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

And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, `This the thing which Jehovah hath 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.

`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

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,

`And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father 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 hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

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.

`And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her.

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

`And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows on her, or a wrongful utterance her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

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 hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established.

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.

`And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her.

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

`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.

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

`And if the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul 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 hath heard, and hath kept silent at her -- he hath not disallowed her -- then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

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.

`And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her.

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

`Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

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.

and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing;

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

and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.'

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 the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, the house of her father.