The Seventh Year
(Leviticus 25.1-7)1 “At the end of every seventh year you are to cancel the debts of those who owe you money. 2 This is how it is to be done. Each of you who has lent money to any Israelite is to cancel the debt; you must not try to collect the money; the Lord himself has declared the debt canceled. 3 You may collect what a foreigner owes you, but you must not collect what any of your own people owe you.
4 “The Lord your God will bless you in the land that he is giving you. Not one of your people will be poor 5 if you obey him and carefully observe everything that I command you today. 6 The Lord will bless you, as he has promised. You will lend money to many nations, but you will not have to borrow from any; you will have control over many nations, but no nation will have control over you.
7 “If in any of the towns in the land that the Lord your God is giving you there are Israelites in need, then do not be selfish and refuse to help them. 8 Instead, be generous and lend them as much as they need. 9 Do not refuse to lend them something, just because the year when debts are canceled is near. Do not let such an evil thought enter your mind. If you refuse to make the loan, they will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty. 10 Give to them freely and unselfishly, and the Lord will bless you in everything you do. 11 There will always be some Israelites who are poor and in need, and so I command you to be generous to them.
The Treatment of Slaves
(Exodus 21.1-11)12 “If any Israelites, male or female, sell themselves to you as slaves, you are to release them after they have served you for six years. When the seventh year comes, you must let them go free. 13 When you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed. 14 Give to them generously from what the Lord has blessed you with—sheep, grain, and wine. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God set you free; that is why I am now giving you this command.
16 “But your slave may not want to leave; he may love you and your family and be content to stay. 17 Then take him to the door of your house and there pierce his ear; he will then be your slave for life. Treat your female slave in the same way. 18 Do not be resentful when you set slaves free; after all, they have served you for six years at half the cost of hired servants. Do this, and the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do.
The First-Born Cattle and Sheep
19 “Set aside for the Lord your God all the first-born males of your cattle and sheep; don't use any of these cattle for work and don't shear any of these sheep. 20 Each year you and your family are to eat them in the Lord's presence at the one place of worship. 21 But if there is anything wrong with the animals, if they are crippled or blind or have any other serious defect, you must not sacrifice them to the Lord your God. 22 You may eat such animals at home. All of you, whether ritually clean or unclean, may eat them, just as you eat deer or antelope. 23 But do not use their blood for food; instead, you must pour it out on the ground like water.
Hûǁî kurib
(Levitikus 25:1-7)1 “Mâ hûǁî kurib di ǀunis hoas aib ge surudeba nî xoaǁnâhe. 2 Sao ra ǀgaub ais ge nēsa nî dīhe: Israelǁî-i xa surudehe hâ khoe-i hoa-i ge ǁnā surudeba nî xoaǁnâ. Surudehe hâ khoe-i ge surude-ao-e xu ǁnāti ī surudeba mā-oahesa ǂgan tide. ǃKhūb ge aitsama surudegu di xoaǁnâhesa mîǀgui xui-ao. 3 ǃHaokhoe-e xuts ge surude-e a ǂganoa ǁkhā, xawe sa ǃgâsa Israelǁî-i surudeb ge nî xoaǁnâhe.
4 “ǃKhūb sadu Elob ge ǃhūb hîab nî mā dub ǃnâ nî ǀkhae du, tsî i ge ǀgâsa khoe-i xare-e sadu ǃnâ hâ tide, 5 sadu ga ǁîba ǁnâuǀnam tsî ǂōrisase tita go nētsē mîmā du mîmādi hoade ǃkhōǀgaipeo. 6 ǃKhūb ge sadob ge mîmâiba khami nî ǀkhae du. ǂGui ǁaede du ge marina ǀkhupiǂui ǁkhā, xawe du ge ǁîna xu mari-e ǀkhupi ǁkhā tide; ǂgui ǁaedi ǂama du nî gaosîsen, xawen ge ǁîna sadu ǂama gaosîsen ǁkhā tide.
