§10ἐνθυμεῖσθε γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅτι οὐκ Ἐργοκλῆς μόνος κρίνεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ πόλις ὅλη.
For bear in mind, men of Athens, that not Ergocles alone is on trial, but the whole city as well.
νυνὶ γὰρ τοῖς ἄρχουσι τοῖς ὑμετέροις ἐπιδείξετε πότερον χρὴ δικαίους εἶναι, ἢ ὡς πλεῖστα τῶν ὑμετέρων ὑφελομένους τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ τὴν σωτηρίαν παρασκευάζεσθαι, ᾧπερ οὗτοι νυνὶ πειρῶνται.
For now you will show your officials whether they ought to be just, or, by stealing as much of your property as possible, to secure their safety in the very same way in which these men are now attempting to do so.
καίτοι εὖ εἰδέναι χρή, §11ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι.
And yet, you must know well, men of Athens.
ὅστις ἐν τοσαύτῃ ἀπορίᾳ τῶν ὑμετέρων πραγμάτων ἢ πόλεις προδίδωσιν ἢ χρήματα κλέπτειν ἢ δωροδοκεῖν ἀξιοῖ, οὗτος καὶ τὰ τείχη καὶ τὰς ναῦς τοῖς πολεμίοις παραδίδωσι καὶ ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐκ δημοκρατίας καθίστησιν·
Whoever, in such a great distress of your affairs, either betrays cities or thinks fit to steal money or take bribes, this man hands over both the walls and the ships to the enemy and establishes oligarchy out of democracy.
ὥστʼ οὐκ ἄξιον ὑμῖν τῆς τούτων παρασκευῆς ἡττᾶσθαι, ἀλλὰ παράδειγμα πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ποιῆσαι καὶ μήτε κέρδος μήτε ἔλεον μήτʼ ἄλλο μηδὲν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῆς τούτων τιμωρίας.
Therefore, it is not right for you to be overcome by their preparations, but to make an example for all men, and to value neither profit nor pity nor anything else more than the punishment of these men.
§12οἶμαι δʼ Ἐργοκλέα, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, περὶ μὲν Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ περὶ τῶν αὑτῷ πεπραγμένων οὐκ ἐπιχειρήσειν ἀπολογεῖσθαι, ἐρεῖν δὲ ὡς ἀπὸ Φυλῆς κατῆλθε καὶ ὡς δημοτικός ἐστι καὶ ὡς τῶν κινδύνων τῶν ὑμετέρων μετέσχεν.
And I think, men of Athens, that Ergocles will not attempt to defend himself concerning Halicarnassus or his office or his own deeds, but will say that he returned from Phyle, that he is a democrat, and that he shared in your dangers.
ἐγὼ δέ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, οὐ §13τοιαύτην γνώμην ἔχω περὶ τῶν τοιούτων· ἀλλʼ ὅσοι μὲν ἐλευθερίας καὶ τοῦ δικαίου ἐπιθυμοῦντες καὶ τοὺς νόμους ἰσχύειν βουλόμενοι καὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας μισοῦντες τῶν ὑμετέρων κινδύνων μετέσχον, οὐ πονηροὺς εἶναι πολίτας, οὐδὲ ἀδίκως τούτοις φημι ἂν εἶναι ὑπόλογον τὴν ἐκείνων φυγήν·
But I, men of Athens, do not hold such an opinion about such men; on the contrary, as for all those who, desiring freedom and justice, wishing the laws to have force, and hating wrongdoers, shared in your dangers, I say that they are not bad citizens, nor would I say that it is unjust for their exile to be taken into account for them.
ὅσοι δὲ κατελθόντες ἐν δημοκρατία τὸ μὲν ὑμέτερον πλῆθος ἀδικοῦσι, τοὺς δὲ ἰδίους οἴκους ἐκ τῶν ὑμετέρων μεγάλους ποιοῦσι, πολὺ μᾶλλον αὐτοῖς προσήκει ὀργίζεσθαι ἤ τοῖς τριάκοντα.
But as for all those who, having returned, do injustice to your democracy and make their own houses great from your resources, it is much more fitting to be angry with them than with the Thirty.
§14οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦτʼ ἐχειροτονήθησαν, ἵνα κακῶς, εἴ πῃ δύναιντο, ὑμᾶς ποιήσειαν· τούτοις δʼ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπετρέψατε, ὡς μεγάλην καὶ ἐλευθέραν τὴν πόλιν ποιήσωσιν·
For the former were elected for this purpose, to do you harm if in any way they could; whereas to the latter you entrusted yourselves, so that they might make the city great and free.
