——难道有什么事是我们自己办不得、而我们的使者倒办得的么?使者的本分,是替委派他的人办事。委派他的人自己办不得的,使者也办不得。以色列人既不可进祭司的院子、不可办献祭的礼,可见众祭司并不是代表以色列人的使者。密释纳里公会长老称大祭司为自己的使者,那措辞看着与这一层相碍。革玛拉答:他们对他所说的乃是这个意思:我们是按我们的心意、并公会的心意叫你起誓——这是提醒他:他不可拿「我起誓时心里另有解法」作托辞而违了这誓。他是受公会的心意所约束的。密释纳并没有论到大祭司作使者是哪一样的作使者。
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——难道有什么事是我们自己办不得、而我们的使者倒办得的么?
is there any matter that we are unable to perform and our agents are able to perform?
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使者的本分,是替委派他的人办事。
The role of the agent is to perform a task on behalf of the one who commissioned him.
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委派他的人自己办不得的,使者也办不得。
The agent cannot perform a task that the one who commissioned him is unable to perform.
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以色列人既不可进祭司的院子、不可办献祭的礼,可见众祭司并不是代表以色列人的使者。
Since it is prohibited for Israelites to enter the priests’ courtyard and to perform the sacrificial rites, clearly the priests are not agents representing the Israelites.
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密释纳里公会长老称大祭司为自己的使者,那措辞看着与这一层相碍。
The language of the mishna in which the court Elders address the High Priest as their agent apparently contradicts that understanding.
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革玛拉答:他们对他所说的乃是这个意思:我们是按我们的心意、并公会的心意叫你起誓——这是提醒他:他不可拿「我起誓时心里另有解法」作托辞而违了这誓。
The Gemara answers: This is what they say to him: We administer an oath to you according to our understanding and the understanding of the court, cautioning him that he cannot rationalize violating the oath by claiming that he took the oath based on his own interpretation.
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他是受公会的心意所约束的。
He is bound by the understanding of the court.
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密释纳并没有论到大祭司作使者是哪一样的作使者。
The mishna does not address the nature of the High Priest’s agency.