- 女子的父亲要对长老说,我将我的女儿给这人为妻,他恨恶她,
- 信口说她,说,我见你的女儿没有贞洁的凭据。其实这就是我女儿贞洁的凭据。父母就把那布铺在本城的长老面前。
- 本城的长老要拿住那人,惩治他,
- 并要罚他一百舍客勒银子,给女子的父亲,因为他将丑名加在以色列的一个处女身上。女子仍作他的妻,终身不可休她。
- 但这事若是真的,女子没有贞洁的凭据,
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- The girl's father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her.
- Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town,
- and the elders shall take the man and punish him.
- They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the girl's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
- If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl's virginity can be found,
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