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״מת״ – והוא שנשבר או נשבה או נגנב או אבד; ״נשבר״ – והוא שמת או נשבה או נגנב או אבד; ״נשבה״ – והוא שמת או נשבר או נגנב או אבד; ״נגנב״ – והוא שמת או נשבר או נשבה או אבד; ״אבד״ – והוא שמת או נשבר או נשבה או נגנב; ״משביעך אני״, ואמר ״אמן״ – פטור.
It died, but the truth was that it was injured or captured or stolen or lost; or if he responded: It was injured, but the truth was that it died or was captured or stolen or lost; or if he responded: It was captured, but the truth was that it died or was injured or stolen or lost; or if he responded: It was stolen, but the truth was that it died or was injured or captured or lost; or if he responded: It was lost, but the truth was that it died or was injured or captured or stolen, in any of the above cases, if the owner of the ox said: I administer an oath to you concerning your claim, and the borrower said: Amen, he is exempt from bringing an offering for his false oath, since the oath did not render him exempt from liability to pay. He would have been liable to pay in any case.
״היכן שורי?״ אמר לו: ״איני יודע מה אתה סח״ – והוא שמת או נשבר או נשבה או נגנב או נאבד; ״משביעך אני״, ואמר ״אמן״ – חייב.
But if the owner said to the borrower: Where is my ox? And the borrower said to him: I do not know what you are talking about, but the truth was that it died or was injured or captured or stolen or lost, and the owner said: I administer an oath to you concerning your claim, and the borrower said: Amen, the borrower is liable to bring a guilt-offering, as he took an oath that would render him exempt from liability to pay.
אמר לנושא שכר והשוכר: ״היכן שורי?״ אמר לו: ״מת״ – והוא שנשבר או נשבה; ״נשבר״ – והוא שמת או נשבה; ״נשבה״ – והוא שמת או נשבר; ״נגנב״ – והוא שאבד; ״אבד״ – והוא שנגנב; ״משביעך אני״, ואמר ״אמן״ – פטור.
If an owner said to a paid bailee or a renter: Where is my ox? And the latter said to him: It died, but the truth was that it was injured or captured; or if he said: It was injured, but the truth was that it died or was captured; or if he said: It was captured, but the truth was that it died or was injured; or if he said: It was stolen, but the truth was that it was lost; or if he said: It was lost, but the truth was that it was stolen, and the owner said: I administer an oath to you concerning your claim, and he said: Amen, the paid bailee or renter is exempt from bringing a guilt-offering.