——好叫它迟些腐坏。照样,死者的下颏若正张开,可把它系住;不可去挪它、要它复回原处,只可拦住它不再张下去。照样,房梁若在安息日断了,可用凳子或床上的长杆撑住它;不可去挪它、要那梁复回原处,只可拦住它不再落下去。
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——好叫它迟些腐坏。
to delay its decomposition.
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照样,死者的下颏若正张开,可把它系住。
Similarly, one may tie the jaw of a corpse that is in the process of opening.
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不可去挪它、要它复回原处,只可拦住它不再张下去。
One may not move it directly so that it will rise back to its original position, but so that it will not continue to open.
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照样,房梁若在安息日断了,可用凳子或床上的长杆撑住它。
And similarly, if one has a roof beam that has broken on Shabbat, one may support it with a bench or with long poles from a bed.
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不可去挪它、要那梁复回原处,只可拦住它不再落下去。
One may not move it so that the beam will rise back to its original place, but so that it will not continue to fall.