O besedilu
Deček tat in njegova mati
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 351. Παῖς κλέπτης καὶ Μήτηρ. (S. 196. C. 48 et p. 305. F. 159.)
O izvirniku
Ezopove basni
Kratke basni, kjer živali v nekaj potezah razkrijejo človeške slabosti. Bralni jezik je English, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira Ezopove basni v jeziku Ancient Greek.
Besedilo
Deček tat in njegova mati
A boy took a schoolmate’s writing tablet from school and brought it to his mother. Far from scolding him, she praised him. The next time, he stole a cloak and brought it to her, and she approved all the more. As the boy grew older, he went on to greater crimes, until one day he was caught, bound with his arms behind his back, and led away to the executioner. His mother followed him, beating her breast, and the young man said, “I want to whisper something in my mother’s ear.” When she came close, he quickly seized her ear and cut it off. She accused him of being a wicked son, but he said, “If you had punished me when I first stole that tablet and brought it to you, I would never have come to this, nor would I now be led away to my death.” The story shows that what goes unchecked at the beginning grows into something worse.
Izvirnik
351. Παῖς κλέπτης καὶ Μήτηρ. (S. 196. C. 48 et p. 305. F. 159.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Παῖς ἐκ διδασκαλείου τὴν τοῦ συμφοιτητοῦ δέλτον ἀνελόμενος τῇ μητρὶ ἐκόμισε· τῆς δὲ οὐ μόνον αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐπιπληξάσης, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπαινεσάσης αὐτὸν, ἐκ δευτέρου ἱμάτιον κλέψας ἢνεγκεν αὐτῇ, καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐκείνη ἀπεδέξατο. Προϊὼν δὲ τοῖς χρόνοις ὁ νεανίας ἐπὶ τὰ μείζονα ἐχώρει· ληφθεὶς δέ ποτε καὶ περιαγκωνισθεὶς ἐπὶ τὸν δήμιον ἀπήγετο. Τῆς δὲ μητρὸς ἐπακολουθούσης αὐτῷ καὶ στερνοκοπουμένης, ὁ νεανίας εἶπεν· ,,θέλω τι εἰπεῖν τῇ μητρί μου εἰς τὸ οὖς·“ τῆς δὲ προσελθούσης, ταχέως ἐπελάβετο τοῦ ὠτίου αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπέκοψε. Τῆς δὲ κατηγορούσης αὐτὸν ὡς δυσσεβῆ, ἐκεῖνος ἔφη· ,,ἀλλὰ τότε, ὅτε σοὶ πρῶτον τὴν δέλτον κλέψας ἤνεγκα, εἰ ἔπληξάς με, οὐκ ἂν μέχρι τούτου ἐχώρησα, καὶ ἐπὶ θάνατον ἠγόμην.“
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι τὸ κατʼ ἀρχὰς μὴ κωλυόμενον ἐπὶ μεῖζον αὔξει.
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