O besedilu
Voli in mesarji
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 80. Βόες καὶ Μάγειροι. (Β.21.)
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
Voli in mesarji
The oxen once sought to destroy the butchers, whose trade was their enemy. They gathered together and were already sharpening their horns for battle when one very old ox among them, who had ploughed many a field, said, “These men slaughter us with practiced hands and kill us without torment. But if we fall into the hands of men who lack their skill, our death will be twice as painful. For an ox will never lack someone to slaughter it, even if there are no butchers left.” [Whoever hastens to escape a present hardship should take care not to find something worse.]
The fable shows that it is better to serve wise and kindly masters than to be ruled by the boorish and ignorant.
Izvirnik
80. Βόες καὶ Μάγειροι. (Β.21.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Βόες μαγείρους ἀπολέσαι πότʼ ἐζήτουν, ἔχοντας αὐτοῖς πολεμίαν ἐπιστήμη. καὶ δὴ συνηθροίζοντο, πρὸς μάχην ἤδη κέρατʼ ἀποξύνοντες· εἷς δέ τις λίην γέρων ἐν αὐτοῖς (πολλὰ δʼ ἦν ἀροτρεύσας), ,,οὗτοι μὲν ἡμᾶς“ εἶπε ,,χερσὶν ἐμπείροις σφάζουσι καὶ κτείνουσι χωρὶς αἰκίης· ἢν δʼ εἰς ἀτέχνους ἐμπέσωμεν ἀνθρώπους, διπλοῦς τότʼ ἔσται θάνατος· οὐ γὰρ ἐλλείψει τὸν βοῦν ὁ θύσων, κἂν μάγειρος ἐλλείψῃ.“ [Ὁ τὴν παροῦσαν πημονὴν φεύγειν σπεύδων ὁρᾶν ὀφείλει, μή τι χεῖρον ἐξεύρῃ.]
Ὁ μῦθος τοῦτο δηλοῖ, ὅτι ἅμεινον δουλεύειν σοφοῖς καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν ἢ δεσπόζεσθαι ὑπὸ σκαιῶν τε καὶ ἀπαιδεύτων.
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