O besedilu
Skopuh in zlato
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 412b. Ἄλλως. (F. 188. C. p.311. S.223.)
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
Skopuh in zlato
A miser sold all his possessions and bought a lump of gold, which he buried outside the city wall. He kept going back to the spot to inspect it. One of the men working nearby noticed his visits and guessed the truth; so, when the miser had gone away, he stole the gold. When the miser returned and found the spot empty, he wept and tore his hair. Someone who saw him in such distress and learned the reason said to him, “Do not grieve. Take a stone, put it in the same place, and imagine that the gold is lying there. After all, even when it was there, you never used it.” The fable shows that possession is worthless unless it is put to use.
Izvirnik
412b. Ἄλλως. (F. 188. C. p.311. S.223.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Φιλάργυρός τις τὴν οὐσίαν ἐξαργυρισάμενος, βῶλον χρυσοῦν ὠνήσατο, καὶ τοῦτον πρὸ τοῦ τείχους κατορύξας, διετέλει συνεχῶς ἐρχόμενος καὶ ἐπισκεπτόμενος. Τῶν δὲ περὶ τὸν τόπον ἐργατῶν τις παρατηρησάμενος αὐτοῦ τὰς ἀφίξεις, ὑπενόησε τὸ ἀληθές· ἀπαλλαγέντος οὖν αὐτοῦ τὸ χρυσίον ἀφείλετο. Ὁ δὲ ὡς ἐπανελθών εὗρε τὸν τόπον κενὸν, ἔκλαιε καὶ τὰς τρίχας ἔτιλλεν. Ἰδών δέ τις αὐτὸν ὑπερπαθοῦντα καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν μαθών, ἔφη πρὸς αὐτόν· ,,μὴ λυποῦ, ἀλλὰ λαβών λίθον ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τόπῳ κατάθες, καὶ νόμιζε τὸ χρυσίον κεῖσθαι· οὐδὲ γὰρ, ὅτε ἦν, ἐχρῶ αὐτῷ.“
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οὐδέν ἐστιν ἡ κτῆσις, ἐὰν μὴ ἡ χρῆσις παρῇ.
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