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Legge relativa ai voti

30 (A)Mosè parlò ai capi delle tribù dei figli d’Israele e disse:

«Questo è l’ordine dato dal Signore: quando uno avrà fatto un voto al Signore o avrà con giuramento assunto un solenne impegno, non verrà meno alla sua parola, ma metterà in pratica tutto quello che ha promesso.

(B)«Così pure quando una donna, ancora giovane e nella casa di suo padre, avrà fatto un voto al Signore e avrà assunto un solenne impegno, se il padre, avendo conoscenza del voto di lei e dell’impegno che ha assunto, non dice nulla a questo proposito, tutti i voti di lei saranno validi e saranno validi tutti gli impegni che ha assunto. Ma se il padre, il giorno che ne viene a conoscenza, le fa opposizione, tutti i voti di lei e tutti gli impegni che avrà assunto non saranno validi; il Signore glieli condonerà, perché il padre le ha fatto opposizione. Se si sposa mentre è legata da voti o impegnata da una promessa fatta alla leggera solo con le labbra, se il marito viene a saperlo e il giorno che ne è informato non dice nulla, i voti di lei saranno validi e saranno validi gli impegni che lei ha assunto. Ma se il marito, il giorno che ne viene a conoscenza, le fa opposizione, egli annullerà il voto che lei ha fatto, e la promessa che ha proferito alla leggera per la quale si è impegnata; e il Signore gliela condonerà.

Ma il voto di una vedova o di una donna ripudiata, qualunque sia l’impegno che ha assunto, rimarrà valido. 10 Quando una donna, nella casa di suo marito, farà dei voti o si legherà con un giuramento 11 e il marito ne avrà conoscenza, se il marito non dice nulla e non le fa opposizione, tutti i voti di lei saranno validi, e saranno validi tutti gli impegni che avrà assunto. 12 Ma se il marito, il giorno che viene a saperlo, li annulla, tutto ciò che le sarà uscito dalle labbra, siano voti o impegni che ha assunto, non sarà valido; il marito lo ha annullato; e il Signore glielo condonerà. 13 Il marito può convalidare o annullare qualunque voto e qualunque giuramento per il quale la moglie si è impegnata a mortificare la sua persona[a]. 14 Ma se il marito, giorno dopo giorno, non dice nulla in proposito, egli convalida così tutti i voti di lei e tutti gli impegni che la moglie ha assunto; li convalida, perché non ha detto nulla a questo proposito il giorno che ne ha avuto conoscenza. 15 Ma se li annulla qualche tempo dopo averne avuto conoscenza, sarà responsabile del peccato della moglie».

16 Tali sono le leggi che il Signore prescrisse a Mosè riguardo al marito e alla moglie, al padre e alla figlia, quando questa non è ancora sposata, in casa di suo padre.

Footnotes

  1. Numeri 30:13 Mortificare la sua persona, ricorrendo al digiuno o astenendosi da qualcosa.

The Law of Vows

30 [a]Then Moses spoke to (A)the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word which the Lord has commanded: (B)If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or takes an oath to [b]put himself under a binding obligation, he shall not break his word; he shall act in accordance with everything that comes out of his mouth.

“And if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and puts herself under a binding obligation in her father’s house in her youth, and her father hears her vow and her obligation under which she has put herself, and her father [c]says nothing to her, then all her vows shall [d]remain valid and every binding obligation under which she has put herself shall [e]remain valid. But if her father expresses disapproval to her on the day he hears of it, none of her vows or her obligations under which she has put herself shall remain valid; and the Lord will [f]forgive her because her father has expressed disapproval to her.

“However, if she happens to [g]marry while [h]under her vows or the impulsive statement of her lips by which she has obligated herself, and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears it, then her vows shall remain valid and her binding obligations under which she has put herself shall remain valid. But if on the day her husband hears of it, he expresses disapproval to her, then he will annul her vow which [i]she is under and the impulsive statement of her lips by which she has obligated herself; and the Lord will [j]forgive her.

