Mur. 32.1Quā rē, ut ad id quod īnstituī revertar, tolle mihi ē causā nōmen Catōnis, removē vim, praetermitte auctōritātem quae in iūdiciīs aut nihil valēre aut ad salūtem dēbet valēre, congredere mēcum crīminibus ipsīs.Therefore, to return to what I began with, take away from the case the name of Cato, remove its force, disregard the authority which in trials ought either to count for nothing or to count for the defendant's safety, and engage with me on the charges themselves. Mur. 32.1Quid accūsās, Catō, quid adfers ad iūdicium, quid arguis?What is your charge, Cato, what do you bring before the court, what do you allege? Mur. 32.1Ambitum accūsās;You charge bribery; Mur. 32.1nōn dēfendō.I do not defend it. Mur. 32.1Mē reprehendis, quod idem dēfendam quod lēge pūnierim.You reproach me for defending the very thing that I punished by law. Mur. 32.1Pūnīvī ambitum, nōn innocentiam;I punished bribery, not innocence; Mur. 32.1ambitum vērō ipsum vel tēcum accūsābō, sī volēs.bribery itself I will even prosecute together with you, if you wish. Mur. 32.1Dīxistī senātūs cōnsultum mē referente esse factum, sī mercēde obviam candidātīs īssent, sī conductī sectārentur, sī gladiātōribus volgō locus tribūtim et item prandia sī volgō essent data, contrā lēgem Calpurniam factum vidērī.You have said that a decree of the senate was passed on my motion that, if men had gone out to meet candidates for pay, if hired men followed them about, if places at gladiatorial shows had been given out generally by tribes, and likewise if lunches had been given generally, it was deemed to have been done contrary to the Calpurnian law.
Mur. 32.1Ergō ita senātus iūdicat, contrā lēgem facta haec vidērī, sī facta sint;So the senate judges that these things, if they were done, appear to have been done contrary to the law; Mur. 32.1dēcernit quod nihil opus est, dum candidātīs mōrem gerit.it decrees what is quite unnecessary, while it humours the candidates. Mur. 32.1Nam factum sit necne vehementer quaeritur;For whether it was done or not is keenly in question; Mur. 32.1sīn factum sit, quīn contrā lēgem sit dubitāre nēmō potest.but if it was done, no one can doubt that it is contrary to the law. Mur. 32.68Est igitur rīdiculum, quod est dubium, id relinquere incertum, quod nēminī dubium potest esse, id iūdicāre.It is therefore ridiculous to leave uncertain what is doubtful, and to decide what can be doubtful to no one. Mur. 32.68Atque id dēcernitur omnibus postulantibus candidātīs, ut ex senātūs cōnsultō neque cuius intersit, neque contrā quem sit intellegī possit.And this is decreed at the request of all the candidates, so that from the decree of the senate it cannot be understood whose interest it serves or against whom it is aimed.
Mur. 32.68Quā rē docē ab Mūrēnā illa esse commissa;Therefore prove that those things were committed by Murena; Mur. 32.68tum egomet tibi contrā lēgem commissa esse concēdam.then I myself will grant you that they were committed contrary to the law.