All good things, being weak, were driven away by the evils and ascended to heaven. There they asked Zeus how they should dwell among humankind. He told them to visit people not all together, but one at a time. That is why evils, being close at hand, come upon people continually, while good things descend more slowly from heaven.
The fable shows that no one meets with good fortune quickly, but everyone is struck by evils every day.
Ἀγαθὰ πάντα ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν ἐδιώχθη, ὡς ἀσθενῆ ὄντα· εἰς οὐρανὸν δὲ ἀνῆλθον. Καὶ τἀγαθὰ ἠρώτησαν τὸν Δία, πῶς εἶναι δεῖ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων. Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, μὴ μετʼ ἀλλήλων πάντα, ἓν δὲ καθʼ ἓν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπέρχεσθαι. Διὰ τοῦτο τὰ μὲν κακὰ συνεχῆ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ὡς πλησίον ὄντα, ἐπέρχεται, τὰ δὲ ἀγαθὰ βράδιον ἐξ οὐρανοῦ κάτεισι.
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι ἀγαθῷ μὲν οὐδεὶς ταχέως ἐπιτυγχάνει, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν κακῶν ἕκαστος καθʼ ἑκάστην πλήττεται.
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