Iug. 62.1Is, ubi prīmum opportūnum fuit, Iugurtham ānxium ac miserantem fortūnās suās adcēdit, monet atque lacrumāns obtestātur, utī aliquandō sibi līberīsque et gentī Numidārum optume meritae prōvideat: omnibus proeliīs sēsē victōs, agrum vāstātum, multōs mortālīs captōs occīsōs, regnī opēs conminūtās esse;As soon as there was an opportunity, he went to Jugurtha, who was anxious and lamenting his fortunes, and warned and implored him with tears to provide at last for himself, his children and the Numidian nation, which had deserved so well of him: they had been beaten in every battle, the land was laid waste, many men had been captured or killed, the resources of the kingdom were crushed; Iug. 62.1satis saepe iam et virtūtem mīlitum et fortūnam temptātam;often enough already both the valour of the soldiers and fortune had been tested; Iug. 62.1caveat, nē illō cūnctante Numidae sibi cōnsulant.let him beware lest, while he delayed, the Numidians should look out for themselves. Iug. 62.2Hīs atque tālibus aliīs ad dēditiōnem rēgis animum inpellit.With these and other such words he drove the king's mind towards surrender.
Iug. 62.3Mittuntur ad imperātōrem lēgātī, quī Iugurtham imperāta factūrum dīcerent ac sine ūllā pactiōne sēsē regnumque suom in illīus fidem trādere.Envoys were sent to the general to say that Jugurtha would do what was commanded and was surrendering himself and his kingdom to his good faith without any conditions. Iug. 62.4Metellus properē cūnctōs senātōriī ōrdinis ex hībernīs accersī iubet;Metellus hastily ordered all those of senatorial rank to be summoned from the winter quarters; Iug. 62.4eōrum et aliōrum, quōs idōneōs dūcēbat, cōnsilium habet.he held a council of them and of others whom he thought suitable. Iug. 62.5Ita mōre maiōrum ex cōnsilī dēcrētō per lēgātōs Iugurthae imperat argentī pondō ducenta mīlia, elephantōs omnīs, equōrum et armōrum aliquantum.So, in the manner of their ancestors, in accordance with the decree of the council, he demanded of Jugurtha through envoys two hundred thousand pounds of silver, all his elephants, and a considerable quantity of horses and arms. Iug. 62.6Quae postquam sine morā facta sunt, iubet omnīs perfugās vinctōs addūcī.When this had been done without delay, he ordered all the deserters to be brought to him in chains.
Iug. 62.7Eōrum magna pars, utī iussum erat, adductī;A large part of them were brought, as had been ordered; Iug. 62.7paucī, quom prīmum dēditiō coepit, ad rēgem Bocchum in Mauretāniam abierant.a few, as soon as the surrender began, had gone away to King Bocchus in Mauretania. Iug. 62.8Igitur Iugurtha, ubi armīs virīsque et pecūniā spoliātus est, quom ipse ad imperandum Tisidium vocārētur, rūrsus coepit flectere animum suom et ex malā cōnscientiā digna timēre.So Jugurtha, when he had been stripped of arms, men and money, and was himself summoned to Tisidium to receive orders, began again to change his mind and, from a bad conscience, to fear what he deserved. Iug. 62.9Dēnique multīs diēbus per dubitātiōnem cōnsūmptīs, quom modo taediō rērum advorsārum omnia bellō potiōra dūceret, interdum sēcum ipse reputāret, quam gravis cāsus in servitium ex regnō foret, multīs magnīsque praesidiīs nēquīquam perditīs dē integrō bellum sūmit.At last, after many days had been spent in hesitation, while at one moment, out of weariness with misfortune, he thought anything preferable to war, and at another considered within himself how heavy a fall it would be from a kingdom into slavery, having uselessly thrown away many great resources, he took up war afresh.
Iug. 62.10Et Rōmae senātus dē prōvinciīs cōnsultus Numidiam Metellō dēcrēverat.And at Rome the senate, consulted about the provinces, had assigned Numidia to Metellus.