§11καίτοιγε σφῶν γε αὐτῶν κατηγόρουν.
And yet they were accusing themselves.
εἰ γὰρ ἃ μετὰ τούτων ἔπραττον ἀδικουμένῳ μοι μηδὲν ἦν δίκαιον εἰπεῖν, ἦ που κακῶς συνέπραττον.
For if what they did with these men while I was being wronged was not just to speak of, surely they were cooperating in a evil way.
καὶ ἐγὼ μὲν ᾤμην φιλοσοφοῦντας αὐτοὺς περὶ τοῦ πράγματος ἀντιλέγειν τὸν ἐναντίον λόγον· οἱ δʼ ἄρα οὐκ ἀντέλεγον ἀλλʼ ἀντέπραττον,
And I indeed thought they were arguing the opposite case, philosophizing about the matter; but they, it turns out, were not arguing against but acting against.
§12καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀντέλεγον, ἵνα τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον εἰδείη Πολυκλῆς· ἐδηλώθη γὰρ ταῦτα.
And they argued against for this reason, so that Polycles might know my argument; for this was made clear.
παρόντων τῶν διαιτητῶν ὀργιζόμενος ὁ Πολυκλῆς εἶπεν ὅτι καὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἐπιτηδείοις ἀδικεῖν δοκοίην, ὡς πρὸς ἐκεῖνον λέγοιεν.
For when the arbitrators were present, Polycles, getting angry, said that I also seemed to do wrong to my associates, as they said to him.
ἆρά γε ταῦτα ξυμβαίνει τοῖς ἀπαγγελλομένοις;
Do these things indeed agree with what was reported?
ὁ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἀπήγγειλεν ὡς τοὺς ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ μέλλοντας λέγειν ἀποτρέψειν φάσκοιτε, τοὺς δέ τινας ἤδη κωλύσαιτε.
For the same person reported that you claimed you would turn away those who were going to speak on my behalf, and that you had already prevented some.
καὶ ταῦτα τί με δεῖ φανερώτερον ἐξελέγχειν ἔτι;
And why is it necessary for me to expose these things more clearly still?
φέρε γάρ, ᾔδει ποτʼ ἐκεῖνος ὅτι Κλειτοδίκου δεηθεὶς ἐπιλέγειν οὐκ ἔτυχον;
For come, did he ever know that, having requested Cleitodicus to speak, I did not obtain my request?
§13οὐ γὰρ δὴ παρῆν τούτοις· ἢ τί κέρδος ἦν αὐτῷ διαβάλλειν ἐμὲ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὕτω προθύμως, ὥστε σπουδάσαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἀναγκαίους πλάσασθαι ταῦτα;
For he was certainly not present with these men; or what profit was there for him to slander me to you so eagerly, as to make haste to fabricate these things to my relatives?
§14γιγνώσκω δὲ νῦν ἤδη καὶ πάλαι ζητοῦντας πρόφασιν, ἡνίκα Θρασύμαχον ὑμᾶς ἐφάσκετε κακῶς λέγειν διʼ ἐμέ.
And I realize now that even long ago you were seeking a pretext, when you claimed that Thrasymachus spoke ill of you because of me.
καὶ ἐγὼ μὲν ἠρώτων αὐτὸν εἰ διʼ ἐμὲ κακῶς λέγοι Διόδωρον· ὁ δὲ τοσοῦτον ὑπερεῖδε τὸ διʼ ἐμέ· πολλοῦ γὰρ δεῖν ἔφη διʼ ὁντινοῦν εἰρηκέναι Διόδωρον κακῶς.
And I indeed asked him if he spoke ill of Diodorus because of me; but he so greatly disregarded the "because of me"; for he said he was far from having spoken ill of Diodorus because of anyone.
καὶ ταῦτα προσάγοντος ἐμοῦ πρόθυμος ὁ Θρασύμαχος ἦν ἐξελέγχεσθαι, §15περὶ ὧν οὗτος ἔλεγεν· οὗτος δὲ πάντʼ ἂν μᾶλλον διεπράττετο.
And when I confronted him, Thrasymachus was eager to be examined, concerning the things which this man said; but this man would have done anything rather.
μετὰ τοῦτο Αὐτοκράτης ἐμοῦ παρόντος Θρασυμάχω ἔλεγεν Εὐρυπτόλεμον αὐτῷ μέμφεσθαι, φάσκοντα κακῶς ἀκούειν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ· τὸν ἀπαγγέλλοντα δὲ εἶναι Μηνόφιλον.
After this, Autocrates, in my presence, told Thrasymachus that Euryptolemus blamed him, claiming that he was spoken ill of by him; and that the one who reported it was Menophilus.
εὐθὺς δʼ ἐκεῖνος ἐπὶ τὸν Μηνόφιλον ἐβάδιξε μετʼ ἐμοῦ· κἀκεῖνος οὔτε ἀκοῦσαι πώποτε ἔφασκεν οὔτε ἀπαγγεῖλαι πρὸς Εὐρυπτόλεμον, καὶ οὐ ταῦτα μόνον, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ διειλέχθαι πολλοῦ χρόνου.
