1 H abló Moisés a los príncipes de las tribus de los hijos de Israel y les dijo: «Esto es lo que Jehová ha mandado:

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 C uando alguien haga un voto a Jehová, o haga un juramento ligando su alma con alguna obligación, no quebrantará su palabra; hará conforme a todo lo que salió de su boca.

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 » Pero cuando una mujer joven, que todavía vive en la casa de su padre, haga un voto a Jehová o asuma alguna obligación,

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 s i su padre sabe de su voto o de la obligación con que ligó su alma, y su padre no dice nada, todos los votos de ella serán firmes, y toda obligación con que haya ligado su alma, firme será.

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 P ero si su padre se lo prohíbe el día en que se entera, ninguno de los votos y las obligaciones con que ella haya ligado su alma será firme. Y Jehová la perdonará, por cuanto su padre se lo prohibió.

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 » Pero si es casada y hace votos, o pronuncia con sus labios cosa con que obligue su alma,

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

7 y al enterarse su marido no dice nada, los votos de ella serán firmes, y la obligación con que ligó su alma, firme será.

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 P ero si cuando su marido se entera, se lo prohíbe, entonces queda anulado el voto que ella hizo y el compromiso de sus labios con que ligó su alma. Y Jehová la perdonará.

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 » Pero todo voto de viuda o repudiada con que ligue su alma será firme.

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

10 » Si una mujer hace un voto en casa de su marido, y ha ligado su alma con alguna obligación bajo juramento,

And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

11 y al enterarse su marido no dice nada ni se lo prohíbe, entonces todos sus votos serán firmes, y toda obligación con que haya ligado su alma, firme será.

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 P ero si su marido los anuló el día que se enteró, todo lo que salió de sus labios en cuanto a sus votos y en cuanto a la obligación de su alma, será nulo; su marido los anuló, y Jehová la perdonará.

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 » Todo voto y todo juramento que obligue a afligir el alma, su marido lo confirmará, o su marido lo anulará.

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

14 P ero si su marido calla ante ello, día tras día, entonces confirmó todos sus votos y todas las obligaciones que pesan sobre ella; los confirmó, por cuanto calló ante ello el día que se enteró.

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 P ero si los anula después de haberse enterado, entonces él cargará con el pecado de ella.»

But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

16 É stas son las ordenanzas que Jehová mandó a Moisés entre el marido y su mujer, y entre el padre y la hija que, durante su juventud, todavía vive en casa de su padre.

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.