Usury高利贷

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By far the greatest moral到目前为止，最大的道德
evil of our time is what the Bible calls the sin of usury.邪恶我们的时间是什么圣经调用单的盘剥。 It is the这是
very basis of the capitalist system.非常基础的资本主义制度。 It has made debt slaves of not已取得债务的奴隶，不
only the entire Third World, but also most of the First World, where只有整个第三世界，而且大部分的第一世界，
consumers eagerly seek to encumber themselves with debt through credit消费者热切寻求抵押自己的债务通过信贷
cards and mortgages.卡和按揭贷款。 At one time the church called usury "the queen of在同一时间教会所谓的高利贷“女王
sins" and refused the sacrament to its practitioners. Though it has捷联惯导系统“ ，并拒绝圣其执业。虽然它
never officially abandoned this moral position, very few Christians从未正式放弃了这种道德立场，极少数的基督徒
outside of the Catholic Worker movement have any idea that such a以外的天主教工人运动有任何的想法，这样的
teaching even exists.教学，甚至存在。

What is usury?  Usury is lending someone money and charging them interest.  Throughout much of church history, usury was considered sinful.  IT seems that protestants in general have failed to treat usury with much seriousness, leaving it to catholics and neo-catholics like CS Lewis to address the matter.什么是高利贷呢？高利贷借贷是有人金钱和收费，他们的利益。大部分教会历史，高利贷被认为是罪孽深重，这似乎新教徒在一般未能对待高利贷与很多的严重性，让它天主教徒和新的天主教徒一样，政务司司长刘易斯来解决这个问题。

Here’s some biblical references to usury (this is just a quick cross-section):这里的一些圣经的提述，高利贷（这只是一个快速截面） ：

Exodus 22:25 If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest. 出埃及记22时25如果你借钱给我的一个人在你们中间谁是有需要的，不要像moneylender ;控告他没有兴趣。

Leviticus 25:36-37 Do not take interest of any kind from him, but fear your God, so that your countryman may continue to live among you. 利未记25:36-37不采取利益，任何形式的由他，但害怕你的上帝，这样，您的乡下人可能会继续生活在你们中间。 You must not lend him money at interest or sell him food at a profit.你绝不能借给他钱，在利益或出售他的食物利润。

Deuteronomy 23:19-20 Do not charge your brother interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest. 申命记23:19-20不收你的兄弟的利益，无论是金钱或食物或其他任何可赚取利息。 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a brother Israelite, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.你可能会收取外国人的兴趣，但不是兄弟以色列人，使耶和华你的神保佑你可能在你一切所提出你的手在土地你是进入拥有。

Nehemiah 5:6-11 When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry. 尼希米记5:6-11当我听到他们的声音和这些收费，我感到非常愤怒。 I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. i ，凭吊他们在我心目中，然后指责贵族和官员。 I told them, "You are exacting usury from your own countrymen!"我告诉他们， “你是严格的高利贷从您自己的同胞” ！ So I called together a large meeting to deal with them and said: "As far as possible, we have bought back our Jewish brothers who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your brothers, only for them to be sold back to us!"因此，我召集大型会议，以处理他们的意见，并说： “尽量，我们已购回我们的犹太兄弟谁卖给外邦人的，现在您正在出售你们的兄弟，只有让他们被卖回给我们！ “ They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.他们噤若寒蝉，因为他们可以找到无话可说。
So I continued, "What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies? I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let the exacting of usury stop! Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the usury you are charging them-the hundredth part of the money, grain, new wine and oil."所以我继续说： “你正在做的是不对的。不应走在你的恐惧，我们的上帝，以避免责备我们的詹蒂莱敌人？我和我的兄弟和我的男性也贷款人民的金钱和粮食，但让严格的盘剥停止！给予还给他们立即各自领域，葡萄园，橄榄园和房子，也是高利贷你是他们的收费-百分之一的一部分钱，粮食，新酒和油“ 。

Psalm 15 诗篇15

LORD , who may dwell in your sanctuary?主啊，谁可以住在您的庇护？
Who may live on your holy hill?谁可能生活在您神圣的山？

He whose walk is blameless他的走是清白
and who does what is righteous,和谁做什么是正义，
who speaks the truth from his heart谁讲真理，从他的心
and has no slander on his tongue,并没有诽谤他的舌头，
who does his neighbor no wrong谁做他的邻居没有错
and casts no slur on his fellowman,和演员没有slur对他fellowman ，
who despises a vile man谁轻视情节恶劣，一男子
but honors those who fear the LORD ,但那些荣誉谁害怕上帝，
who keeps his oath谁保持他的誓言
even when it hurts,甚至当它伤害，
who lends his money without usury谁借给他的钱没有高利贷
and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.和不接受贿赂，对无辜。

He who does these things他谁做这些事情
will never be shaken.绝不会动摇。

Ezekiel 16:5-8 以西结书16:5-8

"Suppose there is a righteous man “假设有一个正义的男子
who does what is just and right.谁在做什么是公正和正确的。
He does not eat at the mountain shrines他并不吃在山上神社
or look to the idols of the house of Israel.或期待偶像的众院以色列。
He does not defile his neighbor’s wife他不defile他的邻居的妻子
or lie with a woman during her period.或躺下，与一名女子在任职期间。
He does not oppress anyone,他不欺压任何人，
but returns what he took in pledge for a loan.但回报是什么，他在承诺贷款。
He does not commit robbery他不承诺抢劫
but gives his food to the hungry但让他的食物，饥饿
and provides clothing for the naked.并提供衣物，为赤裸裸的。
He does not lend at usury他不适合在高利贷
or take excessive interest.或采取过度的利益。
He withholds his hand from doing wrong他withholds他的手做是错误的
and judges fairly between man and man.和法官的公正之间的男子和男子。

Can anyone tell me a good reason why Christians practice usury?  It seems that most people assume that capitalism is a good, and since it depends upon things like usury, we shouldn’t be critical of usury.  Though the passages above are dealing with Israel, it seems, at the very least, Christians shouldn’t charge interest to one another.  I would also argue that we shouldn’t charge interest for others.  It is an oppressive system that the church should alleviate.  Some churches that have started credit unions.  Some churches help people buy homes or pay for college with no interest loans.  But the Church should no longer blindly accept a practice that is clearly non-Christian.任何人都可以告诉我一个好理由，为什么基督徒的做法，盘剥？看来，大多数人以为资本主义是一个很好的，因为它取决于事物一样，盘剥，我们不应该批评的盘剥，虽然通道以上是处理与以色列，似乎，至少，基督徒不应该收取利息，到另一个，我也认为我们不应该收取利息，为他人，这是一个压迫性的制度，教会应该减轻。一些教会已开始信贷工会的一些教会帮助人们购买房屋或支付学院没有兴趣贷款，但教会应该不再盲目接受这种做法，显然非基督教。

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