So long as the hearts in your breasts had hope that wise Odysseus would return to his own house, so long there was no ground for blame that you waited, and restrained the suitors in your halls; for this was the better course, had Odysseus returned and come back to his house.
ὄφρα μὲν ὑμῖν θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἐώλπει νοστήσειν Ὀδυσῆα πολύφρονα ὅνδε δόμονδε , τόφρ' οὔ τις νέμεσις μενέμεν τ' ἦν ἰσχέμεναί τε μνηστῆρας κατὰ δώματ' , ἐπεὶ τόδε κέρδιον ἦεν , εἰ νόστησ' Ὀδυσεὺς καὶ ὑπότροπος ἵκετο δῶμα ·
ὄφρα μέν σύ θυμός ἐν στῆθος ἔλπω νοστέω Ὀδυσσεύς πολύφρων ἑός δόμονδε , τόφρα οὐ τις νέμεσις μένω τε εἰμί ἴσχω τε μνηστήρ κατά δῶμα , ἐπεί ὅδε κερδίων εἰμί , εἰ νοστέω Ὀδυσσεύς καί ὑπότροπος ἱκνέομαι δῶμα ·