Deuteronomy 15
Expanded Bible
The Special Seventh Year
15 At the end of every seven years, you must ·tell those who owe you anything that they do not have to pay you back [grant remission of debts; Ex. 23:10–11]. 2 This is ·how you must do it [the manner of remission]: Everyone who has ·loaned money [a claim] must ·cancel [remit] the loan and not make a neighbor or ·relative [or countryman; L brother] pay it back. This is the Lord’s time for ·canceling what people owe [remitting debts]. 3 You may make a foreigner pay what is owed to you, but you must ·not collect [remit] what ·another Israelite [a relative; or a countryman; L a brother] owes you. 4 But there should be no ·poor [needy] people among you, because the Lord your God will richly bless you in the land he is giving you as your ·own [possession]. 5 He will bless you if you obey the Lord your God completely, but you must be careful to obey all the commands I am ·giving [commanding] you today. 6 The Lord your God will bless you as he promised, and you will lend to other nations, but you will not need to borrow from them. You will rule over many nations, but none will rule over you.
7 If there are ·poor [needy] among ·you [your relatives; or your countrymen; L your brothers], in one of the ·towns [L gates] of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be ·selfish [L hard-hearted] or ·greedy [L tight-fisted] toward them [Prov. 28:27; 29:7, 14]. 8 But ·give freely [L open your hand] to them, and freely lend them whatever they need. 9 Beware of ·evil [useless] thoughts. Don’t think, “The seventh year is near, the year ·to cancel what people owe [of remission].” ·You might be mean to [L Your eye might be evil toward] ·the needy [your needy relative/or countryman/L brother] and not give them anything. Then they will ·complain [call out] to the Lord about you, and he will find you guilty of sin. 10 Give freely to the poor person, and do not ·wish that you didn’t have to give [begrudge him this matter]. The Lord your God will bless your work and everything you ·touch [undertake; L send from your hand]. 11 There will always be poor people in the land, so I command you to ·give freely [L open your hand] to your ·neighbors [or relatives; or countrymen; L brothers] and to the poor and needy in your land.
Letting Slaves Go Free
12 If one of your own ·people [relatives; L brothers] ·sells himself [or is sold] to you as a slave, whether it is a Hebrew man or woman, that person will serve you for six years [Lev. 25:39; Neh. 5:4–5]. But in the seventh year you must let the slave go free. 13 When you let slaves go, don’t send them away ·without anything [empty-handed]. 14 ·Give them [Provide/Outfit them with] some of your flock, your grain, and your wine, giving to them as the Lord has ·given to [L blessed] you. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord your God ·saved [ransomed; redeemed] you. That is why I am commanding this to you today.
16 But if your slave says to you, “I don’t want to leave you,” because he loves you and your ·family [L house] and has a good life with you, 17 stick an awl [C a pointed tool for making holes] through his ·ear [earlobe] into the door; he will be your slave for life. Also do this to a female slave.
18 Do not think of it as a hard thing when you let your slaves go free. After all, they served you six years and did twice the work of a hired person. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do [Ex. 21:2–6; Lev. 25:39–46].
Rules About Firstborn Animals
19 Save all the first male animals born to your herds and flocks [Ex. 13:2, 11–16; 22:29; Num. 18:15–18]. They are ·for [consecrated to] the Lord your God. Do not work the first calf born to your oxen, and do not cut off the wool from the first lamb born to your sheep. 20 Each year you and your ·family [L house] are to eat these animals in the presence of the Lord your God, in the place he will choose to be worshiped [C Zion; 12:4–7]. 21 If an animal is crippled or blind or has ·something else wrong [some blemish/defect], do not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22 But you may eat that animal in your own ·town [L gate]. Both clean and unclean people [C in a ritual sense] may eat it, as they would eat a gazelle or a deer. 23 But don’t eat its blood; pour it out on the ground like water [12:24].
