Iug. 10.1"Parvom ego tē, Iugurtha, āmissō patre, sine spē, sine opibus in meum regnum accēpī, existumāns nōn minus mē tibi quam līberīs, sī genuissem, ob beneficia cārum fore.'When you were a small child, Jugurtha, and had lost your father, without hope, without resources, I took you into my kingdom, thinking that because of my kindnesses I would be no less dear to you than to my own children, if I had any. Iug. 10.2Neque ea rēs falsum mē habuit.Nor did that hope deceive me. Iug. 10.2Nam, ut alia magna et ēgregia tua omittam, novissumē rediēns Numantiā mēque regnumque meum glōriā honōrāvistī tuāque virtūte nōbīs Rōmānōs ex amīcīs amīcissumōs fēcistī.For, to pass over your other great and outstanding deeds, most recently, returning from Numantia, you honoured both me and my kingdom with glory, and by your valour you made the Romans, who were already our friends, our closest friends. Iug. 10.2In Hispāniā nōmen familiae renovātum est.In Spain the name of our family has been renewed. Iug. 10.2Postrēmō, quod difficillumum inter mortālīs est, glōriā invidiam vīcistī.Finally, what is most difficult among mortals, you have overcome envy by glory.
Iug. 10.3Nunc, quoniam mihi nātūra fīnem vītae facit, per hanc dexteram, per regnī fidem moneō obtestorque tē, utī hōs, quī tibi genere propinquī, beneficiō meō frātrēs sunt, cārōs habeās neu mālīs aliēnōs adiungere quam sanguine coniūnctōs retinēre.Now, since nature is bringing my life to its end, by this right hand, by the loyalty owed to the kingdom, I warn and implore you to hold dear these who are your kinsmen by birth and your brothers by my kindness, and not to prefer attaching strangers to keeping those joined to you by blood. Iug. 10.4Nōn exercitūs neque thēsaurī praesidia regnī sunt, vērum amīcī, quōs neque armīs cōgere neque aurō parāre queās: officiō et fidē pariuntur.Not armies nor treasuries are the defences of a kingdom, but friends, whom you can neither compel by arms nor procure with gold: they are won by service and good faith. Iug. 10.4Quis autem amīcior quam frāter frātrī?And who is a better friend than brother to brother? Iug. 10.4Aut quem aliēnum fīdum inveniēs, sī tuīs hostis fueris?Or what stranger will you find faithful, if you have been an enemy to your own?
Iug. 10.5Equidem ego vōbīs regnum trādō firmum, sī bonī eritis, sīn malī, inbēcillum.I for my part hand on to you a kingdom that is strong if you are good, but weak if you are bad. Iug. 10.6Nam concordiā parvae rēs crēscunt, discordiā maxumae dīlābuntur.For by harmony small states grow, by discord the greatest fall apart. Iug. 10.7Cēterum ante hōs tē, Iugurtha, quī aetāte et sapientiā prior es, nē aliter quid ēveniat, prōvidēre decet.But it is fitting that you, Jugurtha, who are older and wiser than these, should take care before them that nothing turns out otherwise. Iug. 10.7Nam in omnī certāmine quī opulentior est, etiam sī accipit iniūriam, tamen, quia plūs potest, facere vidētur.For in every conflict he who is more powerful, even if he suffers the wrong, nevertheless, because he has more power, seems to commit it. Iug. 10.8Vōs autem, Adherbal et Hiempsal, colite, observāte tālem hunc virum, imitāminī virtūtem et ēnītiminī, nē ego meliōrēs līberōs sūmpsisse videar quam genuisse."And you, Adherbal and Hiempsal, respect and honour this man, so fine as he is, imitate his merit and strive, so that I may not seem to have adopted better children than I fathered.'