§31 雇请瓦师喻
(31) mason wanted
昔有婆罗门师，欲作大会，语弟子言：“我须瓦器，以供会用。汝可为我雇请瓦师。诣市觅之。”
once upon a time, a brahman master indented to give a big party. he told his disciple, "i need earthenware for the party. go to the market and fetch for me a mason."
时彼弟子往瓦师家，时有一人驴负瓦器至市欲卖，须臾之间，驴尽破之。还来家中，啼哭懊恼。弟子见已，而问之言：“何以悲叹懊恼如是？”
on his way to the mason's home, the disciple came across a man whose donkey was loaded with earthenware for sale in the market. yet all pottery was broken by the animal in the twinkling of an eye. on his return home, the man was crying and getting quite distraught. on seeing this, the disciple asked: "why are you so sad and disappointed?"
其人答言：“我为方便，勤苦积年，始得成器。诣市欲卖。此弊恶驴，须臾之顷，尽破我器。是故懊恼。”
the man replied, "i have been making earthenware with all my expedient means after toiling and moiling for many years. i was on my way to the market intending to sell them. but this dumb animal has broken all i had in no time. that's why i'm so distraught."
