In Verrem 2.4.17-19

Question 1

Quid sedes, Verres?

Answer 1

Why do you sit, Verres?

Question 2

quid exspectas?

Answer 2

What are you waiting for?

Question 3

quid te a Centuripina civitate, [circumveniri atque opprimi dicis]

Answer 3

Why [do you say that you are encircled in and overwhelmed] by the city of Centuripae,

Question 4

a Catinensi, ab Halaesina, a Tyndaritana,

Answer 4

by Catania, by Haleesa, by Tyndaris,

Question 5

Hennensi, Agyrinensi ceterisque Siciliae civitatibus

Answer 5

by Enna, by Agyrium, and by the other cities of Sicily

Question 6

circumveniri atque opprimi dicis?

Answer 6

[why] do you say that you are encircled in and overwhelmed?

Question 7

Tua te altera patria,

Answer 7

Your second fatherland Messana,

Question 8

quem ad modum dicere solebas,

Answer 8

in the way you are accustomed to say,

Question 9

Messana circumvenit,

Answer 9

surrounds you; your own Messana,

Question 10

—tua, inquam, Messana, tuorum adiutrix scelerum,

Answer 10

I say, the helper of your crimes,

Question 11

libidinum testis,

Answer 11

the witness of your lusts,

Question 12

praedarum ac furtorum receptrix.

Answer 12

the receiver of your loot and your thefts.

Question 13

Adest enim vir amplissimus eius civitatis

Answer 13

For the most honorable man of that city is present,

Question 14

legatus huius iudici causa domo missus princeps laudationis tuae,

Answer 14

sent for the sake of this trial the leader/chief of your praising,

Question 15

qui te publice laudat,

Answer 15

who praises you publicly

Question 16

—ita enim mandatum atque imperatum est;

Answer 16

for thus it was commanded and ordered;

Question 17

tametsi rogatus de cybaea tenetis memoria quid responderit:

Answer 17

although he was asked about the cargo ship you have in your memory that which he responded:

Question 18

aedificatam publicis operis publice coactis,

Answer 18

that it had been built by public workers, having been compelled officially/publicly,

Question 19

eique aedificandae publice Mamertinum senatorem praefuisse.

Answer 19

and that a Mamertine senator had been put in charge of the thing to be built.

Question 20

Idem ad vos privatim, iudices, confugit;

Answer 20

The same man privately flees to you, judges;

Question 21

utitur hac lege qua iudicium est,

Answer 21

he uses this law in accordance with which this court exists/by means of which there is a trial,

Question 22

communi arce sociorum.

Answer 22

a common refuge of our allies.

Question 23

Tametsi lex est de pecuniis repetundis,

Answer 23

Although there is a law for recovering money (concerning extortion),

Question 24

ille se negat pecuniam repetere,

Answer 24

he denies that he is seeking money,

Question 25

quam ereptam non tanto opere desiderat:

Answer 25

although having been taken (from him can be supplied) he does not desire it so much:

Question 26

sacra se maiorum suorum repetere abs te dicit,

Answer 26

he says that he seeks from you the sacred objects of his ancestors,

Question 27

deos penatis te patrios reposcit.

Answer 27

he demands the ancestral household gods from you.

Question 28

Ecqui pudor est, ecquae religio, Verres, ecqui metus?

Answer 28

Have you any shame, Verres? have you any religion? have you any fear?

Question 29

Habitasti apud Heium Messanae,

Answer 29

You lived at Heius’s house at Messana;

Question 30

res illum divinas apud eos deos in suo sacrario prope cotidiano facere vidisti;

Answer 30

you saw him almost daily perform ritual sacrifices in his shrine in the presence of those gods.

Question 31

non movetur pecunia,

Answer 31

He is not influenced by money;

Question 32

denique quae ornamenti causa fuerunt non requirit;

Answer 32

finally he does not ask for those things which were for the sake of ornamentation;

Question 33

tibi habe Canephoros, deorum simulacra restitue.

Answer 33

Keep the Canephorae for yourself, restore the images of the gods.

Question 34

Quae quia dixit,

Answer 34

Because he said these things,

Question 35

quia tempore dato modeste apud vos socius amicusque populi Romani questus est,

Answer 35

because he complained as an ally and friend of the Roman people modestly in your presence with time granted,

Question 36

quia religioni suae non modo in dis patriis repetendis

Answer 36

not only in seeking the return of the paternal gods

Question 37

sed etiam in ipso testimonio ac iure iurando proximus fuit,

Answer 37

but also in the testimony itself and in swearing the oath,

Question 38

hominem missum ab isto scitote esse Messanam de legatis unum,

Answer 38

know that a man was sent by that guy to Messana alone from the ambassadors

Question 39

—illum ipsum qui navi istius aedificandae publice praefuit,

Answer 39

– that very man who was in charge of building the ship of that guy officially

Question 40

—qui a senatu peteret ut Heius adficeretur ignominia.

Answer 40

– to seek from the senate that Heius was affected by this condemnation by disgrace.

Question 41

Homo amentissime, quid putasti?

Answer 41

Most insane man what did you think?

Question 42

impetraturum te?

Answer 42

That you would accomplish (this)?

Question 43

quanti is a civibus suis fieret,

Answer 43

Were you ignorant about how much he was valued by his own citizens,

Question 44

quanti auctoritas eius haberetur ignorabas?

Answer 44

in what esteem his authority was held?

Question 45

Verum fac te impetravisse,

Answer 45

Suppose you had accomplished it,

Question 46

fac aliquid gravius in Heium statuisse Mamertinos:

Answer 46

suppose that the Mamertines had decided on something more serious against Heius,

Question 47

quantam putas auctoritatem laudationis eorum futuram,

Answer 47

how much authority of their panegyric do you think there will be

Question 48

si in eum quem constet verum pro testimonio dixisse poenam constituerint?

Answer 48

if they decide on a punishment against the man whom it is agreed spoke indeed before the truth as a witness?

Question 49

Tametsi quae est ista laudatio,

Answer 49

Although what is that praise,

Question 50

cum laudator interrogatus laedat necesse est?

Answer 50

when is it necessary that the praiser, having been questioned (in court), does harm?

Question 51

Quid?

Answer 51

What?

Question 52

isti laudatores tui nonne testes mei sunt?

Answer 52

Are those praisers of yours not my witnesses?

Question 53

Heius est laudator: laesit gravissime.

Answer 53

Heius is a praiser; he has done harm most seriously.

Question 54

Producam ceteros:

Answer 54

I will bring forward the rest:

Question 55

reticebunt quae poterunt libenter,

Answer 55

they will gladly be silent about what they are able to be silent about,

Question 56

dicent quae necesse erit ingratiis.

Answer 56

they will say what will be necessary unwillingly/for the unwilling.

Question 57

Negent isti onerariam navem maximam aedificatam esse Messanae?

Answer 57

Should they deny that a big cargo ship was built for that man at Messana?

Question 58

Negent, si possunt.

Answer 58

Let them deny it if they can.

Question 59

Negent ei navi faciundae senatorem Mamertinum publice praefuisse?

Answer 59

Would they deny that a Mamertine senator was officially put in charge of building that ship?

Question 60

Vtinam negent!

Answer 60

If only they would deny it!

Question 61

Sunt etiam cetera;

Answer 61

There are also other points

Question 62

quae malo integra reservare,

Answer 62

which I prefer to keep untouched,

Question 63

ut quam minimum dem illis temporis

Answer 63

so that as little as possible of time to those guys

Question 64

ad meditandum confirmandumque periurium.

Answer 64

for thinking about and strengthening their perjury.