(续上)……分歧在于关锁第二周的人:拉比梅伊尔 认为由祭司斟酌,洁净就宣告洁净,不洁可以缄默;拉比约西 据利未记「可以定为洁净,或是不洁净」认为祭司不可缄默,定洁净是义务,定不洁也是义务。
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……是论一个疑似患大麻风、已在关锁第二周的人。
it is with regard to a suspected leper who is already in his second week of quarantine.
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一位贤者,就是 拉比梅伊尔,认为这事由祭司斟酌:那人若查得洁净,祭司就宣告他洁净;若查得不洁,祭司可以保持缄默。
One Sage, Rabbi Meir, holds that the matter depends upon the discretion of the priest; if he is found ritually pure, the priest declares him pure, and if he is found ritually impure, the priest can remain silent.
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只要祭司不宣告那受患的人不洁,他就不成为不洁。
As long as the priest does not declare the affected individual ritually impure, he does not become impure.
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另一位贤者,就是 拉比约西,认为既然经上写着:「这就是……大麻风灾病的条例,可以定为洁净,或是不洁净」(利未记 13:59),祭司就不许缄默;正如那人洁净时,祭司有义务宣告他洁净,照样,他的症状显示不洁时,祭司也必须宣告他不洁。
And one Sage, Rabbi Yosei, holds that since it is written: “This is the law of the plague of leprosy…to pronounce it pure or to pronounce it impure” (Leviticus 13:59), the priest is not permitted to be silent; just as he is obligated to declare him pure when that is the case, so too, he is bound to declare him impure when his symptoms indicate impurity.