1 M oisés disse aos chefes das tribos de Israel: “É isto que o Senhor ordena:

Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.

2 Q uando um homem fizer um voto ao Senhor ou um juramento que o obrigar a algum compromisso, não poderá quebrar a sua palavra, mas terá que cumprir tudo o que disse.

When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

3 “ Quando uma moça que ainda vive na casa de seu pai fizer um voto ao Senhor ou obrigar-se por um compromisso

“Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

4 e seu pai souber do voto ou compromisso, mas nada lhe disser, então todos os votos e cada um dos compromissos pelos quais se obrigou serão válidos.

and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

5 M as, se o pai a proibir quando souber do voto, nenhum dos votos ou dos compromissos pelos quais se obrigou será válido; o Senhor a livrará porque o seu pai a proibiu.

But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. Yahweh will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.

6 “ Se ela se casar depois de fazer um voto ou depois de seus lábios proferirem uma promessa precipitada pela qual se obriga a si mesma

“If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

7 e o seu marido o souber, mas nada lhe disser no dia em que ficar sabendo, então os seus votos ou compromissos pelos quais ela se obrigou serão válidos.

and her husband hears it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

8 M as, se o seu marido a proibir quando o souber, anulará o voto que a obriga ou a promessa precipitada pela qual ela se obrigou, e o Senhor a livrará.

But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. Yahweh will forgive her.

9 “ Qualquer voto ou compromisso assumido por uma viúva ou por uma mulher divorciada será válido.

“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.

10 “ Se uma mulher que vive com o seu marido fizer um voto ou obrigar-se por juramento a um compromisso

“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

11 e o seu marido o souber, mas nada lhe disser e não a proibir, então todos os votos ou compromissos pelos quais ela se obrigou serão válidos.

and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn’t disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.

12 M as, se o seu marido os anular quando deles souber, então nenhum dos votos ou compromissos que saíram de seus lábios será válido. Seu marido os anulou, e o Senhor a livrará.

But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. Yahweh will forgive her.

13 O marido poderá confirmar ou anular qualquer voto ou qualquer compromisso que a obrigue a humilhar-se.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

14 M as, se o marido nada lhe disser a respeito disso até o dia seguinte, com isso confirma todos os seus votos ou compromissos pelos quais se obrigou. Ele os confirma por nada lhe dizer quando os ouviu.

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her. He has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

15 S e, contudo, ele os anular algum tempo depois de ouvi-los, ele sofrerá as conseqüências de sua iniqüidade”.

But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.”

16 S ão essas as ordenanças que o Senhor deu a Moisés a respeito do relacionamento entre um homem e sua mulher, e entre um pai e sua filha moça que ainda vive na casa do pai.

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