व्यवस्था 15
Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
ऋण मुक्त हुने विशेष बर्ष
15 “प्रत्येक सात बर्षको अन्तमा तिमीहरूको ऋण माफ गर्नु नै पर्छ। 2 तिमीहरूले यो यसरी गर्नु पर्छ। प्रत्येक मानिस जसले अर्को इस्राएलीलाई ऋण दिएको छ उसले त्यो ऋण माफ गर्नु पर्छ। उसले ऋण लिने अर्को इस्राएली भाइलाई ऋण तिर्न लाउनु हुँदैन। किनभने परमप्रभुले यस बर्ष ऋण माफ गर्ने आज्ञा दिनु भएको छ। 3 तिमीहरूले अर्को कुनै विदेशीलाई ऋण तिर्नु लगाउनु सक्छौ तर त्यो ऋण कुनै इस्राएलीसित भए माफ दिनै पर्छ। 4 तिमीहरूको भूमिमा कुनै गरीब मानिस हुने छैन। किनभने परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई यो भूमि दिनु हुँदैछ अनि तिमीहरूलाई धेरै-धेरै आशीर्वाद दिनु हुनेछ। 5 तर तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरको आज्ञा पालन गर्यौ भने मात्र त्यस्तो हुनेछ। आज तिमीहरूलाई मैले बताएको प्रत्येक आज्ञा खुबै होशियारीसँग पालन गर्नु पर्छ। 6 तब परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले उहाँको प्रतिज्ञा अनुसार आशीर्वाद दिनु हुनेछ। अनि अन्य राष्ट्रहरूलाई ऋण दिनुको निम्ति तिमीहरूसित प्रशस्त पैसा-रूपियाँ हुनेछ। तर तिमीहरूले अरूबाट ऋण लिनु आवश्यक पर्दैन। तिमीहरूले धेरै राष्ट्रहरूलाई शासन गर्नेछौ, तर कसैले तिमीहरूलाई शासन गर्ने छैन।
7 “जब तिमीहरू परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले दिने भूमिमा बस्दछौ, तिमीहरूको माझमा एकजना गरीब मानिस हुनु सक्छ। तिमीहरू स्वार्थी हुनु हुँदैन। त्यस गरीब मानिसलाई सहायता गर्न अस्वीकार नगर। 8 त्यस मानिसलाई जुन चीजको जे खाँचो पर्छ त्यो सहायता गर। त्यसलाई सहायता गर्न तिमीहरू इच्छुक भई बस्नु पर्छ।
9 “सातौं बर्ष जो ऋण माफ गरिने बर्ष हो र यसको निहुँमा कसैलाई सहायता गर्न अस्वीकार नगर। तिमीहरूको मनमा दुष्ट विचारलाई पस्न नदेऊ। जुन मानिसलाई केही सहायताको खाँचो छ उसको विषयमा दुष्ट विचार नगर। यदि तिमीहरूले त्यस गरीब मानिसलाई सहायता गर्न अस्वीकार गरे उसले परमप्रभुलाई आरोप गर्नेछ र तिमीहरूलाई परमप्रभुले पापको दोषी लाग्नेछ यसकारण गरीब मानिसलाई सहायता दिन अस्वीकार नगर।
10 “तिमीहरूले गरीब मानिसलाई सके अनुसार देऊ। उसलाई दिंदा नराम्रो नसम्झ। किनभने, यस्तो असल काम गरे परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई आशिष दिनु हुनेछ। तिमीहरूलाई तिमीहरूको सबै काममा र तिमीहरूले गरेको प्रत्येक चीजमा उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई आशिष दिनु हुनेछ। 11 त्यो भूमिमा सधैँ गरीब मानिसहरू रहनेछन् यसकारण तिम्रा भाइलाई सहायता गर्नु सब समय तयार बस भनी म आज्ञा गर्छु। तिमीहरूको भूमिमा सहायताको अपेक्षामा बस्ने गरीब मानिसलाई सहायता देऊ।
