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.