来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景第3集第3集》

He couldn't legally own the money;

奴隶不能合法持有钱财
his master legally owned everything the slave owned.

主人可以合法占有奴隶的所有财产
But, practically, and in some legal contexts,

实际上
what they would do is they'd allow the slave the use of that

主人允许奴隶使用这些钱财
money, and that's called the peculium.

法律用语中叫做特有财产
Now when this slave is freed, by the owner,

奴隶被主人释放后
the slave could take the peculium with him,

他会用特有财产
and then he could set up his own business,

做个小生意
but he'd still be a client of the owner,

但依然是主人的"被庇护人"
because he's still officially part of his household.

因为他仍隶属于该家族
So this maintained, even when--why would a person

维持着这样的关系那为什么奴隶主
free a slave?

要释放奴隶