O besedilu
Mravlja in hrošč
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 295. Μύρμηξ καὶ Κάνθαρος. (S. 111. F. 84. C. 244 et p. 384.)
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
Mravlja in hrošč
In summer, an ant went about the field gathering wheat and barley, storing up food for the winter. A beetle saw him and marveled at his industry, since he was toiling at the very season when all the other creatures were taking their ease, free from labor. The ant said nothing at the time. Later, however, when winter came and the rain washed away the dung, the beetle came to him starving and begged for a share of his food. The ant said to him, “Why, beetle, if you had worked back then, when I was toiling and you were mocking me, you would not be begging for food now.” So it is with those who fail to provide for the future in times of plenty: when their fortunes change, they suffer the greatest hardships.
Izvirnik
295. Μύρμηξ καὶ Κάνθαρος. (S. 111. F. 84. C. 244 et p. 384.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Θέρους ὥρᾳ μύρμηξ περιπατῶν κατὰ τὴν ἄρουραν πυροὺς καὶ κριθὰς συνέλεγεν, ἀποθησαυριζόμενος ἑαυτῷ τροφὴν εἰς τὸν χειμῶνα. Κάνθαρος δὲ τοῦτον θεασάμενος ἐθαύμασεν ὡς ἐπιπονώτατον, εἴγε παρʼ αὐτὸν τὸν καιρὸν μοχθεῖ, παρʼ ὃν τὰ ἄλλα ζῶα πόνων ἀφειμένα ῥᾳστώνην ἄγει. Ὁ δὲ τότε μὲν ἡσύχαζεν· ὕστερον δὲ, ὅτε χειμὼν ἐνέστη, τῆς κόπρου ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄμβρου κλυσθείσης, ὁ κάνθαρος ἧκε πρὸς αὐτὸν λιμώττων καὶ τροφῆς μεταλαβεῖν δεόμενος. Ὁ δὲ ἔφη πρὸς αὐτόν· „ὦ κάνθαρε, ἀλλʼ εἰ τότε ἐπόνεις, ὅτε ἐμόχθουν καί με ὠνείδιζες, οὐκ ἂν νῦν τροφῆς ἐπεδέου.“ Οὕτως οἱ παρὰ τὰς εὐθηνίας τοῦ μέλλοντος μὴ προνοούμενοι παρὰ τὰς τῶν καιρῶν μεταβολὰς τὰ μέγιστα δυστυχοῦσι.
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