Levítico 25

1 Yahweh said to Moses on Mount Sinai, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh. 3 You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits; 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5 What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and you shall not gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. 6 The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you. 7 For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.

8 "‘You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land. 10 You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family. 11 That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines. 12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.

13 "‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.

14 "‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. 15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you. 16 According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you. 17 You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

18 "‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;" 21 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years. 22 You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits from the old store until the ninth year. Until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.

23 "‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me. 24 In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

25 "‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold. 26 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it, 27 then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property. 28 But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

29 "‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption. 30 If it isn’t redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee. 31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

32 "‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time. 33 The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But the field of the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.

35 "‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident. 36 Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you. 37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit. 38 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

39 "‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave. 40 As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers. 42 For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves. 43 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

44 "‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves. 45 Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property. 46 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.

47 "‘If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger’s family, 48 after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him; 49 or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself. 50 He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; he shall be with him according to the time of a hired servant. 51 If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. 52 If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption. 53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight. 54 If he isn’t redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee: he and his children with him. 55 For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

Te Tau Okiokinga

1 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi i Maunga Hinai, i mea, 2 "Kōrero ki ngā tama a Īharaira, mea atu ki a rātou: E tae koutou ki te whenua e hoatu e ahau ki a koutou, nā, ka whakahāpati te whenua i tētahi hāpati ki a Ihowā. 3 E ono ngā tau e whakatōngia ai e koe tāu māra, e ono hoki ngā tau e tapatapahia ai e koe tāu māra wāina, e kohia ai hoki ōna hua; 4 ko te whitu ia o ngā tau hāpati okiokinga mō te whenua, hei hāpati ki a Ihowā. Kaua e whakatōngia tāu māra, e tapatapahia rānei tāu māra wāina. 5 Kaua e kotia te mea i tupu noa ake i tērā kotinga āu, kaua anō e whakia ngā karepe o tāu wāina kīhai nei i mahia; he tau okiokinga hoki tēnā mō te whenua. 6 Ā, hei kai mā koutou te hāpati o te whenua – māu, mā tāu pononga tāne, mā tāu pononga wahine, mā tāu kaimahi, mā tōu manene hoki e noho ana i a koe; 7 mā āu kararehe hoki, mā te kīrehe hoki o tōu whenua, ōna hua katoa, hei kai."

Te Tau o te Tiupiri

8 "Ā, me tatau e koe kia whitu ngā tau hāpati, kia whitu ngā whitu o ngā tau; ā, ko taua takiwā, ko ngā tau hāpati e whitu, ka kīia e koe e whā tekau mā iwa tau. 9 Kātahi ka whakatangihia e koe te tētere tangi nui i te tekau o ngā rā o te whitu o ngā marama – ko ā te Rā Whakamārietanga – mea ai koutou kia pakū atu te tangi o te tētere puta noa i tō koutou whenua. 10 Ā, me whakatapu te rima tekau o ngā tau, ka karanga ai i te haere noa puta noa i te whenua mā ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua; hei Tiupiri nui tēnā mā koutou; ā, me hoki koutou ki tōna kāinga, ki tōna kāinga, me hoki anō ki ōna whanaunga, ki ōna whanaunga. 11 Ko tēnā tau, ko te rima tekau, hei Tiupiri mā koutou: kaua e rui, kaua e kokoti i te mea tupu noa ake o tēnā tau, kaua hoki e whakia ngā wāina kīhai i mahia. 12 Ko te Tiupiri hoki ia; kia tapu ki a koutou; ko ōna hua o te māra hei kai mā koutou.

