參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本   

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1. And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded:

2. If a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that comes out of his mouth.

3. if a woman also vows a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth,

4. And if her father hears her vow and her bond with which she has bound herself, and if her father is silent as to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound herself shall stand.

5. But if her father does not allow her vow in the day that he hears of it, none of her vows or her bonds with which she has bound herself shall stand. And the LORD shall forgive her because her father did not allow her.

6. And if she had a husband when she vowed, or if she said anything rash out of her lips with which she bound herself,

7. And if her husband heard and is silent as to her in the day that he heard, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she bound herself shall stand.

8. But if her husband did not allow her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound herself, of no effect. And the LORD shall forgive her.

9. But every vow of a widow and of her who is divorced, all which she has bound on herself shall stand against her.

10. And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by a bond with an oath,

11. And if her husband heard and is silent as to her, and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound herself shall stand.

12. But if her husband has certainly nullified them on the day he heard, whatever comes out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the bond of herself, shall not stand. Her husband has nullified them. And the LORD shall forgive her.

13. Every vow and every binding oath to afflict herself, her husband may establish it, or her husband may nullify it.

14. But if her husband is altogether silent as to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows or all her bonds which are on her. He confirms them because he was silent as to her in the day that he heard.

15. But if he at all nullifies them after he has heard, then he has borne her iniquity.”

16. These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter in her youth in her father’s house.

(A Faithful Version)

1. 摩西對以色列各支派的領袖說，耶和華有這樣的吩咐：

2. 人若心中向耶和華有所期盼，或發出有條件的誓言，不可食言。這人承諾了什麼，要照著誓言履行。

3. 若有年輕女子在父家期間，向耶和華許了願，就是與耶和華立約，

4. 其父親若曉得女兒，她與耶和華有約在身，卻詐作不知道，那麼女兒立下的約，被視為有效。

5. 父親若是聽到，自己表明不同意，這女兒許的願和所立的誓被視為無效，因為她父親不准。耶和華對她的反應，都充分了解不予追究。

6. 若這女子在許願時已有婚約，卻輕言違背婚約，

7. 丈夫聽到，卻默不作聲，就表示默認她許的願。

8. 這位為人夫的，若聽見並表示不同意，耶和華對這妻子的反應，都充分了解不予追究。。

9. 身為寡婦或被休的婦人，是受自己作出的決定影響，自己要承擔這後果。

10. 若婦人是在丈夫面前作出自己不想持續的訴求，

11. 這人夫聽見，卻不作聲，也沒有阻撓，她的訴求被視為默許。

12. 丈夫若是違反當日雙方既成的約定，她說出的約定都被丈夫否定的時候，耶和華對她的反應，都充分了解不予追究。

13. 若意願或要求，是由婦人作出，作為丈夫是有權給予認可，或不認可。

14. 若作為丈夫，始終保持沉默，未作任何表態，那麼她提出的意願或要求，都被視為默認而生效。

15. 若是明白得知一切，卻是違約，便須承擔一切的後果。

16. 這是耶和華囑咐摩西要設立的規定，它涉及夫妻之間，父親與子女間在家中可以和諧增進的約章，這內容的可行是如何有效地進行。

這段像是描述一個家庭當中，男女和父子女之間一些相互之間，在日常生活上，遇上了分歧意見時一些處理的方法。很有意思，只是不被重視，持不到更多有關關資料參考。特別在進入迦南前，這樣的安排有何意義？

它是一個值得重視的課題，有許多有利於和平共處的原則在。大家找找，看有沒有更多分享的地方。