3 Moseboken 25
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Sabbatsåret
25 Herren talade till Mose på Sinai berg: 2 ”Säg till israeliterna: ’När ni kommer in i landet som jag ska ge er, måste ni låta det få Herrens sabbat. 3 Under sex år ska du beså dina åkrar, beskära dina vingårdar och bärga dina skördar, 4 men under det sjunde året ska landet ha en Herrens sabbatsvila. Så inte ditt utsäde och beskär inte dina vingårdar. 5 Skörda inte ens det som växer upp av spillsäden och samla inte heller in de druvor som mognar i de obeskurna vinstockarna. Det är nämligen ett viloår för landet. 6 Det som landet under sabbatsåret ändå ger ska vara din mat liksom dina slavars och slavinnors, dina daglönares och deras som bor hos dig. 7 Också din boskap och de vilda djuren ska äta av vad landet då ger.
Friåret
8 Du ska räkna sju gånger sju sabbatsår, alltså fyrtionio år. 9 Låt sedan hornen ljuda högt i hela landet den tionde dagen i sjunde månaden på försoningsdagen. 10 Det femtionde året ska nämligen vara heligt. Då ska frihet förkunnas för alla invånarna i landet. Det ska vara ett friår för er och var och en få tillbaka sin egendom och komma tillbaka till sin släkt. 11 Det femtionde året ska alltså vara ett friår för er. Då ska ni inte så, bärga in spillsäd eller skörda druvor från de obeskurna stockarna. 12 Ni ska låta det vara ett heligt friår. Under det året ska ni äta av det som landet av sig självt ger.
13 Under det året ska var och en återvända hem till sitt eget.
14 Om du säljer mark till eller köper av din landsman ska ni inte göra varandra något orätt. 15 Du ska betala din landsman efter antalet år sedan friåret, efter antalet skördar han säljer till dig. 16 Ju fler år desto högre pris och ju färre år desto lägre pris, eftersom det han faktiskt säljer till dig är antalet skördar. 17 Utnyttja inte varandra utan frukta din Gud, för jag är Herren, er Gud.
18 Lyd mina bud och följ mina stadgar om ni önskar leva tryggt i landet. 19 Då kommer landet att ge sina skördar och ni kan äta er mätta i lugn och ro. 20 Men ni kommer att undra: ”Vad ska vi äta under det sjunde året, om vi varken får så eller skörda då?” 21 Jag ska välsigna er med så rikliga skördar under det sjätte året att de kommer att räcka för tre år. 22 När ni sår det åttonde året äter ni fortfarande av den gamla skörden ända fram tills det nionde årets skörd har bärgats.
23 Jorden får inte säljas för gott för landet är mitt. Ni är främlingar och gäster hos mig. 24 I hela landet som blir ert måste ni tillåta återköp.
25 Om någon blir fattig och säljer en del av sin egendom, ska hans återlösare, hans närmaste släkting, lösa tillbaka den. 26 Om det inte finns någon återlösare men han själv kan få ihop tillräckligt med pengar, 27 ska han alltid kunna köpa tillbaka den till ett pris ställt i förhållande till antalet år som gått efter försäljningen och betala köparen för de återstående. Så kan han få tillbaka sin egendom. 28 Men om den ursprunglige ägaren inte kan lösa in den, ska den tillhöra den nye ägaren fram till friåret. Men då måste den lämnas tillbaka och han får återkomma till sin egendom.
29 Om en man säljer ett hus i en stad med murar, har han full återköpsrätt under ett år. Då är återlösningen tidsbegränsad. 30 Men om han inte löser in det inom ett år ska huset i en stad med murar för alltid tillhöra den nye ägaren och hans ättlingar. Det behöver inte lämnas tillbaka vid friåret. 31 Med hus i en by utan omgivande mur är det som med åkermark. De kan köpas tillbaka och de ska alltid lämnas tillbaka vid friåret.
