1 M oisés habló con los príncipes de las tribus de los hijos de Israel, y les dijo: «El Señor ha ordenado esto:

Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:

2 C uando alguien haga un voto al Señor, o haga un juramento que lo comprometa, no deberá faltar a su palabra, sino que hará todo lo que se haya comprometido a hacer.

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

3 » En el caso de una mujer joven, que aún viva en casa de su padre y que haga un voto al Señor y se comprometa a hacer algo,

“Or if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth,

4 s i su padre oye su voto y el compromiso que ella adquirió, y guarda silencio, todos los votos que ella haga se mantendrán vigentes, lo mismo que todo compromiso que ella adquiera.

and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand.

5 P or el contrario, si al oír su padre todos sus votos y sus compromisos adquiridos, se opone a ellos, esos compromisos quedarán invalidados y el Señor la perdonará, porque su padre se opuso a ellos.

But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will release her, because her father overruled her.

6 » Si la mujer es casada y hace votos, o pronuncia con sus labios algo que la comprometa,

“If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself,

7 s i su marido oye esto y guarda silencio, los votos de ella se mantendrán vigentes, lo mismo que el compromiso adquirido por ella.

and her husband hears it, and makes no response to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself shall stand.

8 P ero si al oírla su marido, se opone al voto que ella haga y al compromiso adquirido por ella misma, éstos quedarán invalidados y el Señor la perdonará.

But if her husband overrules her on the day that he hears it, he shall make void her vow which she took and what she uttered with her lips, by which she bound herself, and the Lord will release her.

9 » Todo voto con que una viuda o repudiada se haya comprometido, se mantendrá vigente.

“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

10 S i los votos los hizo en casa de su marido, y se comprometió por medio de un juramento,

“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath,

11 y su marido la oyó pero guardó silencio y no objetó, entonces todos esos votos se mantendrán vigentes, lo mismo que todo compromiso que ella haya adquirido.

and her husband heard it, and made no response to her and did not overrule her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand.

12 P ero si al momento de oírla su marido los invalidó, todos los votos que ella haya pronunciado con sus labios, y todos los compromisos que haya adquirido, quedarán invalidados. Su marido los invalidó y, por lo tanto, el Señor la perdonará.

But if her husband truly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it shall not stand; her husband has made them void, and the Lord will release her.

13 » Todo voto, y todo juramento que comprometa a la mujer, deberá ser confirmado o invalidado por su esposo.

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

14 P ero si los días pasan y el marido guarda silencio, entonces todos sus votos y todos sus compromisos quedarán confirmados, por haber guardado silencio el día que la oyó pronunciarlos.

Now if her husband makes no response whatever to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her; he confirms them, because he made no response to her on the day that he heard them.

15 A unque, si el esposo los anula después de haberlos oído, entonces será él quien cargue con el pecado de ella.»

But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.”

16 É stas son las ordenanzas que el Señor le dio a Moisés para el esposo y la esposa, y para el padre y la hija que, siendo joven, viva en casa de su padre.

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