Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nezikin/Tractate Shevuot/Chapter 1/6
Introduction
editHebrew Text
edit- ועל זדון טומאת מקדש וקודשיו,
- שעיר הנעשה בפנים ויום הכיפורים מכפר;
- ועל שאר עבירות שבתורה –
- הקלות והחמורות,
- הזדונות והשגגות,
- הודע ולא הודע,
- עשה ולא תעשה,
- כרתות ומיתות בית דין –
- שעיר המשתלח מכפר.
English Translation
edit- For an intentional sin involving the impurity of the Temple and its sacred objects,
- the he-goat which [has its blood service] performed Inside and the Day of Atonement atone;
- For the other transgressions in the Torah –
- minor ones and major ones,
- intentional ones and unintentional ones,
- where one found out [about it] [later] or did not find out,
- a positive commandment or a negative commandment,
- ones [punishable by] excision and ones [punishable by] capital punishment –
- the Sent He-goat atones.
Explanation
editexcision: The punishment of excision, or karet, is the subject of some dispute among rabbinic authorities. It either represents an early death, childlessness, or a post-mortem spiritual punishment.
Sent He-goat: A unique service performed on Yom Kippur, the Sent He-goat is selected out of a pair by lottery, after which it is sent off to "carry the sins" of Israel to the wilderness; there it is killed by a fall from a cliff. The other of the pair is, at the same time, designated as the he-goat whose service is performed in the Holy of Holies. (See Leviticus 16:5–22)