13 "Me hoki koutou i tēnei tau Tiupiri, ki tōna kāinga, ki tōna kāinga. 14 Ki te hokona atu anō e koe tētahi mea ki tōu hoa, ki te hokona mai rānei tētahi mea e te ringa o tōu hoa, kaua e tūkinotia tētahi e tētahi. 15 Kia rite āu utu ki tōu hoa ki te maha o ngā tau i muri i te Tiupiri; kia rite anō ki te maha o ngā tau hua tāna hoko ki a koe. 16 Kia rite tāu whakanui i te utu o taua mea ki te maha o ngā tau, kia rite hoki tāu whakaiti i ōna utu ki te torutoru o ngā tau; e rite ana hoki ki te maha o ngā tau hua tāna hoko ki a koe. 17 Ā, kaua e tūkino tētahi ki tētahi, engari e wehi koe ki tōu Atua. Ko Ihowā hoki ahau, ko tō koutou Atua."

He Ō mō te Tau Tuawhitu

18 "Mō reira me mahi e koutou āku tikanga, me pupuru āku whakaritenga, me mahi hoki; ā, ka noho hūmārie koutou i runga i te whenua. 19 Ā, ka tukua ōna hua e te whenua, ā, ka kai koutou, ka mākona, ka noho hūmārie hoki ki reira. 20 Ā, ki te mea koutou, ‘He aha he kai mā tātou i te whitu o ngā tau? Titiro hoki, e kore tātou e rui, e kore hoki e kohi i ā tātou hua.’ 21 Māku rā e whakahau iho tāku manaaki ki a koutou i te ono o ngā tau, ā, ka whai hua mō ngā tau e toru. 22 Ā, ka rui koutou i te waru o ngā tau, ka kai anō i ngā hua pakoko; ā tae noa ki te iwa o ngā tau, me kai ngā mea pakoko, kia riro rā anō ngā hua o tēnā tau."

Te Whakahokinga o te Whenua

23 "Kaua e hokona te whenua, he mea oti tonu atu; nōku hoki te whenua; he manene hoki koutou, he noho noa ki ahau. 24 Me whakaae hoki ki te utu e hoki ai te whenua, i tō koutou whenua katoa.

25 "Ki te rawakoretia tōu teina, ā, ka hokona e ia tētahi wāhi o tōna kāinga, me haere mai tōna whanaunga e tata rawa ana ki a ia, ka utu i te mea i hokona atu e tōna teina kia hoki ai. 26 Ā, ki te kāhore he kaiutu a tētahi tangata, ā, ka whiwhi taonga ia, ā, ka taea anō e ia te utu. 27 Nā, me tatau e ia ngā tau i hokona ai, ā, ka whakahoki i te tuhene ki te tangata i hokona atu ai; ā, ka hoki ai ia ki tōna kāinga. 28 Otiia, ki te kāhore e taea e ia te whakahoki mai ki a ia anō, nā, me waiho tāna i hoko ai ki te ringa o te tangata nāna i hoko, ā tae noa ki te tau Tiupiri. Ā, i te Tiupiri ka riro, ā, ka hoki ia ki tōna kāinga.

29 "Ki te hokona e te tangata he whare nohoanga i te pā taiepa, e āhei ia te utu kia hoki mai anō i roto i te tau kotahi i muri i te rironga; kotahi tino tau hei whakahokinga māna. 30 Ā, ki te kāhore e utua, ā tino taka noa te tau, kātahi ka whakapūmautia mō ake tonu atu te whare i te pā taiepa mō te tangata nāna i hoko, puta noa i ōna whakatupuranga; e kore e riro i te Tiupiri. 31 Ko ngā whare ia o ngā kāinga, kāhore nei he taiepa ā tawhio noa, ka kīia e rite ana ki ngā pārae o te whenua; ka hoki anō ēnā ina utua, ka riro anō i te Tiupiri.

32 "Ko ngā pā ia o ngā Rīwaiti, me ngā whare o ngā pā e nohoia ana e rātou, e hoki ki ngā Rīwaiti, ahakoa utua i tēhea wā. 33 Ā, mehemea nā tētahi o ngā Rīwaiti i utu – nā, ka riro te whare i hokona rā me tōna pā i te Tiupiri – ko ngā whare hoki o ngā pā o ngā Rīwaiti tō rātou kāinga pūmau i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira. 34 Ko te māra ia i te taha o ō rātou pā kaua e hokona; nō te mea he wāhi pūmau tēnā nō rātou."

