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Năm Tha Nợ

15 Cuối mỗi bảy năm, anh chị em phải tha hết nợ nần. Đây là cách anh chị em áp dụng: tất cả chủ nợ phải hủy bỏ các món nợ đã cho anh chị em trong hội chúng vay mượn. Chủ nợ không được đòi anh chị em Y-sơ-ra-ên hay anh em mình trả nợ, vì CHÚA đã công bố phải tha nợ. Anh chị em có thể đòi nợ người ngoại quốc, nhưng phải hủy bỏ các món nợ của anh em mình. Tuy nhiên, không nên có người nghèo giữa vòng anh chị em, vì khi sống trong xứ CHÚA sẽ ban cho anh chị em làm cơ nghiệp, anh chị em sẽ được Chúa ban phước dư dật, nếu anh chị em hoàn toàn vâng phục CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em và cẩn thận làm theo các mạng lệnh tôi truyền cho anh chị em hôm nay. CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em sẽ ban phước lành cho anh chị em như Ngài đã hứa. Anh chị em sẽ cho nhiều nước khác vay, chứ không phải vay của nước nào cả; anh chị em sẽ cai trị nhiều nước, chứ không bị ai cai trị.

Nhưng nếu trong các thành trong xứ CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em sẽ ban cho anh chị em có người anh em nghèo nàn, anh chị em đừng cứng lòng hay keo kiệt đối với người anh em đó, nhưng phải rộng rãi cho người ấy mượn bất kỳ thứ gì người ấy có cần. Phải cẩn thận đừng nuôi dưỡng tư tưởng độc ác này: “Năm thứ bảy là năm tha nợ sắp tới rồi”, để anh chị em khỏi có ác tâm đến nỗi không cho người anh em thiếu thốn đó mượn gì cả. Người ấy có thể đến khiếu nại với CHÚA và anh chị em phải chịu tội. 10 Anh chị em phải cho người ấy mượn cách rộng rãi, chứ đừng làm cách miễn cưỡng; như vậy CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em mới ban phước cho anh chị em trong mọi việc anh chị em làm. 11 Trong xứ lúc nào cũng sẽ có người nghèo thiếu. Vì vậy, tôi mới truyền cho anh chị em phải rộng rãi với các anh em nghèo nàn, thiếu thốn trong xứ mình.

Phóng Thích Nô Lệ

12 Nếu một anh chị em người Do Thái dù đàn ông hay đàn bà, đem bán mình cho anh chị em và phục vụ anh chị em trong sáu năm, đến năm thứ bảy người ấy phải được trả tự do. 13 Khi trả tự do cho người ấy, anh chị em đừng để cho đi ra với hai bàn tay trắng, 14 nhưng anh chị em phải cho người ấy bò chiên từ bầy gia súc mình, hoa màu từ sân đạp lúa, rượu từ hầm ép nho, tùy theo những phước hạnh CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em ban cho anh chị em. 15 Phải nhớ rằng anh chị em vốn là nô lệ trong xứ Ai-cập và đã được CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em cứu chuộc. Vì vậy hôm nay tôi truyền cho anh chị em mạng lệnh này.

16 Nhưng nếu người nô lệ nói với anh chị em: “Tôi không muốn rời chủ” vì người ấy thương yêu gia đình chủ, và được thoải mái khi sống trong nhà chủ, 17 thì anh chị em lấy cái dùi, xỏ tai người ấy, và người ấy sẽ phục vụ chủ trọn đời. Anh chị em cũng làm như vậy cho một nữ nô lệ.

18 Đừng coi việc phóng thích nô lệ là một việc khó khăn, vì công việc người ấy làm cho anh chị em trong sáu năm qua bằng hai công việc của một người làm mướn, và anh chị em còn được CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em ban phước cho mọi việc tay anh chị em làm.

Con Đầu Lòng Của Thú Vật

19 Con đực đầu lòng của bầy gia súc phải được biệt riêng ra thánh cho CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em. Đừng bắt bò đực sinh đầu lòng làm việc cũng đừng hớt lông chiên đực đầu lòng. 20 Mỗi năm anh chị em cùng với gia đình sẽ ăn thịt các con vật này trước sự hiện diện của CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em tại địa điểm Ngài sẽ chọn. 21 Nếu con vật sinh đầu lòng có khuyết tật, như què hay mù hay có tật nguyền gì quan trọng khác, anh chị em đừng dâng hiến nó làm tế lễ cho CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời của anh chị em, 22 nhưng phải ăn thịt nó trong thành mình. Cả người không tinh sạch lẫn người tinh sạch đều được ăn thịt này, như trường hợp ăn thịt hươu hay thịt nai vậy. 23 Anh chị em không được phép ăn huyết, nhưng phải đổ huyết ra trên đất như đổ nước.

Debts Canceled Every Seven Years(A)

15 “At the end of (B)every seven years you shall grant a [a]release of debts. 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. Of a foreigner you may require it; but you shall give up your claim to what is owed by your brother, 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— only if you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today. 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

“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, but (F)you shall [e]open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. 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

  1. Deuteronomy 15:1 remission
  2. Deuteronomy 15:2 cancel the debt
  3. Deuteronomy 15:2 exact it
  4. Deuteronomy 15:7 towns
  5. Deuteronomy 15:8 freely open
  6. Deuteronomy 15:11 freely open
  7. Deuteronomy 15:13 set him free
  8. Deuteronomy 15:19 set apart or consecrate

15 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release.

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household.

21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God.

22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

The Year for Canceling Debts(A)

15 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.(B) This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. You may require payment from a foreigner,(C) but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless(D) you, if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow(E) all these commands I am giving you today. For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.(F)

If anyone is poor(G) among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted(H) toward them. Rather, be openhanded(I) and freely lend them whatever they need. Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts,(J) is near,” so that you do not show ill will(K) toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.(L) 10 Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart;(M) then because of this the Lord your God will bless(N) you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. 11 There will always be poor people(O) in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.(P)

Freeing Servants(Q)(R)

12 If any of your people—Hebrew men or women—sell themselves to you and serve you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free.(S) 13 And when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed. 14 Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor(T) and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you. 15 Remember that you were slaves(U) in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you.(V) That is why I give you this command today.

16 But if your servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, 17 then take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.

18 Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because their service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

The Firstborn Animals

19 Set apart for the Lord(W) your God every firstborn male(X) of your herds and flocks.(Y) Do not put the firstborn of your cows to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep.(Z) 20 Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose.(AA) 21 If an animal has a defect,(AB) is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.(AC) 22 You are to eat it in your own towns. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer.(AD) 23 But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.(AE)