§8.15A.1obsecro te, Cicero, suscipe curam et cogitationem dignissimam tuae virtutis ut Caesarem et Pompeium perfidia hominum distractos rursus in pristinam concordiam reducas.
I beseech you, Cicero, undertake a care and consideration most worthy of your virtue, so that you may bring Caesar and Pompey, who have been torn apart by the treachery of men, back into their former harmony.
crede mihi Caesarem non solum fore in tua potestate sed etiam maximum beneficium te sibi dedisse iudicaturum, si hoc te reicis.
Believe me, if you apply yourself to this, Caesar will not only be in your power, but will also judge that you have bestowed the greatest benefit upon him.
velim idem Pompeius faciat.
I could wish that Pompey would do the same.
qui ut adduci tali tempore ad ullam condicionem possit magis opto quam spero.
That he can be brought to any terms at such a time is something I wish for rather than hope.
sed cum constiterit et timere desierit, tum incipiam non desperare tuam auctoritatem plurimum apud eum valituram.
But when he has come to a stand and ceased to fear, then I shall begin not to despair that your authority will have the greatest weight with him.
§8.15A.2quod Lentulum consulem meum voluisti hic remanere, Caesari gratum, mihi vero gratissimum medius fidius fecisti.
In that you wished Lentulus, my consul, to remain here, you have done what is pleasing to Caesar, and indeed, by my faith, most pleasing to me.
nam illum tanti facio ut non Caesarem magis diligam.
For I value him so highly that I do not love Caesar more.
qui si passus esset nos secum, ut consueveramus, loqui et non se totum etiam atque etiam ab sermone nostro avertisset, minus miser quam sum essem.
If he had allowed us to speak with him, as we had been accustomed to do, and had not turned himself away entirely, again and again, from our conversation, I should be less wretched than I am.
nam cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, quod eum quem ante me diligo video in consulatu quidvis potius esse quam consulem.
For do not think that anyone at this time is tortured more than I, because I see that he whom I love more than myself is, in his consulship, anything rather than a consul.
quod si voluerit tibi obtemperare et nobis de Caesare credere et consulatum reliquum Romae peragere, incipiam sperare etiam consilio senatus auctore te, illo relatore Pompeium et Caesarem coniungi posse.
But if he is willing to obey you, and to believe us concerning Caesar, and to complete the rest of his consulship in Rome, I shall begin to hope that Pompey and Caesar can be joined together even by the counsel of the senate, with you as the adviser and him as the mover of the motion.
quod si factum erit, me satis vixisse putabo.
And if this is done, I shall think that I have lived long enough.
§8.15A.3factum Caesaris de Corfinio totum te probaturum scio et, quo modo in eius modi re, commodius cadere non potuit quam ut res sine sanguine confieret.
I know that you will entirely approve of Caesar's action regarding Corfinium; and, as is the case in a matter of this kind, it could not have turned out more favorably than that the matter was settled without bloodshed.
Balbi mei tuique adventu delectatum te valde gaudeo.
I rejoice greatly that you were highly pleased by the arrival of my and your Balbus.
is quaecumque tibi de Caesare dixit quaeque Caesar scripsit, scio, re tibi probabit, quaecumque fortuna eius fuerit, verissime scripsisse.
I know that he will prove to you in fact, whatever Caesar's fortune may be, that whatever he told you about Caesar and whatever Caesar wrote was written most truly.