Iug. 113.1Haec Maurus sēcum ipse diū volvēns tandem prōmīsit;The Moor, long turning this over in his mind, at last promised; Iug. 113.1cēterum dolō an vērē cūnctātus, parum comperimus.but whether he hesitated deceitfully or sincerely, we have not discovered. Iug. 113.1Sed plērumque rēgiae voluntātēs ut vehementēs sīc mōbilēs, saepe ipsae sibi advorsae.But for the most part the wishes of kings, as they are violent, so they are fickle, and often contrary to themselves. Iug. 113.2Posteā tempore et locō cōnstitūtō, in conloquium utī dē pāce venīrētur, Bocchus Sullam modo, modo Iugurthae lēgātum appellāre, benignē habēre, idem ambōbus pollicērī.Afterwards, when a time and place had been fixed for coming to a conference about peace, Bocchus addressed now Sulla, now Jugurtha's envoy, treated them kindly and made the same promises to both. Iug. 113.2Illī pariter laetī ac speī bonae plēnī esse.They were equally glad and full of good hope. Iug. 113.3Sed nocte eā, quae proxuma fuit ante diem conloquiō dēcrētum, Maurus adhibitīs amīcīs ac statim inmūtāta voluntāte remōtīs cēterīs dīcitur sēcum ipse multum agitāvisse, voltū et oculīs pariter atque animō varius;But on the night which was the last before the day fixed for the conference, the Moor, having summoned his friends and then at once, changing his mind, sent them away, is said to have debated much with himself, changing in face and eyes as well as in mind; Iug. 113.3quae scīlicet ita tacente ipsō occulta pectoris patefēcisse.and these, of course, are said to have revealed the secrets of his heart, though he himself was silent.
Iug. 113.4Tamen postrēmō Sullam accersī iubet et ex illīus sententiā Numidae īnsidiās tendit.Yet in the end he orders Sulla to be summoned and, following his advice, lays a trap for the Numidian. Iug. 113.5Deinde ubi diēs advenit et eī nūntiātum est Iugurtham haud procul abesse, cum paucīs amīcīs et quaestōre nostrō quasi obvius honōris causā prōcēdit in tumulum facillumum vīsū īnsidiantibus.Then, when the day came and it was announced to him that Jugurtha was not far away, he goes forward with a few friends and our quaestor, as if to meet him as a mark of honour, on to a mound very easily seen by those lying in ambush. Iug. 113.6Eōdem Numida cum plērīsque necessāriīs suīs inermis, utī dictum erat, adcēdit, ac statim signō datō undique simul ex īnsidiīs invāditur.The Numidian comes to the same place with most of his close friends, unarmed, as had been agreed, and at once, at a given signal, he is attacked from the ambush on all sides at once. Iug. 113.7Cēterī obtruncātī, Iugurtha Sullae vinctus trāditur et ab eō ad Marium dēductus est.The rest were cut down; Jugurtha is handed over in chains to Sulla, and by him was brought to Marius.