Loans
(Leviticus 25.1-7)Moses said:
1-2 Every seven years you must announce, “The Lord says loans do not need to be paid back.” Then if you have loaned money to another Israelite, you can no longer ask for payment. 3 This law applies only to loans you have made to other Israelites. Foreigners will still have to pay back what you have loaned them.
4-6 No one in Israel should ever be poor. The Lord your God is giving you this land, and he has promised to make you very successful, if you obey his laws and teachings that I'm giving you today. You will lend money to many nations, but you won't have to borrow. You will rule many nations, but they won't rule you.
7 After the Lord your God gives land to each of you, there may be poor Israelites in the town where you live. If there are, then don't be mean and selfish with your money. 8 Instead, be kind and lend them what they need. 9 Be careful! Don't say to yourself, “Soon it will be the seventh year, and then I won't be able to get my money back.” It would be horrible for you to think that way and to be so selfish that you refuse to help the poor. They are your relatives, and if you don't help them, they may ask the Lord to decide whether you have done wrong. And he will say that you are guilty. 10 You should be happy to give the poor what they need, because then the Lord will make you successful in everything you do.
11 There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That's why I am commanding you to be generous with them.
Setting Slaves Free
(Exodus 21.1-11)Moses said to Israel:
12 If any of you buy Israelites as slaves, you must set them free after six years. 13 And don't just tell them they are free to leave— 14 give them sheep and goats and a good supply of grain and wine. The more the Lord has given you, the more you should give them. 15 I am commanding you to obey the Lord as a reminder that you were slaves in Egypt before he set you free. 16 But one of your slaves may say, “I love you and your family, and I would be better off staying with you, so please don't make me leave.” 17 Take the slave to the door of your house and push a sharp metal rod through one earlobe and into the door. Such slaves will belong to you for life, whether they are men or women.
18 Don't complain when you have to set a slave free. After all, you got six years of service at half the cost of hiring someone to do the work.
First-Born Animals
(Leviticus 27.26Leviticus 27Numbers 18.15-18)Moses said to Israel:
19 If the first-born animal of a cow or sheep or goat is a male, it must be given to the Lord. Don't put first-born cattle to work or cut wool from first-born sheep. 20 Instead, each year you must take the first-born of these animals to the place where the Lord your God chooses to be worshiped. You and your family will sacrifice them to the Lord and then eat them as part of a sacred meal.
21 But if the animal is lame or blind or has something else wrong with it, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22 You can butcher it where you live, and eat it just like the meat of a deer or gazelle that you kill while hunting. Even those people who are unclean and unfit for worship can have some. 23 But you must never eat the blood of an animal—let it drain out on the ground.
1 „Septītā gada beigās tev jātur atlaide.
2 Un šie ir atlaides noteikumi: ikvienam aizdevējam būs atlaist, ko tas ir savam tuvākam aizdevis; viņam nebūs likt nedz savu tuvāko, nedz it īpaši savu tautas brāli spaidos, jo šī atlaide ir iekārtota kā tā Kunga atlaide Viņam par godu.
3 No svešinieka atprasi, pat piedraudot, bet kas pie tava brāļa, to lai tava roka atlaiž.
4 Īstenībā tavā tuvumā nevajadzētu būt nevienam nabagam, jo tas Kungs tevi svētīdams svētīs tai zemē, ko tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos par mantojumu un īpašumu,
5 Ja tu tikai klausītu tā Kunga, sava Dieva, balsi un turētu un pildītu visus šos baušļus, ko es tev šodien piekodinu.
6 Jo tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi svētīs, tieši kā Viņš to tev ir teicis; un tu aizdosi daudzām tautām svētību, bet pats neaizņemsies, un tu gan valdīsi pār daudzām tautām, bet viņām pār tevi nebūs valdīt.
7 Kad tavā starpā būs kāds nabags vīrs, viens no taviem tautas brāļiem, kādos tavos vārtos tavā zemē, ko tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos, tad neapcietini savu sirdi un neaizslēdz savu roku sava nabaga brāļa priekšā,
8 Bet atvērdams atveri viņam savu roku un aizdodams aizdodi viņam tik, cik viņam vajaga trūcībā.
9 Sargies, ka tavā sirdī nav blēdības un ka tu nespriestu; „Septītais gads, atlaides gads ir tuvu!“ Un lai tava acs nebūtu nenovīdīga uz tavu nabago brāli, ka tu viņam nekā nedodi: tad viņš tevis dēļ brēks uz to Kungu, un tas tev būs par grēku!
10 Dodams dodi tam labprāt, lai nav tava sirds ļauna, kad tu viņam dodi, jo tādēļ tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi svētīs visā tavā darbā un visās lietās, kur tu savu roku pieliksi,
11 Jo tur, tanī zemē, netrūks arī nabagu, tāpēc Es tev pavēlu un saku: Atvērdams atveri savu roku savam brālim, kas top spaidīts un ir nabags tavā zemē!
12 Kad tev tiek pārdots tavs tautas brālis ebrējs vai ebrēju sieva, tad lai viņš tev kalpo sešus gadus, bet septītajā gadā tev būs viņu atlaist brīvu prom no savas saimes.
13 Un kad tu viņu atlaid brīvībā no savas saimes, tad neatlaid viņu tukšā,
14 Labprāt kaut ko uzliec uz viņa pleciem vai no sava sīklopu ganāmā pulka, vai no sava labības klona, vai no savām vīna spiedēm, ar ko tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi ir svētījis, no tā tev būs arī viņam dāvināt,
15 Un piemini, ka tu esi bijis kalps Ēģiptes zemē, bet tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi ir atbrīvojis, tāpēc es šodien tev dodu šo pavēli.
16 Bet ja viņš tev sacīs; „Es negribu no tevis šķirties!“ tāpēc ka viņš tevi un tava nama saimi mīl un ka tam ir pie tevis labi klājies,
17 Tad ņem īlenu un piedur viņa ausi pie durvīm: tad viņš tev būs par kalpu mūžīgi; tāpat dari ari savai kalponei.
18 Neesi sīkumains, viņu atlaižot brīvībā no savējo vidus, jo sešos gados viņš tev ir izkalpojis divkārtīgu algādža algu; tad ari tevi tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, svētīs pie visa, ko tu darīsi.
19 Ikvienu pirmdzimto, kas ir tēviņš, no taviem liellopiem un no taviem sīklopiem, tos novēli kā svētu velti tam Kungam, savam Dievam; tu nedrīksti strādāt ar pirmdzimto vērsi, un arī savu avju pirmdzimto tu nedrīksti cirpt.
20 Tā Kunga, sava Dieva, priekšā, tev un tavam namam tas ir jāēd gadu no gada tanī vietā, ko tas Kungs izraudzīs.
21 Bet ja tam ir kāda vaina, ja tas klibs vai akls, nevienu, kam kāda ļauna vaina, tu nedrīksti kaut par kaujamo upuri Kungam, savam Dievam.
22 Tavos paša vārtos to ēdiet, nešķīstais tiklab kā šķīstais, kā kalnu kazu un briedi.
23 Tikai viņa asinis tev nebūs baudīt, tās izlej zemē kā ūdeni.“
