¹ Ουτω λεγει Κυριος· Δια τας τρεις παραβασεις του Μωαβ και δια τας τεσσαρας δεν θελω αποστρεψει την τιμωριαν αυτου· διοτι κατεκαυσε τα οστα του βασιλεως του Εδωμ μεχρι κονιας·

² αλλα θελω εξαποστειλει πυρ επι τον Μωαβ και θελει καταφαγει τα παλατια της Κιριωθ· και ο Μωαβ θελει αποθανει μετα θορυβου, μετα κραυγης, μετ' ηχου σαλπιγγος.

³ Και θελω εξολοθρευσει τον κριτην εκ μεσου αυτου, και θελω αποκτεινει παντας τους αρχοντας αυτου μετ' αυτου, λεγει Κυριος.

⁴ Ουτω λεγει Κυριος· Δια τας τρεις παραβασεις του Ιουδα και δια τας τεσσαρας δεν θελω αποστρεψει την τιμωριαν αυτου, διοτι κατεφρονησαν τον νομον του Κυριου και δεν εφυλαξαν τα προσταγματα αυτου και επλανησαν αυτους τα ματαια αυτων, κατοπιν των οποιων περιεπατησαν οι πατερες αυτων·

⁵ αλλα θελω εξαποστειλει πυρ επι τον Ιουδαν και θελει καταφαγει τα παλατια της Ιερουσαλημ.

⁶ Ουτω λεγει Κυριος· Δια τας τρεις παραβασεις του Ισραηλ και δια τας τεσσαρας δεν θελω αποστρεψει την τιμωριαν αυτου διοτι επωλησαν τον δικαιον δι' αργυριον και τον πενητα δια ζευγος υποδηματων·

⁷ οιτινες ποθουσι να βλεπωσι την κονιν της γης επι την κεφαλην των πτωχων και εκκλινουσι την οδον των πενητων· και υιος και πατηρ αυτου υπαγουσι προς την αυτην παιδισκην, δια να βεβηλονωσι το ονομα το αγιον μου·

⁸ και πλαγιαζουσι πλησιον παντος θυσιαστηριου επι ενδυματων ενεχυριασμενων, και πινουσιν εν τω οικω των θεων αυτων τον οινον των καταδυναστευομενων.

⁹ Αλλ' εγω εξωλοθρευσα τον Αμορραιον απ' εμπροσθεν αυτων, του οποιου το υψος ητο ως το υψος των κεδρων και αυτος ισχυρος ως αι δρυς· και ηφανισα τον καρπον αυτου επανωθεν και τας ριζας αυτου υποκατωθεν.

¹⁰ Και εγω σας ανεβιβασα εκ γης Αιγυπτου και σας περιεφερον τεσσαρακοντα ετη δια της ερημου, δια να κληρονομησητε την γην του Αμορραιου.

¹¹ Και ανεστησα εκ των υιων σας δια προφητας και εκ των νεανισκων σας δια Ναζηραιους. Δεν ειναι ουτως, υιοι Ισραηλ; λεγει Κυριος.

¹² Σεις δε εποτιζετε τους Ναζηραιους οινον και προσεταξατε τους προφητας λεγοντες, Μη προφητευσητε.

¹³ Ιδου, εγω θελω καταθλιψει υμας εν τω τοπω υμων, καθως καταθλιβεται η αμαξα η πληρης δραγματων.

¹⁴ Και η φυγη θελει χαθη απο του δρομεως και ο ανδρειος δεν θελει στερεωσει την ισχυν αυτου και ο ισχυρος δεν θελει διασωσει την ψυχην αυτου,

¹⁵ και ο τοξοτης δεν θελει δυνηθη να σταθη· και ο ταχυπους να εκφυγη και ο ιππευς να σωση την ζωην αυτου,

¹⁶ και ο μεταξυ των δυνατων γενναιοκαρδιος γυμνος θελει φυγει εν εκεινη τη ημερα, λεγει Κυριος.

¹ Ακουε, Ισραηλ· συ διαβαινεις σημερον τον Ιορδανην, δια να εισελθης να κληρονομησης εθνη μεγαλητερα και ισχυροτερα σου, πολεις μεγαλας και τετειχισμενας εως του ουρανου,

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

² When 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.

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,

⁴ and 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.

⁵ But 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.

⁶ "If she is [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

⁷ and her husband hear 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.

⁸ But if her husband disallow 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.

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

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

¹¹ and 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.

¹² But 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.

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

¹⁴ But 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.

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

¹⁶ These 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.