Iug. 11.1Ad ea Iugurtha, tametsī rēgem ficta locūtum intellegēbat et ipse longē aliter animō agitābat, tamen prō tempore benignē respondit.To this Jugurtha, although he understood that the king had spoken insincerely and he himself had something far different in mind, nevertheless replied graciously, as the occasion required. Iug. 11.2Micipsa paucīs post diēbus moritur.Micipsa dies a few days later. Iug. 11.2Postquam illī mōre rēgiō iūsta magnificē fēcerant, rēgulī in ūnum convēnērunt, ut inter sē dē cūnctīs negōtiīs disceptārent.After they had performed his funeral rites magnificently in royal fashion, the princes met together to settle all their affairs among themselves. Iug. 11.3Sed Hiempsal, quī minumus ex illīs erat, nātūrā ferōx et iam anteā ignōbilitātem Iugurthae, quia māternō genere inpār erat, dēspiciēns, dextra Adherbalem adsēdit, nē medius ex tribus, quod apud Numidās honōrī dūcitur, Iugurtha foret.But Hiempsal, who was the youngest of them, fierce by nature and already before this contemptuous of Jugurtha's low birth, because he was not their equal on his mother's side, sat down on Adherbal's right, so that Jugurtha should not be in the middle of the three, which among the Numidians is held to be an honour.
Iug. 11.4Dein tamen, ut aetātī concēderet, fatīgātus ā frātre, vix in partem alteram trānsductus est.Then, however, worn down by his brother's urging to yield to age, he was with difficulty brought over to the other side. Iug. 11.5Ibi quom multa dē administrandō imperiō dissererent, Iugurtha inter aliās rēs iacit oportēre quīnquennī cōnsulta et dēcrēta omnia rescindī, nam per ea tempora cōnfectum annīs Micipsam parum animō valuisse.There, while they were discussing many matters concerning the administration of the kingdom, Jugurtha threw out among other things that all the resolutions and decrees of the last five years ought to be annulled, for during that time Micipsa, enfeebled by age, had been weak in mind. Iug. 11.6Tum īdem Hiempsal placēre sibi respondit, nam ipsum illum tribus proxumīs annīs adoptātiōne in regnum pervēnisse.Then Hiempsal likewise replied that he agreed, for Jugurtha himself had come to the throne by adoption within the last three years. Iug. 11.7Quod verbum in pectus Iugurthae altius, quam quisquam ratus erat, dēscendit.This remark sank deeper into Jugurtha's heart than anyone had supposed. Iug. 11.8Itaque ex eō tempore īrā et metū ānxius mōlīrī, parāre atque ea modo cum animō habēre, quibus Hiempsal per dolum caperētur.And so from that time, troubled by anger and fear, he schemed, prepared and had in mind only those things by which Hiempsal might be caught by treachery.
Iug. 11.9Quae ubi tardius prōcēdunt neque lēnītur animus ferōx, statuit quōvīs modō inceptum perficere.When these plans went forward too slowly and his fierce spirit was not softened, he decided to carry out his undertaking by any means whatever.