The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 6
Even as of late Aegisthus, beyond that which was ordained, took to him the wedded wife of the son of Atreus, and killed her lord on his return, and that with sheer doom before his eyes, since we had warned him by the embassy of Hermes the keen-sighted, the slayer of Argos, that he should neither kill the man, nor woo his wife.
Wie erst kürzlich Aegisthus, über das Bestimmte hinaus, die angetraute Frau des Sohnes des Atreus zu sich nahm und ihren Herrn bei seiner Rückkehr erschlug, und das mit dem sicheren Verderben vor Augen, da wir ihn durch die Botschaft des Hermes, des Scharfblickenden, des Töters des Argos, gewarnt hatten, dass er den Mann weder töten noch seiner Frau den Hof machen solle.
For the son of Atreus shall be avenged at the hand of Orestes, so soon as he shall come to man's estate and long for his own country.
Denn der Sohn des Atreus wird durch Orestes' Hand gerächt werden, sobald dieser das Mannesalter erreicht und sich nach seiner Heimat sehnt.
So spake Hermes, yet he prevailed not on the heart of Aegisthus, for all his good will; but now hath he paid one price for all.'
So sprach Hermes, doch vermochte er das Herz des Aegisthus nicht zu bewegen, bei allem guten Willen; nun aber hat er einen Preis für alles bezahlt.'
And the goddess, grey-eyed Athene, answered him, saying: 'O father, our father Cronides, throned in the highest; that man assuredly lies in a death that is his due; so perish likewise all who work such deeds!
Und die Göttin, die grauäugige Athene, antwortete ihm und sprach: 'O Vater, unser Vater Kronide, der du auf dem höchsten Thron sitzest; jener Mann liegt gewiss in einem Tode, der ihm gebührt; so mögen ebenso alle zugrunde gehen, die solche Taten vollbringen!
But my heart is rent for wise Odysseus, the hapless one, who far from his friends this long while suffereth affliction in a sea-girt isle, where is the navel of the sea, a woodland isle, and therein a goddess hath her habitation, the daughter of the wizard Atlas, who knows the depths of every sea, and himself upholds the tall pillars which keep earth and sky asunder.
Aber mein Herz zerreißt es um den weisen Odysseus, den Unglückseligen, der fern von seinen Freunden schon so lange Zeit Leid leidet auf einer meerumgürteten Insel, wo der Nabel des Meeres ist, einer waldreichen Insel, und darin eine Göttin ihre Wohnstatt hat, die Tochter des zaubermächtigen Atlas, der die Tiefen jedes Meeres kennt und selbst die hohen Säulen trägt, die Erde und Himmel auseinanderhalten.
His daughter it is that holds the hapless man in sorrow: and ever with soft and guileful tales she is wooing him to forgetfulness of Ithaca.
Seine Tochter ist es, die den unglückseligen Mann in Kummer hält: und stets mit sanften und listigen Worten umwirbt sie ihn, damit er Ithaka vergesse.
Vocabulary
- Wie
- How; in what way or manner
- erst
- First; only; not until
- kürzlich
- Recently; a short time ago
- über
- Over; above; about; across
- das
- The; that (neuter article or pronoun)
- Bestimmte
- Certain; specific; determined or destined
- hinaus
- Out; beyond; outward direction or extent
- die
- The; that (feminine or plural article)
- Frau
- Woman; wife; Mrs.; lady of household
- des
- Of the; genitive article masculine or neuter
- Sohnes
- Son; male child (genitive case form)
- zu
- To; at; too; towards; shut
- sich
- Himself; herself; itself; oneself reflexive
- nahm
- Took; past tense of nehmen
- und
- And; plus; as well as conjunction
- ihren
- Her; their (accusative or dative plural)
- Herrn
- Lord; master; husband (accusative or dative)
- bei
- At; by; near; with; during
- seiner
- His; of him (genitive masculine or dative)
- Rückkehr
- Return; homecoming; coming back home
- mit
- With; by means of; together with
- dem
- The; that (dative masculine or neuter)
- sicheren
- Certain; sure; safe; secure inevitable
- Verderben
- Ruin; destruction; doom; damnation
- vor
- Before; in front of; ago
- Augen
- Eyes; sight; view (plural of Auge)
- da
- There; then; since; because
- wir
- We; us (nominative plural pronoun)
- ihn
- Him; it (accusative masculine singular)
- durch
- Through; by; by means of via
- Botschaft
- Message; news; communication; embassy
- gewarnt
- Warned; cautioned (past participle of warnen)
- hatten
- Had; possessed (plural past tense)
- dass
- That; so that (subordinating conjunction)
- er
- He; it (nominative masculine singular)
- den
- The; that (accusative masculine singular)
- Mann
- Man; husband; male person
- weder
- Neither; not either (conjunction)
- töten
- Kill; slay; put to death
- noch
- Nor; still; yet; neither
- Hof
- Court; courtyard; farm; estate
- machen
- Make; do; create; produce
- solle
- Should; shall; ought (subjunctive form)
- Denn
- For; because; since; that is
- der
- The; that (nominative masculine singular)
- Sohn
- Son; male child; offspring
- wird
- Will; shall; becomes (future auxiliary)
- Hand
- Hand; by hand; handwriting
- werden
- Become; will; is; grow
- sobald
- As soon as; the moment when
- dieser
- This; this one (nominative masculine singular)
- erreicht
- Reaches; attains; achieves (third person singular)
- nach
- After; towards; according to
- Heimat
- Homeland; home country; native place
- sehnt
- Longs; yearns; desires (third person)
- So
- So; thus; in this way
- sprach
- Spoke; said (past tense of sprechen)
- doch
- Yet; but; however; nevertheless
- Herz
- Heart; courage; affection; center
- nicht
- Not; no; does not negate
- bewegen
- Move; stir; influence; persuade
- allem
- All; everything (dative neuter form)
- guten
- Good; well (dative or accusative form)
- Willen
- Will; intention; goodwill (dative form)
- nun
- Now; well then; at present
- aber
- But; however; yet; still
- hat
- Has; have (third person singular present)
- einen
- A; an; one (accusative masculine singular)
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