The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 2
Now Neptune had gone off to the Ethiopians, who are at the world's end, and lie in two halves, the one looking West and the other East.1 He had gone there to accept a hecatomb of sheep and oxen, and was enjoying himself at his festival; but the other gods met in the house of Olympian Jove, and the sire of gods and men spoke first.
Ora Netuno tinha partido para os Etíopes, que ficam no fim do mundo, e se dividem em duas metades, uma virada para o Oeste e a outra para o Leste. Ele tinha ido até lá para aceitar uma hecatombe de ovelhas e bois, e estava se deleitando em seu festival; mas os outros deuses se reuniram na casa de Júpiter Olímpico, e o pai dos deuses e dos homens falou primeiro.
At that moment he was thinking of Aegisthus, who had been killed by Agamemnon's son Orestes; so he said to the other gods:
Naquele momento ele estava pensando em Egisto, que havia sido morto por Orestes, filho de Agamêmnon; então disse aos outros deuses:
"See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly.
"Vede agora como os homens nos culpam, a nós deuses, pelo que afinal não é nada além de sua própria tolice.
Look at Aegisthus; he must needs make love to Agamemnon's wife unrighteously and then kill Agamemnon, though he knew it would be the death of him;
Olhai para Egisto; ele quis a todo custo seduzir injustamente a esposa de Agamêmnon e depois matar Agamêmnon, ainda que soubesse que isso lhe custaria a vida;
for I sent Mercury to warn him not to do either of these things, inasmuch as Orestes would be sure to take his revenge when he grew up and wanted to return home.
pois eu enviei Mercúrio para avisá-lo de que não fizesse nenhuma dessas coisas, uma vez que Orestes certamente se vingaria quando crescesse e desejasse regressar à sua terra natal.
Mercury told him this in all good will but he would not listen, and now he has paid for everything in full.
Mercúrio lhe disse isso com toda a boa vontade, mas ele não quis ouvir, e agora pagou por tudo integralmente.
Vocabulary
- Ora
- OH-rah — Now, well, or interjection marking a transition
- tinha
- TEEN-yah — Had; past imperfect of 'ter'
- partido
- par-CHEE-doo — Departed, left; past participle of 'partir'
- para
- PAH-rah — To, for, toward; common preposition
- os
- ooz — The; masculine plural definite article
- que
- keh — That, which, who; relative pronoun or conjunction
- ficam
- FEE-kah — Stay, remain, are located; third person plural
- no
- noo — In the; contraction of 'em' and 'o'
- fim
- feeng — End, extremity, limit
- do
- doo — Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'o'
- mundo
- MOON-doo — World, earth, universe
- e
- ee — And; basic coordinating conjunction
- se
- seh — Themselves, reflexive pronoun or conditional 'if'
- dividem
- dee-VEE-deng — Divide themselves, split into parts
- em
- eng — In, at, on; common preposition
- duas
- DOO-ahz — Two; feminine numeral
- metades
- meh-TAH-deez — Halves, two equal parts of something
- uma
- OO-mah — One, a; feminine indefinite article
- virada
- vee-RAH-dah — Turned, facing; past participle of 'virar'
- o
- oo — The; masculine singular definite article
- Oeste
- oh-EH-steh — West; cardinal direction
- a
- ah — The; feminine singular definite article
- outra
- OH-trah — Other, another; feminine adjective
- Leste
- LEH-steh — East; cardinal direction
- Ele
- EH-leh — He; masculine third-person singular pronoun
- ido
- EE-doo — Gone; past participle of 'ir'
- até
- ah-TEH — Until, up to, even; preposition or conjunction
- lá
- lah — There; adverb indicating a distant place
- aceitar
- ah-say-TAR — To accept, receive something offered
- de
- deh — Of, from; very common preposition
- ovelhas
- oh-VEH-lyahz — Sheep; plural of 'ovelha'
- bois
- boysh — Oxen, bulls; plural of 'boi'
- estava
- ehs-TAH-vah — Was; past imperfect of 'estar'
- deleitando
- deh-lay-TAHN-doo — Delighting, enjoying greatly; gerund of 'deleitar'
- seu
- SAY-oo — His, her, its, your; possessive pronoun
- festival
- fehs-tee-VAL — Festival, celebration, feast event
- mas
- mahz — But; adversative coordinating conjunction
- outros
- OH-trooz — Others, the rest; masculine plural pronoun
- deuses
- DAY-ooz-eez — Gods; plural of 'deus'
- reuniram
- reh-oo-nee-RAHNG — Gathered, assembled together; past perfect tense
