§4.1περί γε μὴν τῆς εἰς χρήματα δικαιοσύνης ποῖα ἄν τις μείζω τεκμήρια ἔχοι τῶνδε;
Now, concerning his justice in matters of money, what greater proofs could anyone have than these?
ὑπὸ γὰρ Ἀγησιλάου στέρεσθαι μὲν οὐδεὶς οὐδὲν πώποτε ἐνεκάλεσεν, εὖ δὲ πεπονθέναι πολλοὶ πολλὰ ὡμολόγουν.
For no one ever complained of being deprived of anything by Agesilaus, but many acknowledged that they had received many benefits.
ὅτῳ δὲ ἡδὺ τὰ αὑτοῦ διδόναι ἐπʼ ὠφελείᾳ ἀνθρώπων, πῶς ἂν οὗτος ἐθέλοι τὰ ἀλλότρια ἀποστερεῖν ἐφʼ ᾧ κακόδοξος εἶναι;
How could a man who found it pleasant to give his own property for the benefit of mankind wish to deprive others of theirs on condition of being ill-reputed?
εἰ γὰρ χρημάτων ἐπιθυμοίη, πολὺ ἀπραγμονέστερον τὰ αὑτοῦ φυλάττειν ἢ τὰ μὴ προσήκοντα λαμβάνειν.
For if he had desired money, it would have been much less troublesome to guard his own than to take what did not belong to him.
§4.2ὃς δὲ δὴ καὶ χάριτας ἀποστερεῖν μὴ ἐθέλοι, ὧν οὐκ εἰσὶ δίκαι πρὸς τὸν μὴ ἀποδιδόντα, πῶς ἅ γε καὶ νόμος κωλύει ἐθέλοι ἂν ἀποστερεῖν;
And how could one who would not wish to withhold even favors, for the non-return of which there are no lawsuits against the ungrateful, wish to deprive others of what the law actually forbids?
Ἀγησίλαος δὲ οὐ μόνον τὸ μὴ ἀποδιδόναι χάριτας ἄδικον ἔκρινεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ μὴ πολὺ μείζους τὸν μείζω δυνάμενον.
Agesilaus judged it unjust not only not to return favors, but also, for one who was more able, not to return them much greater.
§4.3τά γε μὴν τῆς πόλεως κλέπτειν πῇ ἄν τις αὐτὸν εἰκότως αἰτιάσαιτο, ὃς καὶ τὰς αὐτῷ χάριτας ὀφειλομένας τῇ πατρίδι καρποῦσθαι παρεδίδου;
And how could anyone reasonably accuse him of stealing the property of the state, who even handed over the favors owed to himself for his country to enjoy?
τὸ δʼ, ὁπότε βούλοιτο εὖ ποιεῖν ἢ πόλιν ἢ φίλους χρήμασι, δύνασθαι παρʼ ἑτέρων λαμβάνοντα ὠφελεῖν, οὐ καὶ τοῦτο μέγα τεκμήριον ἐγκρατείας χρημάτων;
And is not this also a great proof of his self-control regarding money, that whenever he wished to benefit either his city or his friends with money, he was able to help them by receiving from others?
§4.4εἰ γὰρ ἐπώλει τὰς χάριτας ἢ μισθοῦ εὐεργέτει, οὐδεὶς ἂν οὐδὲν ὀφείλειν αὐτῷ ἐνόμισεν· ἀλλʼ οἱ προῖκα εὖ πεπονθότες, οὗτοι ἀεὶ ἡδέως ὑπηρετοῦσι τῷ εὐεργέτῃ, καὶ διότι εὖ ἔπαθον καὶ διότι προεπιστεύθησαν ἄξιοι εἶναι παρακαταθήκην χάριτος φυλάττειν.
For if he had sold his favors or done good for a reward, no one would have thought they owed him anything; but those who have received benefits for nothing, these always gladly serve their benefactor, both because they received benefits and because they were trusted beforehand to be worthy of guarding a deposit of gratitude.
§4.5ὅστις δʼ ᾑρεῖτο καὶ σὺν τῷ γενναίῳ μειονεκτεῖν ἢ σὺν τῷ ἀδίκῳ πλέον ἔχειν, πῶς οὗτος οὐκ ἂν πολὺ τὴν αἰσχροκέρδειαν ἀποφεύγοι;
And how could one who chose even to be at a disadvantage with honor rather than to have more with injustice not avoid shameful gain by far?
ἐκεῖνος τοίνυν κριθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἅπαντα ἔχειν τὰ Ἄγιδος τὰ ἡμίσεα τοῖς ἀπὸ μητρὸς αὐτῷ ὁμογόνοις μετέδωκεν, ὅτι πενομένους αὐτοὺς ἑώρα.
He, therefore, having been judged by the city to possess all the property of Agis, shared half of it with his siblings from the same mother, because he saw they were poor.
ὡς δὲ ταῦτα ἀληθῆ πᾶσα μάρτυς ἡ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων πόλις.
That this is true, the whole city of the Lacedaemonians is witness.
§4.6διδόντος δʼ αὐτῷ πάμπολλα δῶρα Τιθραύστου, εἰ ἀπέλθοι ἐκ τῆς χώρας, ἀπεκρίνατο ὁ Ἀγησίλαος· ὦ Τιθραύστα, νομίζεται παρʼ ἡμῖν τῷ ἄρχοντι κάλλιον εἶναι τὴν στρατιὰν ἢ ἑαυτὸν πλουτίζειν, καὶ παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων λάφυρα μᾶλλον πειρᾶσθαι ἢ δῶρα λαμβάνειν.
And when Tithraustes offered him very many gifts if he would depart from the country, Agesilaus replied, "Tithraustes, it is considered among us more honorable for a ruler to enrich his army than himself, and to try to take spoils from the enemy rather than gifts."