He Āwhina mō te Rawakore

35 "Ā, ki te rawakoretia tōu teina, ā, ka wiri tōna ringa i roto i a koe; me atawhai e koe; me noho manene ia, me noho noa rānei i a koe. 36 Kaua e tangohia i a ia he moni whakatuputupu, he whakanuinga rānei; engari me wehi koe ki tōu Atua; kia noho ai tōu teina i a koe. 37 Kaua tāu moni e hoatu ki a ia hei mea whakatuputupu, kaua anō hoki āu kai e hoatu ki a ia, me te whakaaro anō ki tētahi whakanuinga ake. 38 Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Atua, i kawe mai nei i a koutou i te whenua o Īhipa, e mea nei kia hoatu te whenua o Kanaana, ki a koutou kia waiho anō ahau hei Atua mō koutou."

Kia Pēnei e Mea ki te Pononga

39 "Ā, ki te rawakoretia tōu teina e noho ana i roto i a koe, ā, ka hokona ki a koe; kaua ia e whakamahia e koe ki te mahi pononga. 40 Kia rite ia i roto i a koe ki te kaimahi, ki te noho noa. Ka mahi anō ia ki a koe, ā tae noa ki te tau Tiupiri. 41 Ko reira ia mawehe ai i a koe, rātou ko āna tamariki, ā, ka hoki ki ōna whanaunga, ka hoki anō ki te kāinga o ōna mātua. 42 Ko rātou hoki āku pononga, i whakaputaina mai ai e ahau i te whenua o Īhipa; kaua rātou e hokona hei pononga. 43 Kaua e taikaha tāu whakarangatira ki a ia; engari me wehi ki tōu Atua.

44 "Tēnā ko ngā pononga tāne me ngā pononga wāhine māu; me hoko e koe i ngā iwi i tētahi taha ōu, i tētahi taha he pononga tāne, he pononga wāhine māu. 45 Mā koutou anō hoki e hoko ētahi o ngā tamariki a ngā manene e noho ana i roto i a koutou, ētahi hoki o roto o ō rātou hapū i roto i a koutou, o ngā mea i whānau i a rātou ki tō koutou whenua; ā, puritia iho mā koutou. 46 Me waiho hoki ēnā e koutou hei taonga tupu e tukua iho kia puritia e ā koutou tama i muri i a koutou; hei pononga rātou mā koutou ake ake. Kaua ia e taikaha tā koutou whakarangatira ki a koutou anō, ki ō koutou tēina, ki ngā tama a Īharaira.

47 "Ki te whai rawa hoki te manene, noho noa rānei, i roto i a koe, ā, ka rawakoretia tōu teina i tōna taha, ā, ka hoko i a ia ki te manene, ki te noho noa rānei i roto i a koe, ki te toronga rānei o te hapū o te manene; 48 e whakahokia anō ia mō te utu i muri i tōna hokonga; mā tētahi o ōna tēina ia e whakahoki, 49 mā tōna matua kēkē, mā te tamaiti rānei a tōna matua kēkē ia e whakahoki, mā tētahi rānei o ōna whanaunga tupu o tōna hapū ia e whakahoki; māna anō rānei ia e whakahoki, ki te taea e ia. 50 Nā, ka tatau ia, rāua ko te tangata nāna ia i hoko, ka tīmata i te tau i hokona ai ia ki a ia, tae noa ki te tau Tiupiri; ā, ka rite te utu e hokona ai ia ki te maha o ngā tau; kia rite ki ō te kaimahi ōna rā ki a ia. 51 Ki te maha ake ngā tau, kia rite ki ēnā te utu mō tōna hokinga e whakahokia atu e ia i roto i te moni i hokona ai ia. 52 Ā, ki te torutoru ngā tau e toe ana ki te tau Tiupiri, nā, ka tatau rāua; ā, kia rite ki ōna tau te utu e whakahokia e ia ki a ia. 53 Ko tōna noho ki a ia kia rite ki tā te kaimahi e utua ana i te tau; kaua hoki tērā e whakatupu rangatira nanakia ki a ia i tāu tirohanga.