§812tu bona ei custos fuisti.
You were a fine guardian to her.
§812bPlus potest qui plus valet.
The one who is stronger can do more.
§813vir erat, plus valebat: vicit, quod petebat abstulit.
He was a man, he was stronger: he won, and took away what he was seeking.
§814Et tibi quidem hercle ídem attulit magnum malum.
And by Hercules, that same man has brought a great misfortune upon you as well.
§815Idem istuc ipsa, etsi tu taceas, reapse experta intellego.
I understand that very same thing from my own experience, even if you keep silent.
§816Numquam te facere hodie quivi, ut is quis esset diceres.
Today I was never able to make you say who he was.
§817Tacui adhuc: nunc non tacebo, quando adest nec se indicat.
I kept silent until now: now I will not keep silent, since he is present and does not reveal himself.
§818Lapideus sum, commovere me miser non audeo.
I am turned to stone; wretched as I am, I do not dare to move.
§819res palam omnis est, meo illic nunc sunt capiti comitia.
The whole matter is out in the open; a trial concerning my life is now being held over there.
§820meum illuc facinus, mea stultitia est.
That deed is mine, it is my folly.
timeo, quam mox nominer.
I fear how soon I may be named.
§821Loquere, filiam meam quis integram stupraverit.
Speak, who defiled my virgin daughter.
§822Video ego té, propter male facta qui es patronus parieti.
I see you, the one who, because of your misdeeds, are making a patron out of the wall.
§823Neque vivos neque mortuos sum, neque quid nunc faciam scio, §824neque ut hinc abeam neque ut hunc adeam scio, timore torpeo.
I am neither alive nor dead, nor do I know what I should do now, nor do I know how to go away from here or how to approach him; I am numb with fear.
§825Dicin an non?
Are you going to speak or not?
§825bDiniarchus, quoi illam prius desponderas.
Diniarchus, to whom you had previously betrothed her.
§826Vbi is homost quem dicis?
Where is this man you speak of?
§826bAdsum, Callicles.
I am here, Callicles.
per tua obsecro §827genua te, ut istuc insipienter factum sapienter feras, §828mihique ignoscas quod animi impos vini vitio fecerim.
I implore you by your knees to bear that foolishly done deed with wisdom, and to forgive me for what I did when out of my mind, through the fault of wine.
§829Non placet qui in mutum culpam confert, qui non quit loqui.
I do not like the man who casts the blame on a silent thing that cannot speak.
§830nam vinum si fabulari possit, se defenderet.
For if wine could speak, it would defend itself.
§831non vinum viris moderari, sed viri vino solent, §832qui quidem probi sunt; verum qui improbust si quasi bibit §833sive adeo caret temeto, tamen ab ingenio improbust.
It is not wine that is accustomed to rule men, but men wine, those, at least, who are decent; but he who is wicked, whether he drinks, or even completely lacks wine, is still wicked by nature.
§834Scio equidem quae nolo multa mi audienda ob noxiam.
Indeed, I know that I must hear many things I would rather not, because of my offense.
§835ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem.
I confess to you that I am liable, having a share in the guilt.
§836Callicles, vide in quaéstione ne facias iniuriam: §837reus solutus causam dicit, testis vinctos attines.
Callicles, see to it that you do not do an injustice in your investigation: the accused pleads his case unbound, while you keep the witnesses bound.
§838Solvite istas.
Untie those women.
agite, abite tu domum et tu autem domum.
Come, go home, you, and you too, go home.
§839eloquere haec erae tu: puerum reddat, si quis eum petat.
Tell this to your mistress: let her return the boy, if anyone should ask for him.
§840eamus tu in ius.
Let us go to court, you and I.
§840bQuid vis in ius me ire? tu es praetor mihi.
Why do you want me to go to court? You are my judge.
§841verum te obsecro, ut tuam gnatam des mi uxorem, Callicles.
But I beseech you, Callicles, to give me your daughter as my wife.
§842Eundem pol te iudicasse qui admisti eam rem intellego.
By Pollux, I understand that you, the very same person who committed the deed, have judged yourself.
§843nam haud mansisti, dum ego darem illam: tute sumpsisti tibi.
For you did not wait until I should give her: you took her for yourself.
§844nunc habeas ut nactu's.
Now keep her as you have obtained her.
verum hoc ego te multabo bolo: §845sex talenta magna dotis demam pro ista inscitia.
But I will fine you with this catch: I will deduct six great talents from her dowry for that stupidity of yours.
§846Bene agis mecum.
You are dealing kindly with me.
§846bFilium istinc tuom te meliust repetere.
It is better for you to recover your son from there.
§847ceterum uxorem quam primum potest abduce ex aedibus.
Furthermore, take your wife away from that house as soon as possible.
§848ego abeo.
I am going.
iam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo, §849dicam ut aliam condicionem filio inveniat suo.
Now I will send a message back to my kinsman over there, I will tell him to find another match for his son.
— §850At ego ab hac puerum reposcam, ne mox infitias eat; §851nihil est, nám eapse ultro ut factumst fecit omnem rem palam.
But I will demand the boy back from her, lest she deny it later; It is nothing, for she herself has voluntarily made the whole matter plain as it happened.
§852sed nimium pol opportune éccam eapse egreditur foras.
But by Pollux, most opportunely, look, she is coming out of doors herself.
§853ne ista stimulum longum habet, quae usque illinc cor pungit meum.
Indeed, that woman has a long goad, which keeps pricking my heart all the way from over there.
§854Blitea et luteast meretrix nisi quae sapit in vino ad rem suam; §855si alia membra vino madeant, cor sit saltem sobrium.
A courtesan is worthless and silly unless she is wise in her own interest even when in her cups; if her other limbs are soaked in wine, her heart at least should be sober.
§856nam mihi dividiaest, tonstricem meam sic convictam male.
For it is a grief to me that my hair-dresser has been so badly convicted.
§857ea dixit, eum Diniarchi puerum inventum filium.
She said that the boy who was found is Diniarchus' son.
§858ubi id audivi, quám ego propere potui egressa huc sum foras.
When I heard that, I came out here as quickly as I could.
§858aLubet adire quam penes est mea omnis res et liberi.
It pleases me to approach her in whose hands is all my property and my child.
§859Video eccum qui suis tutorem med optavit liberis.
Look, I see the man who chose me as the guardian for his children.
§860Mulier, ad te sum profectus.
Woman, I have come to you.
§860bQuid agitur, voluptas mea?
What is going on, my delight?
§861Non voluptas, aufer nugas, nil ego nunc de istac re ago.
No 'delight' — away with your nonsense, I have nothing to do with that matter now.