But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.

But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.

Ενω δε ο εις κατεβαλλε την δοκον, επεσε το σιδηριον εις το υδωρ· και εβοησε και ειπεν, Ω, κυριε· και τουτο ητο δανειον·

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.