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

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

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.

Cuando 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.

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,

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

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.

si 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.

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.

Pero 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.

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,

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

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.

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

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.

Pero 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Pero 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.

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

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

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.

Pero 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.

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

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

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.

Éstas 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.