§18.72ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν ἰδὼν ἐς πλησίον ἄλλον· §18.73ἦ τάχα Ἶρος Ἄϊρος ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν ἕξει, §18.74οἵην ἐκ ῥακέων ὁ γέρων ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει. §18.75ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφαν, Ἴρῳ δὲ κακῶς ὠρίνετο θυμός.
And thus would one speak, looking at his neighbor: 'Indeed, soon Irus, no longer Irus, will have a self-brought evil, seeing what a thigh the old man shows from his rags.' So they spoke, and the spirit of Irus was miserably troubled.
But even so the servants girded him and led him by force, terrified as he was; and his flesh trembled on his limbs.
§18.78Ἀντίνοος δʼ ἐνένιπεν ἔπος τʼ ἔφατʼ ἔκ τʼ ὀνόμαζεν· §18.79νῦν μὲν μήτʼ εἴης, βουγάϊε, μήτε γένοιο, §18.80εἰ δὴ τοῦτόν γε τρομέεις καὶ δείδιας αἰνῶς, §18.81ἄνδρα γέροντα, δύῃ ἀρημένον, ἥ μιν ἱκάνει.
And Antinous rebuked him, and spoke, and addressed him: 'Now, you big brag, may you neither live nor have been born, if indeed you tremble before this man and fear him so terribly, an old man, worn out with the distress that has come upon him.
§18.82ἀλλʼ ἔκ τοι ἐρέω, τὸ δὲ καὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται· §18.83αἴ κέν σʼ οὗτος νικήσῃ κρείσσων τε γένηται, §18.84πέμψω σʼ ἤπειρόνδε, βαλὼν ἐν νηὶ μελαίνῃ, §18.85εἰς Ἔχετον βασιλῆα, βροτῶν δηλήμονα πάντων, §18.86ὅς κʼ ἀπὸ ῥῖνα τάμῃσι καὶ οὔατα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ, §18.87μήδεά τʼ ἐξερύσας δώῃ κυσὶν ὠμὰ δάσασθαι. §18.88ὣς φάτο, τῷ δʼ ἔτι μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα.
But I tell you plainly, and this shall indeed be accomplished: if this fellow wins and proves the better man, I will cast you into a black ship and send you to the mainland, to King Echetus, the maimer of all mankind, who will cut off your nose and ears with the pitiless bronze, and dragging out your manhood will give it raw to the dogs to tear.' So he spoke, and yet greater trembling seized Irus' limbs.
§18.89ἐς μέσσον δʼ ἄναγον· τὼ δʼ ἄμφω χεῖρας ἀνέσχον.
And they led them into the midst, and both raised their hands.
§18.90δὴ τότε μερμήριξε πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς §18.91ἢ ἐλάσειʼ ὥς μιν ψυχὴ λίποι αὖθι πεσόντα, §18.92ἦέ μιν ἦκʼ ἐλάσειε τανύσσειέν τʼ ἐπὶ γαίῃ.
Then indeed much-enduring noble Odysseus debated whether he should strike him so that life should leave him as he fell there, or strike him lightly and stretch him upon the earth.
§18.93ὧδε δέ οἱ φρονέοντι δοάσσατο κέρδιον εἶναι, §18.94ἦκʼ ἐλάσαι, ἵνα μή μιν ἐπιφρασσαίατʼ Ἀχαιοί.
And as he thought, this seemed to him the better way, to strike him lightly, lest the Achaeans should take note of him.
§18.95δὴ τότʼ ἀνασχομένω ὁ μὲν ἤλασε δεξιὸν ὦμον §18.96Ἶρος, ὁ δʼ αὐχένʼ ἔλασσεν ὑπʼ οὔατος, ὀστέα δʼ εἴσω §18.97ἔθλασεν· αὐτίκα δʼ ἦλθε κατὰ στόμα φοίνιον αἷμα, §18.98κὰδ δʼ ἔπεσʼ ἐν κονίῃσι μακών, σὺν δʼ ἤλασʼ ὀδόντας §18.99λακτίζων ποσὶ γαῖαν· ἀτὰρ μνηστῆρες ἀγαυοὶ §18.100χεῖρας ἀνασχόμενοι γέλῳ ἔκθανον.
Then, when they raised their hands, Irus struck him on the right shoulder, but Odysseus smote Irus on the neck beneath the ear, and crushed the bones within; and straightway red blood came from his mouth, and with a moan he fell down in the dust, and gnashed his teeth together, kicking the ground with his feet; and the proud suitors raised their hands and died of laughter.
αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς §18.101ἕλκε διὲκ προθύροιο λαβὼν ποδός, ὄφρʼ ἵκετʼ αὐλήν, §18.102αἰθούσης τε θύρας· καί μιν ποτὶ ἑρκίον αὐλῆς §18.103εἷσεν ἀνακλίνας· σκῆπτρον δέ οἱ ἔμβαλε χειρί, §18.104καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα· §18.105ἐνταυθοῖ νῦν ἧσο σύας τε κύνας τʼ ἀπερύκων, §18.106μηδὲ σύ γε ξείνων καὶ πτωχῶν κοίρανος εἶναι §18.107λυγρὸς ἐών, μή πού τι κακὸν καὶ μεῖζον ἐπαύρῃ. §18.108ἦ ῥα καὶ ἀμφʼ ὤμοισιν ἀεικέα βάλλετο πήρην, §18.109πυκνὰ ῥωγαλέην· ἐν δὲ στρόφος ἦεν ἀορτήρ.
