Números 30

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Moisés transmitió a los israelitas todas las prescripciones que le había dado el Señor.	1 And Moses explained to the sons of Israel all that the Lord had commanded him.
2 Luego dijo a los jefes de las tribus de Israel: Esto es lo que el Señor ha mandado:	2 And he said to the leaders of the tribes of the sons of Israel: “This is the word, which the Lord has instructed:
3 Cuando un hombre hace un voto al Señor o se impone una obligación bajo juramento, no deberá faltar a su palabra: es preciso que haga exactamente lo que ha prometido.	3 If any man makes a vow to the Lord, or binds himself by an oath, he shall not make his word null and void, but all that he has promised, he shall fulfill.
4 Pero cuando la persona que hace el voto al Señor, o se impone esa obligación, es una mujer soltera, que vive todavía en cada de su padre,	4 If a woman, who is in her father’s house, vows anything, or binds herself by an oath, and she is still in a state of childhood, if her father knew of the vow which she has promised or of the oath by which she has obligated her soul, and he kept silent, she shall be liable to the vow:
5 si este último, al tener conocimiento del voto o de la obligación que ella se ha impuesto, no le dice nada en contra, el voto y la obligación son válidos.	5 whatever she has promised or swore, she shall complete in deed.
6 Si su padre, en cambio, al enterarse, le manifiesta su desaprobación, el voto y la obligación que ella se ha impuesto no serán válidos: el Señor no se los tomará en cuenta, porque su padre los desaprueba.	6 But if her father, as soon as he had heard it, had contradicted it, both her vows and her oaths shall be nullified, neither shall she be held liable to the promise, because her father had contradicted it.
7 Si la mujer se cada mientras está ligada por un voto por un compromiso contraído inconsideradamente,	7 If she has a husband, and she has vowed anything, then, once the word has gone out of her mouth, she will have obligated her soul by an oath.
8 y su marido, al enterarse, no le dice nada en contra, los votos y los compromisos que ella ha contraído serán válidos.	8 On the day that her husband will hear of it, and yet not contradict it, she shall be liable to the vow, and she shall repay whatever she has promised.
9 Pero si el marido, al enterarse, le manifiesta su desaprobación, anula el voto que la obligaba o el compromiso que ella contrajo inconsideradamente, y el Señor no se lo tomará en cuenta.	9 But if, as soon as he hears it, he contradicts it, then he will have caused her promises, and the words by which she had bound her soul, to be null and void. The Lord will be favorable to her.
10 El voto de una mujer viuda o divorciada, y las obligaciones que se impongan, serán válidos.	10 Widows and divorced women shall repay whatever they have vowed.
11 Si la mujer hace un voto o se impone una obligación bajo juramente, estando en cada de su marido,	11 If a wife in the house of her husband has bound herself by a vow or an oath,
12 y este último, al enterarse, no le dice nada en contra, el voto y la obligación que ella se ha impuesto serán válidos.	12 if her husband heard it and remained silent, and he did not contradict the promise, she shall repay what she had promised.
13 Pero si su marido los anula en el momento de enterarse, no será válido nada de los que haya salido de su boca, sean votos u obligaciones: su marido los ha anulado y el Señor no los tendrá en cuenta.	13 But if he promptly contradicts it, she shall not be held liable to the promise. For her husband has contradicted it. And the Lord will be favorable to her.
14 Su marido podrá anular o ratificar cualquier voto o cualquier obligación que ella se imponga bajo juramento para mortificarse.	14 If she has vowed or bound herself by oath, in order to afflict her soul by fasting, or by abstaining from other things, it shall be for the arbitration of her husband, as to whether or not she may do it.
15 Si no le dice nada en contra antes del día siguiente, quiere decir que ratifica todos los votos y todas las obligaciones, porque no le dijo nada en el momento de enterarse.	15 But if the husband, upon hearing it, remains silent, and he delays judgment until another day, whatever she had vowed or promised, she shall repay, because when he first heard it, he remained silent.
16 Y si los anula mucho tiempo después de haberse enterado, él será responsable de la falta de su mujer.	16 And if he contradicted it only sometime after he had known about it, he shall bear his iniquity.”
17 Estos son los preceptos que el Señor dictó a Moisés acerca de la relación entre un hombre y su mujer, y entre un padre y su hija soltera que todavía vive en casa de su padre.	17 These are the laws which the Lord has appointed to Moses, between a husband and a wife, between a father and a daughter, who is still in the state of childhood or who remains in her father’s house.