23.「地不可永賣,因為地是我的;你們在我面前是客旅,是寄居的。
「『The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.
24.在你們所得為業的全地,也要准人將地贖回。
Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
25.你的弟兄【弟兄是只本國人說;下同】若漸漸窮乏,賣了幾分地業,他至近的親屬就要來把弟兄所賣的贖回。
「『If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.
26.若沒有能給他贖回的,他自己漸漸富足,能夠贖回,
If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves,
27.就要算出賣地的年數,把剩餘年數的價值還那買主,自己便歸回自己的地業。
they are to determine the value for the years since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property.
28.倘若不能為自己得回所賣的,乃要存在買主的手裏直到禧年;到了禧年,地業要出買主的手,自己便歸回自己的地業。
But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.