Waltey

Prevod

Some people sacrificed an ox in the countryside and invited their relatives to the feast. Among them was a poor woman with her son. The boy stuffed himself with meat and, in pain, cried out, “Mother, I’m throwing up my insides!” She replied, “Not yours, child, but the ones you ate.” This fable applies to a debtor who readily takes what belongs to others, but when asked to repay it, is as distressed as though he were parting with his own possessions.

Izvirnik

Βοῦν τινες ἐπʼ ἀγρῷ θύσαντες, τοὺς συγγενεῖς εκαλεσαν· ἐν δὲ τούτοις ἦν καὶ γυνὴ πενιχρὰ, μεθʼ ἧς καὶ ὁ παῖς. Τὸ δὲ παιδίον, τῶν κρεῶν πλήσας τὴν γαστέρα καὶ ὀδυνώμενος, ἔλεγεν· ,,ὦ μῆτερ, ἐμῶ τὰ σπλάγχνα.“ δὲ εἶπεν· ,,οὐχὶ τὰ σὰ, τέκνον, ἃ δὲ κατέφαγες.“

Ὁ λόγος πρὸς ἄνδρα χρεωφειλέτην, ὅστις ἑτοίμως τὰ ἀλλότρια λαμβάνων, ὅταν ἀπαιτηθῇ, οὕτως ἄχθεται, ὡς οἴκοθεν προῖέμενος.

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