Special Promises
1Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of Israel. He said, “Here is what the Lord commands. 2Suppose a man makes a special promise to the Lord. Or suppose he gives his word to do something. Then he must keep his promise. He must do everything he said he would do.
3“Suppose a young woman is still living in her father’s house. She makes a special promise to the Lord. Or she gives her word to do something. 4Suppose her father hears about her promise. And he doesn’t say anything to her about it. Then she must keep her promise. She must do what she agreed to do. 5But suppose her father doesn’t allow her to keep her promises when he hears about them. Then she doesn’t have to do what she promised or agreed to do. The Lord will set her free. He’ll do it because her father hasn’t allowed her to keep her promises.
6“Suppose she gets married after she makes a special promise. Or she gets married after agreeing to do something without thinking it through. 7Suppose her husband hears about what she did. And he doesn’t say anything to her about it. Then she must keep her promise. She must do what she agreed to do. 8But suppose her husband doesn’t allow her to keep her promises when he hears about them. Then she doesn’t have to do what she promised. She doesn’t have to do what she agreed to do without thinking it through. The Lord will set her free.
9“Suppose a widow makes a special promise. Or suppose she gives her word to do something. Then she must keep her promise. She must do what she agreed to do. The same rules apply to a woman who has been divorced.
10“Suppose a woman living with her husband makes a special promise. Or she gives her word to do something. 11Suppose her husband hears about what she did. He doesn’t say anything to her about it. And he doesn’t try to stop her from keeping her promises. Then she must keep all of them. She must do what she agreed to do. 12But suppose her husband doesn’t allow her to keep her promises when he hears about them. Then she doesn’t have to do what she promised. She doesn’t have to do what she agreed to do. Her husband has kept her from doing what she said she would do. The Lord will set her free. 13Her husband can let her keep any special promise she makes. Or he can refuse to let her keep it. Suppose she gives her word not to eat anything. Then her husband can let her keep her promise. Or he can refuse to let her keep it. 14But suppose day after day her husband doesn’t say anything to her about what she did. Then he lets her keep all her promises. He lets her do everything she agreed to do. That’s because he didn’t say anything to her when he heard about what she had done. 15But suppose some time after he hears about her promises he doesn’t let her keep them. Then she will be guilty. But he will bear the consequences for her guilt.”
16These are the rules the Lord gave Moses about a man and his wife. And these are the rules the Lord gave about a father and his young daughter still living at home.
서약에 관한 규정
1모세는 이스라엘 각 지파의 지도자들을 모아 놓고 이렇게 말하였다. “이것은 여호와의 명령입니다.
2어떤 사람이 여호와께 무엇을 하겠다고 서약하거나 어떤 일을 하지 않겠다고 맹세하면 그는 자기가 한 말을 어기지 말고 반드시 지켜야 합니다.
3“만일 시집가지 않은 어떤 여자가 여호와께 무엇을 하겠다고 서약하거나 어떤 일을 하지 않겠다고 맹세할 때
4그녀의 아버지가 그것을 듣고도 아무 말이 없으면 그녀는 자기가 한 서약이나 맹세를 지켜야 합니다.
5그러나 그 아버지가 그것을 듣고 허락하지 않으면 그녀는 그것을 지키지 않아도 됩니다. 그녀의 아버지가 허락하지 않았으므로 여호와께서도 용서하실 것입니다.
6“어떤 여자가 처녀 시절에 무슨 서약을 하거나 경솔한 약속을 했는데 결혼한 후에
7그 남편이 그것을 알고도 아무 말이 없으면 그녀는 자기의 서약이나 약속을 지켜야 합니다.
8그러나 그 남편이 그것을 알고 반대하면 그녀는 그 서약이나 약속을 지키지 않아도 됩니다. 여호와께서는 그녀를 용서해 주실 것입니다.
9“과부나 이혼한 여자가 어떤 서약이나 맹세를 하면 그녀는 반드시 그것을 지켜야 합니다.
10“결혼한 여자가 어떤 서약이나 맹세를 할 때
11그녀의 남편이 그 말을 듣고도 아무 말이 없거나 반대하지 않으면 그녀는 그것을 반드시 지켜야 합니다.
12그러나 남편이 그것을 반대하면 그 서약이나 맹세는 무효입니다. 그 남편이 그것을 지키지 못하게 하였으므로 여호와께서도 그 여자를 용서해 주실 것입니다.
13이와 같이 남편은 아내의 서약이나 맹세를 지키게 할 수도 있고 무효가 되게 할 수도 있습니다.
14그러나 남편이 그것을 듣고도 하루 종일 아무 말이 없으면 그것에 이미 동의한 것입니다. 그러므로 그 여자는 그것을 다 지켜야 합니다.
15만일 그 남편이 그 말을 듣고 얼마쯤 있다가 그것을 지키지 못하게 하면 그는 그 서약이나 맹세를 어기게 된 아내의 죄에 대하여 책임을 져야 합니다.”
16이것은 30:16 암시됨.서약이나 맹세에 대해 남편과 아내, 아버지와 시집가지 않은 딸과의 관계에 관하여 여호와께서 모세에게 주신 규정이다.