“But as for the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, every binding obligation under which she has put herself, shall remain valid against her. 10 However, if a married woman vowed in her husband’s house, or put herself under a binding obligation with an oath, 11 and her husband heard it, but said nothing to her and did not express disapproval to her, then all her vows shall remain valid and every binding obligation under which she put herself shall remain valid. 12 But if her husband actually annuls them on the day he hears them, then no utterance from her lips concerning her vows or the obligation she put on herself shall remain valid; her husband has annulled them, and the Lord will [k]forgive her.

13 “Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it. 14 But if her husband in fact says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all her binding obligations which are on her; he has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them. 15 However, if he actually annuls them [l]after he has heard them, then he shall bear the responsibility for her guilt.”

16 These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses concerning matters between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while she is in her youth in her father’s house.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 30:1 Ch 30:2 in Heb
  2. Numbers 30:2 Lit bind on his soul, and similarly throughout the ch
  3. Numbers 30:4 Lit is silent to her, and so throughout the ch
  4. Numbers 30:4 Lit stand, and so throughout the ch
  5. Numbers 30:4 Lit stand, and so throughout the ch
  6. Numbers 30:5 I.e., for not fulfilling them
  7. Numbers 30:6 Lit become a husband’s
  8. Numbers 30:6 Lit her vows are on her
  9. Numbers 30:8 Lit is on her
  10. Numbers 30:8 I.e., for not fulfilling them
  11. Numbers 30:12 I.e., for not fulfilling them
  12. Numbers 30:15 I.e., perhaps a long delay before he annuls them

30 And Moshe spoke unto the Rashei HaMattot (Heads of the Tribes) concerning the Bnei Yisroel saying, This is the thing which Hashem hath commanded:

[MATTOS]

(3) If an ish vow a neder unto Hashem, or swear a shevu’ah (oath) to bind his nefesh with an issar (negative vow, prohibition), he shall not break his dever, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

(4) If an isha also vow a neder unto Hashem, and bind herself by an issar, being in her bais avi in her youth;

(5) And her av hear her neder, and her issar wherewith she hath bound her nefesh, and her av says nothing to her, then all her nedarim shall stand, and every issar wherewith she hath bound her nefesh shall stand.

(6) But if her av disallow her in the yom that he heareth, not any of her nedarim, or of her issurim (negative vows, prohibitions) wherewith she hath bound her nefesh, shall stand; and Hashem shall forgive her, because her av forbade her.

(7) And if she had at all an ish, when she made nedarim or utterance of her lips, wherewith she bound her nefesh;

(8) And her ish heard it, and said nothing to her in the yom that he heard it, then her nedarim shall stand, and her issurim wherewith she bound her nefesh shall stand.

(9) But if her ish forbade her on the yom that he heard it, then he shall nullify her neder which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her nefesh; and Hashem shall forgive her.

(10) But every neder of an almanah, and of a gerushah (divorced woman), wherewith she have bound her nefesh, shall stand against her.

10 (11) And if she vowed in her bais ish, or bound her nefesh by an issar with a shevuah,

11 (12) And her ish heard it, and said nothing to her, and forbade her not, then all her nedarim shall stand, and every issar wherewith she bound her nefesh shall stand.

12 (13) But if her ish hath utterly nullified them on the yom he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her nedarim, or concerning the issar of her nefesh, shall not stand; her ish hath nullified them; and Hashem shall forgive her.

13 (14) Every neder, and every shevuat issar to afflict the nefesh, her ish may let it stand, or her ish may let it have a hafarah.

14 (15) But if her ish say nothing to her from yom to yom, then he will have let stand all her nedarim or all her issurim, which are upon her; he will have let them stand, because he said nothing to her in the yom that he heard them.

15 (16) But if he shall revoke them after that he hath heard them, then nasa (he shall bear) her avon.

16 (17) These are the chukkim, which Hashem commanded Moshe, between an ish and his isha, between the av and his bat, being yet in her youth in her bais avi.