1 "每七年的最后一年， 你要施行豁免。 2 豁免的方式是这样： 债主都要把借给邻舍的一切豁免了， 不可向邻舍和兄弟追讨， 因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。 3 如果借给外族人， 你可以向他追讨， 但借给你的兄弟， 无论你借的是什么， 你都要豁免。 4 在你中间必没有穷人， 因为在耶和华你的 神赐给你作产业的地上， 耶和华必大大赐福给你。 5 只要你留心听从耶和华你的 神的话， 谨守遵行我今日吩咐你的一切诫命。 6 因为耶和华你的 神， 必照着他应许你的， 赐福给你； 你必借贷给许多国的民， 却不会向他们借贷； 你必统治许多国的民， 他们却不会统治你。 7 "但是在耶和华你的 神赐给你的地上， 无论哪一座城里， 在你中间如果有一个穷人， 又是你的兄弟， 你对这穷苦的兄弟不可硬着心肠， 也不可袖手不理。 8 你一定要向他伸手， 照着他缺乏的借给他， 补足他的缺乏。 9 你要自己谨慎， 不可心里起恶念， 说： ‘第七年的豁免年近了’， 你就冷眼对待你穷苦的兄弟， 什么都不给他， 以致他因你求告耶和华， 你就有罪了。 10 你必须给他， 给他的时候， 你不要心里难受， 因为为了这事， 耶和华你的 神必在你一切工作上， 和你所办的一切事上， 赐福给你。 11 既然在地上必有穷人存在， 所以我吩咐你说： ‘你总要向你地上的困苦和贫穷的兄弟大伸援助之手。’ 12 "你的兄弟， 无论是希伯来男人， 或是希伯来女人， 如果卖身给你， 要服事你六年； 到第七年， 就要让他离开你得自由。 13 你使他自由离开的时候， 不可让他空手而去； 14 要从你的羊群、禾场、榨酒池中， 多多地供给他； 耶和华你的 神怎样赐福给你， 你也要怎样分给他。 15 你要记得你在埃及地作过奴仆， 耶和华你的 神救赎了你； 因此我今日吩咐你这件事。 16 如果他对你说： ‘我不愿离开你。’他说这话是因为他爱你和你的家， 又因为他喜欢和你相处， 17 那么， 你就要拿锥子， 把他的耳朵在门上刺透， 他就永远作你的奴仆； 对待你的婢女， 你也要这样行。 18 你使他自由离开你的时候， 不要为难， 因为他服事了你六年， 应得雇工双倍的工资； 这样， 耶和华你的 神必在你所作的一切事上， 赐福给你。 19 "你的牛群羊群中所生， 是头生雄性的， 你都要把它分别为圣归给耶和华你的 神。你的牛群中头生的， 你不可用它去耕田； 你的羊群中头生的， 你不可给它剪毛。 20 你和你的家人， 年年要在耶和华选择的地方， 在耶和华你的 神面前， 吃这头生的牲畜。 21 这头生的， 如果有什么残疾， 像瘸腿或是瞎眼， 无论有任何严重的残疾， 你都不可献给耶和华你的 神。 22 你可以在家里吃， 不洁净的人和洁净的人都一样可以吃， 像吃羚羊和鹿一样。 23 只是不可吃它的血； 要把血倒在地上， 像倒水一样。"

1 `At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,2 and this [is] the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan [is] to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;3 of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;4 only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it.5 `Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,6 for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent [to] many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.7 `When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;8 for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.9 `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near [is] the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;11 because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.12 `When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years -- then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee.13 And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;14 thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; [of] that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,15 and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee; therefore I am commanding thee this thing to-day.16 `And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee -- because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because [it is] good for him with thee --17 then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put [it] through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.18 `It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.19 `Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock -- the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock;20 before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.21 `And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God;22 within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.23 Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.