(接上面未完的一句)——他又是在安息年里犁地(那一年不可作农工),又是在节期日里犁;再者,犁地的这人是祭司,又是拿细耳人,所犁的又是一处不洁之地,就是坟地——祭司与拿细耳人不可踏死人的葬处而染不洁,故他单是走过这田,便已犯了两条。我们若用「既然」这一条,他节期日里犁地便不当受罚了,因他所松的土宜于盖鸟血。人宰了鸟或野兽,按托拉之律当把血盖上;既有可能他要宰许多这样的兽或鸟,而土不够盖血,他这一犁便或许帮上了盖血的事,故这一犁在节期里便不该算作禁作之工。
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——他又是在安息年里犁地,那一年本不可作农工;又是在节期日里犁。
And he is plowing during the Sabbatical year, when agricultural labor is prohibited, on a Festival.
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再者,犁地的这人是祭司,又是拿细耳人,所犁的又是一处不洁之地,就是坟地。
Additionally, the person plowing is a priest and a nazirite, and he is plowing a place of ritual impurity, i.e., a burial site.
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祭司与拿细耳人不可踏在死人的葬处而染不洁。
It is prohibited for a priest and a nazirite to become impure by walking over the burial spot of a corpse.
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故他单是走过这田,便已犯了两条。
Therefore, the one plowing commits two transgressions simply by traversing the field.
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我们若用「既然」这一条道理,他节期日里犁地便不当受罚了,因他所松的土宜于盖鸟血。
And if we say the principle: Since, etc., he should not be liable for plowing on a Festival, since the dirt he loosens is fit for covering the blood of a bird.
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人宰了鸟或野兽,按托拉之律当把那血盖上。
One who slaughters a bird or a non-domesticated animal is required by Torah law to cover the blood.
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既有可能他要宰许多这样的兽或鸟,而土不够盖血,他这一犁便或许帮上了盖血的事。
Since it is possible that one will need to slaughter many such animals or birds and will not have enough dirt to cover their blood, his plowing may end up facilitating covering the blood.
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既是这样,这一犁在节期里便不该算作禁作之工。
Therefore, it should not be considered a prohibited labor on the Festival.