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

وَقالَ مُوسَى لِرُؤَساءِ قَبائِلِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ: «هَذا هُوَ ما أمَرَ اللهُ بِهِ:

2 W hen 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.

إذا تَعَهَّدَ رَجُلٌ بِنَذْرٍ للهِ ، أوْ أقسَمَ فَألْزَمَ نَفْسَهُ بِأمرٍ ما، فَلا يَكْسِرْ كَلامَهُ، بَلْ لِيَفْعَلْ ما نَطَقَ بِهِ.

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

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

4 a nd 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.

وَسَمِعَ أبوها نَذْرَها وَما ألْزَمَتْ نَفسَها بِهِ، وَلَمْ يَعتَرِضْ، تَبْقى جَمِيعُ نُذُورِها وَالتِزاماتِها الَّتِي ألْزَمَتْ نَفْسَها بِها ثَابِتَةً.

5 B ut 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.

فَإنْ نَهاها أبوها يَومَ سَمِعَ تَعَهُّداتِها، تَسْقُطُ عَنْها جَمِيعُ نُذُورِها وَالتِزاماتِها الَّتِي ألْزَمَتْ نَفْسَها بِها، وَاللهُ سَيَغفِرُ لَها، لأنَّ أباها نَهاها عَنْ ذَلِكَ.

6 “ 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,

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

7 a nd 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.

وَسَمِعَ زَوجُها وَلَمْ يَعتَرِضْ عِندَما سَمِعَها، فَعَلَيها الوَفاءُ بِنُذُورِها وَالالتِزامُ بِما تَعَهَّدَتْ بِهِ.

8 B ut 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.

فَإنْ عَبَّرَ زَوجُها عَنْ عَدَمِ مُوافَقَتِهِ حِينَ سَمِعَ كَلامَها، فَعَلَيها أنْ تُلغِي نِذرَها الَّذِي التَزَمَتْ بِهِ، وَتَعَهُّدَها الَّذِي نَطَقَتْ بِهِ، وَاللهُ سَيَغفِرُ لَها.

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

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

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

لَكِنْ إنْ تَعَهَّدَتِ امْرأةٌ مُتَزَوِّجَةٌ بِالقِيامِ بِأمرٍ مُعَيَّنٍ،

11 a nd 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.

وَسَمِعَ زَوجُها عَنِ الأمرِ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيئاً لَها وَلَمْ يَمنَعْها عَنِ الوَفاءِ بِهِ، فَإنَّها تَكُونُ مُلزَمَةً بِالوَفاءِ بِكُلِّ تَعَهُّداتِها.

12 B ut 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.

لَكِنْ إنْ ألغَى زَوجُها تَعَهُّداتِها حِينَ سَمِعَ بِها، فَإنَّها لا تَكُونُ مُطالَبَةً بِالوَفاءِ بِها، إذْ إنَّ زَوجَها ألغَى تَعَهُّداتِها وَاللهُ سَيَغفِرُ لَها.

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

«وَإذا نَذَرَتِ امْرأةٌ نَذْراَ أوْ تَعَهَّدَت بِالامْتِناعِ عَنْ شَيءٍ، يُمكِنُ لِزَوجِها أنْ يَسمَحَ لَها بِالوَفاءِ بِما تَعَهَّدَتْ بِهِ، أوْ يُمكِنُهُ إلغاؤُهُ.

14 B ut 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.

فَإنْ 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.

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

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

16 T hese 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.

هَذِهِ هِيَ القَواعِدُ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لِمُوسَى بِشَأنِ عَلاقَةِ الزَّوجِ بِزَوجَتِهِ، وَالأبِ بابْنَتِهِ السّاكِنَةِ فِي بَيتِهِ قَبلَ زَواجِها.