§8.845ΑΘ. ὃς δʼ ἂν τὴν γενναίαν νῦν λεγομένην σταφυλὴν ἢ τὰ γενναῖα σῦκα ἐπονομαζόμενα ὀπωρίζειν βούληται, ἐὰν μὲν ἐκ τῶν οἰκείων λαμβάνῃ, ὅπως ἂν ἐθέλῃ καὶ ὁπόταν βούληται καρπούσθω, ἐὰν δʼ ἐξ ἄλλων μὴ πείσας, ἑπομένως τῷ νόμῳ, τῷ μὴ κινεῖν ὅτι μὴ κατέθετο, ἐκείνως ἀεὶ ζημιούσθω·
ATH. Whoever wishes to harvest the grapes now called "choice" or the figs named "choice," if he takes them from his own lands, let him enjoy the fruit just as he wishes and whenever he wants; but if from those of others without having persuaded them, in accordance with the law that one must not move what he did not set down, let him always be punished in that former way.
ἐὰν δὲ δὴ δοῦλος μὴ πείσας τὸν δεσπότην τῶν χωρίων ἅπτηταί του τῶν τοιούτων, κατὰ ῥᾶγα βοτρύων καὶ σῦκον συκῆς ἰσαρίθμους πληγὰς τούτοις μαστιγούσθω.
And if a slave, without having persuaded the master of the lands, touches any of such things, let him be flogged with as many lashes of the whip as there are individual grapes in the bunch and individual figs on the fig-tree.
μέτοικος δὲ ὠνούμενος τὴν γενναίαν ὀπώραν ὀπωριζέτω, ἐὰν βούληται, ἐὰν δὲ ξένος ἐπιδημήσας ὀπώρας ἐπιθυμῇ φαγεῖν διαπορευόμενος τὰς ὁδούς, τῆς μὲν γενναίας ἁπτέσθω, ἐὰν βούληται, μεθʼ ἑνὸς ἀκολούθου χωρὶς τιμῆς, ξένια δεχόμενος, τῆς δὲ ἀγροίκου λεγομένης καὶ τῶν τοιούτων ὁ νόμος εἰργέτω μὴ κοινωνεῖν ἡμῖν τοὺς ξένους·
And let a resident alien harvest the choice autumn fruit, purchasing it, if he wishes. But if a visiting stranger desires to eat autumn fruit as he travels along the roads, let him touch the choice fruit, if he wishes, along with one follower, without payment, receiving it as a guest-gift; but as for the fruit called "rustic" and such things, let the law bar the strangers from sharing them with us.
ἐὰν δέ τις ἀίστωρ ὢν αὐτὸς ἢ δοῦλος ἅψηται, τὸν μὲν δοῦλον πληγαῖς κολάζειν, τὸν δὲ ἐλεύθερον ἀποπέμπειν νουθετήσαντα καὶ διδάξαντα τῆς ἄλλης ὀπώρας ἅπτεσθαι τῆς εἰς ἀπόθεσιν ἀσταφίδος οἴνου τε καὶ ξηρῶν σύκων ἀνεπιτηδείου κεκτῆσθαι.
If anyone, being ignorant of this, whether himself a free man or a slave, touches them, let them punish the slave with lashes, and let them send away the free man after warning and instructing him to touch the other autumn fruit which is unsuitable to keep for storage as raisins, wine, or dried figs.
ἀπίων δὲ πέρι καὶ μήλων καὶ ῥοῶν καὶ πάντων τῶν τοιούτων, αἰσχρὸν μὲν μηδὲν ἔστω λάθρᾳ λαμβάνειν, ὁ δὲ ληφθεὶς ἐντὸς τριάκοντα ἐτῶν γεγονὼς τυπτέσθω καὶ ἀμυνέσθω ἄνευ τραυμάτων, δίκην δʼ εἶναι ἐλευθέρῳ τῶν τοιούτων πληγῶν μηδεμίαν.
And concerning pears, apples, pomegranates, and all such things, let it not be at all disgraceful to take them secretly; but let him who is caught, if he is under thirty years of age, be beaten and driven off without wounds, and let there be no lawsuit for a free man concerning such blows.
ξένῳ δὲ καθάπερ ὀπώρας ἐξέστω καὶ τῶν τοιούτων μέτοχον εἶναι·
And to a stranger, just as with the autumn fruit, let it be permitted to share in these things as well.
ἐὰν δὲ πρεσβύτερος ὢν ἅπτηται τούτων, φαγὼν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀποφέρων μηδέν, καθάπερ ὁ ξένος ταύτῃ κοινωνείτω τῶν τοιούτων ἁπάντων, μὴ πειθόμενος δὲ τῷ νόμῳ κινδυνευέτω ἀναγώνιστος γίγνεσθαι περὶ ἀρετῆς, ἐὰν εἰς τότε τὰ τοιαῦτα περὶ αὐτοῦ τοὺς τότε κριτάς τις ἀναμιμνῄσκῃ.
But if someone who is older touches them, eating them on the spot and carrying nothing away, let him share in all such things in this way just as the stranger does; but he who does not obey the law shall run the risk of becoming ineligible to compete for virtue, if at that time anyone reminds the judges of that day of such facts about him.
ὕδωρ δὲ πάντων μὲν τὸ περὶ τὰς κηπείας διαφερόντως τρόφιμον, εὐδιάφθαρτον δέ·
And water is of all things the most nourishing for gardens, but it is easily spoiled.
οὔτε γὰρ γῆν οὔτε ἥλιον οὔτε πνεύματα, τοῖς ὕδασι σύντροφα τῶν ἐκ γῆς ἀναβλαστανόντων, ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς, περὶ δὲ τὴν ὕδατος φύσιν ἐστὶν τὰ τοιαῦτα σύμπαντα δυνατὰ γίγνεσθαι·
For it is not easy to corrupt earth, sun, or winds, which nurture along with the waters the things that sprout from the earth, by poisonings, diversions, or thefts; but concerning the nature of water, all such things are capable of happening.
διὸ δὴ βοηθοῦ δεῖται νόμου. ἔστω τοίνυν ὅδε περὶ αὐτοῦ·
Therefore, indeed, it stands in need of a helping law.
ἄν τις διαφθείρῃ ἑκὼν ὕδωρ ἀλλότριον, εἴτε καὶ πηγαῖον εἴτε καὶ συναγυρτόν, φαρμακείαις ἢ σκάμμασιν ἢ κλοπαῖς, ὁ βλαπτόμενος δικαζέσθω πρὸς τοὺς ἀστυνόμους, τὴν ἀξίαν τῆς βλάβης ἀπογραφόμενος·
Let this, then, be the law concerning it: if anyone willingly corrupts another's water, whether from a spring or collected, by poisonings, diggings, or thefts, let the injured party bring a suit before the city-stewards, registering the value of the damage.
ἂν δέ τις ὄφλῃ φαρμακείαις τισὶν βλάπτων, πρὸς τῷ τιμήματι καθηράτω τὰς πηγὰς ἢ τἀγγεῖον τοῦ ὕδατος, ὅπῃπερ ἂν οἱ τῶν ἐξηγητῶν νόμοι ἀφηγῶνται δεῖν γίγνεσθαι τὴν κάθαρσιν ἑκάστοτε καὶ ἑκάστοις.
And if anyone is convicted of doing damage by certain poisonings, in addition to the assessment of damage, let him purify the springs or the reservoir of water, in whatever way the laws of the interpreters direct that the purification must be done on each occasion and for each person.