Numbers 30
1 And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the Lord has commanded.
Moïse parla aux chefs des tribus des enfants d’Israël, en ces termes: "Voici ce qu’a ordonné l’Éternel:
2 Whatsoever man shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do.
Si un homme fait un vœu au Seigneur, ou s’impose, par un serment, quelque interdiction à lui-même, il ne peut violer sa parole: tout ce qu’a proféré sa bouche, il doit l’accomplir.
3 And if a woman shall vow a vow to the Lord, or bind herself with an obligation in her youth in her father's house; and her father should hear her vows and her obligations, wherewith she has bound her soul, and her father should hold his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand,
Pour la femme, si elle fait un vœu au Seigneur ou s’impose une abstinence dans la maison de son père, pendant sa jeunesse,
4 and all the obligations with which she has bound her soul, shall remain to her.
et que son père, ayant connaissance de son vœu ou de l’abstinence qu’elle s’est imposée, garde le silence vis-à-vis d’elle, ses vœux, quels qu’ils soient, seront valables; toute abstinence qu’elle a pu s’imposer sera maintenue.
5 But if her father straitly forbid [her] in the day in which he shall hear all her vows and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul, they shall not stand; and the Lord shall hold her guiltless, because her father forbade her.
Mais si son père la désavoue le jour où il en a eu connaissance, tous ses vœux et les interdictions qu’elle a pu s’imposer seront nuls. Le Seigneur lui pardonnera, son père l’ayant désavouée.
6 But if she should be indeed married, and her vows be upon her according to the utterance of her lips, [the obligations] which she has contracted upon her soul;
Que si elle passe en puissance d’époux étant soumise à des vœux ou à une promesse verbale qui lui impose une abstinence,
7 and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her in the day in which he should hear, then thus shall all her vows be binding, and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand.
que son époux l’apprenne à une époque quelconque et garde le silence à son égard, ses vœux seront valables, et les abstinences qu’elle s’est imposées subsisteront.
8 But if her husband should straitly forbid [her] in the day in which he should hear her, none of her vows or obligations which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand, because her husband has disallowed her, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.
Mais si, le jour où il en a eu connaissance, son époux la désavoue, il annule par là le vœu qui la lie ou la parole de ses lèvres qui lui imposait l’abstinence; et le Seigneur lui pardonnera.
9 And the vow of a widow and of her that is put away, whatever she shall bind upon her soul, shall stand to her.
Quant aux vœux d’une femme veuve ou répudiée, tout ce qu’elle s’est imposé sera obligatoire pour elle.
10 And if her vow [be made] in the house of her husband, or the obligation upon her soul with an oath,
Au cas où c’est en puissance de mari qu’elle a fait un vœu ou s’est interdit quelque chose par serment;
11 and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her, and not disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and all the obligations which she contracted against her soul, shall stand against her.
si son époux l’apprend et ne lui dit rien, ne la désavoue point, tous ses vœux et toute abstinence qu’elle a pu s’imposer restent obligatoires.
12 But if her husband should utterly cancel the vow in the day in which he shall hear it, none of the things which shall proceed out of her lips in her vows, and in the obligations [contracted] upon her soul, shall stand to her; her husband has cancelled them, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.
Si, au contraire, son époux les annule le jour où il en a eu connaissance, tout ce qu’a proféré sa bouche, soit vœux, soit interdiction personnelle, sera sans effet: son époux les a annulés, Dieu sera indulgent pour elle.
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it.
Tout vœu, tout serment d’abstinence, tendant à mortifier la personne, l’époux peut les ratifier ou il peut les rendre nuls.
14 But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations [which she has bound] upon herself, because he held his peace at her in the day in which he heard her.
Si son époux ne s’en explique pas à elle du jour au lendemain, il sanctionne ses vœux ou les abstinences auxquelles elle s’est soumise, parce qu’il s’est tu lorsqu’il en a eu connaissance.
15 And if her husband should in any wise cancel [them] after the day in which he heard [them], then he shall bear his iniquity.
Que s’il les invalidait après qu’il en a eu connaissance, sa faute à elle retomberait sur lui."
16 These [are] the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and daughter in [her] youth in the house of [her] father.
Telles sont les règles que l’Éternel avait prescrites à Moïse sur les rapports entre l’homme et sa femme, entre le père et sa fille adolescente dans la maison paternelle.
