O besedilu
Kmet in drevo
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- Ezopove basni
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- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 102. Γεωργὸς καὶ Θυτόν. (C. 173. F.266.)
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 drevo
In a farmer’s field stood a tree that bore no fruit, serving only as a refuge for chirping sparrows and cicadas. The farmer decided to cut it down because it was barren, and, taking up his axe, struck it. The cicadas and sparrows begged him not to destroy their refuge, but to leave it standing so that they could sing in it and delight him with their songs. He paid them no heed, however, and struck a second and a third blow. But when he cut into a hollow in the tree, he found a swarm of bees and some honey. After tasting the honey, he threw down his axe and tended the tree, cherishing it as sacred.
People are by nature less inclined to love and honor what is right than to pursue what is profitable.
Izvirnik
102. Γεωργὸς καὶ Θυτόν. (C. 173. F.266.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Φυτὸν ἦν εἰς γεωργοῦ χώραν, καρπὸν μὴ φέρον, ἀλλὰ μόνον στρουθῶν καὶ τεττίγων κελαδούντων ἠν καταφυγή. Ὁ δὲ γεωργὸς ὡς ἄκαρπον ἐκτέμνειν ἤμελλε· καὶ δὴ τὸν πέλεκυν λαβών ἐπέφερε τὴν πληγήν. Οἱ δὲ τέττιγες καὶ οἱ στρουθοὶ ἱκέτευον τὴν καταφυγὴν αὐτῶν μὴ ἐκκόψαι, ἀλλʼ ἐᾶσαι, ὥστε ᾄδειν ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν γεωργὸν τέρπειν. Ὁ δὲ μηδὲν αὐτῶν φροντίσας, καὶ δευτέραν πληγὴν καὶ τρίτην ἐπέφερε. ῾Ως δὲ ἐκοίλανε τὸ δένδρον, σμῆνος μελισσῶν καὶ μέλι εὗρε. Γευσάμενος δὲ τὸν πέλεκυν ἔῤῥιψε, καὶ τὸ φῦ τὸν ἐτίμα ὡς ἱερὸν, καὶ ἐπεμελεῖτο.
Ὅτι οὐ τοσοῦτον οἱ ἄνθρωποι φύσει τὸ δίκαιον ἀγαπῶσι καὶ τιμῶσιν, ὅσον τὸ κερδαλέον ἐπιδιώκουσιν.
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