5 Mose 15
Hoffnung für Alle
Maßnahmen gegen die Armut
15 Am Ende jedes siebten Jahres sollt ihr einander eure Schulden erlassen. 2 Wenn ihr jemandem aus eurem Volk etwas geliehen habt, dann fordert es nicht mehr zurück und zwingt eure Schuldner nicht zur Rückzahlung! Denn zur Ehre des Herrn wurde das Jahr des Schuldenerlasses bestimmt. 3 Nur wenn Ausländer euch etwas schulden, dürft ihr es zurückverlangen. Euren Landsleuten aber sollt ihr alles erlassen, 4 damit keiner von euch verarmt.
Der Herr, euer Gott, will euch in dem Land, das er euch für immer gibt, reich beschenken. 5 Aber dazu müsst ihr auf ihn hören und die Gebote genau beachten, die ich euch heute gebe. 6 Dann wird der Herr, euer Gott, euch segnen, wie er es versprochen hat. Ihr werdet so reich sein, dass ihr Menschen aus vielen Völkern etwas leihen könnt und selbst nichts borgen müsst. Ihr werdet Macht über sie gewinnen und selbst unabhängig sein.
7 Seid nicht hartherzig gegenüber den armen Israeliten, die mit euch in dem Land leben, das der Herr, euer Gott, euch schenkt. Sie sind doch eure Nachbarn und Landsleute! Verschließt euch nicht vor ihrer Not! 8 Stattdessen seid großzügig und leiht ihnen, so viel sie brauchen, 9 auch wenn das siebte Jahr nahe ist. Denkt dann nicht: »Was ich jetzt verleihe, bekomme ich nicht mehr zurück!« Seid nicht geizig! Verweigert den Armen aus eurem Volk nicht die nötige Hilfe! Sonst werden sie zum Herrn um Hilfe rufen, und ihr macht euch schuldig. 10 Gebt ihnen gern, was sie brauchen, ohne jeden Widerwillen. Dafür wird euch der Herr, euer Gott, bei all eurer Arbeit segnen und euch Gelingen schenken. 11 Es wird immer Arme und Bedürftige in eurem Land geben. Deshalb befehle ich euch: Helft den Menschen großzügig, die in Not geraten sind!
Die Rechte israelitischer Sklaven und Sklavinnen (2. Mose 21,2‒6)
12 Wenn israelitische Männer oder Frauen sich wegen ihrer Armut als Sklaven an euch verkaufen, sollen sie sechs Jahre lang für euch arbeiten. Im siebten Jahr müsst ihr sie wieder freilassen. 13 Lasst sie dann nicht mit leeren Händen gehen! 14 Gebt ihnen reichlich von dem mit, was der Herr euch geschenkt hat: Schafe und Ziegen, Getreide und Wein. 15 Denkt daran, dass auch ihr einmal Sklaven in Ägypten wart und der Herr euch von dort erlöst hat. Deshalb gebe ich euch heute diese Anweisung.
16 Vielleicht aber will dein Sklave bei dir bleiben, weil er an dir und deiner Familie hängt und es ihm gut bei euch geht. 17 Dann nimm ein spitzes Werkzeug und bohre ihm damit am Türpfosten deines Hauses ein Loch in sein Ohrläppchen. Von nun an muss der Sklave auf Lebenszeit bei dir bleiben. Das Gleiche gilt für Sklavinnen.
18 Aber wenn ein Sklave nach sechs Jahren gehen will, dann nimm es nicht zu schwer! Er hat dir die ganze Zeit doppelt so viel eingebracht wie ein Tagelöhner. Lass ihn frei! Dann wird der Herr, dein Gott, dich segnen bei allem, was du tust.
Die erstgeborenen Tiere gehören dem Herrn
19 Alle männlichen Rinder, Schafe und Ziegen, die als erste von ihrer Mutter geboren werden, sollt ihr dem Herrn geben und als heilig ansehen. Nehmt darum kein erstgeborenes Rind als Zugtier, und schert kein erstgeborenes Schaf! 20 Bringt sie stattdessen jedes Jahr an den Ort, den der Herr auswählen wird! Dort, in seiner Gegenwart, sollt ihr sie mit euren Familien essen.
