答:妥拉在安息日只禁有筹划的建设性劳作;无意的、结果非所愿的、或属毁坏的劳作都不在其内,作了也免责。这条限定在安息日的经文里并无明文,只写在会幕的建造上,借会幕与安息日的连系才推出来,所以说好比一发悬山。
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革玛拉答:妥拉在安息日所禁的,只是经过筹划的建设性劳作。
The Gemara answers: The Torah prohibited only planned, creative labor on Shabbat.
注:「经过筹划的劳作」原文 מְלֶאכֶת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת,语出会幕工程的经文(出埃及记 35:33,和合本作「巧工」)。
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无意而作的劳作,或结果并非所愿的,或其后果是毁坏的,都不在这一类之内。
An act of labor that is not intended, or whose result is unintended, or whose consequence is destructive, is not included in this category.
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所以用这样的方式劳作的人免负罪责。
Therefore, one who performs labor in this manner is exempt.
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而在安息日的律法中,妥拉没有一处写明禁令只限于建设性的劳作。
And limitation of the prohibition against creative labor is not written anywhere in the Torah with regard to the laws of Shabbat.
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诚然,这条原则写在会幕之事上,而会幕的建造与安息日之间有公认的释经连系。
Admittedly, this principle is written in connection with the Tabernacle, and there is an established exegetical link between the building of the Tabernacle and Shabbat.
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然而这条关乎安息日 哈拉哈 的根本原则既然没有明文,就被比作用一根头发悬起来的大山。
Nevertheless, as this fundamental principle concerning the halakhot of Shabbat does not appear explicitly, it is compared to mountains suspended by a hair.