§351ut amantem erilem copem facerem filium, §352ita feci, ut auri quantum vellet sumeret, §353quantum autem lubeat reddere ut reddat patri.
to make the master's loving son wealthy, I have so managed it that he may take as much gold as he wishes, and that he may return to his father as much as it pleases him to return.
§354senex in Ephesum íbit aurum arcessere, §355hic nostra agetur aetas in malacum modum, §356siquidem híc relinquet neque secum abducet senex §357med et Mnesilochum.
The old man will go to Ephesus to fetch the gold, while here our life will be spent in a luxurious fashion, if indeed the old man leaves here and does not take along with him me and Mnesilochus.
quas ego hic turbas dabo!
What commotions I shall cause here!
§358sed quid futurumst, cum hoc senex resciverit, §359cum se excucurrisse illuc frustra sciverit §360nosque aurum abusos? quid mihi fiet postea?
But what will happen when the old man finds this out, when he knows that he has run off thither in vain, and that we have wasted the gold? What will become of me afterwards?
By Hercules, I believe that on his arrival he will change my name, and on the spot make me Crucisalus instead of Chrysalus.
§363aufugero hercle, si magis usus venerit.
By Hercules, I shall run away, if there is further need.
§364si ero reprehensus, macto ego illum infortunio: §365si illi sunt virgae ruri, at mihi tergum domist.
If I am caught, I will heap him with misfortune: if he has rods in the country, yet I have my back at home.
§366nunc ibo, erili filio hanc fabricam dabo §367super auro amicaque eius inventa Bacchide. — §368Pándite atque aperíte propere iánuam hanc Orci, óbsecro.
Now I will go, and present this trick to the master's son concerning the gold and his mistress Bacchis who has been found.— Open and throw open quickly this door of Orcus, I beseech you.
§369nam équidem haud aliter esse duco, quippe quo nemo advenit, §370nisi quem spes reliquere omnes, esse ut frugi possiet.
For indeed I do not consider it otherwise, since no one comes hither except one whom all hopes have abandoned of ever being able to be of any worth.
§371Bacchides non Bacchides, sed bacchae sunt acerrumae.
They are not Bacchides, but the most furious Bacchae.
§372apage istas a me sorores, quae hominum sorbent sanguinem.
Away from me with those sisters, who suck the blood of men.
§373omnis ad perniciem instructa domus opime atque opipare— §374quaé ut aspexi, me continuo contuli protinam in pedes.
A whole house equipped for destruction in the most rich and sumptuous manner— as soon as I beheld these things, I immediately took to my feet.
§375egone ut haec conclusa gestem clanculum? ut celem patrem,
Am I to carry these things in secret, shut up within?
§376Pistoclere, tua flagitia aut damna aut desidiabula?
To conceal from your father, Pistoclerus, your disgraces, your losses, and your dens of sloth?
§379neque mei neque te tui intus puditumst factis quae facis, §380quibus tuom patrem meque una, amicos, adfinis tuos §381tua infámia fecisti gerulifigulos flagiti.
You were ashamed neither of me nor of yourself inside, by the deeds which you do, by which, through your infamy, you have made your father and me together, and your friends and relatives, the carriers and potters of your wickedness.
§383de me hanc culpam demolibor iam et seni faciam palam, §384ut eum éx lutulento caeno propere hinc eliciat foras. — §385Múltimodis meditatus egomet mecum sum, et ita esse arbitror: §386homini amico, qui est amicus ita uti nomen possidet, §387nisi deos ei nil praestare; id opera expertus sum esse ita.
I will at once rid myself of this blame and lay it open to the old man, so that he may quickly drag him out of this muddy filth.— I have pondered much with myself, and I think it is thus: to a friendly man, who is a friend in such a manner as he possesses the name, that except the gods, nothing excels him; I have found by experience that this is so.
§388nám ut in Ephesum hinc abii (hoc factumst ferme abhinc biennium) §389ex Epheso huc ad Pistoclerum meum sodalem litteras §390misi, amicam ut mi inveniret Bacchidem.
For when I departed hence for Ephesus (this was done almost two years ago), I sent letters from Ephesus hither to my comrade Pistoclerus, that he should find for me my mistress Bacchis.
illum intellego §391invenisse, ut servos meus mi nuntiavit Chrysalus.
I understand that he has found her, as my servant Chrysalus has announced to me.
How worthily he has performed that trick with the gold against my father, so that I, a lover, might have abundance!
§394nam pol quidem meo animo ingrato hómine nihil inpensiust; §395malefactorem amitti satius quam relinqui beneficum; §396nimio inpendiosum praestat te quam ingratum dicier: §397illum laudabunt boni, hunc etiam ipsi culpabunt mali.
For indeed, in my opinion, there is nothing more costly than an ungrateful man; it is better to let a wrong-doer go than to abandon a benefactor; it is far better that you should be called extravagant than ungrateful: the good will praise the former, and even the wicked themselves will blame the latter.
§398qua me causa magis cum cura esse aecum, obvigilatost opus.
For which reason it is right for me to be more careful; there is need of watchfulness.
§399nunc, Mnesiloche, specimen specitur, nunc certamen cernitur, §400sisne necne ut esse oportet, malus, bonus quoivis modi, §401iustus iniustus, malignus largus, comis incommodus.
Now, Mnesilochus, your test is being tested, now your contest is being decided, whether you are or are not as you ought to be, bad or good in any way, just or unjust, stingy or liberal, courteous or disagreeable.
§402cave sis te superare servom siris faciundo bene.
Take care, please, that you do not allow your servant to surpass you in doing well.
§403utut eris, moneo, haud celabis.
However you may be, I advise you, you will not conceal it.
sed eccos video incedere §404patrem sodalis et magistrum.
But look, I see my comrade's father and his master approaching.
hinc auscultabo quam rem agant.
From here I will listen to what they are doing.
§405Nunc experiar, sitne aceto tibi cor acre in pectore.
Now I shall test whether you have a sharp heart of vinegar in your breast.
§406sequere.
Follow me.
§406bQuo sequar? quo ducis nunc me?
Whither shall I follow? Whither are you leading me now?
To her who has ruined, utterly ruined for you your uniquely unique son.
§408Heia, Lyde, leniter qui saeviunt sapiunt magis.
Ah, Lydus, those who rage mildly are wiser.
It is less to be wondered at if that age does any of those things, than if it does not.
feci égo istaec itidem in adulescentia.
I myself did those very things in my youth.
§411Ei mihi, ei mihi, istaec illum perdidit assentatio.
Ah me, ah me, that indulgence of yours has ruined him.
§412nam absque te esset, égo illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum:
For if it were not for you, I would have him directed to a good and upright character.