A FATHER, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his sons would give the same attention to his farm as he himself had given it. He called them to his bedside and said, “My sons, there is a great treasure hid in one of my vineyards.” The sons, after his death, took their spades and mattocks and carefully dug over every portion of their land. They found no treasure, but the vines repaid their labor by an extraordinary and superabundant crop.
ある父親が死を目前にして、息子たちが自分と同じように農場の手入れをしてくれるようにしておきたいと思った。父親は息子たちを枕もとに呼んで言った。「息子たちよ、わしのブドウ畑の一つに、大きな宝がかくしてある」。父親が死んだあと、息子たちは鋤やつるはしを持ち出し、自分たちの土地をすみずみまでていねいに掘り返した。宝は見つからなかったが、ブドウの木は、なみはずれたありあまるほどの実りで、息子たちの苦労にむくいてくれた。