21 Ist ein Tier lahm oder blind oder hat es einen anderen schweren Fehler, dann sollt ihr es nicht dem Herrn, eurem Gott, opfern. 22 Schlachtet es bei euch zu Hause. Dort könnt ihr es essen, so wie Hirsche und Gazellen, die nicht geopfert werden dürfen. Es ist auch gleichgültig, ob ihr gerade rein oder unrein seid. Jeder darf an der Mahlzeit teilnehmen. 23 Nur das Blut der Tiere sollt ihr nicht mitessen. Schüttet es auf die Erde wie Wasser!
Deuteronomy 15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Debts Canceled
15 “At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.(A) 2 This is how to cancel debt: Every creditor[a] is to cancel what he has lent his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the Lord’s release of debts has been proclaimed. 3 You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
4 “There will be no poor among you, however, because the Lord is certain to bless you in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance(B)— 5 if only you obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow every one of these commands I am giving you today. 6 When the Lord your God blesses you as He has promised you, you will lend to many nations but not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
Lending to the Poor
7 “If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. 8 Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has. 9 Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty. 10 Give to him, and don’t have a stingy heart[b] when you give, and because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you do.[c] 11 For there will never cease to be poor people in the land;(C) that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’
Release of Slaves
12 “If your fellow Hebrew, a man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, you must set him free in the seventh year.(D) 13 When you set him free, do not send him away empty-handed. 14 Give generously to him from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You are to give him whatever the Lord your God has blessed you with. 15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed(E) you; that is why I am giving you this command today.(F) 16 But if your slave says to you, ‘I don’t want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your family, and is well off with you, 17 take an awl and pierce through his ear into the door, and he will become your slave for life. Also treat your female slave the same way. 18 Do not regard it as a hardship[d] when you set him free, because he worked for you six years—worth twice the wages of a hired hand. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.(G)
Consecration of Firstborn Animals
19 “You must consecrate to the Lord your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock.(H) You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock. 20 Each year you and your family are to eat it before the Lord your God in the place the Lord chooses. 21 But if there is a defect in the animal, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22 Eat it within your gates; both the unclean person and the clean may eat it, as though it were a gazelle or deer. 23 But you must not eat its blood; pour it on the ground like water.(I)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 15:2 Lit owner of a loan of his hand
- Deuteronomy 15:10 Lit and let not your heart be grudging
- Deuteronomy 15:10 Lit you put your hand to
- Deuteronomy 15:18 Lit Let it not be hard in your sight
Deuteronomy 15
New King James Version
Debts Canceled Every Seven Years(A)
15 “At the end of (B)every seven years you shall grant a [a]release of debts. 2 And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall [b]release it; he shall not [c]require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release. 3 Of a foreigner you may require it; but you shall give up your claim to what is owed by your brother, 4 except when there may be no poor among you; for the Lord will greatly (C)bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance— 5 only if you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today. 6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; (D)you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.
Generosity to the Poor
7 “If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the [d]gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (E)you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, 8 but (F)you shall [e]open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. 9 Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your (G)eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and (H)he cry out to the Lord against you, and (I)it become sin among you. 10 You shall surely give to him, and (J)your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because (K)for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. 11 For (L)the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall [f]open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’
The Law Concerning Bondservants
12 (M)“If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is (N)sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. 13 And when you [g]send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed; 14 you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord your God has (O)blessed you with, you shall give to him. 15 (P)You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today. 16 And (Q)if it happens that he says to you, ‘I will not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you, 17 then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth (R)a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do.
The Law Concerning Firstborn Animals
19 (S)“All the firstborn males that come from your herd and your flock you shall [h]sanctify to the Lord your God; you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. 20 (T)You and your household shall eat it before the Lord your God year by year in the place which the Lord chooses. 21 (U)But if there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22 You may eat it within your gates; (V)the unclean and the clean person alike may eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer. 23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 15:1 remission
- Deuteronomy 15:2 cancel the debt
- Deuteronomy 15:2 exact it
- Deuteronomy 15:7 towns
- Deuteronomy 15:8 freely open
- Deuteronomy 15:11 freely open
- Deuteronomy 15:13 set him free
- Deuteronomy 15:19 set apart or consecrate
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