§1177Cape dum, hunc si potes fer intro vidulum, age, Trachalio.
Take it then, Trachalio, carry this trunk inside if you can, come on.
§1178Ecce Gripi scelera.
Behold Gripus' misfortunes.
cum istaec res male evenit tibi, §1179Gripe, gratulor.
Since this affair has turned out badly for you, Gripus, I congratulate you.
§1179bAge eamus, mea gnata, ad matrem tuam, §1180quae ex te poterit argumentis hanc rem magis exquirere, §1181quae te magis tractavit magisque signa pernovit tua. — §1182Eamus intro ómnes, quando óperam promiscam damus. — §1183Sequere me, Ampelisca. — §1183bCum te di amant, voluptati est mihi. — §1184Sumne ego sceléstus, qui illunc hodie excepi vidulum?
Come, let us go, my daughter, to your mother, who will be able to inquire into this matter more from you by means of the tokens, who handled you more and knows your marks better.— Let us all go inside, since we are sharing our efforts.— Follow me, Ampelisca.— Since the gods love you, it is a pleasure to me.— Am I not a wretched fellow, who fished up that trunk today?
§1185aut cum excepi, qui non alicubi in solo abstrusi loco?
Or when I fished it up, why didn't I hide it somewhere in a solitary place?
§1186credebam edepol turbulentam praedam eventuram mihi, §1187quia illa mihi tam turbulenta tempestate evenerat.
By Pollux, I believed a turbulent booty would turn out for me, because it had come to me in such a turbulent storm.
§1188credo edepol ego illic inesse argenti et auri largiter.
By Pollux, I believe there is plenty of silver and gold in there.
§1189quid meliust, quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum, §1190saltem tantisper dum abscedat haec a me aegrimonia?— §1191Pro di immortales, quis me est fortunatior, §1192qui ex improviso filiam inveni meam?
What is better than that I go away inside from here and hang myself secretly, at least for so long until this grief departs from me?— Oh immortal gods, who is more fortunate than I, who unexpectedly have found my daughter?
§1193satin si cui homini dei esse bene factum volunt, §1194aliquo illud pacto optingit optatum piis?
Is it not true that if the gods wish a good deed to be done to any man, that wished-for thing happens in some way to the pious?
§1195ego hodie neque speravi neque illud credidi: §1196is improviso filiam inveni tamen; §1197et eam de genere summo adulescenti dabo §1198ingenuo, Atheniensi et cognato meo.
Today I neither hoped for nor believed that: yet I, that very person, unexpectedly found my daughter; and I will give her to a young man of the highest birth, free-born, Athenian, and my kinsman.
§1199ego eum adeo arcessi huc ad me quam primum volo, §1200iussique exire huc servom éius, ut ad forum §1201iret; nondum egressum esse eum, id miror tamen.
Indeed, I want him to be summoned here to me as soon as possible, and I ordered his slave to come out here, so that to the forum he might go; yet I wonder at this, that he has not yet come out.
§1202accedam, opinor, ad fores.
I will approach the door, I think.
quid conspicor?
What do I see?
§1203uxor complexa collo retinet filiam.
My wife, having embraced her neck, is holding back my daughter.
§1204nimis paéne inepta atque odiosa eius amatiost.
her display of affection is almost too foolish and annoying.
§1205Aliquando osculando meliust, uxor, pausam fieri; §1206atque adorna, ut rem divinam faciam, cum intro advenero, §1207Laribus familiaribus, cum auxerunt nostram familiam.
At some point, wife, it is better that an end be made of kissing; and prepare so that I may perform a sacred rite, when I have gone inside, to the household Lares, since they have increased our family.
§1208sunt domi agni et porci sacres.
There are lambs and sacred pigs at home.
sed quid istúm remoramini,
But why do you detain that Trachalio, women?
§1209mulieres, Trachalionem? atque optime eccum exit foras.
And look, most opportunely he is coming out.
Wherever he may be, I will track him down immediately and bring Plesidippus back with me to you.
Tell him how this matter turned out concerning my daughter; ask him to leave other matters and come here.
§1212bLicet.
Very well.
§1213Dicito daturum meam illi filiam uxorem.
Tell him that I will give my daughter to him as a wife.
§1213bLicet.
Very well.
§1214Et patrem eius me novisse et mi esse cognatum.
And that I knew his father and that he is my kinsman.
§1214bLicet.
Very well.
§1215Sed propera.
But hurry.
§1215bLicet.
Very well.
§1215cIam hic fac sit, cena ut curetur.
Make sure here immediately that dinner is prepared.
§1215dLicet.
Very well.
§1216Omnian licet?
Is everything "very well"?
§1216bLicet.
Very well.
sed scin quid est quod te volo?
But do you know what it is that I want of you?
§1217quod promisisti ut memineris, hodie ut liber sim.
That you remember what you promised, that I should be free today.
§1217bLicet.
Very well.
§1218Fac ut exores Plesidippum, ut me manu emittat.
See to it that you persuade Plesidippus to manumit me.
§1218bLicet.
Very well.
§1219Et tua filiá facito oret: facile exorabit.
And make your daughter entreat him: she will easily persuade him.
§1219bLicet.
Very well.
§1220Atque ut mi Ampelisca nubat, ubi ego sim liber.
And that Ampelisca marry me when I am free.
§1220bLicet.
Very well.
§1221Atque ut gratum mi beneficium factis experiar.
And that I may experience your grateful kindness in deeds.
§1221bLicet.
Very well.
§1222Omnian licet?
Is everything "very well"?
§1222bLicet: tibi rursum refero gratiam.
Very well: I return thanks to you again.
§1223sed propera ire in urbem actutum et recipe te huc rursum.
But hurry to go to the city immediately and return back here.
§1223bLicet.
Very well.
§1224iam hic ero.
I shall be here now.
tu interibi adorna ceterum quod opust. — §1224bLicet.
Meanwhile you prepare the rest of what is needed.— Very well.
§1225Hercules istum infelicet cum sua licentia;
May Hercules make him miserable along with his "very well"s!
§1226ita meas replevit auris, quidquid memorabam, licet.
so he has filled my ears, whatever I mentioned: "very well".
§1227Quam mox licet te compellare, Daemones?
How soon is it permitted to address you, Daemones?
§1228Quid est negoti, Gripe?
What is the matter, Gripus?
Concerning that trunk: If you are wise, be wise; keep what good things the gods give.
Does it seem fair to you that I, what belongs to another, should say it is mine?
§1231bQuodne ego inveni in mari?
What, even that which I found in the sea?
So much the better it has turned out for him who lost it; it is by no means more proper that the trunk should be yours.
§1234Isto tu pauper es, quom nimis sancte pius.
By that very thing you are poor, because you are too holily pious.
Oh Gripus, Gripus, in the lifetime of men very many traps are made, where they are deceived by tricks.
§1237atque edepol in eas plerumque esca imponitur: §1238quam si quis avidus poscit escam avariter, §1239decipitur in trasenna avaritia sua.
and indeed, on them mostly bait is placed: which bait if any greedy man demands avariciously, he is caught in the trap by his own avarice.
§1240ille quí consulte, docte atque astute cavet,
He who cautiously, wisely, and astutely takes heed,