Waltey

Prevod

A man spotted his runaway slave after a long absence and gave chase. When the slave reached a mill and took refuge there, the man said, “Where would I have been happier to find you than here?” As the leaves rustled, the hunters turned back and, supposing—as was indeed the case—that some animal was hiding beneath them, shot the deer dead with their arrows. As she lay dying, she said, “I have received my just deserts, for I should not have harmed what saved me.” The fable shows that those who wrong their benefactors are punished by God.

Izvirnik

Ὁ τὸν δραπέτην ἰδὼν διὰ χρόνου καὶ διώκων, ὡς κατέφυγε φθάσας εἰς μυλῶνα, ,,ποῦ δʼ ἂν “ ἔφη ,,σὲ μᾶλλον εὑρεῖν ἐβουλήθην ἢ ἐνταῦθα;“ ξατο. Τούτων δὲ σειομένων, οἱ κυνηγοὶ ἐπιστραφέντες καὶ, ὅπερ ἦν ἀληθὲς, νομίσαντες, τῶν ζώων ὑπὸ τοῖς φύλλοις τι κρύπτεσθαι, βέλεσιν ἀνεῖλον τὴν ἔλαφον. Ἡ δὲ θνήσκουσα τοιαῦτʼ ἔλεγε· ,,δίκαια πέπονθα· οὐ γὰρ ἔδει τὴν σώσασάν με λυμαίνεσθαι.“

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οἱ ἀδικοῦντες τοὺς εὐεργέτας ὑπὸ θεοῦ κολάζονται.

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