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Osel in žabe

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Osel in žabe

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
327. Ὄνος καὶ Βάτραχοι. (S. 185. C. 114. F. 142.)

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

Osel in žabe

An ass carrying firewood was crossing a pond when he slipped and fell. Unable to get up again, he wailed and groaned. The frogs in the pond, hearing his groans, said, “Why, fellow, what would you do if you had to spend as much time here as we do, when you make such a fuss after only a moment in the water?” This tale might be told by someone who readily endures greater hardships to a feeble fellow who complains at the slightest exertion.

Izvirnik

327. Ὄνος καὶ Βάτραχοι. (S. 185. C. 114. F. 142.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ὄνος ξύλα βαστάζων διέβαινέ τινα λίμνην· ὀλισθήσας δὲ ὡς κατέπεσεν, ἐξαναστῆναι μὴ δυνάμενος ὠδύρετό τε καὶ ἔστενεν. Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῇ λίμνῃ βάτραχοι, ἀκούσαντες αὐτοῦ τῶν στεναγμῶν, ἔφασαν· ,,ὡ οὗτος, καὶ τί ἂν ἐποίησας, εἰ τοσοῦτον ἐνταῦθα χρόνον διέτρι βες, ὅσον ἡμεῖς, ὅτε πρὸς ὀλίγον πεσὼν οὕτως ὀδνρῃ;“

Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις πρὸς ἄνδρα ῥᾴθυμον ἐπʼ ἐλαχίστοις πόνοις δυσφοροῦντα, αὐτὸς τοὺς πλείονας ῥᾳδίως ὑφιστάμενος.