Hebrew · Jerusalem Talmud, ed. Guggenheimer (Hebrew/Aramaic)אִתֲּ מַר. אִם בְּעָלָיו עִמּוֹ לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם. מָהוּ שֶׁיִּשְׁבַּע. רִבִּי זֵירָא אָמַר. נִשְׁבָּע. רִבִּי חֲנִינָה וְרִבִּי לָא תְּרֵיהוֹן אָמְרִין. אֵינוֹ נִשְׁבָּע. מַתְנִיתָא מְסַיְיעָה לְרִבִּי חֲנִינָה וּלְרִבִּי לָא. שֶׁבֶר שְׁבוּיָה וָמֵתָה שֶׁהֵן פְּטוּרִין בְּנוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר וְהַשּׂוֹכֵר. וְהַשּׁוֹאֵל בִּבְעָלִין פָּטוּר שֶׁלֹּא בִבְעָלִים חַיָיב. אֲבֵידָה וּגְנֵיבָה שֶׁהֵן חַיָיבִין בְּנוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר וְהַשּׂוֹכֵר. לֹא כָּל שֶׁכֵּן בְּשׁוֹאֵל בִּבְעָלִין פָּטוּר שֶׁלֹּא בִבְעָלִים חַיָיב. מָאן דָּמַר. פְּשִׁיטָא שֶׁהוּא נִשְׁבָּע צְרִיכָה לֵיהּ שֶׁיְּשַׁלֵּם . רִבִּי חֲנִינָה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוּדָן. מַתְנִיתָא מְסַיְיעָה לְרִבִּי זֵירָא. שׁוֹאֵל שֶׁהֶחֱמִירָה הַתּוֹרָה עָלָיו בִּבְעָלִין פָּטוּר שֶׁלֹּא בִבְעָלִים חַיָיב. נוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר שֶׁהִיקִילָה הַתּוֹרָה עָלָיו לֹא כָּל שֶׁכֵּן בִּבְעָלִים פָּטוּר שֶׁלֹּא בִבְעָלִים חַיָיב. אִין תֵּימַר לִשְׁבוֹעָה אִיצְטְרִכָת לֵיהּ. נִיתְנֵי בְּנוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר וְהַשּׂוֹכֵר. הֲוֵוי לָא צוֹרְכָה דְלָא לְתַשְׁלוּמִין. וְקַשְׁיָא עַל הָדָא דְרִבִּי זֵירָא. שׁוֹאֵל אִם בְּעָלָיו עִמּוֹ נִשְׁבָּע. אֵין בָּעָלָיו עִמּוֹ יְשַׁלֵּם. נוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר אִם בְּעָלָיו עִמּוֹ נִשְׁבָּע. אֵין בָּעָלָיו עִמּוֹ לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם. שׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם בֵּין שֶׁהַבְּעָלִין עִמּוֹ בֵּין שֶׁאֵין הַבְּעָלִים עִמּוֹ נִשְׁבָּע. אָמַרְתָּ. דְּבָרִים שֶׁהַשּׁוֹאֵל מְשַׁלֵּם נוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר נִשְׁבָּע. דְּבָרִים שֶׁנּוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר נִשְׁבָּע שׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם יְהֵא פָטוּר. דְּבָרִים שֶׁנּוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר מְשַׁלֵּם שׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם נִשְׁבָּע. מָה אַתְּ מַתְנֵי בְּשׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם. בְּשֶׁהַבְּעָלִים עִמּוֹ. וְאִית דְּבָעֵי. מָה אַתְּ מַתְנֵי בְּשׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם וְנוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר. בֵּין שֶׁהַבְּעָלִים עִמּוֹ בֵּין שֶׁאֵין הַבְּעָלִים עִמּוֹ. אָמַר רִבִּי אַבִּין. עַל כָּל דְּבַר פֶּשַׁע. אָמַר רִבִּי מָנָא. לֹא מָצִינוּ שֶׁהִשְׁוָות הַתּוֹרָה בִּגְנֵיבָה וַאֲבֵידָה בְשׁוֹאֵל. לָכֵן נְשַׁוֶּה שׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם וְנוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר שֶׁבֶר שְׁבוּיָה וָמֵתָה.
English · Heinrich W. GuggenheimerIt was said, if its owners were with him, he does not have to pay. Does he have to swear? Rebbi Ze`ira said, he swears. Rebbi Ḥanina and Rebbi La both are saying, he does not swear. A baraita supports Rebbi Ḥanina and Rebbi La: “Breakage, abduction, and death for which he is not liable in the cases of the paid keeper and the renter, and the borrower with the owner is not liable, without the owner is liable; loss and theft where the paid keeper and the renter are liable, is it not that a fortiori the borrower be not liable with the owner but liable without the owner?” For him who says it is obvious that he swears, should he not have to pay? Rebbi Ḥanina in the name of Rebbi Yudan: A baraita supports Rebbi Ze`ira. “The borrower, for whom the Torah was restrictive, with the owner is not liable, without the owner is liable; the paid keeper, for whom the Torah was lenient, a fortiori with the owner should not be liable, without the owner should be liable.” If you are saying, his problem was swearing, he should have stated “the paid keeper and the renter.” That means he only needs it for payment. It is difficult for Rebbi Ze`ira: the borrower swears if the owner was with him; if the owner was not with him he must pay. The unpaid keeper swears, whether the owner was with him or was not with him. You are saying that where the borrower pays the paid keeper swears. Where the paid keeper swears, the unpaid keeper should not be liable. Where the paid keeper pays, the unpaid keeper swears. What do you state about an unpaid keeper when the owner be with him? But some are asking, what do you state about an unpaid and a paid keeper, whether or not the owner be with him? Rebbi Abin said, any word of criminality. Rebbi Mana said, do we not find that the Torah treated loss and theft equally for the borrower? Therefore, we shall treat breakage, abduction, and death equally both for the unpaid and the paid keepers.