Iug. 104.1Marius postquam īnfectō quō intenderat negōtiō Cirtam redit et dē adventū lēgātōrum certior factus est, illōsque et Sullam ab Uticā venīre iubet, item L. Bellienum praetōrem, praetereā omnīs undique senātōriī ōrdinis, quibuscum mandāta Bocchī cognōscit.After Marius returned to Cirta without accomplishing what he had intended and was informed of the envoys' arrival, he orders them and Sulla to come from Utica, and likewise the praetor Lucius Bellienus, and besides all members of the senatorial order from every quarter, and with them he hears Bocchus' instructions. Iug. 104.2Lēgātīs potestās Rōmam eundī fit, et ab cōnsule intereā indūtiae postulābantur.The envoys are given leave to go to Rome, and meanwhile a truce was being asked of the consul. Iug. 104.2Ea Sullae et plērīsque placuēre;Sulla and most of the others approved of this; Iug. 104.2paucī ferōcius dēcernunt, scīlicet ignārī hūmānārum rērum, quae fluxae et mōbilēs semper in advorsa mūtantur.a few voted more fiercely, ignorant, no doubt, of human affairs, which, fluid and fickle, are always changing to the opposite. Iug. 104.3Cēterum Maurī impetrātīs omnibus rēbus trēs Rōmam profectī duce Cn. Octāviō Rūsōne, quī quaestor stīpendium in Āfricam portāverat, duo ad rēgem redeunt.However, the Moors, having obtained everything, set out, three of them for Rome under the guidance of Gnaeus Octavius Ruso, who as quaestor had brought the pay to Africa, while two return to the king.
Iug. 104.3Ex iīs Bocchus quom cētera tum māxumē benignitātem et studium Sullae lubēns accēpit.From them Bocchus gladly heard, besides other things, above all of the kindness and zeal of Sulla. Iug. 104.4Rōmaeque lēgātīs eius, postquam errāsse rēgem et Iugurthae scelere lapsum dēprecātī sunt, amīcitiam et foedus petentibus hōc modō respondētur: "Senātus et populus Rōmānus beneficī et iniūriae memor esse solet.And at Rome, when his envoys had pleaded that the king had erred and had fallen through the wickedness of Jugurtha, and asked for friendship and a treaty, they are answered in this way: 'The senate and people of Rome are accustomed to remember both kindness and injury. Iug. 104.5Cēterum Bocchō, quoniam paenitet, dēlictī grātiam facit: foedus et amīcitia dabuntur, quom meruerit."But since Bocchus repents, they pardon his offence: a treaty and friendship will be granted when he has earned them.'