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Mladeniča in kuhar

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Mladeniča in kuhar

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
301. Νεανίσκοι καὶ Μάγειρος. (S. 66. F. 60. C. p. 293.)

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

Mladeniča in kuhar

Two young men were buying meat together. When the butcher’s attention was elsewhere, one of them stole a piece of meat and slipped it into the folds of the other’s robe. When the butcher turned back and began looking for it and making accusations, the one who had taken it swore that he did not have it, while the one who had it swore that he had not taken it. The butcher saw through their trickery and said, “You may deceive me with your false oaths, but you will not deceive the gods.” The fable shows that perjury is just as impious however cleverly one contrives it.

Izvirnik

301. Νεανίσκοι καὶ Μάγειρος. (S. 66. F. 60. C. p. 293.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Δύο νεανίσκοι ἐν ταὐτῷ κρέας ὠνοῦντο. Καὶ δὴ τοῦ μαγείρου περισπασθέντος, ὁ ἕτερος ὑφελόμενος τὸ κρέας εἰς τοῦ ἑτέρου τὸν κόλπον καθῆκεν αὐτό. Ἐπι- στραφέντος δὲ τοῦ μαγείρου καὶ ἐπιζητοῦντος ἐκεῖνόν τε αἰτιωμένου, ὁ μὲν εἰληφὼς ὤμνυε μὴ ἔχειν, ὁ δὲ ἔχων μὴ εἰληφέναι· καὶ ὁ μάγειρος αἰσθόμενος αὐτῶν τὴν κακοτεχνίαν, ἔφη· ,,ἀλλὰ κἂν ἐμὲ λάθητε ἐπιορκοῦντες, θεοὺς μέντοι οὐ λήσετε.“

Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι ἡ αὐτή ἐστιν ἡ ἀσέβεια τῆς ἐπιορκίας, κἂν αὐτήν τις κατασκευάζηται.