ὧν ὑμῖν οὐδὲν ἀποβέβηκεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐπὶ τούτοις εἶναι ἐν τοῖς δεινοτάτοις κινδύνοις καθεστήκατε, ὥστε πολὺ ἂν δικαιότερον ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἢ τούτους ἐλεοῖτε, καὶ τοὺς ὑμετέρους παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας, ὅτι ὑπὸ τοιούτων ἀνδρῶν λυμαίνεσθε.
Of these expectations nothing has resulted for you; on the contrary, as far as it lies in their power, you have been placed in the greatest dangers, so that you would much more justly pity yourselves than them, and your children and wives, because you are being ruined by such men.
§15ὅταν γὰρ ἡγησώμεθα σωτηρίας ἀντειλῆφθαι, δεινότερα ὑπὸ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀρχόντων πάσχομεν ἢ ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων.
For when we think we have laid hold of safety, we suffer more terrible things at the hands of our own rulers than at those of our enemies.
καίτοι πάντες ἐπίστασθε ὅτι οὐδεμία ἐλπὶς σωτηρίας ὑμῖν δυστυχήσασιν.
And yet, you all know that there is no hope of safety for you if you should meet with misfortune.
ὥστε ἄξιον ὑμᾶς παρακελευσαμένους ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς παρὰ τούτων νυνὶ τὴν μεγίστην δίκην λαβεῖν, καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἕλλησιν ἐπιδεῖξαι ὡς τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας τιμωρεῖσθε, καὶ τοὺς ὑμετέρους ἄρχοντας βελτίους ποιήσετε.
Therefore, it is fitting for you to exhort yourselves to exact now the greatest penalty from this man, to show to the other Greeks that you punish the wrongdoers, and you will make your own rulers better.
§16ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ταῦθʼ ὑμῖν παρακελεύομαι· ὑμᾶς δὲ χρὴ εἰδέναι ὅτι, ἐὰν μὲν ἐμοὶ πεισθῆτε, εὖ περὶ αὑτῶν βουλεύσεσθε, εἰ δὲ μή, χείροσι τοῖς ἄλλοις πολίταις χρήσεσθε.
I, therefore, exhort you to do this; but you must know that, if you obey me, you will deliberate well for yourselves, but if not, you will have to deal with worse citizens among the rest.
ἔτι δέ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἐὰν αὐτῶν ἀποψηφίσησθε, οὐδεμίαν ὑμῖν εἴσονται χάριν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἀνηλωμένοις καὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν οἷς ὑφῄρηνται· ὥστε τὴν μὲν ἔχθραν ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς καταλείψετε, τῆς δὲ σωτηρίας ἐκείνοις εἴσονται χάριν.
Furthermore, men of Athens, if you acquit them, they will feel no gratitude to you, but rather to the money they spent and to the resources they plundered; so you will keep the enmity for yourselves, while they will feel gratitude to those resources for their safety.
§17καὶ μὲν δή, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ Ἁλικαρνασσεῖς καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι οἱ ὑπὸ τούτων ἠδικημένοι, ἐὰν μὲν παρὰ τούτων τὴν μεγίστην δίκην λάβητε, νομιοῦσιν ὑπὸ τούτων μὲν ἀπολωλέναι, ὑμᾶς δὲ αὑτοῖς βεβοηθηκέναι· ἐὰν δὲ τούτους σώσητε, ἡγήσονται καὶ ὑμᾶς ὁμογνώμονας γεγονέναι τοῖς αὑτοὺς προδεδωκόσιν.
And indeed, men of Athens, both the Halicarnassians and the others who have been wronged by these men, if you exact the greatest penalty from them, will believe that though they were ruined by these men, you have come to their aid; but if you save them, they will think that you too have come to be of the same mind as those who betrayed them.
ὥστʼ ἄξιον τούτων ἁπάντων ἐνθυμηθέντας ἅμα τοῖς τε φίλοις τοῖς ὑμετέροις ἀποδοῦναι χάριν καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἀδικούντων τὴν δίκην λαβεῖν.
Therefore, it is fitting for you to bear all these things in mind, at once to return gratitude to your friends and to exact penalty from the wrongdoers.