If a man saw someone harming his friend, whether robbing him, wronging him, or causing him damage, whether the one robbed or caused damage knew of it or not — or if he shamed him or aggrieved him, or wronged him with words — and it became known to him clearly that he did not return the theft or reimburse him for the damage and did not beseech him to forgive his transgression — even if he saw this thing by himself, he can relate it to others in order to help the one who was wronged and to condemn these evil deeds before men; but he must take care that there not be lacking the following seven details which we shall now explain:
(א) אִם אֶחָד רָאָה אָדָם, שֶׁעָשָׂה עַוְלָה לַחֲבֵרוֹ, כְּגוֹן שֶׁגְּזָלוֹ אוֹ עֲשָׁקוֹ אוֹ הִזִּיקוֹ, בֵּין אִם הַנִּגְזָל וְהַנִּזָּק (ב) יוֹדְעִים מִזֶּה אוֹ לֹא. אוֹ שֶׁבִּיְּשׁוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁצִּעֲרוֹ וְהוֹנָה אוֹתוֹ בִּדְבָרִים. (ג) וְנוֹדַע לוֹ בְּבֵרוּר, שֶׁלֹּא הֵשִׁיב לוֹ אֶת הַגְּזֵלָה וְלֹא שִׁלֵּם לוֹ אֶת נִזְקוֹ (ד) וְלֹא בִּקֵּשׁ פָּנָיו לְהַעֲבִיר לוֹ עַל עֲוֹנוֹ, אֲפִלּוּ רָאָה דָּבָר זֶה בִּיחִידִי, יָכוֹל לְסַפֵּר הַדְּבָרִים לִבְנֵי אָדָם כְּדֵי לַעֲזֹר לַאֲשֶׁר אָשַׁם לוֹ וּלְגַנּוֹת הַמַּעֲשִׂים הָרָעִים בִּפְנִי הַבְּרִיוֹת, אַךְ יִזָּהֵר, שֶׁלֹּא יַחְסְרוּ אֵלּוּ הַשִּׁבְעָה פְּרָטִים, שֶׁנְּבָאֲרֵם בְּסָמוּךְ.
If a man saw someone harming his friend, whether robbing him, wronging him, or causing him damage, whether the one robbed or caused damage knew of it or not — or if he shamed him or aggrieved him, or wronged him with words — and it became known to him clearly that he did not return the theft or reimburse him for the damage and did not beseech him to forgive his transgression — even if he saw this thing by himself, he can relate it to others in order to help the one who was wronged and to condemn these evil deeds before men; but he must take care that there not be lacking the following seven details which we shall now explain: