§12.2.1hic rumores tamen Murcum perisse naufragio, Asinium delatum vivum in manus militum, L navis delatas uticam reflatu hoc, Pompeium non comparere nec in Balearibus omnino fuisse, ut Paciaecus adfirmat.
However, there are rumors here that Murcus has perished in a shipwreck, that Asinius has been delivered alive into the hands of the soldiers, that fifty ships have been carried to Utica by this headwind, and that Pompey does not appear and was not in the Balearic Islands at all, as Paciaecus asserts.
sed auctor nullius rei quisquam.
But there is no sponsor for any of these reports.
habes quae, dum tu abes, locuti sint.
You have what they have been saying while you were away.
ludi interea Praeneste.
Meanwhile, there are games at Praeneste.
ibi Hirtius et isti omnes.
Hirtius and all those fellows of yours are there.
§12.2.2et quidem ludi dies viii.
And indeed, games for eight days.
quae cenae, quae deliciae! res interea fortasse transacta est.
What dinners, what luxuries! Meanwhile, the business has perhaps been settled.
o miros homines! at Balbus aedificat; τί γὰρ αὐτῷ μέλει;
O wonderful men! But Balbus is building; for what does he care (τί γὰρ αὐτῷ μέλει;)?
verum si quaeris, homini non recta sed voluptaria quaerenti nonne βεβίωται? tu interea dormis.
But if you ask me, has not life been fully lived (βεβίωται) for a man who seeks not what is right but what is pleasurable? You, meanwhile, are asleep.
iam explicandum est πρόβλημα, si quid acturus es.
Now the problem (πρόβλημα) must be solved, if you are going to do anything.
si quaeris quid putem, ego fructum puto. sed quid multa? iam te videbo et quidem, ut spero, de via recta ad me.
If you ask what I think, I think it is "enjoyment." But why many words? I shall see you soon, and indeed, as I hope, straight from your journey to my house.
simul enim et diem Tyrannioni constituemus et si quid aliud.
For at the same time we shall set a day for Tyrannio, and for anything else.