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Kmet in štorklja

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Kmet in štorklja

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
100. Γεωργὸς καὶ Πελαργός. (C. 172 et p.358. F. 76. B. 13.)

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

Kmet in štorklja

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

100. Γεωργὸς καὶ Πελαργός. (C. 172 et p.358. F. 76. B. 13.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

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.