§9καὶ κατηγόρει μὲν Ἀριστοφῶν, ἐδικάζετε δʼ ὑμεῖς· εἰ δὲ μὴ μετριωτέραν ἔσχετε τὴν ὀργὴν τῆς ἐκείνων πονηρίας, οὐδὲν αὐτοὺς ἐκώλυε τεθνάναι.
And Aristophon was the prosecutor, and you were the judges; and if you had not had an anger more moderate than their wickedness, nothing would have prevented them from being put to death.
ταὐτὰ τοίνυν εἰδότες οὗτοι πεπραγμένʼ αὑτοῖς καὶ ἐκείνοις, οὐχὶ φρίττουσιν ἐν ὑμῖν ὑπὲρ ὧν προσήκει παθεῖν αὐτούς, ἀλλὰ δημηγοροῦσι κατʼ ἄλλων καὶ στεφανοῦν κελεύουσιν αὑτούς.
Therefore, although these men know that the same deeds have been done by themselves and by those others, they do not tremble before you for what they deserve to suffer, but they make public speeches against others and bid you crown themselves.
καίτοι σκέψασθε τίνʼ ἄν ποτε δόξαιτε βεβουλεῦσθαι τρόπον, εἰ διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν πρόφασιν τοὺς μὲν θανάτου κρίναντες, τοὺς δὲ στεφανώσαντες φανείητε.
And yet, consider what kind of judgment you would be thought to have made, if, for the very same reason, you should appear to have condemned some to death, but to have crowned others.
§10καὶ μὴν οὐ μόνον εἰ τοῦτο ποιήσαιτε, δοκεῖτʼ ἂν ἁμαρτεῖν, ἀλλʼ εἰ μὴ καὶ κολάσαιτε τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα ποιοῦντας, ἔχοντες.
Indeed, not only if you should do this would you seem to err, but also if you should not punish those who do such things when you are able to.
οὐ γὰρ ἐπειδὰν ἐάσητέ τι τῶν ὑμετέρων ἀπολέσθαι, τότε χρὴ χαλεπαίνειν, ἀλλʼ ἐν ᾧ τὰ μὲν ὑμέτερʼ ἐστὶν σᾶ, καθορᾶτε δὲ τοὺς ἐφεστηκότας διʼ αἰσχροκερδίαν οὐχὶ προσήκουσαν πρόνοιαν περὶ σωτηρίας αὐτῶν ποιουμένους.
For it is not when you have allowed some of your property to be destroyed that you ought to be angry, but rather while your property is safe, and you see those placed in charge failing to make proper provision for its safety through sordid love of gain.
καὶ μηδεὶς ὑμῶν ἐπιτιμήσῃ τῷ λόγῳ, πικρὸν εἶναι νομίσας, ἀλλὰ τοῖς τὸ ἔργον αὐτὸ πεποιηκόσιν· διὰ γὰρ τούτους τοιοῦτός ἐστιν.
And let no one of you find fault with my speech, thinking it to be harsh, but rather with those who have committed the deed itself; for it is because of them that the speech is of such a character.
§11θαυμάζω δʼ ἔγωγε, τί δή ποτε τῶν μὲν ναυτῶν τοὺς ἀπολειπομένους, ὧν τριάκοντα δραχμὰς ἕκαστος ἔχει μόνας, δοῦσι καὶ κολάζουσιν οὗτοι· τῶν δὲ τριηράρχων τοὺς μὴ συμπλέοντας, ὧν τριάκοντα μνᾶς εἰς ἔκπλουν εἴληφεν ἕκαστος, οὐ ταὐτὰ ποιεῖθʼ ὑμεῖς· ἀλλʼ ἐὰν μὲν πένης ὤν τις διʼ ἔνδειαν ἁμάρτῃ, τοῖς ἐσχάτοις ἐπιτιμίοις ἐνέξεται, ἐὰν δὲ πλούσιος ὢν διʼ αἰσχροκερδίαν ταὐτὰ ποιήσῃ, συγγνώμης τεύξεται;
For my part, I wonder why on earth, when sailors desert, each of whom receives only thirty drachmae, these men bind and punish them, whereas you do not do the same to the trierarchs who do not sail with the ship, each of whom has received thirty minae for the voyage; but if someone who is poor errs through want, he will be subject to the ultimate penalties, whereas if someone who is rich does the same through sordid love of gain, he will obtain pardon?
καὶ ποῦ τὸ πάντας ἔχειν ἴσον καὶ δημοκρατεῖσθαι φαίνεται, τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ὑμῶν ταῦτα βραβευόντων;
And where does the equal rights of all and democracy appear, when you arbitrate these matters in this manner?