And straightway he went to Menophilus with me; and he said that he had neither ever heard it nor reported it to Euryptolemus, and not only that, but that he had not even conversed with him for a long time.
§16τοιαύτας προφάσεις προφασιζόμενοι τότε μὲν ἐκ τῆς ἐμῆς καὶ Θρασυμάχου συνουσίας ἐστὲ φανεροί, νῦν δὲ ἐπειδὴ ἐκλελοίπασιν ὑμᾶς αἱ προφάσεις, ἐλευθεριώτερόν με κακῶσαι λείπετε ἤδη οὐδέν.
By making such pretexts at that time, you are clearly withdrawing from my and Thrasymachus's company, but now, since pretexts have failed you, you no longer leave anything undone to harm me more openly.
χρῆν μὲν οὖν τότε με γιγνώσκειν ὀφειλόμενόν μοι ταῦτα παθεῖν, ὅτε καὶ πρὸς ἐμὲ περὶ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἐλέγετε κακῶς· ἔπειτα καὶ περὶ Πολυκλέους, ᾧ νυνὶ βοηθεῖτε, §17πάντʼ εἴρηκα πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
Indeed, I ought to have known then that I was destined to suffer these things, when you spoke ill of your own selves even to me; and then also, concerning Polycles, whom you are now helping, I have said everything to you.
κατὰ τί δὴ ταῦτα οὐκ ἐφυλαττόμην;
Why on earth did I not guard against these things?
εὔηθές τι ἔπαθον.
I behaved quite foolishly.
ᾤμην γὰρ ἀπόθετος ὑμῖν εἶναι φίλος τοῦ μηδὲν ἀκοῦσαι κακὸν διʼ αὐτὸ τοῦτο, διότι πρὸς ἐμὲ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐλέγετε κακῶς, παρακαταθήκην ἔχων ὑμῶν παρʼ ἑκάστου λόγους πονηροὺς περὶ ἀλλήλων.
For I thought I was a friend treasured by you, so as to hear no evil, for this very reason: because you spoke ill of others to me, since I held as a deposit from each of you bad words about one another.
§18ἐγὼ τοίνυν ἑκὼν ὑμῖν ἐξίσταμαι τῆς φιλίας, ἐπεί τοι μὰ τοὺς θεοὺς οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅ τι ζημιωθήσομαι μὴ ξυνὼν ὑμῖν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ὠφελούμην ξυνών.
Therefore, I willingly withdraw from friendship with you, since indeed, by the gods, I do not know what harm I shall suffer by not associating with you; for I was not benefited by associating with you either.
πότερον γάρ, ὅταν ᾖ τί μοι πρᾶγμα, τότε ποθέσομαι τὸν ἐροῦντα καὶ τοὺς μαρτυρήσοντας;
For is it when I have some business that I shall then miss someone to speak and those who will bear witness?
καὶ νῦν ἀντὶ μὲν τοῦ λέγειν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ τὸν λέγοντα πειρᾶσθε ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ βοηθεῖν ἐμοὶ καὶ μαρτυρεῖν τὰ δίκαια ξύνεστε τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἀντιδίκοις καὶ μαρτυρεῖτε.
And even now, instead of speaking on my behalf, you make attempts against the one who speaks; and instead of helping me and testifying to what is just, you associate with my opponents and bear witness.
§19ἀλλʼ ὡς εὖνοι ὄντες ἐμοὶ τὰ βέλτιστα ἐρεῖτε περὶ ἐμοῦ;
But will you speak the best things about me, as being well-disposed to me?
ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν ὑμεῖς με μόνοι κακῶς λέγετε.
But even now, you alone speak ill of me.
τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐμὸν οὐκ ἐμποδὼν ὑμῖν ἔσται.
Therefore, my affairs will not be in your way.
τοιοῦτον δʼ ἄρα πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς πείσεσθε, ἐπειδή περ ὑμῖν ἔθος ἐστὶν ἕνα τῶν ξυνόντων ἀεὶ κακῶς λέγειν καὶ ποιεῖν· ἐπειδὰν ὑμῖν ἐγὼ μὴ ξυνῶ, πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς τρέψεσθε, κἄπειτα καθʼ ἕνα ἕκαστον ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς ἀπεχθήσεσθε, τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον εἷς ὁ λειπόμενος αὐτὸς αὑτὸν κακῶς ἐρεῖ.
And indeed you will suffer such a thing among yourselves, since it is your habit always to speak ill of and harm one of those who associate with you; when I no longer associate with you, you will turn against yourselves, and then, one by one, you will become hateful to yourselves, and finally, the one who is left will himself speak ill of himself.
§20κερδανῶ δὲ τοσοῦτον, ὅτι πρῶτος νῦν ὑμῶν ἀπαλλαγεὶς ἐλάχιστα κακῶς ὑφʼ ὑμῶν πείσομαι· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ χρωμένους ὑμῖν κακῶς καὶ λέγετε καὶ ποιεῖτε, τῶν δὲ μὴ χρωμένων οὐδένα πώποτε.
And I shall gain this much, that by being the first now to be rid of you, I shall suffer the least harm from you; for you speak ill of and harm those who associate with you, but never anyone of those who do not associate with you.