For he is diligently executing a commissioned task for his friend and well-wishing companion.
ipsus neque amat nec tu creduas.
He himself does not love, nor should you believe it.
§477Itane oportet rem mandatam gerere amici sedulo, §478ut ipsus in gremio osculantem mulierem teneat sedens?
Is it proper thus diligently to manage a friend's commissioned task, that he himself should sit holding a kissing woman in his lap?
§479nullon pacto res mandata potest agi, nisi identidem §480manus ferát ei ad papillas, lábra ab labris nusquam auferat?
Can a commissioned task in no way be carried out, unless repeatedly he stretches his hand to her breasts, and never takes his lips away from hers?
§481nám alia memorare quae illum facere vidi dispudet: §482cum manum sub vestimenta ad corpus tetulit Bacchidi §483me praesente, neque pudere quicquam.
For I am ashamed to mention other things which I saw him do: when he reached his hand to Bacchis's body under her clothes in my presence, and without any shame.
quid verbis opust?
What need is there of words?
§484mihi discipulus, tibi sodalis periit, húic filius; §485nám ego illum periisse dico quoi quidem periit pudor.
To me a pupil, to you a companion, to this man a son is ruined; for I say that he is ruined whose shame indeed has perished.
§489Perdidisti me, sodalis.
You have ruined me, my companion.
egone ut illam mulierem
How can I not ruin that woman of her life?
§490capitis non perdam? perire me malis malim modis.
I would rather perish in wretched ways.
§491satin ut quem tu habeás fidelem tibi aut cui credas néscias?
Is it not certain that you do not know whom you may hold faithful to you or whom to trust?
§492Viden ut aegre patitur gnatum ésse corruptum tuom, §493suom sodalem, ut ipsus sese cruciat aegritudine?
Do you see how painfully he takes it that your son, his own companion, is corrupted, how he tortures himself with distress?
§494Mnesiloche, hoc tecum oro, ut illius animum atque ingenium regas; §495serva tibi sodalem ét mihi filium.
Mnesilochus, I beg this of you, that you rule his mind and character; save a companion for yourself and a son for me.
§495bFactum volo.
I wish it done.
§496Melius esset, me quoque una si cum illo relinqueres.
It would be better if you left me too along with him.
§497Adfatim est.
It is enough.
§497bMnesiloche, cura, ei, concastiga hominem probe, §498qui dedecorat te, me amicosque alios flagitiis suis.
Mnesilochus, take care, go, chastise the man thoroughly, who disgraces you, me, and other friends with his shameful acts.
§499In te ego hoc onus omne impono.
I place this whole burden upon you.
Lyde, sequere hac me.
Lydus, follow me this way.
§499bSequor. — §500Inimiciorem nunc utrum credam magis §501sodalemne esse an Bacchidem, incertum admodumst.
I follow.— Whether I should now believe my companion or Bacchis to be more of an enemy is quite uncertain.
§502illum exoptavit potius? habeat.
Did she prefer him? Let him have her.
optumest.
Excellent.
§503ne illa illud hercle cum malo fecit suo; §504nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, §505ni ego illam exemplis plurumis planeque—amo.
By Hercules, she certainly did that to her own misfortune; for may no one ever believe me of the gods, unless I, with many examples and clearly—love her.
§506ego faxo hau dicet nactam quem derideat.
I will make sure she won't say she has found someone to mock.
§507nam iam domum ibo atque—aliquid surrupiam patri.
For now I will go home and—steal something from my father.
§507aid istí dabo.
I will give it to her.
ego istanc multis ulciscar modis.
No, I will take revenge on her in many ways.
§508adeo égo illam cogam usque ut mendicet—meus pater.
To such an extent I will drive her to beg—my father, that is.
But am I of sound mind, who prate here in this manner about these things that are to be?
§511amo hercle opino, ut pote quod pro certo sciam.
By Hercules, I think I love, as I may know for certain.
§512verum quam illa umquam de mea pecunia §513ramenta fiat plumea propensior, §514mendicum malim mendicando vincere.
But before she ever, from my money, becomes more weighed down than a feather's scraping, I would rather surpass a beggar in begging.
§515numquam edepol viva me inridebit. nam mihi
By Pollux, she shall never mock me alive.
§516decretumst renumerare iam omne aurum patri.
For I have decided to pay back all the gold to my father now.
§517igitur mi inani atque inopi subblandibitur §518tum quom blandiri nihilo pluris referet, §519quam si ad sepulcrum mortuo narres logos.
Then she will flatter me when I am empty and penniless, at that time when flattering will be of no more use, than if you tell tales to a dead man at his tomb.
§520profecto stabilest me patri aurum reddere.
Indeed, it is firm for me to return the gold to my father.
§521eadem éxorabo, Chrysalo causa mea §522pater ne noceat, neu quid ei suscenseat §523mea causa de auro quod eum ludificatus est; §524nam illi aequomst me consulere, qui causa mea §525mendacium éi dixit.
At the same time, I will persuade my father for my sake not to harm Chrysalus, nor to be angry with him on my account concerning the gold about which he tricked him; for it is right that I look out for him, who for my sake told him a lie.
vos me sequimini. — §526Rébus aliis antevortar, Bacchis, quae mandas mihi: §527Mnesilochum ut requiram atque ut eum mecum ad te adducam simul.
You, follow me.— I will prioritize over other matters, Bacchis, what you command me: to seek Mnesilochus and bring him with me to you at the same time.
For my mind wonders, if the messenger reached him from me, why he delays.
ibo ut visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi.
I will go to see here at his house, if by chance he is at home.
§530Reddidi patrí omne aurum.
I returned all the gold to my father.
nunc ego illam me velim §531convenire, postquam inanis sum, contemptricem meam.
Now I would like her, my despiser, to meet me, now that I am empty.
§532sed veniam mihi quam gravate páter dedit de Chrysalo; §533verum postremo impetravi, ut ne quid ei suscenseat.
But with what difficulty my father gave me pardon concerning Chrysalus; yet in the end I obtained that he should not be angry with him.
§534Estne hic meus sodalis?
Is this my companion?
§534bEstne hic hostis, quem aspicio, meus?
Is this my enemy whom I behold?
§535Certe is est.
Certainly it is he.
§535bIs est.
It is he.