Mur. 37.1At enim tē ad accūsandum rēs pūblica addūxit.But, you say, it was the state that led you to prosecute. Mur. 37.1Crēdō, Catō, tē istō animō atque eā opīniōne vēnisse;I believe, Cato, that you came with that intention and that belief; Mur. 37.1sed tū imprūdentiā lāberis.but you are slipping through lack of foresight. Mur. 37.1Ego quod faciō, iūdicēs, cum amīcitiae dignitātisque Mūrēnae grātiā faciō, tum mē pācis, ōtī, concordiae, lībertātis, salūtis, vītae dēnique omnium nostrum causā facere clāmō atque testor.What I am doing, judges, I am doing not only for the sake of my friendship with Murena and of his standing, but also, I proclaim and testify, for the sake of peace, tranquillity, concord, liberty, safety, and, in short, the lives of us all. Mur. 37.1Audīte, audīte cōnsulem, iūdicēs, nihil dīcam adrogantius, tantum dīcam tōtōs diēs atque noctēs dē rē pūblicā cōgitantem!Listen, listen, judges, to a consul — I shall say nothing too arrogant, I shall say only to one who thinks of the state all day and all night! Mur. 37.1Nōn ūsque eō Catilīna rem pūblicam dēspexit atque contempsit ut eā cōpiā quam sēcum ēdūxit sē hanc cīvitātem oppressūrum arbitrārētur.Catiline did not despise and scorn the state so far as to think that he would overwhelm this city with the force he led out with him.
Mur. 37.1Lātius patet illīus sceleris contāgiō quam quisquam putat, ad plūrīs pertinet.The contagion of his crime spreads more widely than anyone thinks; it reaches more people. Mur. 37.1Intus, intus, inquam, est equus Trōiānus;Inside, inside, I say, is the Trojan horse; Mur. 37.1ā quō numquam mē cōnsule dormientēs opprimēminī.by which, while I am consul, you will never be overwhelmed in your sleep. Mur. 37.79Quaeris ā mē ecquid ego Catilīnam metuam.You ask me whether I fear Catiline at all. Mur. 37.79Nihil, et cūrāvī nē quis metueret, sed cōpiās illīus quās hic videō dīcō esse metuendās;Not at all, and I have taken care that no one should fear him; but I say that his forces which I see here are to be feared; Mur. 37.79nec tam timendus est nunc exercitus Catilīnae quam istī quī illum exercitum dēseruisse dīcuntur.nor is Catiline's army now so much to be dreaded as those who are said to have deserted that army. Mur. 37.79Nōn enim dēseruērunt sed ab illō in speculīs atque īnsidiīs relictī in capite atque in cervīcibus nostrīs restitērunt.For they have not deserted, but, left behind by him on the watch and in ambush, they have stayed on our heads and necks.
Mur. 37.79Hī et integrum cōnsulem et bonum imperātōrem et nātūrā et fortūnā cum reī pūblicae salūte coniūnctum dēicī dē urbis praesidiō et dē custōdiā cīvitātis vestrīs sententiīs dēturbārī volunt.These men want a blameless consul, a good general, one bound by nature and by fortune to the safety of the state, to be thrown down from the protection of the city and driven by your votes from the guardianship of the state. Mur. 37.79Quōrum ego ferrum et audāciam rēiēcī in campō, dēbilitāvī in forō, compressī etiam domī meae saepe, iūdicēs, hīs vōs sī alterum cōnsulem trādideritis, plūs multō erunt vestrīs sententiīs quam suīs gladiīs cōnsecūtī.Their weapons and audacity I have repelled in the Campus, weakened in the forum, and often crushed even in my own house, judges; if you hand over one of the consuls to them, they will have gained far more by your votes than by their own swords. Mur. 37.79Magnī interest, iūdicēs, id quod ego multīs repugnantibus ēgī atque perfēcī, esse Kalendīs Iānuāriīs in rē pūblicā duo cōnsulēs.It is of great importance, judges, that there be two consuls in the state on the Kalends of January — a thing which I have pursued and accomplished in the face of much opposition.
Mur. 37.80Nōlīte arbitrārī, mediocribus cōnsiliīs aut ūsitātīs viīs eōs ūtī.Do not think that they are using ordinary plans or customary methods. Mur. 37.80Nōn lēx improba, nōn perniciōsa largītiō, nōn audītum aliquandō aliquod malum reī pūblicae quaeritur.It is not a wicked law, not ruinous bribery, not some evil to the state ever heard of before that is being sought. Mur. 37.80Inita sunt in hāc cīvitāte cōnsilia, iūdicēs, urbis dēlendae, cīvium trucīdandōrum, nōminis Rōmānī exstinguendī.Plans have been laid in this state, judges, for destroying the city, slaughtering the citizens, and extinguishing the Roman name. Mur. 37.80Atque haec cīvēs, cīvēs, inquam, sī eōs hōc nōmine appellārī fās est, dē patriā suā et cōgitant et cōgitāvērunt.And these things citizens, citizens, I say, if it is right to call them by that name, both plot and have plotted against their own fatherland. Mur. 37.80Hōrum ego cōtīdiē cōnsiliīs occurrō, audāciam dēbilitō, scelerī resistō.Every day I counter their plans, weaken their audacity, resist their crime. Mur. 37.80Sed moneō, iūdicēs.But I warn you, judges. Mur. 37.80In exitū iam est meus cōnsulātus;My consulship is now at its end; Mur. 37.80nōlīte mihi subtrahere vicārium meae dīligentiae, nōlīte adimere eum cui rem pūblicam cupiō trādere incolumem ab hīs tantīs perīculīs dēfendendam.do not take away from me the man who is to carry on my vigilance, do not remove the one to whom I long to hand over the state unharmed, to be defended against these great dangers.