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

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath 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 vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

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

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, 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 hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul 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 disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

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

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

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

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul 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 disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.

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

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, 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 her soul by a bond 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 held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul 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 hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall 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 afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

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 hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

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

But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall 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, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.