32 Men leviternas hus, de som ligger i deras städer, kan köpas tillbaka när som helst 33 och måste om de inte är återköpta återlämnas vid friåret, för leviterna ska inte äga mark som de andra israeliterna utan är hänvisade till att bo i städer och deras närhet[a]. 34 Den betesmark som omger deras städer får inte säljas för den är deras egendom för alltid.
35 Om din landsman blir fattig och inte kan försörja sig bland sitt folk ska du hjälpa honom precis som du skulle hjälpa en främling eller en tillfälligt bosatt så att han kan bo kvar bland er. 36 Utkräv ingen ränta av honom utan frukta din Gud så att din landsman kan bo kvar bland er. 37 Låna honom inte pengar mot ränta eller sälj mat till honom för att tjäna på det. 38 Jag är Herren, er Gud, som förde er ut ur Egypten för att ge er Kanaans land och vara er Gud.
39 Om din landsman blir fattig och säljer sig själv till dig, får du inte behandla honom som en slav 40 utan i stället som en anställd tjänare eller som en gäst. Han ska bara vara i tjänst hos dig fram till friåret. 41 Då kan han lämna dig och återvända med sina barn till sin egen släkt och till sina fäders egendom. 42 För israeliterna är mina tjänare och jag ledde dem ut ur Egypten. Därför ska de inte säljas som vanliga slavar. 43 Utsätt honom inte för hård behandling. Frukta din Gud! 44 Men du kan köpa slavar eller slavinnor från andra folk som bor i närheten 45 och likaså barn från de utlänningar som tillfälligt bor bland er samt deras familjemedlemmar som föds i landet. De förblir er egendom.
46 Dem kan ni lämna över till era barn som egendom och ha som slavar för alltid. Men ingen av era bröder bland israeliterna får behandlas hårt.
47 Om en utlänning eller någon som tillfälligt bor bland er blir rik och din landsman blir fattig och säljer sig till utlänningen eller den tillfälligt bosatte eller dennes familj 48 kan han återlösas av en av sina bröder, 49 sin farbror, sin kusin eller någon annan nära släkting. Han kan också köpa sig själv fri om han senare får möjlighet. 50 Priset på hans frihet ska han och hans köpare låta stå i proportion till antalet år från det han sålde sig och som är kvar fram till friåret eller vad det skulle kosta att anställa en tjänare för så många år. 51 Om det är många år kvar, ska han betala nästan lika mycket som han fick när han sålde sig. 52 Om det bara är några få år kvar till friåret, ska han betala en summa beräknad efter antalet år. 53 Han ska behandlas som en anställd tjänare år för år. Se till att han inte behandlas hårt.
54 Om han ännu inte har blivit återlöst när friåret är inne, ska han och hans barn friges då 55 för israeliterna tillhör mig och är mina tjänare. Jag ledde dem ut ur Egypten. Jag är Herren, er Gud.
Footnotes
- 25:33 Versens hebreiska text är svårförståelig och översättningen därför osäker.
Vayikra 25
Orthodox Jewish Bible
[BEHAR]
25 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in Mt. Sinai, saying,
2 Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye come into HaAretz which I give you, then shall HaAretz observe a Shabbos rest unto Hashem.
3 Six years thou shalt sow thy sadeh, and six years thou shalt prune thy kerem, and gather in the fruit thereof;
4 But in the Shanah HaShevi’it shall be a Shabbos Shabbaton unto HaAretz, a Shabbos unto Hashem; thou shalt neither sow thy sadeh, nor prune thy kerem (vineyard).
5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy untended vine; for it is Shnat Shabbaton unto HaAretz.
6 And the Shabbos of HaAretz shall be food for you; for thee, and for thy eved, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy toshav (guest) that sojourneth with thee.
7 And for thy cattle, and for the wild animal that are in thy land, shall all the tevuah (increase) thereof be to eat.
8 And thou shalt count seven Shabbatot of shanim unto thee, seven times seven shanim; and the period of the sheva Shabbatot of shanim shall be unto thee forty and nine shanim.
9 Then shalt thou cause the shofar to sound a broken blast on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the Yom HaKippurim shall ye make the shofar sound throughout all your land.
