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申命记 15
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豁免年的條例(A)

15 “每七年的最後一年，你要施行豁免。 2 豁免的方式是這樣：債主都要把借給鄰舍的一切豁免了，不可向鄰舍和兄弟追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。 3 如果借給外族人，你可以向他追討，但借給你的兄弟，無論你借的是甚麼，你都要豁免。 4 在你中間必沒有窮人，因為在耶和華你的　神賜給你作產業的地上，耶和華必大大賜福給你。 5 只要你留心聽從耶和華你的　神的話，謹守遵行我今日吩咐你的一切誡命。 6 因為耶和華你的　神，必照著他應許你的，賜福給你；你必借貸給許多國的民，卻不會向他們借貸；你必統治許多國的民，他們卻不會統治你。

7 “但是在耶和華你的　神賜給你的地上，無論哪一座城裡，在你中間如果有一個窮人，又是你的兄弟，你對這窮苦的兄弟不可硬著心腸，也不可袖手不理。 8 你一定要向他伸手，照著他缺乏的借給他，補足他的缺乏。 9 你要自己謹慎，不可心裡起惡念，說：‘第七年的豁免年近了’，你就冷眼對待你窮苦的兄弟，甚麼都不給他，以致他因你求告耶和華，你就有罪了。 10 你必須給他，給他的時候，你不要心裡難受，因為為了這事，耶和華你的　神必在你一切工作上，和你所辦的一切事上，賜福給你。 11 既然在地上必有窮人存在，所以我吩咐你說：‘你總要向你地上的困苦和貧窮的兄弟大伸援助之手。’

對待奴婢的條例(B)

12 “你的兄弟，無論是希伯來男人，或是希伯來女人，如果賣身給你，要服事你六年；到第七年，就要讓他離開你得自由。 13 你使他自由離開的時候，不可讓他空手而去； 14 要從你的羊群、禾場、榨酒池中，多多地供給他；耶和華你的　神怎樣賜福給你，你也要怎樣分給他。 15 你要記得你在埃及地作過奴僕，耶和華你的　神救贖了你；因此我今日吩咐你這件事。 16 如果他對你說：‘我不願離開你。’他說這話是因為他愛你和你的家，又因為他喜歡和你相處， 17 那麼，你就要拿錐子，把他的耳朵在門上刺透，他就永遠作你的奴僕；對待你的婢女，你也要這樣行。 18 你使他自由離開你的時候，不要為難，因為他服事了你六年，應得雇工雙倍的工資；這樣，耶和華你的　神必在你所作的一切事上，賜福給你。

頭生牛羊的條例

19 “你的牛群羊群中所生，是頭生雄性的，你都要把牠分別為聖歸給耶和華你的　神。你的牛群中頭生的，你不可用牠去耕田；你的羊群中頭生的，你不可給牠剪毛。 20 你和你的家人，年年要在耶和華選擇的地方，在耶和華你的　神面前，吃這頭生的牲畜。 21 這頭生的，如果有甚麼殘疾，像瘸腿或是瞎眼，無論有任何嚴重的殘疾，你都不可獻給耶和華你的　神。 22 你可以在家裡吃，不潔淨的人和潔淨的人都一樣可以吃，像吃羚羊和鹿一樣。 23 只是不可吃牠的血；要把血倒在地上，像倒水一樣。”

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申命記 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

安息年

15 「每逢第七年末，你們要免除他人的債務。 2 你們要這樣做，所有債主都要免除同胞所欠的債務，不可向他們追討，因為宣佈免除債務的是耶和華。 3 你們可以向外族人討債，但無論同胞欠你什麼債務，都要免除。 4-5 只要你們聽從你們上帝耶和華的話，謹遵我今天吩咐你們的誡命，祂必使你們在這片祂賜給你們作產業的土地上蒙福，你們中間不會有窮人。 6 你們的上帝耶和華必照祂的應許賜福給你們，你們必借貸給多國，卻不需要向他們借貸。你們必統治多國，卻不被他們統治。

7 「在進入你們的上帝耶和華將要賜給你們的土地後，如果你們居住的城中有貧窮的同胞，你們不可硬著心腸拒施援手。 8 他們所需要的，你們要慷慨地借給他們。 9 你們要謹慎，不可因為免除債務的第七年將近，就心懷惡念，對貧窮同胞冷眼相待，拒施援手。否則，他會求告耶和華，那時你們便有罪了。 10 你們要慷慨給予，並且無怨無悔，因為耶和華必在你們所做的一切事上賜福給你們。 11 你們居住的地方總會有窮人，所以我吩咐你們要慷慨地幫助貧窮或有需要的同胞。

