Translation:Mishnah/Seder Kodashim/Tractate Kinnim/Chapter 1/2

Note
In the Vilna edition of the Mishnah, this text is part of mishnah 1. The mishnah 2 of the Vilna edition appears here as mishnah 3.

Hebrew Text

 * סדר קינים כך הוא:
 * החובה – אחד חטאת ואחד עולה.
 * בנדרים ובנדבות – כולם עולות.


 * איזה הוא נדר? האומר "הרי עליי עולה."
 * ואיזה הוא נדבה? האומר "הרי זו עולה."


 * מה בין נדרים לנדבות?
 * אלא שהנדרים, מתו או נגנבו, חייב באחריותן;
 * ונדבות, מתו או נגנבו, אינו חייב באחריותן.

English Translation

 * This is the scheme for [offering] bird-pairs:
 * The [bird-pair offering which is] obligatory – one is a sin-offering, and one is an elevation-offering.
 * For [birds which are] vowed sacrifices and donations – they are all elevation-offerings.


 * Which is a vowed sacrifice? One who says, "I am hereby obligated to bring an elevation-offering."
 * Which is a donation? One who says, "This [animal] is hereby an elevation-offering."


 * What is the [practical] difference between vowed sacrifices and donations?
 * Only that [if] vowed sacrifices died or were stolen, [the owner] is liable to pay for a replacement;
 * [whereas if] donations died or were stolen, [the owner] is not liable to pay for a replacement.

