It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.

你许愿不还，不如不许。

你许愿不还，不如不许。

你许愿不还，不如不许。

与其许了愿不还，倒不如不许。

许愿不还，不如不许。

不许愿，好过许了愿却不偿还。

你許願不還，不如不許。

你許願不還，不如不許。

你許願不還，不如不許。

與其許了願不還，倒不如不許。

許願不還，不如不許。

許願不還，不如不許。

不許願，好過許了願卻不償還。

許願不償、寧不許願、

寧勿許願、毋許而不償。

勿信口而言、使身陷於罪、勿於使者使者即祭司前云、所言誤也、恐天主因爾之言言原文作聲震怒、敗爾手所作者、

It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.

It is not good to make a promise and not keep it. It is better to make no promise at all.

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.

It is better that you not vow, than vow and not pay.

Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.

Better[ is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Don’t trap yourself by making a rash promise to God and only later counting the cost.

The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”

However, it is not a sin to refrain from making a vow.