But Odysseus dragged him through the doorway by the foot, until he came to the courtyard and the gate of the portico; and he set him down leaning against the courtyard wall, and put his staff into his hand, and speaking, he addressed him with winged words: 'Sit there now, and keep off the pigs and dogs, and do not be the lord of strangers and beggars, wretched as you are, lest perhaps you reap some even worse evil.' He spoke, and threw about his shoulders his mean pouch, full of holes, and on it was a twisted cord for a hanger.
§18.110ἂψ δʼ ὅ γʼ ἐπʼ οὐδὸν ἰὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο· τοὶ δʼ ἴσαν εἴσω §18.111ἡδὺ γελώοντες καὶ δεικανόωντʼ ἐπέεσσι· §18.112Ζεύς τοι δοίη, ξεῖνε, καὶ ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι, §18.113ὅττι μάλιστʼ ἐθέλεις καί τοι φίλον ἔπλετο θυμῷ, §18.114ὃς τοῦτον τὸν ἄναλτον ἀλητεύειν ἀπέπαυσας §18.115ἐν δήμῳ· τάχα γάρ μιν ἀνάξομεν ἤπειρόνδε §18.116εἰς Ἔχετον βασιλῆα, βροτῶν δηλήμονα πάντων. §18.117ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφαν, χαῖρεν δὲ κλεηδόνι δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς.
And back he went to the threshold and sat down; but they went within, laughing merrily, and greeted him with words: 'May Zeus grant you, stranger, and the other immortal gods, whatever you most desire and is dear to your heart, since you have made this insatiable fellow cease from begging in the land; for soon we will take him to the mainland, to King Echetus, the maimer of all mankind.' So they spoke, and noble Odysseus was glad of the omen.
§18.118Ἀντίνοος δʼ ἄρα οἱ μεγάλην παρὰ γαστέρα θῆκεν, §18.119ἐμπλείην κνίσης τε καὶ αἵματος· Ἀμφίνομος δὲ §18.120ἄρτους ἐκ κανέοιο δύω παρέθηκεν ἀείρας §18.121καὶ δέπαϊ χρυσέῳ δειδίσκετο, φώνησέν τε· §18.122χαῖρε, πάτερ ὦ ξεῖνε, γένοιτό τοι ἔς περ ὀπίσσω §18.123ὄλβος· ἀτὰρ μὲν νῦν γε κακοῖς ἔχεαι πολέεσσι. §18.124τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς· §18.125Ἀμφίνομʼ, ἦ μάλα μοι δοκέεις πεπνυμένος εἶναι· §18.126τοίου γὰρ καὶ πατρός, ἐπεὶ κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἄκουον, §18.127Νῖσον Δουλιχιῆα ἐΰν τʼ ἔμεν ἀφνειόν τε·
And Antinous set beside him a great belly, full of fat and blood; and Amphinomus took up two loaves from the basket and set them beside him, and pledged him in a golden cup, and said: 'Hail, father stranger, may prosperity be yours in time to come; but now indeed you are held by many evils.' Then, answering him, wise Odysseus said: 'Amphinomus, truly you seem to me to be prudent; for of such a father is your birth, since I used to hear his noble fame, Nisus of Dulichium, that he was both brave and wealthy.
§18.128τοῦ σʼ ἔκ φασι γενέσθαι, ἐπητῇ δʼ ἀνδρὶ ἔοικας.
From him they say you are sprung, and you seem to be a man of understanding.
§18.129τοὔνεκά τοι ἐρέω, σὺ δὲ σύνθεο καί μευ ἄκουσον· §18.130οὐδὲν ἀκιδνότερον γαῖα τρέφει ἀνθρώποιο, §18.131πάντων ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει τε καὶ ἕρπει.
Therefore I will tell you, and do you mark and hear me: there is nothing feebler than man that earth breeds, of all things that breathe and creep upon the earth.
§18.132οὐ μὲν γάρ ποτέ φησι κακὸν πείσεσθαι ὀπίσσω, §18.133ὄφρʼ ἀρετὴν παρέχωσι θεοὶ καὶ γούνατʼ ὀρώρῃ· §18.134ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ καὶ λυγρὰ θεοὶ μάκαρες τελέσωσι, §18.135καὶ τὰ φέρει ἀεκαζόμενος τετληότι θυμῷ·
For he says that he will never suffer evil in time to come, so long as the gods grant him prosperity and his knees are quick; but when the blessed gods bring grievous things to pass, even these he bears unwillingly with a patient heart.
For such is the mind of men on earth, as the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.
§18.138καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ ποτʼ ἔμελλον ἐν ἀνδράσιν ὄλβιος εἶναι, §18.139πολλὰ δʼ ἀτάσθαλʼ ἔρεξα βίῃ καὶ κάρτεϊ εἴκων,
For I too was once like to be prosperous among men, and did many deeds of wantonness, yielding to my might and strength,', *注*: 訳文中の「不吉な言葉（予兆）」は原文の κλεηδών に基づく。 *Note*: The translation "omen" for κλεηδών in line 117 refers to the unconscious verbal prophecy of the suitors.