O besedilu
Skopuh
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 412. Φιλάργυρος. (C. 59.)
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
A miser sold all his possessions, turned the proceeds into a lump of gold, and buried it in a certain spot, burying his heart and mind there with it. Every day he went to gaze at it. One of the workmen watched him, realized what he had done, and dug up the gold and carried it off. When the miser next came and saw that the spot was empty, he began to wail and tear his hair. Someone who saw him lamenting so bitterly and learned the reason said, “My good man, do not be so downhearted. Even when you had the gold, you did not truly possess it. Put a stone there in its place, and imagine it is your gold. It will serve you just as well, for, as far as I can see, you made no use of your wealth even when the gold was there.” The fable shows that possession is worth nothing unless it is accompanied by use.
Izvirnik
412. Φιλάργυρος. (C. 59.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Φιλάργυρός τις, ἅπασαν αὑτοῦ τὴν οὐσίαν ἐξαργυρισάμενος καὶ χρυσοῦν βῶλον ποιήσας, ἔν τινι τόπῳ κατώρυξε, συγκατορύξας ἐκεῖ καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τὸν νοῦν· καὶ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἐρχόμενος αὐτὸν ἔβλεπε. Τῶν δὲ ἐργατῶν τις αὐτὸν παρατηρήσας καὶ τὸ γεγονὸς συννοήσας, ἀνορύξας τὸν βῶλον ἀνείλετο. Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα κἀκεῖνος ἐλθών καὶ κενὸν τὸν τόπον ἰδὼν, θρηνεῖν ἤρξατο καὶ τίλλειν τὰς τρίχας. Τοῦτον δέ τις ὀλοφυρόμενον οὕτως ἰδών καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν πυθόμενος, ,,μή οὕτως“ εἶπεν ,,ὦ οὗτος, ἀθύμει· οὐδὲ γὰρ, ἔχων τὸν χρυσὸν, εἶχες. Λίθον οὖν ἀντὶ χρυσοῦ λαβών θὲς, καὶ νόμιζέ σοι τὸν χρυσὸν εἶναι. Τὴν αὐτὴν γάρ σοι πληρώσει χρείαν· ὡς ὁρῶ γὰρ, οὐδʼ, ὅτε ὁ χρυσὸς ἠν, ἐν χρήσει ἦσθα τοῦ κτήματος.“
Ὀ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οὐδὲν ἡ κτῆσις, ἐὰν μὴ ἡ χρῆσις προσῇ.
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