कमारा-कमारीहरूलाई मुक्ति
12 “यदि तिमीहरूले आफ्नो देशका मानिसहरूलाई नै एउटा हिब्रू मानिस अथवा स्त्री किन्छौ भने, तिमीले उसलाई आफ्नो सेवामा छ बर्षसम्म राख्न सक्छौ तर सातौं बर्षमा उसलाई मुक्त गर्नै पर्छ। 13 तर जब उसलाई मुक्त गर्छौ तिमीले उसलाई खाली हात विदा दिनु हुँदैन। 14 तिमीले उसलाई तिम्रो केही गाई-बस्तु, तिम्रो केही अन्न र तिम्रो केही मद्य दिनुपर्छ। जो परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई आशीर्वाद दिनुभएको छ। 15 तिमीहरू पनि मिश्र देशमा कमारा-कमारीहरू थियौ अनि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई मुक्ति दिनु भएको हो। यसकारण म तिमीहरूलाई आज आज्ञा दिइरहको छु।
16 “तर तिम्रा कमारा-कमारीहरू मध्ये कुनै एक जानले भन्न सक्छ, ‘उसले तिमीलाई छोड्ने छैन।’ उसले यस्तो भन्न सक्छ, किनभने उसले तिम्रो परिवारलाई प्रेम गर्छ अनि तिम्रो परिवारमा उसको जीवन राम्ररी बित्दैछ। 17 त्यो कमारालाई आफ्नो कान ढोकामा टाँस्न लगाऊ र एउटा खाप्सियो लिएर कानमा छेंड पारिदेऊ। त्यो सधैँको निम्ति तिम्रो कमारा बनिनेछ। यदि त्यो मानिस कमारा भए पनि र त्यस्तै प्रकारले बस्न चाहे त्यसै गर्नु।
18 “कमारा-कमारीहरूलाई मुक्त गर्दा मन नबिगार। सम्झना गर तिनीहरूले तिमीलाई छ, बर्षसम्म अरू नोकर-चाकरहरूलाई तिर्नुपर्ने भन्दा आधा ज्यालामा सेवा पुर्याएका छन्। परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूले जे गर्छौ प्रत्येक चीजमा आशीर्वाद दिनु हुनेछ।
पहिले जन्मेको पशुहरूको विषयमा नियमहरू
19 “तिमीहरूको बगालमा पहिला जन्मेका पशुहरूका साना बाछाहरू विशेष हुन्छन्। तिनीहरूलाई परमप्रभु तिमीहरूको परमेश्वरका निम्ति चढाउनै पर्छ। ती पशुहरू मध्ये कुनैलाई पनि काममा नलगाऊ अनि पहिला जन्मेको तिमीहरूका भेंडाहरूबाट ऊन कात्नु हुँदैन। 20 प्रत्येक बर्ष त्यस्ता पशुहरूलाई परमप्रभु आफ्ना परमेश्वरले जहाँ आफ्नो विशेष ठाउँ भनी रोज्नु हुनेछ त्यहाँ लैजाऊ र परमप्रभुसित बसी आफ्ना परिवारहरूसँगै ती पशुहरू खाऊ।
21 “तर यदि कुनै त्यस्तो पशुमा केही खोट रहे अथवा यदि त्यस्तो पशु लङ्गडा अथवा अंन्धा भए, अथवा कुनै दोष रहे तब तिमीहरूले त्यस पशुलाई परमप्रभु आफ्ना परमेश्वरलाई बलि नदेऊ। 22 तर तिमीहरूले त्यस पशुको मासु घरमै खानु सक्छौ। कसैले पनि शुद्ध होस् अथवा अशुद्ध, त्यस पशुको मासु खानु सक्छ। यस्तो पशुहरूको मासु खाने नियम मृग तथा हरिणको मासु खाने जस्तै हो। 23 तिमीहरूले यसको रगत खानु हुँदैन। यसलाई भूईँमा पानी खन्याए जस्तै पोख्नु पर्छ।
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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