German–English parallel text
Das Bündel Stöcke
The Bundle of Sticks
Aesop
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Ein Vater hatte mehrere Söhne, die sich immer miteinander stritten.
A father had several sons who were always quarreling with each other.
Nichts, was er sagte, half auch nur im Geringsten. Deshalb dachte er gründlich über ein eindrucksvolles Beispiel nach, das ihnen zeigen würde, dass Streit untereinander zu Problemen führen würde.
Nothing he said did the least bit of good, so he thought hard about a striking example that would show them that fighting among themselves would lead to trouble.
Eines Tages war der Streit viel schlimmer als sonst, und jeder der Söhne schmollte mit schlechter Laune. Der Vater bat einen von ihnen, ihm ein Bündel Stöcke zu bringen.
One day the quarreling was much worse than usual, and each of the sons was sulking in a bad mood. The father asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks.
Dann gab er das Bündel der Reihe nach jedem seiner Söhne und sagte ihnen, sie sollten versuchen, es zu zerbrechen. Aber obwohl jeder sein Bestes gab, schaffte es keiner von ihnen.
Then he handed the bundle to each of his sons in turn and told them to try to break it. But although each one tried his best, none of them could do it.
Daraufhin band der Vater das Bündel auf und gab seinen Söhnen die Stöcke einzeln, damit sie sie zerbrachen. Das machten sie ganz leicht.
The father then untied the bundle and gave the sticks to his sons to break one by one. They did this very easily.
„Meine Söhne“, sagte der Vater, „seht ihr nicht, dass eure Feinde euch nichts anhaben können, wenn ihr euch vertragt und einander helft?
“My sons,” said the father, “don’t you see that if you get along and help each other, your enemies won’t be able to hurt you?
Aber wenn ihr untereinander uneins seid, werdet ihr nicht stärker sein als ein einzelner Stock in diesem Bündel.“
But if you’re divided among yourselves, you’ll be no stronger than a single stick in that bundle.”
In der Einigkeit liegt die Kraft.
There is strength in unity.
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