1 و َقالَ مُوسَى لِرُؤَساءِ قَبائِلِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ: «هَذا هُوَ ما أمَرَ اللهُ بِهِ:

And Moses said to the heads or leaders of the tribes of Israel, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:

2 إ ذا تَعَهَّدَ رَجُلٌ بِنَذْرٍ للهِ ، أوْ أقسَمَ فَألْزَمَ نَفْسَهُ بِأمرٍ ما، فَلا يَكْسِرْ كَلامَهُ، بَلْ لِيَفْعَلْ ما نَطَقَ بِهِ.

If a man vows a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break and profane his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

3 « لَكِنْ إنْ تَعَهَّدَتِ امْرأةٌ بِنَذْرٍ للهِ ، أوْ ألْزَمَتْ نَفْسَها بِامْرٍ وَهِيَ ما تَزالُ تَسكُنُ بَيْتَ أبِيها لأنَّها صَغِيرَةٌ،

Also when a woman vows a vow to the Lord and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house in her youth,

4 و َسَمِعَ أبوها نَذْرَها وَما ألْزَمَتْ نَفسَها بِهِ، وَلَمْ يَعتَرِضْ، تَبْقى جَمِيعُ نُذُورِها وَالتِزاماتِها الَّتِي ألْزَمَتْ نَفْسَها بِها ثَابِتَةً.

And her father hears her vow and her pledge with which she has bound herself and he offers no objection, then all her vows shall stand and every pledge with which she has bound herself shall stand.

5 ف َإنْ نَهاها أبوها يَومَ سَمِعَ تَعَهُّداتِها، تَسْقُطُ عَنْها جَمِيعُ نُذُورِها وَالتِزاماتِها الَّتِي ألْزَمَتْ نَفْسَها بِها، وَاللهُ سَيَغفِرُ لَها، لأنَّ أباها نَهاها عَنْ ذَلِكَ.

But if her father refuses to allow her on the day that he hears about it, not any of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound herself shall stand. And the Lord will forgive her because her father refused to let her.

6 « لَكِنْ إنْ تَزَوَّجَتْ بَعدَ أنْ نَذَرَتْ نِذراً أو تَعَهَّدَتْ بِأمرٍ مُعَيَّنٍ،

And if she is married to a husband while her vows are upon her or she has bound herself by a rash utterance

7 و َسَمِعَ زَوجُها وَلَمْ يَعتَرِضْ عِندَما سَمِعَها، فَعَلَيها الوَفاءُ بِنُذُورِها وَالالتِزامُ بِما تَعَهَّدَتْ بِهِ.

And her husband hears of it and holds his peace concerning it on the day that he hears it, then her vows shall stand and her pledge with which she bound herself shall stand.

8 ف َإنْ عَبَّرَ زَوجُها عَنْ عَدَمِ مُوافَقَتِهِ حِينَ سَمِعَ كَلامَها، فَعَلَيها أنْ تُلغِي نِذرَها الَّذِي التَزَمَتْ بِهِ، وَتَعَهُّدَها الَّذِي نَطَقَتْ بِهِ، وَاللهُ سَيَغفِرُ لَها.

But if her husband refuses to allow her on the day that he hears of it, then he shall make void and annul her vow which is upon her and the rash utterance of her lips by which she bound herself, and the Lord will forgive her.

9 « كُلُّ نَذْرٍ تَتَعَهَّدُ بِهِ أرمَلَةٌ أوْ مُطَلَّقَةٌ عَلَى نَفسِها، يَنْبَغِي الوَفاءُ بِهِ.

But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, with which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

10 ل َكِنْ إنْ تَعَهَّدَتِ امْرأةٌ مُتَزَوِّجَةٌ بِالقِيامِ بِأمرٍ مُعَيَّنٍ،

And if she vowed in her husband’s house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath

11 و َسَمِعَ زَوجُها عَنِ الأمرِ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيئاً لَها وَلَمْ يَمنَعْها عَنِ الوَفاءِ بِهِ، فَإنَّها تَكُونُ مُلزَمَةً بِالوَفاءِ بِكُلِّ تَعَهُّداتِها.

And her husband heard it and did not oppose or prohibit her, then all her vows and every pledge with which she bound herself shall stand.

12 ل َكِنْ إنْ ألغَى زَوجُها تَعَهُّداتِها حِينَ سَمِعَ بِها، فَإنَّها لا تَكُونُ مُطالَبَةً بِالوَفاءِ بِها، إذْ إنَّ زَوجَها ألغَى تَعَهُّداتِها وَاللهُ سَيَغفِرُ لَها.

But if her husband positively made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has annulled them, and the Lord will forgive her.

13 « وَإذا نَذَرَتِ امْرأةٌ نَذْراَ أوْ تَعَهَّدَت بِالامْتِناعِ عَنْ شَيءٍ، يُمكِنُ لِزَوجِها أنْ يَسمَحَ لَها بِالوَفاءِ بِما تَعَهَّدَتْ بِهِ، أوْ يُمكِنُهُ إلغاؤُهُ.

Every vow and every binding oath to humble or afflict herself, her husband may establish it or her husband may annul it.

14 ف َإنْ لَمْ يَقُلْ زَوجُها شَيئاً حَتَّى اليَومِ التّالِي، فَهُوَ قَدْ أيَّدَ نُذُورَها أوَ تَعَهُّداتِها الَّتِي التَزَمَتْ بِها. فَهُوَ قَدْ وافَقَ بِصَمتِهِ وَعَدَمِ اعتِراضِهِ بَعَدَ أنْ سَمِعَ.

But if her husband altogether holds his peace with her from day to day, then he establishes and confirms all her vows or all her pledges which are upon her. He establishes them because he said nothing to her on the day he heard of them.

15 ل َكِنْ إنْ ألغَى زَوجُها كُلَّ تَعَهُّداتِها بَعدَ سَماعِهِ بِها، هُوَ مَنْ يَتَحَمَّلُ جَزاءَ ذَنبِها.»

But if he shall nullify them after he hears of them, then he shall be responsible for and bear her iniquity.

16 ه َذِهِ هِيَ القَواعِدُ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لِمُوسَى بِشَأنِ عَلاقَةِ الزَّوجِ بِزَوجَتِهِ، وَالأبِ بابْنَتِهِ السّاكِنَةِ فِي بَيتِهِ قَبلَ زَواجِها.

These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while in her youth in her father’s house.