Leviticus 25
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The Sabbath Year
25 Moses was on Sinai's mountain. The Lord spoke to him there. 2 The Lord said, ‘Speak to Israel's people. They will go into the land that I will give to them. Then the land must have a Sabbath rest to the Lord. 3 They can plant seeds in the fields for six years. They can cut the leaves of the plants and they can harvest the fruit for six years. 4 In the seventh year, the land must have a rest. They must not plant seeds in the fields or cut the leaves. 5 They must not harvest fruit or grain. The land must have a year for rest. 6 All of the people can eat anything that grows by itself in the Sabbath year. That will be food for you and for your servants and for your animals. And other people who live among you can eat it. 7 The wild animals also can eat anything that grows by itself in the Sabbath year.
The Jubilee Year
8 The people must count seven lots of Sabbath years. That is 49 years. 9 In the 50th year they must make loud music. They must blow trumpets on the tenth day of the seventh month. That is the Day of Atonement. They must blow the trumpet through all the country. 10 The year will be special. It is a Jubilee year. It is a time for every one of my people to become free. Everyone can return to his own land and to his family. 11 The 50th year is a Jubilee year. The people must not plant any seed in the fields. They must not harvest anything that grows by itself on the bushes. 12 It is a Jubilee year for the people. And they can eat only food that they take from the fields.
13 In the Jubilee year every person must return to the land of his family.
14 If the people buy and sell land from each other, they must be honest with each other. 15 The person who is selling the land will decide the price. He must count the number of years until the next Jubilee year. 16 When there are many years, the price must be big. When there are few years, the price must be small. The number of years that the land will give food to eat is what is important. 17 Be honest with each other and respect God. I am the Lord your God.
18 The people must obey God's rules. If they do, they will be safe. 19 You will be able to grow food on the land. And the people will have plenty to eat. They will be safe. 20 The people may ask what they will eat in the seventh year. They will not have planted any seeds. 21 God will cause a lot of food to grow in the sixth year. They will have food for three more years. 22 When a person plants seed in the eighth year he will still be eating the crops that he planted in the sixth year. The next time he will harvest the plants from the fields will be in the ninth year.
23 The people must never sell the land for all time. The land belongs to God. He has said that the people can live on it. 24 A person may buy land. But he must remember that he may have to sell it back to the seller.
25 If a man becomes poor, he can sell some of his land. A person from his family must buy the land back for the man. 26 But the man might not have any family. If he stops being poor, he can buy the land back. 27 He must count how many years until the next Jubilee year. He must pay the right amount of money for the land. Then he can live on the land again. 28 If the man is too poor to buy the land back, it will belong to the other person. It will belong to the other person until the next Jubilee year. He must return it to the poor man in the Jubilee year.
29 A man may sell a house in a city with walls. For one year after he sells it, he can buy it back. 30 If the man does not buy back the house, it will belong to the other person and his sons. It will belong to them for all time. They will not have to return it in the Jubilee year. 31 If the house is in a village, a person can buy it back. If he does not buy it back, they will return it to him in the Jubilee year.
32 The Levites (people from the family of Levi) can buy back the houses in their towns. 33 In the Jubilee year, the Levites must get back the houses that they sold. Their towns belong to the Levites. 34 The Levites must not sell the fields that belong to their towns. God gave to them their towns and cities to live in for all time.
People who have a lot of money must lend it to the poor people
35 An Israelite may become poor. He may not be able to feed his family. You must help him. You would help a visitor or a foreigner in the same way. You must help the man so that he can continue to live among you. 36 The man must not pay back more than you gave to him. You must obey your God. 37 The person who is feeding the man might give money or food to him. He must not ask for more back than he gave. 38 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt. I brought you into this land to be your God.
39 If an Israelite becomes poor, he might sell himself to you. But he must not work for you as a slave. You must pay him to work as your servant. 40 He must work for you until the next Jubilee year. 41 In the Jubilee year, you will make him free. He and his children can go back to his own home and family. 42 Israel's people belong to God. I took them out of Egypt. They must not be slaves. 43 You must be kind to all Israelites. Remember to obey your God.
44 Israel's people can buy male and female slaves. Those slaves must come from other countries. 45 And Israelites can buy people from other countries who live among them. They may have children who were born in your land. You can buy them. They will become slaves. 46 You can give the slaves to your children when you die. But you must rule Israel's people in a kind way.
47 A person from another country may become rich. Then he might buy an Israelite who became poor. But the poor man can buy himself back at any time. 48 A person from the family of the poor man can buy him back. 49 A brother or a cousin of the poor man can buy him back. If the poor man becomes rich, he can pay to make himself free. 50 The man and the person who bought him must count the time until the Jubilee year. The man must pay the right amount of money to be free. 51 The Jubilee year may be many years away. If it is, the man must pay a lot of money to be free. 52 There may be a few years until the Jubilee year. If there are, he has to pay only a small amount of money to be free. 53 The person who has bought the man must pay him each year. You must cause the rich man to be kind to the man.
54 Perhaps nobody will pay any money for the man. But the man who bought him must make him free in the Jubilee year. 55 Israel's people belong to me. I brought them out of Egypt. They are my servants. I am the Lord.
