1 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 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 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 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 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 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; 7 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 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 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 11 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 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 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14 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 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. 16 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.

1 En Moses het met die stamhoofde van die kinders van Israel gespreek en gesê: Dit is die saak wat die HERE beveel het:

2 As iemand aan die HERE 'n gelofte doen of 'n eed sweer waardeur hy homself verbind om hom van iets te onthou, moet hy sy woord nie breek nie; hy moet handel volgens alles wat uit sy mond uitgaan.

3 Maar as 'n vrou aan die HERE 'n gelofte doen of haarself verbind om haar te onthou, terwyl sy in haar vader se huis is in haar jeug,

4 en haar vader van haar gelofte hoor of van die onthouding waartoe sy haarself verbind het, en haar vader swyg teenoor haar, dan sal al haar geloftes van krag wees, en elke onthouding waartoe sy haarself verbind het, sal van krag wees.

5 Maar as haar vader haar terughou op die dag dat hy daarvan hoor, sal al haar geloftes en elke onthouding waartoe sy haarself verbind het, nie van krag wees nie; en die HERE sal haar dit vergewe, omdat haar vader haar teruggehou het.

6 Maar as sy trou terwyl haar geloftes op haar rus of iets wat onverskillig uitgespreek is, waardeur sy haarself verbind het,

7 en haar man daarvan hoor, op watter dag ook al, en teenoor haar swyg, dan sal haar geloftes van krag wees, en elke onthouding waartoe sy haarself verbind het, sal van krag wees.

8 Maar as haar man op die dag dat hy daarvan hoor, haar terughou, dan maak hy haar gelofte tot niet wat op haar rus, en ook wat onverskillig uitgespreek is, waardeur sy haarself verbind het; en die HERE sal haar dit vergewe.

9 Maar die gelofte van 'n weduwee of van 'n vrou wat verstoot is -- alles waardeur sy haarself verbind het, sal vir haar van krag wees.

10 En as sy in die huis van haar man 'n gelofte doen of haarself met 'n eed verbind om haar te onthou,

11 en haar man daarvan hoor en teenoor haar swyg, haar nie terughou nie, dan sal al haar geloftes van krag wees, en elke onthouding waartoe sy haarself verbind het, sal van krag wees.

12 Maar as haar man die dinge uitdruklik tot niet maak op die dag dat hy daarvan hoor, sal niks van alles wat uit haar lippe uitgegaan het, van haar geloftes of van die verbintenis tot onthouding, van krag wees nie; haar man het dit tot niet gemaak, en die HERE sal haar dit vergewe.

13 Elke gelofte en elke eed van onthouding om die siel te verootmoedig -- haar man kan dit van krag maak, en haar man kan dit tot niet maak.

14 Maar as haar man van dag tot dag geheel en al teenoor haar swyg, dan maak hy al haar geloftes of elke onthouding waartoe sy verbind is, van krag; hy het dit van krag gemaak, want hy het teenoor haar geswyg op die dag dat hy daarvan gehoor het.

15 Maar as hy dit uitdruklik tot niet maak nadat hy al daarvan gehoor het, dan dra hy haar ongeregtigheid.

16 Dit is die insettinge wat die HERE Moses beveel het tussen 'n man en sy vrou, tussen 'n vader en sy dogter terwyl sy in haar jeug in haar vader se huis is.