ה הַקּוֹרֵא אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה בְּלֹא כַּוָּנָה לֹא יָצָא. כֵּיצַד. הָיָה כּוֹתְבָהּ אוֹ דּוֹרְשָׁהּ אוֹ מַגִּיהָהּ אִם כִּוֵּן אֶת לִבּוֹ לָצֵאת בִּקְרִיאָה זוֹ יָצָא וְאִם לֹא כִּוִּן לִבּוֹ לֹא יָצָא. קָרָא וְהוּא מִתְנַמְנֵם הוֹאִיל וְלֹא נִרְדַּם בַּשֵּׁנָה יָצָא:
5 If a man read the Megillah without due intention, he has not discharged his duty. If, for example, while copying the Megillah, or expounding it, or proof-reading it, he intended to fulfill his duty with this reading, he has discharged his obligation; if he did not so intend, he has not fulfilled his duty. How is this? [If] he was writing it, or explicating it, or examining it: If he intended to fulfill [his obligation] with this reading, he has fulfilled [it]. But if he did not intend [to fulfill it], he did not fulfilled [it. If] he read and he was dozing off: Since he did not [actually] fall sleep, he has fulfilled [his obligation].