Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nezikin/Tractate Shevuot/Chapter 2/1

Hebrew Text

 * ידיעות הטומאה שתיים, שהן ארבע:


 * נטמא וידע,
 * נעלמה ממנו טומאה וזכור לקודש,
 * נעלם ממנו קודש וזכור לטומאה,
 * נעלמו ממנו זה וזה;
 * אכל את הקודש ולא ידע,
 * משאכל ידע –
 * הרי זה בעולה ויורד.


 * נטמא וידע,
 * נעלמה ממנו טומאה וזכור למקדש,
 * נעלם ממנו מקדש וזכור לטומאה,
 * נעלמו ממנו זה וזה;
 * נכנס למקדש ולא ידע,
 * משיצא ידע –
 * הרי זה בעולה ויורד.

English Translation

 * The [types of] [sin involving] recognitions of impurity are two, which are [really] four:


 * If one became impure, and knew it,
 * [then] the impurity became unknown to him, [but] he remembered [that something was] holy,
 * [or] [the fact that something was] holy became unknown to him, [but] he remembered the impurity,
 * [or else] both this and that became unknown to him;
 * [then] he ate the holy [item], and [still] did not know [one or the other],
 * [but] after he ate he recognized [what he had forgotten] –
 * this is [atoned for] by a variable sin-offering.


 * If [one] became impure, and knew it,
 * [then] the impurity became unknown to him, [but] he remembered [about] the Temple,
 * [or] the Temple became unknown to him, [but] he remembered the impurity,
 * [or else] both this and that became unknown to him;
 * [then] he entered the Temple, and [still] did not know [one or the other],
 * [but] after he exited he recognized [what he had forgotten] –
 * this is [atoned for] by a variable sin-offering.

