Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 3/5/Translation

If one stands in prayer and remembers that he is a baal keri,

He does not stop praying, but abridges the prayer.

If he went down to immerse in a mikvah,

If he is able to come up, cover himself and do it before he sees the sun blossom –

He comes up, covers himself and recites the Shema.

But if he is not able to do so –

He covers himself in waters and recites.

But he does not cover himself,

Not in foul waters.

Nor in water in which flax soaked.

Until he puts more water into it.

And how far from filth must he be?

Four cubits.(forearm)