12 「如果你們的希伯來同胞，不論男女，賣身給你們做奴隸，他們要服侍你們六年，到第七年，你們要給他們自由。 13 你們不可讓他們空手離去， 14 要慷慨地把你們的上帝耶和華賜給你們的羊、五穀和酒分給他們。 15 要記住，你們曾在埃及做奴隸，你們的上帝耶和華拯救了你們。所以，我今天吩咐你們這樣做。 16 如果你們的奴隸因為愛你們和你們的家人，與你們相處融洽，不願意離去， 17 你們就要讓他靠在門上，用錐子在他耳朵上扎個洞，他便終身成為你們的奴隸。對待婢女也要這樣。 18 你們釋放奴隸時，不要不情願，因為他們服侍你們六年，所做的是普通雇工的兩倍。而且，你們的上帝耶和華也會在你們所做的一切事上賜福給你們。

頭生的牛羊

19 「你們要把頭生的公牛和公羊分別出來，獻給你們的上帝耶和華。不可用頭生的公牛耕田，也不要剪頭生公羊的毛。 20 每年，你們全家要去你們的上帝耶和華選定的地方，在祂面前吃這些頭生的牛羊。 21 如果這些牛羊有什麼殘疾，如瘸腿、瞎眼或其他殘疾，就不可獻給你們的上帝耶和華。 22 要在你們的城裡吃這些牛羊。潔淨的人和不潔淨的人都可以吃，就像吃羚羊和鹿一樣。 23 但不可吃牠們的血，要把血倒在地上，像倒水一樣。

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Deuteronomy 15
New English Translation

The Year of Debt Release

15 At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation of debts.[a] 2 This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person;[b] he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite,[c] for it is to be recognized as “the Lord’s cancellation of debts.” 3 You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite[d] owes you, you must remit. 4 However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord[e] will surely bless[f] you in the land that he[g] is giving you as an inheritance,[h] 5 if you carefully obey[i] him[j] by keeping[k] all these commandments that I am giving[l] you today. 6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.

The Spirit of Liberality

7 If a fellow Israelite[m] from one of your villages[n] in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive[o] to his impoverished condition.[p] 8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend[q] him whatever he needs.[r] 9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude[s] be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite[t] and you do not lend[u] him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be regarded as having sinned.[v] 10 You must by all means lend[w] to him and not be upset by doing it,[x] for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt. 11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open[y] your hand to your fellow Israelites[z] who are needy and poor in your land.

Release of Debt Slaves

12 If your fellow Hebrew[aa]—whether male or female[ab]—is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant[ac] go free.[ad] 13 If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed. 14 You must supply them generously[ae] from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress—as the Lord your God has blessed you, you must give to them. 15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today. 16 However, if the servant[af] says to you, “I do not want to leave[ag] you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you, 17 you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door.[ah] Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well). 18 You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice[ai] the time of a hired worker; the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Giving God the Best

