Numbers 30

1 Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of the people of Israel. He said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded.

Moïse parla aux chefs des tribus des enfants d’Israël, en ces termes: "Voici ce qu’a ordonné l’Éternel:

2 When anyone makes a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind himself with a promise, he must not break his word. He must keep his promise to do everything that comes out of his mouth.

Si un homme fait un vœu au Seigneur, ou s’impose, par un serment, quelque interdiction à lui-même, il ne peut violer sa parole: tout ce qu’a proféré sa bouche, il doit l’accomplir.

3 When a young woman living in her father's house makes a vow to Yahweh and binds herself with a promise,

Pour la femme, si elle fait un vœu au Seigneur ou s’impose une abstinence dans la maison de son père, pendant sa jeunesse,

4 if her father hears the vow and the promise by which she has bound herself, and if he says nothing to reverse her, then all her vows will remain in force. Every promise by which she has bound herself will remain in force.

et que son père, ayant connaissance de son vœu ou de l’abstinence qu’elle s’est imposée, garde le silence vis-à-vis d’elle, ses vœux, quels qu’ils soient, seront valables; toute abstinence qu’elle a pu s’imposer sera maintenue.

5 But if her father hears about her vow and her promise, and if he says nothing to her, then all the vows and promises that she took on herself will remain in force.

Mais si son père la désavoue le jour où il en a eu connaissance, tous ses vœux et les interdictions qu’elle a pu s’imposer seront nuls. Le Seigneur lui pardonnera, son père l’ayant désavouée.

6 However, if her father hears all the vows she made and her solemn promises with which she has bound herself, and if he overrules her on that same day, then they will not remain in force. Yahweh will forgive her because her father had overruled her.

Que si elle passe en puissance d’époux étant soumise à des vœux ou à une promesse verbale qui lui impose une abstinence,

7 If she marries a man while she is under those vows, or if she makes rash promises with which she obligates herself, those obligations will remain in force.

que son époux l’apprenne à une époque quelconque et garde le silence à son égard, ses vœux seront valables, et les abstinences qu’elle s’est imposées subsisteront.

8 But if her husband stops her on the day that he hears about it, then he cancels the vow that she has made, the rash talk of her lips with which she has bound herself. Yahweh will release her.

Mais si, le jour où il en a eu connaissance, son époux la désavoue, il annule par là le vœu qui la lie ou la parole de ses lèvres qui lui imposait l’abstinence; et le Seigneur lui pardonnera.

9 But as for a widow or a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself will remain in force against her.

Quant aux vœux d’une femme veuve ou répudiée, tout ce qu’elle s’est imposé sera obligatoire pour elle.

10 If a woman made a vow in her husband's house or obligates herself by taking an oath,

Au cas où c’est en puissance de mari qu’elle a fait un vœu ou s’est interdit quelque chose par serment;

11 and her husband hears of it, but he says nothing to her and he does oppose her, then all her vows must stand and the obligations she made must remain in force.

si son époux l’apprend et ne lui dit rien, ne la désavoue point, tous ses vœux et toute abstinence qu’elle a pu s’imposer restent obligatoires.

12 But if her husband cancels them on the day that he heard about them, then whatever came out of her lips about her vows or promises will not remain in force. Her husband has canceled them. Yahweh will release her.

Si, au contraire, son époux les annule le jour où il en a eu connaissance, tout ce qu’a proféré sa bouche, soit vœux, soit interdiction personnelle, sera sans effet: son époux les a annulés, Dieu sera indulgent pour elle.

13 Every vow or oath a woman takes that binds her to deny herself something may be confirmed or canceled by her husband.

Tout vœu, tout serment d’abstinence, tendant à mortifier la personne, l’époux peut les ratifier ou il peut les rendre nuls.

14 But if he says nothing at all to her day after day, then he confirms all her vows and binding promises that she has made. He has confirmed them because he has said nothing to her at the time that he heard about them.

Si son époux ne s’en explique pas à elle du jour au lendemain, il sanctionne ses vœux ou les abstinences auxquelles elle s’est soumise, parce qu’il s’est tu lorsqu’il en a eu connaissance.

15 If her husband tries to cancel his wife's vow a long time after he has heard about it, then he will be responsible for her sin.”

Que s’il les invalidait après qu’il en a eu connaissance, sa faute à elle retomberait sur lui."

16 These are the statutes that Yahweh commanded Moses to announce—statutes for what is between a man and his wife and between a father and his daughter when she is in her youth in her father's family.

Telles sont les règles que l’Éternel avait prescrites à Moïse sur les rapports entre l’homme et sa femme, entre le père et sa fille adolescente dans la maison paternelle.