民数記 30

1 モーセはイスラエルの人々の部族のかしらたちに言った、「これは主が命じられた事である。

And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the Lord has commanded.

2 もし人が主に誓願をかけ、またはその身に物断ちをしようと誓いをするならば、その言葉を破ってはならない。口で言ったとおりにすべて行わなければならない。

Whatsoever man shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do.

3 またもし女がまだ若く、父の家にいて、主に誓願をかけ、またはその身に物断ちをしようとする時、

And if a woman shall vow a vow to the Lord, or bind herself with an obligation in her youth in her father's house; and her father should hear her vows and her obligations, wherewith she has bound her soul, and her father should hold his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand,

4 父が彼女の誓願、または彼女の身に断った物断ちのことを聞いて、彼女に何も言わないならば、彼女はすべて誓願を行い、またその身に断った物断ちをすべて守らなければならない。

and all the obligations with which she has bound her soul, shall remain to her.

5 しかし、彼女の父がそれを聞いた日に、それを承認しない時は、彼女はその誓願、またはその身に断った物断ちをすべてやめることができる。父が承認しないのであるから、主は彼女をゆるされるであろう。

But if her father straitly forbid [her] in the day in which he shall hear all her vows and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul, they shall not stand; and the Lord shall hold her guiltless, because her father forbade her.

6 またもし夫のある身で、みずから誓願をかけ、またはその身に物断ちをしようと、軽々しく口で言った場合、

But if she should be indeed married, and her vows be upon her according to the utterance of her lips, [the obligations] which she has contracted upon her soul;

7 夫がそれを聞き、それを聞いた日に彼女に何も言わないならば、彼女はその誓願を行い、その身に断った物断ちを守らなければならない。

and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her in the day in which he should hear, then thus shall all her vows be binding, and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand.

8 しかし、もし夫がそれを聞いた日に、それを承認しないならば、夫はその女がかけた誓願、またはその身に物断ちをしようと、軽々しく口に言ったことをやめさせることができる。主はその女をゆるされるであろう。

But if her husband should straitly forbid [her] in the day in which he should hear her, none of her vows or obligations which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand, because her husband has disallowed her, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.

9 しかし、寡婦あるいは離縁された女の誓願、すべてその身に断った物断ちは、それを守らなければならない。

And the vow of a widow and of her that is put away, whatever she shall bind upon her soul, shall stand to her.

10 もし女が夫の家で誓願をかけ、またはその身に物断ちをしようと誓った時、

And if her vow [be made] in the house of her husband, or the obligation upon her soul with an oath,

11 夫がそれを聞いて、彼女に何も言わず、またそれに反対しないならば、その誓願はすべて行わなければならない。またその身に断った物断ちはすべて守らなければならない。

and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her, and not disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and all the obligations which she contracted against her soul, shall stand against her.

12 しかし、もし夫がそれを聞いた日にそれを認めないならば、彼女の誓願、または身の物断ちについて、彼女が口で言った事は、すべてやめることができる。夫がそれを認めなかったのだから、主はその女をゆるされるであろう。

But if her husband should utterly cancel the vow in the day in which he shall hear it, none of the things which shall proceed out of her lips in her vows, and in the obligations [contracted] upon her soul, shall stand to her; her husband has cancelled them, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.

13 すべての誓願およびすべてその身を悩ます物断ちの誓約は、夫がそれを守らせることができ、または夫がそれをやめさせることができる。

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it.

14 もし夫が彼女に何も言わずに日を送るならば、彼は妻がした誓願、または物断ちをすべて認めたのである。彼はそれを聞いた日に妻に何も言わなかったのだから、それを認めたのである。

But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations [which she has bound] upon herself, because he held his peace at her in the day in which he heard her.

15 しかし、もし夫がそれを聞き、あとになって、それを認めないならば、彼は妻の罪を負わなければならない」。

And if her husband should in any wise cancel [them] after the day in which he heard [them], then he shall bear his iniquity.

16 これらは主がモーセに命じられた定めであって、夫と妻との間、および父とまだ若くて父の家にいる娘との間に関するものである。

These [are] the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and daughter in [her] youth in the house of [her] father.