19 You must set apart[aj] for the Lord your God every firstborn male born to your herds and flocks. You must not work the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your flocks. 20 You and your household must eat them annually before the Lord your God in the place he[ak] chooses. 21 If one of them has any kind of blemish—lameness, blindness, or anything else[al]—you may not offer it as a sacrifice to the Lord your God. 22 You may eat it in your villages,[am] whether you are ritually impure or clean,[an] just as you would eat a gazelle or an ibex. 23 However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:1 tn The Hebrew term שְׁמִטִּת (shemittat), a derivative of the verb שָׁמַט (shamat, “to release; to relinquish”), refers to the cancellation of the debt and even pledges for the debt of a borrower by his creditor. This could be a full and final remission or, more likely, one for the seventh year only. See R. Wakely, NIDOTTE 4:155-60. Here the words “of debts” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. Cf. NAB “a relaxation of debts”; NASB, NRSV “a remission of debts.”
  2. Deuteronomy 15:2 tn Heb “his neighbor,” used idiomatically to refer to another person.
  3. Deuteronomy 15:2 tn Heb “his neighbor and his brother.” The words “his brother” may be a scribal gloss identifying “his neighbor” (on this idiom, see the preceding note) as a fellow Israelite (cf. v. 3). In this case the conjunction before “his brother” does not introduce a second category, but rather has the force of “that is.”
  4. Deuteronomy 15:3 tn Heb “your brother.”
  5. Deuteronomy 15:4 tc After the phrase “the Lord” many mss and versions add “your God” to complete the usual full epithet.
  6. Deuteronomy 15:4 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “surely.” Note however, that the use is rhetorical, for the next verse attaches a condition.
  7. Deuteronomy 15:4 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
  8. Deuteronomy 15:4 tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess.”
  9. Deuteronomy 15:5 tn Heb “if listening you listen to the voice of.” The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “carefully.” The idiom “listen to the voice” means “obey.”
  10. Deuteronomy 15:5 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 15:4.
  11. Deuteronomy 15:5 tn Heb “by being careful to do.”
  12. Deuteronomy 15:5 tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB); NAB “which I enjoin you today.”
  13. Deuteronomy 15:7 tn Heb “one of your brothers” (so NASB); NAB “one of your kinsmen”; NRSV “a member of your community.” See the note at v. 2.
  14. Deuteronomy 15:7 tn Heb “gates.”
  15. Deuteronomy 15:7 tn Heb “withdraw your hand.” Cf. NIV “hardhearted or tightfisted” (NRSV and NLT similar).
  16. Deuteronomy 15:7 tn Heb “from your needy brother.”
  17. Deuteronomy 15:8 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before both verbs. The translation indicates the emphasis with the words “be sure to” and “generously,” respectively.
  18. Deuteronomy 15:8 tn Heb “whatever his need that he needs for himself.” This redundant expression has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  19. Deuteronomy 15:9 tn Heb “your eye.”
  20. Deuteronomy 15:9 tn Heb “your needy brother.”
  21. Deuteronomy 15:9 tn Heb “give” (likewise in v. 10).
  22. Deuteronomy 15:9 tn Heb “it will be a sin to you.”
  23. Deuteronomy 15:10 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”
  24. Deuteronomy 15:10 tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.
  25. Deuteronomy 15:11 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “make sure.”
  26. Deuteronomy 15:11 tn Heb “your brother.”
  27. Deuteronomy 15:12 sn Elsewhere in the OT, the Israelites are called “Hebrews” (עִבְרִי, ʿivri) by outsiders, rarely by themselves (cf. Gen 14:13; 39:14, 17; 41:12; Exod 1:15, 16, 19; 2:6, 7, 11, 13; 1 Sam 4:6; Jonah 1:9). Thus, here and in the parallel passage in Exod 21:2-6 the term עִבְרִי may designate non-Israelites, specifically a people well-known throughout the ancient Near East as ʾapiru or habiru. They lived a rather vagabond lifestyle, frequently hiring themselves out as laborers or mercenary soldiers. While accounting nicely for the surprising use of the term here in an Israelite law code, the suggestion has against it the unlikelihood that a set of laws would address such a marginal people so specifically (as opposed to simply calling them aliens or the like). More likely עִבְרִי is chosen as a term to remind Israel that when they were “Hebrews,” that is, when they were in Egypt, they were slaves. Now that they are free they must not keep their fellow Israelites in economic bondage. See v. 15.
  28. Deuteronomy 15:12 tn Heb “your brother, a Hebrew (male) or Hebrew (female).”
  29. Deuteronomy 15:12 tn Heb “him.” The singular pronoun occurs throughout the passage.
  30. Deuteronomy 15:12 tn The Hebrew text includes “from you.”
  31. Deuteronomy 15:14 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “generously.”
  32. Deuteronomy 15:16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the indentured servant introduced in v. 12) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  33. Deuteronomy 15:16 tn Heb “go out from.” The imperfect verbal form indicates the desire of the subject here.
  34. Deuteronomy 15:17 sn When the bondslave’s ear was drilled through to the door, the door in question was that of the master’s house. In effect, the bondslave is declaring his undying and lifelong loyalty to his creditor. The scar (or even hole) in the earlobe would testify to the community that the slave had surrendered independence and personal rights. This may be what Paul had in mind when he said “I bear on my body the marks of Jesus” (Gal 6:17).
  35. Deuteronomy 15:18 tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh, “twice”) could mean “equivalent to” (cf. NRSV) or, more likely, “double” (cf. NAB, NIV, NLT). The idea is that a hired worker would put in only so many hours per day whereas a bondslave was available around the clock.
  36. Deuteronomy 15:19 tn Heb “sanctify” (תַּקְדִּישׁ, taqdish), that is, put to use on behalf of the Lord.
  37. Deuteronomy 15:20 tn Heb “the Lord.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons. See note on “he” in 15:4.
  38. Deuteronomy 15:21 tn Heb “any evil blemish”; NASB “any (+ other NAB, TEV) serious defect.”
  39. Deuteronomy 15:22 tn Heb “in your gates.”
  40. Deuteronomy 15:22 tc The LXX adds ἐν σοί (en soi, “among you”) to make clear that the antecedent is the people and not the animals. That is, the people, whether ritually purified or not, may eat such defective animals.
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