申命記15:1-23

15:1 「每逢七年末一年，你要施行豁免。
15:2 豁免的定例乃是這樣：凡債主要把所借給鄰舍的豁免了；不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。
15:3 若借給外邦人，你可以向他追討；但借給你弟兄，無論是甚麼，你要鬆手豁免了。
15:4 你若留意聽從耶和華─你上帝的話，謹守遵行我今日所吩咐你這一切的命令，就必在你們中間沒有窮人了（在耶和華─你上帝所賜你為業的地上，耶和華必大大賜福與你。）
15:5 【併於上節】
15:6 因為耶和華─你的上帝必照他所應許你的賜福與你。你必借給許多國民，卻不致向他們借貸；你必管轄許多國民，他們卻不能管轄你。
15:7 「在耶和華─你上帝所賜你的地上，無論哪一座城裡，你弟兄中若有一個窮人，你不可忍著心、揝著手不幫補你窮乏的弟兄。
15:8 總要向他鬆開手，照他所缺乏的借給他，補他的不足。
15:9 你要謹慎，不可心裡起惡念，說：『第七年的豁免年快到了』，你便惡眼看你窮乏的弟兄，甚麼都不給他，以致他因你求告耶和華，罪便歸於你了。
15:10 你總要給他，給他的時候心裡不可愁煩；因耶和華─你的上帝必在你這一切所行的，並你手裡所辦的事上，賜福與你。
15:11 原來那地上的窮人永不斷絕；所以我吩咐你說：『總要向你地上困苦窮乏的弟兄鬆開手。』」
15:12 「你弟兄中，若有一個希伯來男人或希伯來女人被賣給你，服事你六年，到第七年就要任他自由出去。
15:13 你任他自由的時候，不可使他空手而去，
15:14 要從你羊群、禾場、酒醡之中多多地給他；耶和華─你的上帝怎樣賜福與你，你也要照樣給他。
15:15 要記念你在埃及地作過奴僕，耶和華─你的上帝將你救贖；因此，我今日吩咐你這件事。
15:16 他若對你說：『我不願意離開你』，是因他愛你和你的家，且因在你那裡很好，
15:17 你就要拿錐子將他的耳朵在門上刺透，他便永為你的奴僕了。你待婢女也要這樣。
15:18 你任他自由的時候，不可以為難事，因他服事你六年，較比雇工的工價多加一倍了。耶和華─你的上帝就必在你所做的一切事上賜福與你。」
15:19 「你牛群羊群中頭生的，凡是公的，都要分別為聖，歸耶和華─你的上帝。牛群中頭生的，不可用牠耕地；羊群中頭生的，不可剪毛。
15:20 這頭生的，你和你的家屬，每年要在耶和華所選擇的地方，在耶和華─你上帝面前吃。
15:21 這頭生的若有甚麼殘疾，就如瘸腿的、瞎眼的，無論有甚麼惡殘疾，都不可獻給耶和華─你的上帝；
15:22 可以在你城裡吃；潔淨人與不潔淨人都可以吃，就如吃羚羊與鹿一般。
15:23 只是不可吃牠的血；要倒在地上，如同倒水一樣。」

At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. ² 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. ³ You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. ⁴ 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 you, ⁵ if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. ⁶ 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.

⁷ If anyone is poor 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 toward them. ⁸ Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. ⁹ Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will 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. ¹⁰ Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. ¹¹ There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.

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. ¹³ And when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed. ¹⁴ Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you. ¹⁵ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. 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.

¹⁹ Set apart for the Lord your God every firstborn male of your herds and flocks. Do not put the firstborn of your cows to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep. 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. ²¹ If an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 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. ²³ But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

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    在這裡讓我們看見摩西的教導對於社會經濟是十分有幫助，尤其是對貧窮的消除是很有助益！而之所以如此，就如經文所說：「原來那地上的窮人永不斷絕；所以我吩咐你說：『總要向你地上困苦窮乏的弟兄鬆開手。』」

    這是很重要的，尤其是對於今日而言，若人的經濟好，消費能力就強！也因為這樣，資方要多發一點薪水給員工，讓員工有足夠的金錢去購買，任何物品就很好銷售，社會經濟就會活絡！

    所以，基督徒強調慷慨是一種美德，尤其是要以分享的心態實行，因為一切都是上帝所賜的，是領受來的！既然是領受，就需要以感謝的心，來分享所領受到的！