Ang Kautusan tungkol sa Panata
1Sinabi ni Moises sa mga pinuno ng lahi ng Israel, “Ito ang mga utos ng Panginoon: 2Kung ang isang lalaki ay gagawa ng panata o susumpa sa Panginoon na gagawin niya o hindi ang isang bagay, kailangang tuparin niyang lahat ang kanyang sinabi. 3Kung ang isang dalaga na naninirahan pa sa bahay ng kanyang ama ay gumawa ng panata o nanumpa sa Panginoon na gagawin niya o hindi ang isang bagay, 4at nalaman ito ng kanyang ama pero hindi naman ito tumutol, kailangang tuparin niya ito. 5Pero kung tumutol ang kanyang ama nang malaman ito, hindi na niya ito kailangang tuparin. Patatawarin siya ng Panginoon dahil tumutol ang kanyang ama.
6“Kung ang isang dalaga ay manumpa o gumawa ng panata na gagawin niya o hindi ang isang bagay, pagkatapos nag-asawa siya, kahit na pabigla-bigla man o hindi ang kanyang pangako, 7at nalaman ito ng kanyang asawa pero hindi naman ito tumutol, kailangang gawin niya ang kanyang ipinangako. 8Pero kung tumutol ang kanyang asawa nang malaman ito, hindi na niya ito kailangang tuparin, at wala na siyang pananagutan sa Panginoon.
9“Pero kung ang isang biyuda o babaeng hiniwalayan ng asawa ay gumawa ng panata o nanumpa na gagawin niya o hindi ang isang bagay, kailangang tuparin niya ito.
10“At kung ang isang babaeng may asawa ay gumawa ng panata o nanumpa na gagawin niya o hindi ang isang bagay, 11at nalaman ito ng kanyang asawa pero tumahimik lang ito at hindi tumutol, kailangang tuparin niya ito. 12Pero kung tumutol ang kanyang asawa nang malaman ito, hindi na niya ito kailangang tuparin. Patatawarin siya ng Panginoon dahil tumutol ang kanyang asawa. 13May karapatang pumayag o tumutol ang kanyang asawa sa kahit anong ginawa niyang sumpa o panata. 14Pero kung hindi tumutol ang kanyang asawa sa mismong araw na nalaman niya ito, pumapayag ang kanyang asawa na tuparin niya ito. 15Pero kung pinalipas pa ng kanyang asawa ang ilang araw bago pa tumutol, ang kanyang asawa ang parurusahan sa kanyang kasalanan.”
16Iyon ang mga kautusan na ibinigay ng Panginoon kay Moises tungkol sa lalaki at sa kanyang asawa, at tungkol sa ama at sa kanyang anak na dalagitang nakatira sa kanyang bahay.
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.
