field.
13 In this year of Jubilee, let every man go back to his heritage.
14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
15 Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year of Jubilee, and the number of times the earth has given her produce.
16 If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, the price will be less, for it is the produce of a certain number of years which the man is giving you.
17 And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.
18 So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.
19 And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.
20 And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase
21 Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three years.
22 And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fruit of the ninth year is ready.
23 No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.
24 Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.
25 If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.
26 And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;
27 Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.
28 But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.
29 And if a man gives his house in a walled town for money, he has the right to get it back for the space of a full year after he has given it up.
30 And if he does not get it back by the end of the year, then the house in the town will become the property of him who gave the money for it, and of his children for ever; it will not go from him in the year of Jubilee.
31 But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as property in the country; they may be got back, and they will go back to their owners in the year of Jubilee.
32 But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.
33 And if a Levite does not give money to get back his property, his house in the town which was exchanged for money will come back to him in the year of Jubilee. For the houses of the towns of the Levites are their property among the children of Israel.
34 But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their property for ever.
35 And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.
36 Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.
37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.
38 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.
39 And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;
40 But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;
41 Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.
42 For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.
43 Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.
44 But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.
45 And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are living with you, and from their families which have come to birth in your land; and these will be your property.
46 And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.
47 And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;
48 After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,
49 Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.
50 And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.
51 If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.
52 And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.
53 And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.
54 And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.
55 For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.