- na
- nah — In the; contraction of 'em' and 'a'
- casa
- KAH-zah — House, home, dwelling place
- pai
- PIE — Father, dad
- dos
- dooz — Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'os'
- homens
- OH-mengsh — Men, humans; plural of 'homem'
- falou
- fah-LOH — Spoke, said; past perfect of 'falar'
- primeiro
- pree-MAY-roo — First; ordinal number or adverb
- Naquele
- nah-KEH-leh — In that, at that; contraction of 'em' and 'aquele'
- momento
- moh-MEHN-too — Moment, instant, point in time
- ele
- EH-leh — He; masculine third-person singular pronoun
- pensando
- pehn-SAHN-doo — Thinking, reflecting; gerund of 'pensar'
- havia
- ah-VEE-ah — Had; past imperfect of 'haver'
- sido
- SEE-doo — Been; past participle of 'ser'
- morto
- MOR-too — Dead, killed; past participle of 'morrer'
- por
- por — By, through, for; preposition of agency
- filho
- FEEL-yoo — Son, male child
- então
- ehn-TAHNG — Then, so, therefore; adverb or conjunction
- disse
- DEE-seh — Said, told; past perfect of 'dizer'
- aos
- ahosh — To the; contraction of 'a' and 'os'
- agora
- ah-GOH-rah — Now, at this moment
- como
- KOH-moo — How, as, like; conjunction or adverb
- nos
- nooz — Us; first-person plural object pronoun
- culpam
- KOOL-pahng — Blame, accuse; third-person plural of 'culpar'
- nós
- nosh — We, us; first-person plural subject pronoun
- pelo
- PEH-loo — By the; contraction of 'por' and 'o'
- afinal
- ah-fee-NAL — After all, in the end, finally
- não
- nahng — No, not; basic negation word
- é
- EH — Is; third-person singular of 'ser'
- nada
- NAH-dah — Nothing, not anything
- além
- ah-LEHNG — Beyond, besides, further than
- sua
- SOO-ah — His, her, your; feminine possessive pronoun
- própria
- PROH-pree-ah — Own, very own; feminine adjective
- tolice
- toh-LEE-seh — Foolishness, stupidity, folly
- quis
- KEEZ — Wanted, wished; past perfect of 'querer'
- todo
- TOH-doo — All, every, whole; masculine adjective
- custo
- KOOS-too — Cost, expense; also 'a todo custo' meaning at all costs
- seduzir
- seh-doo-ZEER — To seduce, lure, entice someone
- injustamente
- een-zhoos-tah-MEHN-teh — Unjustly, unfairly, wrongfully
- esposa
- ehs-POH-zah — Wife, spouse; married woman
- depois
- deh-POYSH — After, afterward, then, later
- matar
- mah-TAR — To kill, murder, slay someone
- ainda
- ah-EEN-dah — Still, yet, even; adverb of time
- soubesse
- soh-BEH-seh — Knew; past subjunctive of 'saber'
- isso
- EE-soo — That, this; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- lhe
- lyeh — To him, to her; indirect object pronoun
- custaria
- koos-tah-REE-ah — Would cost; conditional of 'custar'
- vida
- VEE-dah — Life, existence, living
- pois
- poysh — Because, for, since; causal conjunction
- eu
- AY-oo — I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- enviei
- ehn-vee-AY — Sent; past perfect first-person of 'enviar'
- avisá-lo
- ah-vee-ZAH-loo — To warn him, to alert him
- fizesse
- fee-ZEH-seh — Did; past subjunctive of 'fazer'
- nenhuma
- neh-NYOO-mah — None, no, not any; feminine adjective
- dessas
- DEH-sahz — Of those; contraction of 'de' and 'essas'
- coisas
- KOY-zahz — Things, objects, matters; plural of 'coisa'
- vez
- vehz — Time, instance, occasion
- certamente
- ser-tah-MEHN-teh — Certainly, surely, definitely
- vingaria
- veen-gah-REE-ah — Would avenge; conditional of 'vingar'
- quando
- KWAHN-doo — When; temporal conjunction or adverb
- crescesse
- kreh-SEH-seh — Grew up; past subjunctive of 'crescer'
- desejasse
- deh-zeh-ZHAH-seh — Wished; past subjunctive of 'desejar'
- regressar
- reh-greh-SAR — To return, go back to a place
- à
- ah — To the; contraction of 'a' and 'a' (feminine)
- terra
- TEH-hah — Land, earth, ground, homeland
- natal
- nah-TAL — Native, birth; relating to one's birthplace
- com
- kohng — With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- toda
- TOH-dah — All, every, whole; feminine adjective
- boa
- BOH-ah — Good; feminine form of 'bom'
- vontade
- vohn-TAH-deh — Will, desire, willingness
- ouvir
- oh-VEER — To hear, listen to something
- pagou
- pah-GOH — Paid; past perfect of 'pagar'
- tudo
- TOO-doo — Everything, all; neuter pronoun
- integralmente
- een-teh-grahl-MEHN-teh — Fully, entirely, in full, completely
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