所争的实是挂在架上或搁在门后的情形:以利以谢 以为未废,Yehoshua 以为已废,Akiva 两下各从一说。
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他若把它收在匣里,人人都以为它能沾不洁,因为他既把布收在匣里,可见他当它要紧,留着还要用。
If one placed it in a box, everyone agrees that it can become ritually impure because his placing the cloth in a box indicates that he considers the cloth significant and is keeping it in order to use it.
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他们所争的,单是把那衣料挂在晾架——就是墙上的木橛——上,或是搁在门后的情形。
They only disagreed in a case where one hung the garment on a dryer, i.e., a stake in the wall, or where he placed it behind a door.
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拉比以利以谢 主张:他既没有把它扔进垃圾堆,可见他心里还惦着它,还打算用它。
Rabbi Eliezer held: From the fact that he did not throw it in the garbage dump, it is certainly on his mind and he is planning to use it.
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那么他何以称它作「没有备下」呢?
And what is the reason that he called it not prepared?
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那是比着收在匣里的布说的——比起那样的,这块便不算备妥可用。
It is because, relative to a cloth placed in a box, it is not considered prepared for use.
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拉比约书亚 则主张:他既没有把它收在匣里,可见他断然已废了它作衣料的身分。
And Rabbi Yehoshua held that since he did not place it in a box, certainly he has negated its garment status.
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那么他何以称它作「备下了」呢?
And what is the reason that he called it prepared?
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那是比着扔进垃圾里的说的——比起那样的,这一块算是备着可用,虽说实在已经废了。
Because relative to one thrown in the garbage, this garment is prepared for use, although, in fact, the cloth has already been negated.
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至于 拉比阿奇瓦:挂在晾架上那一样,他从 拉比以利以谢 的意思,以为还没有废、所以能沾不洁。
And Rabbi Akiva, in the case where he hung it on a dryer, held in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Eliezer that one has not yet negated it from use and it can therefore become ritually impure.
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搁在门后那一样,他从 拉比约书亚 的意思,以为他这样一搁便废了它作衣料的身分,此后不能再沾不洁。
In the case where he placed it behind a door, Rabbi Akiva held in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehoshua that, in doing so, he negated its garment status, and it can no longer become ritually impure.