Sotah 32B

ולנו במקומן.

to Gilgal and slept in their lodging place.

גמ׳ פרשת סוטה מנלן? דכתיב: ״ואמר הכהן לאשה״⁠ — בכל לשון שהוא אומר.

Talmud: From where do we derive that the portion of the warning and the oath administered by the priest to a sota can be recited in any language? As it is written: “And the priest should say to the woman” (Numbers 5:21), which indicates: In any language that he speaks.

תנו רבנן: משמיעין אותה בכל לשון שהיא שומעת, על מה היא שותה, ובמה היא שותה. על מה נטמאת, ובמה היא נטמאת.

A baraita states (Tosefta 2:1): The priest informs the sota in any language that she can hear and understand for what reason she must drink the bitter water of a sota, and from what vessel she will drink, on account of what actions she is considered to be defiled and in what way she defiled herself.

על מה היא שותה ⁠— על עסקי קינוי וסתירה, ובמה היא שותה ⁠— במקידה של חרש.

For what reason must she drink the bitter water? She must drink it on account of the matter of the warning given to her by her husband, and her subsequent seclusion. And from what vessel does she drink? She drinks from a mekeida, a simple vessel, of clay.

על מה נטמאת ⁠— על עסקי שחוק וילדות. ובמה היא נטמאת ⁠— בשוגג או במזיד, באונס [או] ברצון. וכל כך למה ⁠— שלא להוציא לעז על מים המרים.

On account of what actions is she considered to be defiled? It is on account of matters of levity and immaturity. And in what way did she defile herself? The priest must explain to her that there is a difference between whether she acted unwittingly or intentionally, and whether she acted due to circumstances beyond her control, or whether she acted willingly. And why does all of this need to be explained to her? In order not to cast aspersions on the bitter water of a sota, as, if she committed adultery unwittingly or due to circumstances beyond her control, the water will not affect her.