1 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded. 2 When 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.

3 "Also, when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house, in her youth, 4 and her father hears her vow and her pledge with which she has bound her soul, and her father says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she has bound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. Yahweh will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.

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, 7 and her husband hears it, and says nothing to her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her pledges with which she has bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he makes 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.

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.

10 "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 didn’t disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she bound her soul shall stand. 12 But 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. 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 says nothing to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows or all her pledges which are on her. He has established them, because he said nothing to her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he makes them null and void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."

16 These 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.

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.