O besedilu
Volk in jagnje
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
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- Naslov izvirnika
- 274. Λύκος καὶ Ἀρνός. (F. 101. C. 229 e p.378. B.89.)
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
Volk in jagnje
A wolf came upon a lamb that had strayed from the flock. Rather than seize it by brute force, he wanted a plausible excuse for eating it. So he said to the lamb, “Last year you heaped insults on me.” The lamb cried out mournfully, “But I wasn’t even born then!” Then the wolf said, “You graze in my field.” The lamb replied, “I haven’t even tasted grass yet.” Again the wolf accused him: “You drink from my spring.” “I have never drunk water,” the lamb answered. “My mother’s milk is both my food and my drink.” The wolf seized and ate him, saying, “Well, I won’t go without my supper, even if you do refute every excuse I offer.” The fable shows that no argument, however true, can sway a wicked and greedy mind.
Izvirnik
274. Λύκος καὶ Ἀρνός. (F. 101. C. 229 e p.378. B.89.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Λύκος ἄρνα εὑρὼν πεπλανημένον, οὐκ ἀφήρπασε χειρὶ δυνατωτάτῃ, ἀλλʼ ἠθέλησε μετʼ εὐλόγου αἰτίας τοῦτον φαγεῖν. Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν τοιαῦτα· „πέρυσι σὺ πολλὰ καθύβρισάς με.“ Ὁ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν θρηνῳδῶν ἀνεβόα· „ἔγωγʼ οὐκ ἐν τούτῳ γεγένημαι τῷ χρόνῳ.“ Καὶ ὁ λύκος εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· „τὴν ἄρουράν μου νέμῃ.“ Ὁ δʼ ἀρνὸς ἔφη· ,,ἀκμὴν τροφὴν οὐκ εἶ- δον. Πάλιν ὁ λύκος· ,,ἐκ τῆς πηγῆς μου πίνεις.“ Ὁ δὲ „οὔπω πέπωκα ὕδωρ“ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ· „τῆς γὰρ μητρός μου τὸ γάλα ἡ τροφή μου καὶ τὸ πόμα μου.“ Ὁ δὲ συλλαβὼν καὶ φαγὼν τοῦτον, εἶπεν· „ἀλλʼ ἐμὼ τέως ἄδειπνος οὐ μενῶ, εἰ καὶ σὺ ἀφορμὴν ἐμὴν πᾶσαν λύεις.“
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι γνώμην κακούργου καὶ πλεονέκτου λόγος οὐ πείθει, κἂν ἀληθὴς τυγχάνῃ.
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