Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nezikin/Tractate Shevuot/Chapter 2/3

Hebrew Text

נטמא בעזרה,

ונעלמה ממנו טומאה וזכור למקדש,

נעלם ממנו מקדש וזכור לטומאה,

נעלמו ממנו זה וזה;

השתחווה או ששהה כדי השתחוויה,

ובא לו בארוכה –

חייב;

בקצרה –

פטור.

זו היא מצות עשה שבמקדש שאין חייבין עליה.

English Translation

If one became impure in the Courtyard,

and 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;

[if] he prostrated or waited long enough to prostrate,

or he came [to the exit] by the long[er] way –

He is liable;

[if he came to the exit] by the short[er] way –

He is exempt.

This is a positive commandment in the Temple that one is not liable for.