Waltey

Prevod

A farmer set traps in a field. He caught the cranes that were destroying his seed, and with them he caught a stork. Limping, the stork begged to be released, saying, “I am not a crane. I am a stork, a most dutiful creature: I honor my father and serve him. Look at my plumage, too—how different it is!” But the farmer replied, “I do not know what you are talking about. I caught you with them, and with them I will put you to death.” It is wise to shun wicked people and keep no company with them, lest you share in their perils.

Izvirnik

Ἐν ἀρούρᾳ παγίδας γεωργὸς ἔστησε. Θηρεύσας δὲ γεράνους, τούς τὸν σπόρον φθείροντας, σὺν αὐτοῖς καὶ πελαργὸν εἰλήφει. Ὁ δὲ χωλεύων ἱκέτευεν ἀφεθῆναι λέγων· ,,οὐ γάρ εἰμι γέρανος· πελαργός εἰμι, εὐσεβέστατον ζῶον, ὃς τιμῶ τὸν πατέρα καὶ δουλεύω· ἴδε καὶ τὴν χροιὰν, ὡς οὐχ ὁμοία.“ Ὁ δʼ ἔφη· ,,οὐκ οἶδα τί λέγεις· ἐγὼ σὺν οἷς εἴληφά σε, μετʼ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπολέσω.“

Ὅτι καλόν ἐστι φεύγειν, καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖν ἀνδράσι κακοῖς, μή πως κινδύνοις σύν αὐτοῖς ἐμπέσῃς.

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