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Ptičar in štorklja

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Ptičar in štorklja

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
100b. Ἄλλως. Ὀρνιθοθήρας καὶ Πελαργός. (F. 147. C. p.359. S. 190.)

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

Ptičar in štorklja

A fowler spread his nets for cranes and watched from a distance for his catch. When a stork alighted among the cranes, he rushed forward and caught it along with them. The stork begged him not to kill it, saying that it was not only harmless to people but most useful, since it caught and killed snakes and other creeping creatures. The fowler replied, “Even if you are no evildoer yourself, you deserve punishment for keeping company with the wicked.” So we too must shun the company of the wicked, lest we be thought to share in their wickedness.

Izvirnik

100b. Ἄλλως. Ὀρνιθοθήρας καὶ Πελαργός. (F. 147. C. p.359. S. 190.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ὀρνιθοθήρας δίκτυα γεράνοις ἀναπετάσας, πύῥῥωθεν ἐθεώρει τὴν ἄγραν. Πελαργοῦ δὲ σύν τοῖς γεράνοις ἐπικαθίσαντος, ἐπιδραμὼν μετʼ ἐκείνων καὶ αὐτὸν συνέλαβε. Τοῦ δὲ δεομένου μὴ θῦσαι αὐτὸν καὶ λέγοντος, ὡς οὐ μόνον [αὐτὸς] ἀβλαβής ἐστι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὠφελιμώτατος· τοὺς γὰρ ὄφεις καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἑρπετὰ συλλαμβάνων ἀναιρεῖν, ὁ ὀρνιθοθήρας ἔφη· ,,ἀλλʼ εἰ τὰ μάλιστα οὐ φαῦλος εἶ, διὰ τοῦτο κολάσεως ἄξιος, ὅτι μετὰ πονηρῶν κεκάθικας.“

Ἀτὰρ οὖν καὶ ἡμᾶς δεῖ τὰς τῶν πονηρῶν συνουσίας φεύγειν, ἵνα μὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκείνων τῆς κακίας κοινωνεῖν δόξωμεν.