10 And ye shall treat as kadosh the fiftieth year, and proclaim deror (freedom) throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a Yovel (Jubilee) unto you; and ye shall return every man unto the ancestral heritage of his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his mishpochah.
11 A Yovel shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy untended vine,
12 For it is the Yovel; it shall be kodesh unto you; ye shall eat the tevuah (increase) thereof out of the sadeh.
13 In this Shnat Yovel ye shall return every man unto his possession.
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not take advantage of one another.
15 According to the number of shanim after the Yovel thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of shanim of the tevuot (harvests, increases) he shall sell unto thee.
16 According to the multitude of shanim thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of shanim thou shalt diminish the price of it; for according to the number of the shanim of the tevuot doth he sell unto thee.
17 Ye shall not therefore take advantage of one another; but thou shalt fear Eloheicha: for I am Hashem Eloheichem.
18 Wherefore ye shall do My chukkot, and be shomer over My mishpatim, and do them; and ye shall dwell in HaAretz in safety.
19 And HaAretz shall yield her pri, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat in the shanah hashevi’it? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our tevuah;
21 Then I will command Birkhati (My Blessing) upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth the tevuah for shalosh hashanim.
22 And ye shall sow the shanah hasheminit, and eat yet of tevuah yashan (old increase) until the ninth year; until her harvest come in, ye shall eat of the yashan (old).
23 HaAretz shall not be sold permanently: for HaAretz is Mine, for ye are gerim and toshavim with Me.
24 And in all the eretz of your possession ye shall grant a Geulah for HaAretz.
25 If thy brother become poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and his Go’el HaKarov (Near Kinsman Redeemer) come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
26 And if the man does not have for him a Go’el, and himself be able to effect the Geulah,
27 Then let him count the shanim from the sale thereof, and refund the balance unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the Shnat HaYovel; and in the Yovel it shall be returned, and he shall return unto his possession.
29 And if a man sell a bais moshav in a walled city, then he retains the right of Geulah a full year after its sale; within a full year may he redeem it.
30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the bais that is in the walled city shall be established forever to him that bought it throughout his dorot; it shall not return in the Yovel.
31 But the batim (houses) of the villages which have no chomah (wall) round about them shall be considered as the fields of the country; Geulah shall be for it, and in the Yovel it must return.
32 Notwithstanding, the towns of the Levi’im, and the batim (houses) of the towns of their possession, there is a Geulat Olam for the Levi’im.
33 And what one will buy from the Levi’im, the bais that was sold, and the town of his possession, shall be released in the year of Yovel; for the batim of the towns of the Levi’im are their possession among the Bnei Yisroel.
34 But the sadeh of the open land of their towns may not be sold; for it is their achuzzat olam (perpetual heritage).
35 And if thy brother become poor, and his hand fails with thee; then thou shalt strengthen him; yea, though he be a ger, or a toshav; that he may live among thee.
36 Take thou no neshekh of him, or increase; but fear Eloheicha; that thy brother may live among thee.
37 Thou shalt not lend him thy kesef at neshekh, nor give him thy food for increase.
38 I am Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, to give you Eretz Kena’an, and to be Elohim unto you.
39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee become poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to do avodat eved;
40 But as a sakhir, and as a toshav, he shall be among thee, and shall serve thee unto the Shnat HaYovel.
41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his banim with him, and shall return unto his own mishpochah, and unto the Achuzzat of his Avot shall he return.
42 For they are My Eved, which I brought forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim; they shall not be sold in the manner of an eved.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear Eloheicha.
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the Goyim that are round about you; of them shall ye buy eved and amah.
45 Moreover of the bnei hatoshavim that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their mishpachot that are among you, which they fathered in your land; and they shall be your possession.
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your banim after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever; but over your brethren, the Bnei Yisroel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor.
47 And if a ger or toshav grow rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him grow poor, and sell himself unto the foreigner among thee, or to the eker (member) mishpachat of the ger;
48 After that he is sold, his Geulah remains; one of his brethren may redeem him,
49 Either his dod, or ben dod of him, may redeem him, or any that is near of kin unto him of his mishpachat may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the Shnat HaYovel; and the price of his release shall be based on the number of shanim, according to the value of a sakhir’s pay shall it be with him.