7 “ǃKhūb sadu Elob ge mā du ǃādi ǀguis ǃnâ i ga ǃgâsa Israelǁî-i hîa a ǀgâsa-e a hâ, o du ge ǁnāti ī ǀgâsa ǃgâsa-i sadu di-i ǃoagu kaise ǃgari tsî xūǃgunuxa tide. 8 Xawe ǁî-i ǃoagu māǂgaoxa, î ǁî-e ǂhâba i ra ǃgôab di mari-e ǀkhupi. 9 Tā hûǁî kurib, xoaǁnâs di kurib go mâtoa, o ǀhôagao tsî ǂkhaba ǂâin xa khâiǃnâhe tsî sadu ǀgâsa ǃgâsa-e mari-e ǀkhupisa ǂkhā. Sadu ga ǁî-e mari-e ǀkhupisa ǂkhā, o-i ge ǁî-e sadu ǃoagu ǃKhūb ǃoa nî ǂgai, tsî du ge ǀhapixase nî hōhe. 10 ǃNorasa tsî ǁkhowa-amsa ǃomga sadu ǀgâsa ǃgâsa-i ǃoagu ūhâ, ob ge ǃKhūb sadu Eloba dī du ra xūn hoan ǃnâ nî ǀkhae du. 11 ǀGâsa tsî ǂhâsib ǃnâ hâ Israelǁîn ge hoaǁae ǃhūb ǃnâ nî hâ, ǁnā-amaga ta ge ǁîn ǃoagu du nî māǂgaoxa ǃkhaisa ra mîmā du.
Khobon nî ûi-ūhe ǀgaub
(Eksodus 21:1-11)12 “Sadu ǃgâsa Israelǁî-i ga ǁî-aitsama khobo-i ase sadu di ǀgui-i ai a ǁamaxūsen tsî i ga ǁî-e ǃnani kuriga sîsenba du, o-i ge ǁî-e hûǁî kurib ǃnâ nî ǃnora kaihe. 13 ǁÎ-e du ga ǃnora kai, o tā ǁî-e ǀkhaiǃomse sîbē. 14 Māǂgaoxasib ǃnâ ǁî-e ǃKhūb sadu Elob ge ǀkhae du xūn hoan, gūn, ǃhorob tsî ǂauxûiba xu mā. 15 ǂÂihō re, sadu ǂûdu ge Egipteb ǃnâ khobosisa xu ǃKhūb sadu Elob xa ǃnora kaihe ǃkhaisa; ǁnā-amaga ta ge nētsē nē mîmāsa ra mā du.
16 “Xawe-i ga sa khobo-e, sats tsî sa ǀaokhoena i a ǀnam tsî ǃgâise i ra ǁnāpa hâ ǃkhais ǃaroma satsa xu ǃgû ǂgao tama i, 17 ob ge ǀhonkhoeba ǁî-e ǁîb oms dao-ams tawa mâ kai tsî ǀā ǀuri-i ǀkha ǁî-i ǂgaesa nî ǃkhāǃkharu. Nēs ge nē khobo-i nî ǀhonkhoeb â-e ûihâb hoaragaba ǃoaba ti ra ǂâibasen. 18 Khobo-ets ga ǃnora kai, o tā ǁî-e ǂoaǃnâs xa ǁgaise tsâ; ǃnani kurigu ǃnâ i ge ǁî-e, ǀkhupiǃgā-i ga dī hâ sîsenna ǀgamǃnâguse a dī xuige. ǃKhūb sadu Elob ge dīts ge xūn hoan ǃnâ nî ǀkhae tsi.
Goman tsî gūn ǂguroǃnaesab
19 “Sadu goman tsî ǀgoan di ǂguroǃnaesaga du ge ǃKhūb sadu Elob ǃaroma nî khai. Tā goman di ǂguroǃnaesagu ǀkha sîsen-i xare-e dī, î tā gūn di ǂguroǃnaesaga ǂkhom. 20 Sadu tsî sadu ǀaokhoen tsîn ge ǃKhūb sadu Elob ge ǀgoreǀî-aiheb nîse ǁhûiǂui ǃkhaib ai, mâ kurib hoaba ǁîb mûǁae ǁîgu ǁgan-e nî ǂû. 21 Xawe gu ga ǂguroǃnaesaga ūsa; ǃhora tamas ka io ǂgī tamas ka io ǀnî ǀgau-i hoa-i ai a ūsa, o du ge ǁîga ǃKhūb sadu Elob ǃgôasib ǃaroma ǁguiba tide. 22 Xawe du ge ǁîga sadu ǃādi tawa nî ǂû. ǃAnun tsî ǃanuoǃnân tsîn hoan ge ǁî-e ǁkhama-i tamas ka io ǁgû-en ga ǂû hâ khami ǀgui nî ǂû. 23 Xawe du ge ǁî-i ǀaoba ǂû tide tsî ǁgam-i khami ǃhūb ai nî ǁhōxū.
