Livre des Nombres 30

JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Moïse parla aux Israélites conformément à tout ce que Yahvé lui avait ordonné.	1 Moses then gave the Israelites these instructions, just as the LORD had ordered him.
2 Moïse parla aux chefs de tribu des Israélites. Il dit: "Voici ce que Yahvé a ordonné.	2 Moses said to the heads of the Israelite tribes, "This is what the LORD has commanded:
3 Si un homme fait un voeu à Yahvé ou prend par serment un engagement formel, il ne violera passa parole: tout ce qui est sorti de sa bouche, il l'exécutera.	3 When a man makes a vow to the LORD or binds himself under oath to a pledge of abstinence, he shall not violate his word, but must fulfill exactly the promise he has uttered.
4 Si une femme fait un voeu à Yahvé ou prend un engagement formel, alors que, jeune encore, ellehabite la maison de son père,	4 "When a woman, while still a maiden in her father's house, makes a vow to the LORD, or binds herself to a pledge,
5 et si celui-ci, apprenant son voeu ou l'engagement qu'elle a pris, ne lui dit rien, son voeu, quelqu'il soit, sera valide, et l'engagement qu'elle a pris, quel qu'il soit, sera valide.	5 if her father learns of her vow or the pledge to which she bound herself and says nothing to her about it, then any vow or any pledge she has made remains valid.
6 Mais si son père, le jour où il l'apprend, y fait opposition, aucun de ses voeux et aucun desengagements qu'elle a pris ne seront valides. Yahvé ne lui en tiendra pas rigueur, puisque c'est son père qui y afait opposition.	6 But if on the day he learns of it her father expresses to her his disapproval, then any vow or any pledge she has made becomes null and void; and the LORD releases her from it, since her father has expressed to her his disapproval.
7 Si, étant tenue par des voeux ou par un engagement sorti inconsidérément de sa bouche, elle semarie,	7 "If she marries while under a vow or under a rash pledge to which she bound herself,
8 et si son mari, l'apprenant, ne lui dit rien le jour où il en est informé, ses voeux seront valides etles engagements qu'elle a pris seront valides.	8 and her husband learns of it, yet says nothing to her that day about it, then the vow or pledge she had made remains valid.
9 Mais si, le jour où il l'apprend, son mari lui fait opposition, il annulera le voeu qui la tient oul'engagement qui l'oblige, sorti inconsidérément de sa bouche. Yahvé ne lui en tiendra pas rigueur.	9 But if on the day he learns of it her husband expresses to her his disapproval, he thereby annuls the vow she had made or the rash pledge to which she had bound herself, and the LORD releases her from it.
10 Le voeu d'une femme veuve ou répudiée, et tous les engagements qu'elle a pris, seront validespour elle.	10 The vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, or any pledge to which such a woman binds herself, is valid.
11 Si c'est dans la maison de son mari qu'elle a fait un voeu, ou pris un engagement par serment,	11 "If it is in her husband's house that she makes a vow or binds herself under oath to a pledge,
12 et si, l'apprenant, son mari ne lui dit rien et ne lui fait pas opposition, son voeu, quel qu'il soit,sera valide et l'engagement qu'elle a pris, quel qu'il soit, sera valide.	12 and her husband learns of it yet says nothing to express to her his disapproval, then any vow or any pledge she has made remains valid.
13 Mais si son mari, l'apprenant, les annule le jour où il en est informé, rien ne sera valide de ce quiest sorti de sa bouche, voeux ou engagements. Son mari les ayant annulés, Yahvé ne lui en tiendra pas rigueur.	13 But if on the day he learns of them her husband annuls them, then whatever she has expressly promised in her vow or in her pledge becomes null and void; since her husband has annulled them, the LORD releases her from them.
14 Tout voeu et tout serment qui engage la femme, son mari peut les valider ou les annuler.	14 "Any vow or any pledge that she makes under oath to mortify herself, her husband can either allow to remain valid or render null and void.
15 Si au lendemain son mari ne lui a rien dit, c'est qu'il valide son voeu, quel qu'il soit, ou sonengagement, quel qu'il soit. Il les a validés s'il ne lui dit rien le jour où il en est informé.	15 But if her husband, day after day, says nothing at all to her about them, he thereby allows as valid any vow or any pledge she has made; he has allowed them to remain valid, because on the day he learned of them he said nothing to her about them.
16 Mais si, informé, il les annule plus tard, c'est lui qui portera le poids de la faute qui incomberaità sa femme."	16 If, however, he countermands them some time after he first learned of them, he is responsible for her guilt."
17 Telles sont les lois que Yahvé prescrivit à Moïse, en ce qui concerne la relation entre un hommeet sa femme, et entre un père et sa fille lorsque, jeune encore, elle habite la maison de son père.	17 These are the statutes which the LORD prescribed through Moses concerning the relationship between a husband and his wife, as well as between a father and his daughter while she is still a maiden in her father's house.