51 If there be yet many shanim remaining, according unto them he shall give for his Geulah the kesef that he was bought for.
52 And if there remain but few shanim unto the Shnat HaYovel, then he shall count that, and according unto his shanim shall he pay the price of his Geulah.
53 And as a sakhir hired shanah b’shanah shall he be with him; and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
54 And if he be not redeemed in these shanim, then he shall be released in the Shnat HaYovel, both he, and his banim with him.
55 For unto Me the Bnei Yisroel are avadim; they are My avadim whom I brought forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim: I am Hashem Eloheichem.
Leviticus 25
New King James Version
The Sabbath of the Seventh Year(A)
25 And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount (B)Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall (C)keep a sabbath to the Lord. 3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit; 4 but in the (D)seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn (E)rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. 5 (F)What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. 6 And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, 7 for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land—all its produce shall be for food.
The Year of Jubilee
8 ‘And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; (G)on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. 10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and (H)proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; (I)and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. 11 That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you; in it (J)you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of its own accord, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine. 12 For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; (K)you shall eat its produce from the field.
13 (L)‘In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession. 14 And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not (M)oppress one another. 15 (N)According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you. 16 According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops. 17 Therefore (O)you shall not [a]oppress one another, (P)but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
Provisions for the Seventh Year
18 (Q)‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; (R)and you will dwell in the land in safety. 19 Then the land will yield its fruit, and (S)you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.
20 ‘And if you say, (T)“What shall we eat in the seventh year, since (U)we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?” 21 Then I will (V)command My blessing on you in the (W)sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years. 22 (X)And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat (Y)old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest.
Redemption of Property
23 ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for (Z)the land is Mine; for you are (AA)strangers and sojourners with Me. 24 And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land.
25 (AB)‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if (AC)his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold. 26 Or if the man has no one to redeem it, but he himself becomes able to redeem it, 27 then (AD)let him count the years since its sale, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it, that he may return to his possession. 28 But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; (AE)and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.
29 ‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year he may redeem it. 30 But if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee. 31 However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee. 32 Nevertheless (AF)the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time. 33 And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But (AG)the field of the common-land of their cities may not be (AH)sold, for it is their perpetual possession.
Lending to the Poor
35 ‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and [b]falls into poverty among you, then you shall (AI)help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. 36 (AJ)Take no usury or interest from him; but (AK)fear your God, that your brother may live with you. 37 You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. 38 (AL)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
The Law Concerning Slavery
39 ‘And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave. 40 As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 And then he shall depart from you—he and his children (AM)with him—and shall return to his own family. He shall return to the possession of his fathers. 42 For they are (AN)My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves. 43 (AO)You shall not rule over him (AP)with [c]rigor, but you (AQ)shall fear your God. 44 And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have—from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves. 45 Moreover you may buy (AR)the children of the strangers who dwell among you, and their families who are with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall become your property. 46 And (AS)you may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your permanent slaves. But regarding your brethren, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.
47 ‘Now if a sojourner or stranger close to you becomes rich, and one of your brethren who dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner close to you, or to a member of the stranger’s family, 48 after he is sold he may be redeemed again. One of his brothers may redeem him; 49 or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him; or anyone who is near of kin to him in his family may redeem him; or if he is able he may redeem himself. 50 Thus he shall reckon with him who bought him: The price of his release shall be according to the number of years, from the year that he was sold to him until the Year of Jubilee; it shall be (AT)according to the time of a hired servant for him. 51 If there are still many years remaining, according to them he shall repay the price of his redemption from the money with which he was bought. 52 And if there remain but a few years until the Year of Jubilee, then he shall reckon with him, and according to his years he shall repay him the price of his redemption. 53 He shall be with him as a yearly hired servant, and he shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight. 54 And if he is not redeemed in these years, then he shall be released 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 brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 25:17 mistreat
- Leviticus 25:35 Lit. his hand fails
- Leviticus 25:43 severity
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