Mur. 40.1Quae cum ita sint, iūdicēs, prīmum reī pūblicae causā, quā nūlla rēs cuiquam potior dēbet esse, vōs prō meā summā et vōbīs cognitā in rē pūblicā dīligentiā moneō, prō auctōritāte cōnsulārī hortor, prō magnitūdine perīculī obtestor, ut ōtiō, ut pācī, ut salūtī, ut vītae vestrae et cēterōrum cīvium cōnsulātis;Since this is so, judges, first, for the sake of the state, than which nothing ought to be dearer to anyone, I warn you, by virtue of my vigilance for the state, which is supreme and known to you, I urge you by my consular authority, I implore you by the magnitude of the danger, to look to the tranquillity, the peace, the safety and the lives of yourselves and the rest of the citizens; Mur. 40.1deinde ego īdem et dēfēnsōris et amīcī officiō adductus ōrō atque obsecrō, iūdicēs, ut nē hominis miserī et cum corporis morbō tum animī dolōre cōnfectī, Mūrēnae, recentem grātulātiōnem novā lāmentātiōne obruātis.secondly, I likewise, moved by the duty of a defender and a friend, beg and beseech you, judges, not to overwhelm with fresh lamentation the recent rejoicing of a wretched man, worn out both by bodily sickness and by grief of mind — Murena.
Mur. 40.1Modo maximō beneficiō populī Rōmānī ōrnātus fortūnātus vidēbātur, quod prīmus in familiam veterem, prīmus in mūnicipium antīquissimum cōnsulātum attulisset;Lately, honoured by the greatest favour of the Roman people, he seemed fortunate, because he was the first to bring the consulship into an old family, the first into a most ancient town; Mur. 40.1nunc īdem in squālōre et sordibus, cōnfectus morbō, lacrimīs ac maerōre perditus vester est supplex, iūdicēs, vestram fidem obtestātur, vestram misericordiam implōrat, vestram potestātem ac vestrās opēs intuētur.now this same man, in mourning and squalor, worn out by sickness, ruined by tears and grief, is your suppliant, judges; he appeals to your good faith, implores your pity, looks to your power and your resources. Mur. 40.87Nōlīte, per deōs immortālīs!Do not, by the immortal gods! Mur. 40.87iūdicēs, hāc eum cum rē quā sē honestiōrem fore putāvit etiam cēterīs ante partīs honestātibus atque omnī dignitāte fortūnāque prīvāre.judges, through the very thing by which he thought he would be more honoured, strip him also of the honours he had won before and of all his standing and fortune. Mur. 40.87Atque ita vōs Mūrēna, iūdicēs, ōrat atque obsecrat, sī iniūstē nēminem laesit, sī nūllīus aurīs voluntātemve violāvit, sī nēminī, ut levissimē dīcam, odiō nec domī nec mīlitiae fuit, sit apud vōs modestiae locus, sit dēmissīs hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudōrī.And so Murena begs and beseeches you, judges, that if he has harmed no one unjustly, if he has offended no one's ears or wishes, if he has been, to put it most mildly, hateful to no one either at home or on campaign, there may be with you a place for modesty, a refuge for the humbled, help for a sense of shame.
Mur. 40.87Misericordiam spoliātiō cōnsulātūs magnam habēre dēbet, iūdicēs;The stripping away of a consulship ought to awaken great pity, judges; Mur. 40.87ūnā enim ēripiuntur cum cōnsulātū omnia;for together with the consulship everything is snatched away at once; Mur. 40.87invidiam vērō hīs temporibus habēre cōnsulātūs ipse nūllam potest;but in these times the consulship itself can arouse no envy; Mur. 40.87obicitur enim contiōnibus sēditiōsōrum, īnsidiīs coniūrātōrum, tēlīs Catilīnae, ad omne dēnique perīculum atque ad omnem iniūriam sōlus oppōnitur.for it is exposed to the meetings of the seditious, to the plots of conspirators, to the weapons of Catiline; in short, it alone is set against every danger and every injury. Mur. 40.88Quā rē quid invidendum Mūrēnae aut cuiquam nostrum sit in hōc praeclārō cōnsulātū nōn videō, iūdicēs;Therefore I do not see, judges, what there is to be envied in this splendid consulship, either for Murena or for any of us; Mur. 40.88quae vērō miseranda sunt, ea et mihi ante oculōs versantur et vōs vidēre et perspicere potestis.but the things that are to be pitied are both before my eyes and there for you to see and perceive.