God, I have made promises to you. I will bring my thank offerings to you.

神啊，我向你所许的愿在我身上；我要将感谢祭献给你。

上帝啊，我要向你还所许的愿，我要以感谢祭回报你；

神啊，我要向你还所许的愿，我要以感谢祭回报你；

上帝啊，我要恪守向你发的誓言，献上感恩祭。

神啊！我要偿还我向你所许的愿，我要把感谢祭献给你。

神哪，我向你所许的愿在我身上，我要用感谢祭向你偿还！

神啊，我向你所許的願在我身上；我要將感謝祭獻給你。

上帝啊，我要向你還所許的願，我要以感謝祭回報你；

神啊，我要向你還所許的願，我要以感謝祭回報你；

上帝啊，我要恪守向你發的誓言，獻上感恩祭。

神啊！我要償還我向你所許的願，我要把感謝祭獻給你。

上帝啊，我向你許的願老在我身上；我要將感謝祭還給你。

神哪，我向你所許的願在我身上，我要用感謝祭向你償還！

上帝歟、我負所許之願、必獻酬恩之祭於爾兮、

上帝兮、昔我許願、後必償之、祝謝靡已兮、

我於天主前許願、我必將感謝祭、奉獻主前、

血氣之倫。其如予何。

I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you.

I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.

I will fulfill my vows to you, O God, and will offer a sacrifice of thanks for your help.

I am obligated by vows to you, God; I will make my thanksgiving sacrifices to you.

Your vows are binding upon me, God; I will render thanksgiving offerings to You.

Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God; I will render praises to You,

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank- offerings unto thee.

I am obligated by vows to You, God; I will make my thank offerings to You.

Thy vows[ are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,

Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

Lord, I will give thanks to you with all my heart. I will tell about all the wonderful things you have done.I will be glad and full of joy because of you. Most High God, I will sing the praises of your name.My enemies turn back. They fall down and die right in front of you.

Bring me thank offerings, because I am your God. Carry out the promises you made to me, because I am the Most High God.

Then God said to Jacob,“ Go up to Bethel and live there. Build an altar there to honor me. That’s where I appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”So Jacob spoke to his family and to everyone with him. He said,“ Get rid of the statues of false gods you have with you. Make yourselves pure by washing and changing your clothes.Come, let’s go up to Bethel. There I’ll build an altar to honor God. He answered me when I was in trouble. He’s been with me everywhere I’ve gone.”

Make promises to the Lord your God and keep them. Let all the neighboring nations bring gifts to the God who should be respected.

In front of all the Lord’ s people, I will do what I promised him.The Lord pays special attention when his faithful people die.Lord, I serve you. I serve you just as my mother did. You have set me free from the chains of my suffering.Lord, I will sacrifice a thank offering to you. I will worship you.In front of all the Lord’ s people, I will do what I promised him.I will keep my promise in the courtyards of the Lord’ s temple. I will keep my promise in Jerusalem itself. Praise the Lord.

Then Jacob made a promise. He said,“ May God be with me. May he watch over me on this journey I’m taking. May he give me food to eat and clothes to wear.May he do as he has promised so that I can return safely to my father’s home. Then you, Lord, will be my God.This stone I’ve set up as a sacred stone will be God’s house. And I’ll give you a tenth of everything you give me.”

When the boy didn’t need her to breast- feed him anymore, she took him with her to Shiloh. She took him there even though he was still very young. She brought him to the Lord’ s house. She brought along a bull that was three years old. She brought 36 pounds of flour. She also brought a bottle of wine. The bottle was made out of animal skin.After the bull was sacrificed, Elkanah and Hannah brought the boy to Eli.Hannah said to Eli,“ Pardon me, sir. I’m the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. And that’s just as sure as you are alive.I prayed for this child. The Lord has given me what I asked him for.So now I’m giving him to the Lord. As long as he lives he’ll be given to the Lord.” And there Eli worshiped the Lord.

When you make a promise to God, don’t wait too long to carry it out. He isn’t pleased with foolish people. So do what you have promised.It is not good to make a promise and not keep it. It is better to make no promise at all.Don’t let your mouth cause you to sin. Don’t say to the temple messenger,“ My promise was a mistake.” Why should God be angry with what you say? Why should he destroy what you have done?

I have made a promise to follow your laws, because they are right.

But I will sing about your strength. In the morning I will sing about your love. You are like a fort to me. You keep me safe in times of trouble.You give me strength. I sing praise to you. God, you are like a fort to me. You are my God, and I can depend on you.

She made a promise to him. She said,“ Lord, you rule over all. Please see how I’m suffering! Show concern for me! Don’t forget about me! Please give me a son! If you do, I’ll give him back to the Lord. Then he will serve the Lord all the days of his life. He’ll never use a razor on his head. He’ll never cut his hair.”

I will come to your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my promises to you.I made them with my lips. My mouth spoke them when I was in trouble.

Suppose 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.“ 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.Suppose 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.But 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.“ Suppose she gets married after she makes a special promise. Or she gets married after agreeing to do something without thinking it through.Suppose 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.But 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.“ 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.“ Suppose a woman living with her husband makes a special promise. Or she gives her word to do something.Suppose 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.But 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.Her 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.But 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.But 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.”These 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.

Lord, may you be honored because you are strong. We will sing and praise your might.

In days to come, the people of Israel will sing,“ Lord, we will praise you. You were angry with us. But now your anger has turned away from us. And you have brought us comfort.