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.