Prevod
A farmer, nearing death and wishing to teach his children the art of farming, called them to him and said, “My children, a treasure lies buried in one of my vineyards.” After his death, they took plowshares and mattocks and dug up all their farmland. They found no treasure, but the vines rewarded them with a harvest many times greater than before.
The fable shows that hard work is a treasure to humankind.
Izvirnik
Ἀνὴρ γεωργὸς μέλλων τελευτᾶν καὶ βουλόμενος τοὺς αὐτοῦ παῖδας ἐμπείρους ποιῆσαι τῆς γεωργίας, μετακαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς ἔφη· ,,τεκνία μου, ἐν ἐνί μου τῶν ἀμπελώνων θησαυρὸς ἀπόκειται.“ Οἱ δὲ μετὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ τελευτὴν ὕννας τε καὶ δικέλλας λαβόντες πᾶσαν αὐτῶν τὴν γεωργίαν ὤρυξαν, καὶ τὸν μὲν θησαυρὸν οὐχ εὗρον, ἡ δʼ ἄμπελος πολλαπλασίονα τὴν φορὰν αὐτοῖς ἀντεδίδου.
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι ὁ κάματος θησαυρός ἐστι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις