§6.41.1οὐ γὰρ δήπου συνεξαπατᾶν ὑμᾶς ἐπιστάμενον τὴν ἀπάτην καὶ βουλευσάμενόν με μετὰ ταύτης συγκακουργεῖν ὑπολαμβάνετε.
For you surely do not suppose that I, having planned this deception and conspired with the senate, am joining in this wrongdoing to deceive you.
εἰ γὰρ ταῦτα ὑμῖν εἰσέρχεται περὶ ἐμοῦ ὡς ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων κακουργοτέρου,. . . ὅ τι βούλεσθε χρώμενοί μοι ταύτης μὲν τῆς ὑποψίας ἐμοὶ πειθόμενοι τὰς ψυχὰς ἐλευθερώσατε, ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺς πολεμίους τὴν ὀργὴν μετάθετε ἀπὸ τῶν φίλων, οἳ πόλιν τε ὑμᾶς ἀφελούμενοι ἥκουσι καὶ ἀντʼ ἐλευθέρων δούλους ποιήσοντες καὶ τἆλλα, ὅσα δεινὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις νενόμισται, διαθεῖναι σπεύδοντες οὐ πόρρω τῆς χώρας εἶναι ἀγγέλλονται.
For if these thoughts enter your minds concerning me, as though I were the most wicked of all men,... treat me as you wish, but, yielding to me, free your minds from this suspicion, and transfer your anger from your friends to your enemies, who have come to rob you of your city and make you slaves instead of free men, and who, hastening to inflict all other evils that are deemed terrible among men, are reported to be not far from our territory.
§6.41.2προθύμως οὖν ἀπολύσασθε τὰς διαβολὰς καὶ δείξατε αὐτοῖς, ὅτι καὶ στασιάζουσα ἡ Ῥωμαίων δύναμις κρείττων ἑτέρας ἐστὶν ὁμονοούσης·
Therefore, eagerly dismiss these slanders and show them that the power of the Romans, even when in discord, is superior to that of any other nation in harmony.
ἢ γὰρ οὐχ ὑπομενοῦσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπιόντας ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἢ δίκας ὑφέξουσι τῆς τόλμης ἀξίας·
For either they will not withstand you when you march against them with one mind, or they will suffer a punishment worthy of their daring.
ἐνθυμήθητε γάρ, ὅτι Οὐολοῦσκοι καὶ Σαβῖνοί εἰσιν, ὧν πολλάκις ἐκρατήσατε μαχομένων, οἱ τὸν πόλεμον ἐπάγοντες ὑμῖν, οὔτε σώματα νῦν μείζονα λαβόντες οὔτε ψυχὰς τῶν προτέρων ἀλκιμωτέρας κτησάμενοι, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐχθρῶς πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐχόντων καταφρονήσαντες ὑμῶν.
For consider that those who are bringing war upon you are the Volscians and the Sabines, whom you have often conquered in battle; they have neither acquired larger bodies now nor obtained braver souls than before, but they have despised you, looking upon you as being hostile to one another.
ὅταν δὲ τοὺς πολεμίους τιμωρήσησθε, ἐγγυῶμαι ὑμῖν τὴν βουλὴν ἐγὼ τάς τε ὑπὲρ τῶν χρεῶν φιλονεικίας καὶ ὅ τι ἂν ἄλλο παρʼ αὐτῆς αἰτῆσθε μέτριον, ἀξίως τῆς ἀρετῆς, ἣν ἂν παράσχησθε ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, βραβεύσειν.
And when you have punished the enemy, I myself guarantee to you that the senate will decide the disputes concerning debts, and whatever other reasonable request you may make of them, in a manner worthy of the valor you shall display in the war.
§6.41.3τέως δʼ ἀφείσθω πᾶσα μὲν οὐσία, πᾶν δὲ σῶμα, πᾶσα δʼ ἐπιτιμία πολίτου Ῥωμαίου ἀρρυσίαστος ἀπό τε δανείου καὶ ἄλλου παντὸς συμβολαίου.
Meanwhile, let all property, every body, and every right of a Roman citizen be free from seizure arising from debt or any other contract.
τοῖς δὲ προθύμως ἀγωνισαμένοις κάλλιστος μὲν στέφανος πόλις ἥδε ἡ γειναμένη στᾶσα ὀρθή, καλὸς δὲ καὶ ὁ παρὰ τῶν συνόντων ἔπαινος ὑπάρξει· καὶ ὁ παρʼ ἡμῶν κόσμος ἱκανὸς οἶκόν τʼ ἐπανορθῶσαι χρήμασι καὶ γένος ἐπιλαμπρῦναι τιμαῖς.
To those who fight eagerly, this very city that gave them birth, standing upright, will be the most beautiful crown, and fine praise from their fellow citizens will also be theirs; and the honors from us will be sufficient both to restore their houses with money and to make their families illustrious with honors.
παράδειγμά τε ὑμῖν ἀξιῶ γενέσθαι τοὐμὸν εἰς τοὺς κινδύνους πρόθυμον· ὑπεραγωνιοῦμαι γὰρ ὡς ὁ κράτιστα ἐρρωμένος ὑμῶν.
And I demand that my own eagerness in the face of danger become an example to you; for I shall fight on your behalf as the strongest of you all.