A CERTAIN MAN, detained by a storm in his country house, first of all killed his sheep, and then his goats, for the maintenance of his household. The storm still continuing, he was obliged to slaughter his yoke oxen for food. On seeing this, his Dogs took counsel together, and said, “It is time for us to be off, for if the master spare not his oxen, who work for his gain, how can we expect him to spare us?”
ある男が嵐のためにいなかの家から出られなくなり、家の者たちを養うために、まずヒツジを殺し、次にヤギを殺した。嵐はまだ続いたので、男は食べ物にするために、くびきをかけて働かせていた雄牛まで殺さなければならなくなった。これを見たイヌたちは相談して言った。「もう逃げ出す時だ。主人のもうけのために働いている雄牛さえ容赦しないのなら、どうしておれたちを容赦してくれると思えるだろう？」
He is not to be trusted as a friend who mistreats his own family.
自分の家族をひどく扱う者は、友として信用してはならない。