Numeri 30
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
30 Mosè riferì agli Israeliti quanto il Signore gli aveva ordinato.
Leggi sui voti
2 Mosè disse ai capi delle tribù degli Israeliti: «Questo il Signore ha ordinato: 3 Quando uno avrà fatto un voto al Signore o si sarà obbligato con giuramento ad una astensione, non violi la sua parola, ma dia esecuzione a quanto ha promesso con la bocca. 4 Quando una donna avrà fatto un voto al Signore e si sarà obbligata ad una astensione, mentre è ancora in casa del padre, durante la sua giovinezza, 5 se il padre, avuta conoscenza del voto di lei e dell'astensione alla quale si è obbligata, non dice nulla, tutti i voti di lei saranno validi e saranno valide tutte le astensioni alle quali si sarà obbligata. 6 Ma se il padre, quando ne viene a conoscenza, le fa opposizione, tutti i voti di lei e tutte le astensioni alle quali si sarà obbligata, non saranno validi; il Signore la perdonerà, perché il padre le ha fatto opposizione. 7 Se si marita quando è legata da voti o da un obbligo di astensione assunto alla leggera con le labbra, 8 se il marito ne ha conoscenza e quando viene a conoscenza non dice nulla, i voti di lei saranno validi e saranno validi gli obblighi di astensione da lei assunti. 9 Ma se il marito, quando ne viene a conoscenza, le fa opposizione, egli annullerà il voto che essa ha fatto e l'obbligo di astensione che essa si è assunta alla leggera; il Signore la perdonerà. 10 Ma il voto di una vedova o di una donna ripudiata, qualunque sia l'obbligo che si è assunto, rimarrà valido. 11 Se una donna nella casa del marito farà voti o si obbligherà con giuramento ad una astensione 12 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 obblighi di astensione da lei assunti. 13 Ma se il marito, quando ne viene a conoscenza, li annulla, quanto le sarà uscito dalle labbra, voti od obblighi di astensione, non sarà valido; il marito lo ha annullato; il Signore la perdonerà. 14 Il marito può ratificare e il marito può annullare qualunque voto e qualunque giuramento, per il quale essa sia obbligata a mortificarsi. 15 Ma se il marito, da un giorno all'altro, non dice nulla in proposito, egli ratifica così tutti i voti di lei e tutti gli obblighi di astensione da lei assunti; li ratifica perché non ha detto nulla a questo proposito quando ne ha avuto conoscenza. 16 Ma se li annulla qualche tempo dopo averne avuto conoscenza, porterà il peso della colpa della moglie».
17 Queste sono le leggi che il Signore prescrisse a Mosè riguardo al marito e alla moglie, al padre e alla figlia, quando questa è ancora fanciulla, in casa del padre.
Numbers 30
New King James Version
The Law Concerning Vows
30 Then Moses spoke to (A)the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: 2 (B)If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or (C)swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall (D)do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3 “Or if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth, 4 and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father [a]holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand. 5 But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will release her, because her father overruled her.
6 “If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself, 7 and her husband hears it, and makes no response to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself shall stand. 8 But if her husband (E)overrules her on the day that he hears it, he shall make void her vow which she took and what she uttered with her lips, by which she bound herself, and the Lord will release her.
9 “Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
10 “If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath, 11 and her husband heard it, and made no response to her and did not overrule her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand. 12 But if her husband truly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it shall not stand; her husband has made them [b]void, and the Lord will release her. 13 Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void. 14 Now if her husband makes no response whatever to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her; he confirms them, because he made no response to her on the day that he heard them. 15 But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.”
16 These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father’s house.
Footnotes
- Numbers 30:4 says nothing to interfere
- Numbers 30:12 annulled or invalidated
Numbers 30
New International Version
Vows
30 [a]Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel:(A) “This is what the Lord commands: 2 When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.(B)
3 “When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the Lord or obligates herself by a pledge 4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand.(C) 5 But if her father forbids her(D) when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the Lord will release her because her father has forbidden her.
6 “If she marries after she makes a vow(E) or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself 7 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 8 But if her husband(F) forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the Lord will release her.(G)
9 “Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.
10 “If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath 11 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 12 But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand.(H) Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will release her. 13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.[b] 14 But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them. 15 If, however, he nullifies them(I) some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.”
16 These are the regulations the Lord gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living at home.
Footnotes
- Numbers 30:1 In Hebrew texts 30:1-16 is numbered 30:2-17.
- Numbers 30:13 Or to fast
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