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

¹Zvino Mozisi akataura navakuru vamarudzi avana vaIsiraeri, akati, Ndicho chinhu chakarairwa naJehovha:

²When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

²Kana munhu achinge apikira Jehovha mhiko, kana kuzvisunga nokupika, haafaniri kushandura shoko rake; anofanira kuita zvose zvakabuda mumuromo make.

³“Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

³Nomukadziwo, kana achinge apikira Jehovha, kana kuzvisunga nokusunga kokupika, achiri mumba mababa vake, achiri musikana;

⁴and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

⁴baba vake vakanzwa kupika kwake, nokuzvisunga kwaakazvisunga nako, baba vake vakamunyararira havo, ipapo kupika kwake kose kuchava nesimba, nokusunga kwake kose, kwaakazvisunga nako, kuchava nesimba.

⁵But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

⁵Asi kana baba vake vakamudzivisa nomusi wavanozvinzwa nawo, kupika kwake kose, nokuzvisunga kwake kose, kwaakazvisunga nako, hakungavi nesimba; Jehovha achamukangamwira, nekuti baba vake vamudzivisa.

⁶“If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

⁶Kana akawanikwa nomurume achakasungwa nokupika kwake, kana namashoko aakareva asina kurangarira zvakanaka, aakazvisunga nawo;

⁷and her husband hears it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

⁷murume wake akazvinzwa, akamunyararira hake nomusi waanozvinzwa nawo, ipapo kupika kwake kuchava nesimba, nokuzvisunga kwake, kwaakazvisunga nako, kuchava nesimba.

⁸But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her.

⁸Asi kana murume wake akamudzivisa nomusi waanozvinzwa nawo, ipapo iye anokonesa kupika kwake, kwaakazvisunga nako, namashoko aakareva asina kurangarira zvakanaka, aakazvisunga nawo; Jehovha achamukangamwira.

⁹“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.

⁹Asi kupika kwechirikadzi, kana komukadzi akarambwa nomurume wake, chinhu chipi nechipi chaakazvisunga nacho, zvichava nesimba kwaari.

¹⁰“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

¹⁰Kana achinge apika ari mumba momurume wake, kana kuzvisunga nokupika,

¹¹and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn’t disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.

¹¹murume wake akazvinzwa, akamunyararira, asingamudzivisi, ipapo kupika kwake kuchava nesimba, nokuzvisunga kose, kwaakazvisunga nako, kuchava nesimba.

¹²But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her.

¹²Asi kana murume wake akazvikonesa kwazvo nomusi waakazvinzwa nawo, ipapo zvose zvakabuda mumuromo make pakupika kwake, kana kuzvisunga kwake, hazvingavi nesimba; murume wake wazvikonesa; Jehovha achamukangamwira.

¹³Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

¹³Mhiko dzose, nokupika kose kwaanozvisunga nako kuchema pamweya wake, murume wake angazvikonesa.

¹⁴But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

¹⁴Asi kana murume wake akamunyararira chose zuva rimwe nerimwe, ipapo unosimbisa mhiko dzake dzose nokuzvisunga kwake kose, kwaakazvisunga nako; azvisimbisa, nekuti amunyararira nomusi waakazvinzwa nawo.

¹⁵But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.”

¹⁵Asi kana akazozvikonesa kwazvo, azvinzwa hake, iye anofanira kuva nemhosva yake.

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

¹⁶Ndiyo mitemo yakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha, pakati pomurume nomukadzi wake, napakati pababa nomwanasikana wavo, achiri musikana paimba yababa vake.