§12ἔτι τοίνυν ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ κἀκεῖνʼ ἀλόγως ἔχειν, τὸν μὲν εἰπόντα τι μὴ κατὰ τοὺς νόμους, ἐὰν ἁλῷ τὸ τρίτον, μέρος ἠτιμῶσθαι τοῦ σώματος, τοὺς δὲ μὴ λόγον, ἀλλʼ ἔργον παράνομον πεποιηκότας μηδεμίαν δοῦναι δίκην.
Furthermore, it seems to me to be unreasonable also that a man who has made an illegal proposal, if he is convicted three times, should be deprived of a part of his civic rights, whereas those who have committed not an illegal speech but an illegal deed should pay no penalty.
καὶ μήν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πάντες ὑμεῖς φήσετε τὸ πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα πράως ἔχειν προδιδάσκειν ἑτέρους ἀδικεῖν εἶναι.
And indeed, men of Athens, you will all say that to be mild toward such deeds is to teach others beforehand to commit injustice.
§13βούλομαι τοίνυν, ἐπειδήπερ παρῆλθον, καὶ τὰ συμβαίνοντʼ ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων ὑμῖν διεξελθεῖν.
I wish, therefore, since I have come forward, to go through also the consequences that result to you from such practices.
ἐπειδὰν γάρ τις μισθωσάμενος τριηραρχίαν ἐκπλεύσῃ, πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἄγει καὶ φέρει, καὶ τὰς μὲν ὠφελίας ἰδίᾳ καρποῦται, τὰς δὲ δίκας τούτων ὁ τυχὼν δίδωσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ μόνοις ὑμῖν οὐδαμόσε ἔστιν ἄνευ κηρυκείου βαδίσαι διὰ τὰς ὑπὸ τούτων ἀνδροληψίας καὶ σύλας κατεσκευασμένας·
For when someone who has farmed out a trierarchy sails out, he plunders all men, and reaps the benefits privately, while any of you who happens to be there pays the penalty for these things, and you alone cannot travel anywhere without a herald's staff because of the hostage-takings and reprisal-seizures prepared by these men.
§14ὥστε τῇ γʼ ἀληθείᾳ σκοπῶν ἄν τις εὕροι τὰς τοιαύτας τριήρεις οὐχ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ καθʼ ὑμῶν ἐκπεπλευκυίας.
So that, looking at the truth, one would find that such triremes have sailed out not on your behalf, but against you.
τὸν γὰρ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως τριήραρχον οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν κοινῶν προσδοκᾶν χρὴ πλουτήσειν, ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἐπανορθώσειν, εἴπερ ἔσται τι τῶν δεόντων ὑμῖν.
For the trierarch on behalf of the city ought not to expect to grow rich from the public funds, but from his own resources to repair the affairs of the city, if any of your needs is to be met.
τούτων δὲ τἀναντίʼ ἕκαστος ἐγνωκὼς ἐκπλεῖ· καὶ γάρ τοι τὰ τῶν αὑτῶν τρόπων ἁμαρτήματα ταῖς ὑμετέραις βλάβαις ἐπανορθοῦνται.
But each of these men sails out having resolved the opposite; and therefore, indeed, they repair the errors of their own character at the cost of your damage.
§15καὶ τούτων οὐδέν ἐστιν ἄλογον.
And none of these things is unreasonable.
δεδώκατε γὰρ τοῖς βουλομένοις ἀδικεῖν, ἂν μὲν λάθωσιν, ἔχειν, ἐὰν δὲ ληφθῶσι, συγγνώμης τυχεῖν· τοῖς οὖν ἠμεληκόσι δόξης ἄδεια ποιεῖν ὅ τι ἂν βούλωνται γέγονεν.
For you have given to those who wish to commit injustice the opportunity to keep their gains if they escape detection, and to obtain pardon if they are caught; therefore, to those who care nothing for reputation, freedom has been given to do whatever they wish.
τῶν μὲν τοίνυν ἰδιωτῶν τοὺς μετὰ τοῦ παθεῖν μανθάνοντας ἀπροσκέπτους ὀνομάζομεν· ὑμᾶς δέ, οἵτινες οὐδὲ πεπονθότες πολλάκις ἤδη φυλάττεσθε, τί τις καλέσειεν ἄν;
Now, while among private citizens we call those who learn only after suffering "thoughtless"; but as for you, who do not even guard yourselves though you have already suffered many times, what could anyone call you?