Liber Numeri 30
1 et locutus est ad principes tribuum filiorum Israhel iste est sermo quem praecepit Dominus
Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
2 si quis virorum votum Domino voverit aut se constrinxerit iuramento non faciet irritum verbum suum sed omne quod promisit implebit
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
3 mulier si quippiam voverit et se constrinxerit iuramento quae est in domo patris sui et in aetate adhuc puellari si cognoverit pater votum quod pollicita est et iuramentum quo obligavit animam suam et tacuerit voti rea erit
And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,
4 quicquid pollicita est et iuravit opere conplebit
and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
5 sin autem statim ut audierit contradixerit pater et vota et iuramenta eius irrita erunt nec obnoxia tenebitur sponsioni eo quod contradixerit pater
But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
6 si maritum habuerit et voverit aliquid et semel verbum de ore eius egrediens animam illius obligaverit iuramento
If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
7 quo die audierit vir et non contradixerit voti rea erit reddet quodcumque promiserat
and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
8 sin autem audiens statim contradixerit et irritas fecerit pollicitationes eius verbaque quibus obstrinxerat animam suam propitius ei erit Dominus
But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
9 vidua et repudiata quicquid voverint reddent
Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
10 uxor in domo viri cum se voto constrinxerit et iuramento
If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,
11 si audierit vir et tacuerit nec contradixerit sponsioni reddet quodcumque promiserat
and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
12 sin autem extemplo contradixerit non tenebitur promissionis rea quia maritus contradixit et Dominus ei propitius erit
But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
13 si voverit et iuramento se constrinxerit ut per ieiunium vel ceterarum rerum abstinentiam adfligat animam suam in arbitrio viri erit ut faciat sive non faciat
Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.
14 quod si audiens vir tacuerit et in alteram diem distulerit sententiam quicquid voverat atque promiserat reddet quia statim ut audivit tacuit
But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them.
15 sin autem contradixerit postquam rescivit portabit ipse iniquitatem eius
But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”
16 istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus Mosi inter virum et uxorem inter patrem et filiam quae in puellari adhuc aetate est vel quae manet in parentis domo
These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.
