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
利未记 25
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
安息年(A)
25 耶和华在西奈山吩咐摩西说： 2 “你要吩咐以色列人，对他们说：你们到了我所赐你们那地的时候，地要休耕，向耶和华守安息。 3 你们六年要耕种田地，六年要修整葡萄园，收藏地的出产。 4 第七年，地要守完全安息的安息年，就是向耶和华守安息。你们不可耕种田地，也不可修整葡萄园。 5 不可收割自然生长的庄稼，也不可摘取没有修剪的葡萄树上的葡萄。这年，地要完全安息。 6 地在安息年所长出的，要给你和你的奴仆、使女、雇工，以及寄居在你那里的外人作食物。 7 所有的出产也要给你的牲畜和你地上的走兽作食物。”
禧年
8 “你要计算七个安息年，就是七个七年。这就成为你的七个安息年，一共四十九年。 9 七月初十，你要大声吹角；这是赎罪日，你要在全地吹角。 10 你们要以第五十年为圣年，在全地向所有的居民宣告自由。这是你们的禧年，各人的产业要归还自己，各人要归回自己的家。 11 第五十年要作为你们的禧年。你们不可耕种，不可收割自然生长的庄稼，也不可摘取没有修剪的葡萄树上的葡萄。 12 因为这是禧年，是你们的圣年；你们要吃地中自然生长的农作物。
13 “这禧年，你们各人的产业要归还自己。 14 无论你卖什么给邻舍，或从邻舍的手中买什么，彼此不可亏负。 15 你要按照禧年后的年数向邻舍买；他要按照可收成的年数卖给你； 16 年数越多，价钱就越高；年数越少，价钱就越低，因为他卖给你的是收成的数量。 17 你们彼此不可亏负，只要敬畏你的 神，因为我是耶和华—你们的 神。”
安息年的食物
18 “你们要遵行我的律例，谨守我的典章，遵行它们，就可以在那地上安然居住。 19 地必出产果实，你们可以吃饱，在那地上安然居住。 20 你们若说：‘看哪，第七年我们不耕种，也不收藏农作物，我们吃什么呢？’ 21 我必在第六年发令赐福给你们，地就长出三年的农作物来。 22 第八年你们要耕种，也要吃陈粮；等到第九年农作物收成的时候，你们还有陈粮吃。”
赎房地产的条例
23 “地不可以卖断，因为地是我的；你们在我面前是客旅，是寄居的。 24 在你们所得为业的全地，要准许人有权将地赎回。
25 “你的弟兄若渐渐贫穷，卖了他的一些产业，他的至亲就要来把弟兄所卖的赎回。 26 若没有人能为他赎回，他的手头渐渐宽裕，能够赎回， 27 就要计算卖后的年数，把剩余年数的价钱归还给那买主，他的地业便归还自己。 28 若他手头的财力不够赎回，所卖的地就要留在买主的手里，直到禧年。到了禧年，地业要归还卖主。
29 “人若卖城墙内的住宅，卖了以后，一整年内他有权赎回；这是他可以赎回的期限。 30 若他在一整年内不赎回，这有墙之城的房屋就确定永归买主，直到世世代代；在禧年也不必归还。 31 但周围无城墙之村庄的房屋，要看为乡下的田地，可以赎回；到了禧年就要归还。 32 至于利未人所得为业的城镇，利未人可以随时赎回他们城镇中的房屋。 33 在所得为业的城镇，利未人若卖了房屋，又不赎回，到了禧年仍要归还原主，因为利未人城镇的房屋是他们在以色列人中的产业。 34 但是利未人各城郊外之地是不可卖的，因为这是他们永远的产业。”
借贷给穷人的条例
35 “你的弟兄在你那里若渐渐贫穷，手头缺乏，你就要帮补他，使他与你一同生活，像外人和寄居的一样。 36 不可向他取利息，也不可向他索取高利；要敬畏你的 神，使你的弟兄与你一同生活。 37 你不可为了利息借钱给他，也不可为了高利而借粮。 38 我是耶和华—你们的 神，曾领你们从埃及地出来，为要把迦南地赐给你们，要作你们的 神。
39 “你的弟兄在你那里若渐渐贫穷，将自己卖给你，你不可叫他像奴仆服事你。 40 他在你那里要像雇工和寄居的，服事你直到禧年。 41 他和他儿女要离开你，一同出去，归回自己的家，回到他祖宗的地业去。 42 因为他们是我的仆人，是我从埃及地领出来的。他们不可被卖为奴仆。 43 不可苛刻管辖他，只要敬畏你的 神。 44 至于你所要的奴仆和使女，可以来自你们四围的列国，你们可以从他们中买奴仆和使女。 45 那些寄居在你们中间的外人和他们的家属，就是在你们地上所生的，你们可以从其中买人；他们要作你们的产业。 46 你们可以把他们遗留给你们后代的子孙，作为永远继承的产业；你们可以使他们作奴仆。至于你们的弟兄以色列人，你们彼此不可苛刻管辖。
47 “住在你那里的外人或寄居的，若手头渐渐宽裕，你的弟兄却渐渐贫穷，将自己卖给那外人或寄居的，或外人家族的一支， 48 卖了以后，有权把自己赎回。他弟兄中的一位可以把他赎回。 49 他的叔伯或叔伯的儿子可以赎他。他家族中的骨肉之亲也可以赎他。他自己若手头渐渐宽裕，也可以赎回自己。 50 他要跟买主计算，从卖自己的那年起，算到禧年；所卖的价钱要按照年数计算，就是雇工跟买主在一起的日子。 51 若剩余的年数多，就要按着年数从买价中偿还他的赎价。 52 若到禧年只剩下几年，就要按着年数跟买主计算，偿还他的赎价。 53 他和买主同住，要像按年雇用的工人，买主不可苛刻管辖他。 54 他若不这样被赎，到了禧年，仍要和他的儿女一同出去。 55 因为以色列人都是我的仆人，他们是我的仆人，是我领他们从埃及地出来的。我是耶和华—你们的 神。”
Leviticus 25
King James Version
25 And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord.
3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee.
7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
11 A jubile 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 vine undressed.
12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the Lord your God.
18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus 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 year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
38 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.
41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family 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 year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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