Leviticus 25:11-22

¹¹for it is iubilee, and the fiftithe yeer. Ye schulen not sowe, nether ye schulen repe thingis, that comen forth freli in the feeld, and ye schulen not gadere the firste fruytis of vyndage, for the halewyng of iubilee;

¹²but anoon ye schulen ete thingis takun awey;

¹³in the yeer of iubilee alle men go ayen to her possessiouns.

¹⁴Whanne thou schalt sille ony thing to thi citeseyn, ether schalt bie of hym, make thou not sory thi brother, but bi the noumbre of `yeeris of iubile thou schalt bie of him,

¹⁵and bi the rekenyng of fruytis he schal sille to thee.

¹⁶Bi as myche as mo yeeris dwellen after the iubilee, by so myche also the prijs schal encreesse, and bi as myche as thou noumbrist lesse of tyme, bi so myche and the biyng schal cost lesse; for he schal sille to thee the time of fruytis.

¹⁷Nyle ye turment men of youre lynagis, but ech man drede his God; for Y am youre Lord God.

¹⁸Do ye my comaundementis, and kepe ye my domes, and fille ye tho, that ye moun dwelle in his lond without ony drede,

¹⁹and that the erthe brynge forth hise fruytis to you, whiche ye schulen ete `til to fulnesse, and drede not the assailyng of ony man.

²⁰That if ye seien, what schulen we ete in the seuenthe yeer, if we sowen not, nether gaderen oure fruytis?

²¹Y schal yyue my blessyng to you in the sixte yeer, and it schal make fruytis of three yeer;

²²and ye schulen sowe in the eiyte yeer, and ye schulen ete elde fruytis `til to the nynthe yeer; til newe thingis comen forth ye schulen ete the elde thingis.