利未記 25
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
安息年(A)
25 耶和華在西奈山吩咐摩西說： 2 「你要吩咐以色列人，對他們說：你們到了我所賜你們那地的時候，地要休耕，向耶和華守安息。 3 你們六年要耕種田地，六年要修整葡萄園，收藏地的出產。 4 第七年，地要守完全安息的安息年，就是向耶和華守安息。你們不可耕種田地，也不可修整葡萄園。 5 不可收割自然生長的莊稼，也不可摘取沒有修剪的葡萄樹上的葡萄。這年，地要完全安息。 6 地在安息年所長出的，要給你和你的奴僕、使女、雇工，以及寄居在你那裏的外人作食物。 7 所有的出產也要給你的牲畜和你地上的走獸作食物。」
禧年
8 「你要計算七個安息年，就是七個七年。這就成為你的七個安息年，一共四十九年。 9 七月初十，你要大聲吹角；這是贖罪日，你要在全地吹角。 10 你們要以第五十年為聖年，在全地向所有的居民宣告自由。這是你們的禧年，各人的產業要歸還自己，各人要歸回自己的家。 11 第五十年要作為你們的禧年。你們不可耕種，不可收割自然生長的莊稼，也不可摘取沒有修剪的葡萄樹上的葡萄。 12 因為這是禧年，是你們的聖年；你們要吃地中自然生長的農作物。
13 「這禧年，你們各人的產業要歸還自己。 14 無論你賣甚麼給鄰舍，或從鄰舍的手中買甚麼，彼此不可虧負。 15 你要按照禧年後的年數向鄰舍買；他要按照可收成的年數賣給你； 16 年數越多，價錢就越高；年數越少，價錢就越低，因為他賣給你的是收成的數量。 17 你們彼此不可虧負，只要敬畏你的 神，因為我是耶和華—你們的 神。」
安息年的食物
18 「你們要遵行我的律例，謹守我的典章，遵行它們，就可以在那地上安然居住。 19 地必出產果實，你們可以吃飽，在那地上安然居住。 20 你們若說：『看哪，第七年我們不耕種，也不收藏農作物，我們吃甚麼呢？』 21 我必在第六年發令賜福給你們，地就長出三年的農作物來。 22 第八年你們要耕種，也要吃陳糧；等到第九年農作物收成的時候，你們還有陳糧吃。」
贖房地產的條例
23 「地不可以賣斷，因為地是我的；你們在我面前是客旅，是寄居的。 24 在你們所得為業的全地，要准許人有權將地贖回。
25 「你的弟兄若漸漸貧窮，賣了他的一些產業，他的至親就要來把弟兄所賣的贖回。 26 若沒有人能為他贖回，他的手頭漸漸寬裕，能夠贖回， 27 就要計算賣後的年數，把剩餘年數的價錢歸還給那買主，他的地業便歸還自己。 28 若他手頭的財力不夠贖回，所賣的地就要留在買主的手裏，直到禧年。到了禧年，地業要歸還賣主。
29 「人若賣城牆內的住宅，賣了以後，一整年內他有權贖回；這是他可以贖回的期限。 30 若他在一整年內不贖回，這有牆之城的房屋就確定永歸買主，直到世世代代；在禧年也不必歸還。 31 但周圍無城牆之村莊的房屋，要看為鄉下的田地，可以贖回；到了禧年就要歸還。 32 至於利未人所得為業的城鎮，利未人可以隨時贖回他們城鎮中的房屋。 33 在所得為業的城鎮，利未人若賣了房屋，又不贖回，到了禧年仍要歸還原主，因為利未人城鎮的房屋是他們在以色列人中的產業。 34 但是利未人各城郊外之地是不可賣的，因為這是他們永遠的產業。」
借貸給窮人的條例
35 「你的弟兄在你那裏若漸漸貧窮，手頭缺乏，你就要幫補他，使他與你一同生活，像外人和寄居的一樣。 36 不可向他取利息，也不可向他索取高利；要敬畏你的 神，使你的弟兄與你一同生活。 37 你不可為了利息借錢給他，也不可為了高利而借糧。 38 我是耶和華—你們的 神，曾領你們從埃及地出來，為要把迦南地賜給你們，要作你們的 神。
39 「你的弟兄在你那裏若漸漸貧窮，將自己賣給你，你不可叫他像奴僕服事你。 40 他在你那裏要像雇工和寄居的，服事你直到禧年。 41 他和他兒女要離開你，一同出去，歸回自己的家，回到他祖宗的地業去。 42 因為他們是我的僕人，是我從埃及地領出來的。他們不可被賣為奴僕。 43 不可苛刻管轄他，只要敬畏你的 神。 44 至於你所要的奴僕和使女，可以來自你們四圍的列國，你們可以從他們中買奴僕和使女。 45 那些寄居在你們中間的外人和他們的家屬，就是在你們地上所生的，你們可以從其中買人；他們要作你們的產業。 46 你們可以把他們遺留給你們後代的子孫，作為永遠繼承的產業；你們可以使他們作奴僕。至於你們的弟兄以色列人，你們彼此不可苛刻管轄。
47 「住在你那裏的外人或寄居的，若手頭漸漸寬裕，你的弟兄卻漸漸貧窮，將自己賣給那外人或寄居的，或外人家族的一支， 48 賣了以後，有權把自己贖回。他弟兄中的一位可以把他贖回。 49 他的叔伯或叔伯的兒子可以贖他。他家族中的骨肉之親也可以贖他。他自己若手頭漸漸寬裕，也可以贖回自己。 50 他要跟買主計算，從賣自己的那年起，算到禧年；所賣的價錢要按照年數計算，就是雇工跟買主在一起的日子。 51 若剩餘的年數多，就要按着年數從買價中償還他的贖價。 52 若到禧年只剩下幾年，就要按着年數跟買主計算，償還他的贖價。 53 他和買主同住，要像按年雇用的工人，買主不可苛刻管轄他。 54 他若不這樣被贖，到了禧年，仍要和他的兒女一同出去。 55 因為以色列人都是我的僕人，他們是我的僕人，是我領他們從埃及地出來的。我是耶和華—你們的 神。」
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