§1123Philolaches venisse dixit mihi suom peregre huc patrem §1124quoque modo hominem advenientem servos ludificatus sit, §1125ait se metuere in conspectum sui patris procedere.
Philolaches told me that his father had come here from abroad, and how the slave had tricked the man on his arrival, he says he is afraid to go into his father's presence.
Now I alone of the companionhood have been chosen as a spokesman, to win peace from his father.
átque eccum optime.
And look, there he is, most opportunely!
I bid you greetings, and since you arrive safe, Theopropides, from abroad, I am glad.
hic apud nos hodie cenes, sic face.
Dine here with us today, do so!
§1130Callidamates, dei te ament.
Callidamates, may the gods love you.
de cena facio gratiam.
I decline the dinner.
§1131Quin venis?
Why don't you come?
§1131bPromitte: ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet.
Accept the invitation: I will go in your place if you don't feel like it.
§1132Verbero, etiam inrides?
Scoundrel, do you still mock me?
§1132bQuian me pro te ire ad cenam autumo?
Is it because I declare that I will go to dinner in your place?
§1133Non enim ibis.
No, you won't.
ego ferare faxo, ut meruisti, in crucem.
I will see to it that you are carried to the cross, as you deserved.
§1134Age mitte ista ac te ad me ad cenam dic venturum.
Come, let that go, and say you will come to my house for dinner.
§1134bQuid taces?
Why are you silent?
§1135Sed tu, istuc quid confugisti in aram?
But you, why have you fled to that altar?
§1135bInscitissimus
An extremely ignorant person...
§1136adveniens perterruit me. loquere nunc quid fecerim:
on his arrival terrified me.
§1137nunc utrisque disceptator eccum adest, age disputa.
Now tell him what I did: now here is an arbitrator for both of us, come, debate!
§1138Filium corrupisse aio te meum.
I say that you ruined my son.
§1138bAusculta modo.
Just listen.
§1139fateor potavisse, amicam liberasse absente te, §1140faenore argentum sumpsisse; id esse absumptum praedico.
I confess he drank, freed his mistress in your absence, took up money at interest; I declare that it was spent.
§1141numquid aliud fecit nisi quod summis gnati generibus?
Did he do anything else than what the sons of the highest families do?
§1142Hercle mihi tecum cavendum est, nimis qui es orator catus.
By Hercules, I must be on my guard with you, who are too clever a spokesman.
§1143Sine me dum istuc iudicare.
Let me judge that matter.
surge, ego isti adsedero.
Get up, I will sit there.
§1144Maxime, accipito hanc tute ad te litem.
By all means! Take this dispute upon yourself.
§1144bEnim istic captio est.
Indeed, there is a catch there.
§1145fac ego ne metuam ut tu meam timeas vicem.
See to it that I have no fear, so that you are anxious on my account.
Now I care less about everything else, compared to the ways he made sport of me.
§1147bBene hercle factum, et factum gaudeo:
By Hercules, well done, and I'm glad it was done!
§1148sapere istac aetate oportet, qui sunt capite candido.
people of your age ought to be wise, those who have grey heads.
§1149Quid ego nunc faciam?
What shall I do now?
§1149bSi amicus Diphilo aut Philemoni es, §1150dicito eis, quo pacto tuos te servos ludificaverit: §1151optumas frustrationes dederis in comoediis.
If you are a friend to Diphilus or Philemon, tell them how your slave made a fool of you: you will have provided them with the best deceptions for their comedies.
§1152Tace parumper, sine vicissim me loqui, ausculta.
Be quiet for a moment, let me speak in my turn, listen.
§1152bLicet.
Very well.
§1153Omnium primum sodalem me esse scis gnato tuo.
First of all, you know that I am your son's companion.
§1154_1155is adiit me, nam eum prodire pudet in conspectum tuom §1156propterea quia fecit quae te scire scit.
He came to me, for he is ashamed to come into your presence, because he did what he knows you know.
nunc te obsecro, §1157stultitiae adulescentiaeque éius ignoscas: tuost; §1158scis solere illanc aetatem tali ludo ludere.
Now I beg you, pardon his folly and his youth: he is your son; you know that age is accustomed to play such play.
§1159quidquid fecit, una nobiscum fécit: nos deliquimus.
whatever he did, he did together with us: we have transgressed.
§1160faenus, sortem sumptumque omnem, quí amica empta est, omnia §1161nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo.
the interest, the principal, and all the expense by which the mistress was bought, all of it we will pay, we will contribute, at our expense, not yours.
§1162Non potuit venire orator magis ad me impetrabilis §1163quam tu; neque iam illi sum iratus neque quicquam suscenseo.
A spokesman more capable of obtaining his request could not have come to me than you; I am no longer angry with him, nor do I bear any grudge.
§1164immo me praesente amato bibito, facito quod lubet: §1165si hoc pudet, fecisse sumptum, supplicí habeo satis.
nay, let him love, let him drink, let him do what he pleases in my presence: if he is ashamed of this, of having made the expense, I have enough punishment.
§1166Dispudet.
He is thoroughly ashamed.
§1166bPost istam veniam quid me fiet nunciam?
After that pardon, what will become of me now?
§1167Verberibus caedere multum pendens.
You shall be beaten with many blows, hanging up.
§1167bTamen etsi pudet?
Even though he is ashamed?
§1168Interimam hercle ego te, si vivo.
By Hercules, I will destroy you, as I live.
Grant this entire pardon: forgive Tranio this offense, I beg, for my sake.
§1170Aliud quidvis impetrari perferam a me facilius, §1171quam ut non égo istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam.
I would more easily allow anything else to be obtained from me, than not to ruin that fellow for his worst deeds.
§1172Mitte quaeso.
Let him go, please.
§1172bIstumne ut mittam? viden ut astat furcifer?
Me let him go? Do you see how the scoundrel stands there?
§1173Tranio, quiesce, si sapis.
Tranio, be quiet, if you are wise.
You stop asking for this thing only: I will subdue him with beatings so that he is quiet.
§1175Nihil opust profecto.
There is absolutely no need of that.
§1175bÁge iam, sine te hoc exorarier.
Come now, let yourself be won over.
§1176Nolo ores.
I don't want you to beg.
§1176bQuaeso hercle.
I beg you, by Hercules.
§1176cNolo, inquam, ores.
I say, I don't want you to beg.
§1176dNequiquam nevis.
In vain you are unwilling.
§1177hanc modo noxiam unam, quaeso, missam fac causa mea.
Forgive just this one offense, I beg, for my sake.
§1178Quid gravaris? quasi non cras iam commeream aliam noxiam:
Why do you object? As if I won't deserve another punishment tomorrow!
§1179ibi utrúmque, et hoc et illud, poteris ulcisci probe.
then you can punish both of them thoroughly, this one and that one.
§1180Sine te exorem.
Let me persuade you.
§1180bAge abi, abi impune.
Come, go, go unpunished!
em huic habeto gratiam.
There, show your gratitude to him.
§1181spectatores, fabula haec est acta, vos plausum date.
Spectators, this play is finished, give us your applause!