§3.10.1Cum est ad nos adlatum de temeritate eorum, qui tibi negotium facesserent, etsi graviter primo nuntio commotus sum, quod nihil tam praeter opinionem meam accidere potuit, tamen, ut me conlegi, cetera mi facillima videbantur, quod et in te ipso maximam spem et in tuis magnam habebam, multaque mihi veniebant in mentem, quam ob rem istum laborem tibi etiam honori putarem fore;
When the news was brought to us of the rashness of those who would stir up trouble for you, although I was heavily disturbed by the first report, because nothing could have happened so contrary to my expectation, yet, as I collected myself, the rest seemed very easy to me, because I had the greatest hope in you yourself and a great one in your people, and many reasons came to my mind why I thought that very labor would even be an honor to you.
illud plane moleste tuli, quod certissimum et iustissimum triumphum hoc invidorum consilio esse tibi ereptum videbam.
I was clearly displeased by this one thing, that I saw a most certain and most just triumph snatched from you by this plot of envious men.
quod tu si tanti facies, quanti ego semper iudicavi faciendum esse, facies sapienter et ages victor ex inimicorum dolore triumphum iustissimum.
If you value this as highly as I have always judged it ought to be valued, you will act wisely, and as a victor you will celebrate a most just triumph out of the pain of your enemies.
ego enim plane video fore nervis, opibus, sapientia tua, vehementer ut inimicos tuos paeniteat intemperantiae suae.
For I clearly see that by your strength, resources, and wisdom, it will surely come to pass that your enemies will vehemently repent of their intemperance.
de me tibi sic contestans omnis deos promitto atque confirmo, me pro tua dignitate (malo enim dicere quam 'pro salute') in hac provincia, cui tu praefuisti, rogando deprecatoris, laborando propinqui, auctoritate cari hominis, ut spero, apud civitates, gravitate imperatoris suscepturum officia atque partis.
Concerning myself, calling all the gods to witness, I promise and assure you that for the sake of your dignity (for I prefer to say this rather than 'for your safety') in this province, over which you presided, I will undertake the duties and parts of a deprecator in entreating, of a kinsman in laboring, of a dear man in authority, as I hope, among the states, and of an imperator in gravity.
omnia volo a me et postules et exspectes; vincam meis officiis cogitationes tuas.
I wish you both to demand and to expect everything from me; I will surpass your expectations by my services.
§3.10.2Q. Servilius perbrevis mihi a te litteras reddidit, quae mihi tamen nimis longae visae sunt; iniuriam enim mihi fieri putabam, cum rogabar.
Quintus Servilius delivered to me a very short letter from you, which nevertheless seemed to me too long; for I thought an injustice was being done to me when I was entreated.
nollem accidisset tempus, in quo perspicere posses, quanti te, quanti Pompeium, quem unum ex omnibus facio, ut debeo, plurimi, quanti Brutum facerem (quamquam in consuetudine cotidiana perspexisses, sicuti perspicies); sed, quoniam accidit, si quid a me praetermissum erit, commissum facinus et admissum dedecus confitebor.
I wish a time had not occurred in which you could perceive how highly I valued you, how highly Pompey, whom alone of all I value most, as I ought, and how highly Brutus (although in daily intercourse you would have perceived it, just as you will perceive it); but, since it has occurred, if anything is neglected by me, I will confess a committed crime and an admitted disgrace.
§3.10.3Pomptinus, qui a te tractatus est praestanti ac singulari fide, cuius tui benefici sum ego testis, praestat tibi memoriam benevolentiamque, quam debet.
Pomptinus, who was treated by you with outstanding and singular fidelity, of which benefit of yours I am a witness, shows you the memory and goodwill which he owes.
qui cum maximis suis rebus coactus a me invitissimo decessisset, tamen, ut vidit interesse tua, conscendens iam navem Epheso Laudiceam revertit.
Although he had departed from me, who was most unwilling, forced by his own most important affairs, yet, as soon as he saw that it concerned your interest, though already boarding a ship at Ephesus, he returned to Laodicea.
talia te cum studia videam habiturum esse innumerabilia, plane dubitare non possum quin tibi amplitudo ista sollicitudo futura sit; si vero efficis ut censores creentur, et si ita gesseris censuram, ut et debes et potes, non tibi solum, sed tuis omnibus video in perpetuum summo te praesidio futurum.
Since I see that you will have countless such instances of zeal, I cannot clearly doubt that that anxiety of yours will be a source of greatness to you; but if you bring it about that censors are elected, and if you conduct the censorship as you both ought and can, I see that you will be a supreme protection forever not only to yourself but to all your people.
illud pugna et enitere, ne quid nobis temporis prorogetur, ut, cum hic tibi satis fecerimus, istic quoque nostram in te benevolentiam navare possimus.
Fight and strive for this, that no time of ours be prolonged, so that, when we have satisfied you here, we may also be able to active our goodwill toward you there.
§3.10.4quae de hominum atque ordinum omnium erga te studiis scribis ad me, minime mihi miranda et maxime iucunda acciderunt, eademque ad me perscripta sunt a familiaribus meis.
What you write to me about the zeal of all men and ranks toward you happened to me as not at all to be wondered at and as highly pleasing, and the same things have been written to me in detail by my intimate friends.
itaque capio magnam voluptatem, cum tibi, cuius mihi amicitia non solum ampla sed etiam iucunda est, ea tribui, quae debeantur, tum vero remanere etiam nunc in civitate nostra studia prope omnium consensu erga fortis et industrios viros, quae mihi ipsi una semper tributa merces est laborum et vigiliarum mearum.
Therefore, I receive great pleasure, both from the fact that to you, whose friendship is not only honorable but also delightful to me, those things are rendered which are due, and indeed that even now there remains in our state, by the consent of almost all, a zeal toward brave and industrious men, which is the only reward always rendered to me myself for my labors and vigils.