第3巻 第24章

Greek Τζάζων δέ, ὁ τοῦ Γελίμερος ἀδελφός, τῷ στόλῳ ᾧ ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται ἐς Σαρδὼ ἀφικόμενος ἐς τὸν Καρανάλεως λιμένα ἀπέβη, καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτοβοεὶ εἷλε τόν τε τύραννον Γώδαν ἔκτεινε καὶ εἴ τι ἀμφ’ αὐτὸν μάχιμον ἦν.

Dewing But Tzazon, the brother of Gelimer, reached Sardinia with the expedition which has been mentioned above⁠ and disembarked at the harbour of Caranalis;⁠ and at the first onset he captured the city and killed the tyrant Godas and all the fighting men about him.

Greek καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐς γῆν τὴν Λιβύης τὸν βασιλέως στόλον ἤκουσεν εἶναι, οὔπω τι πεπυσμένος ὦν ταύτῃ ἐπέπρακτο, γράφει πρὸς Γελίμερα τάδε·

Dewing And when he heard that the emperor's expedition was in the land of Libya, having as yet learned nothing of what had been done there, he wrote to Gelimer as follows:

Greek “Γώδαν ἀπολωλέναι τὸν τύραννον, ὑπὸ ταῖς ἡμετέραις γεγονότα χερσί, καὶ τὴν νῆσον αὖθις ὑπὸ τῇ σῇ βασιλείᾳ εἶναι, ὦ Βανδίλων τε καὶ Ἀλανῶν βασιλεῦ, ἴσθι καὶ τὴν ἐπινίκιον ἑορτὴν ἄγε.

Dewing "Know, O King of the Vandals and Alani, that the tyrant Godas has perished, having fallen into our hands, and that the island is again under thy kingdom, and celebrate the festival of triumph.

Greek τῶν δὲ πολεμίων οἳ ἐτόλμησαν ἐς τὴν ἡμετέραν στρατεύεσθαι, ἔλπιζε τὴν πεῖραν ἐς τοῦτο ἀφίξεσθαι τύχης, ἐς ὃ καὶ πρότερον τοῖς ἐπὶ τοὺς προγόνους τοὺς ἡμετέρους στρατευσαμένοις ἐχώρησε.”

Dewing And as for the enemy who have had the daring to march against our land, expect that their attempt will come to the same fate as the experienced by those who in former times marched against our ancestors."

Greek ταῦτα οἱ λαβόντες τὰ γράμματα, οὐδὲν πολέμιον ἐν νῷ ἔχοντες, κατέπλευσαν ἐς τὸν τῶν Καρχηδονίων λιμένα.

Dewing And those who took this letter sailed into the harbour of Carthage with no thought of the enemy in mind.

Greek καὶ πρὸς τῶν φυλάκων παρὰ τὸν στρατηγὸν ἀπαχθέντες τά τε γράμματα ἐνεχείρισαν καὶ περὶ ὧν τὰς πύστεις ἐποιεῖτο ἐσήγγελλον, οἷς τε ἐθεῶντο καταπεπληγμένοι καὶ τεθηπότες τῆς μεταβολῆς τὸ αἰφνίδιον· ἔπαθον μέντοι πρὸς Βελισαρίου οὐδὲν ἄχαρι.

Dewing And being brought by the guards before the general, they put the letter into his hands and gave him information on the matters about which he enquired, being thunderstruck at what they beheld and awed at the suddenness of the change; however, they suffered nothing unpleasant at the hand of Belisarius.

Greek Ὑπὸ δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον καὶ ἕτερον ξυνηνέχθη τοιόνδε. Γελίμερ ὀλίγῳ πρότερον ἢ ἐς Λιβύην ὁ βασιλέως στόλος ἀφίκετο ἔπεμψε πρέσβεις ἐς Ἱσπανίαν ἄλλους τε καὶ Γοτθαῖον καὶ Φουσκίαν, ἐφ’ ᾧ δὴ Θεῦδιν, τὸν τῶν Οὐισιγότθων ἄρχοντα, πείσουσιν ὁμαιχμίαν πρὸς Βανδίλους θέσθαι.

Dewing At this same time another event also occurred as follows. A short time before the emperor's expedition reached Libya, Gelimer had sent envoys into Spain, among whom were Gothaeus and Fuscias, in order to persuade Theudis, the ruler of the Visigoths,⁠ to establish an alliance with the Vandals.

Greek οἵ, ἐπεὶ ἀπέβησαν εἰς τὴν ἤπειρον, τὸν ἐν Γαδείροις πορθμὸν διαβάντες, εὑρίσκουσι Θεῦδιν ἐν χωρίῳ μακρὰν ἀπὸ θαλάσσης κειμένῳ.

Dewing And these envoys, upon disembarking on the mainland after crossing the strait at Gadira, found Theudis in a place situated far from the sea.

Greek ἀναβάντας δὲ παρ’ αὐτὸν τοὺς πρέσβεις ὁ Θεῦδις φιλοφροσύνης τε ἠξίωσε καὶ προθύμως εἱστία, ἔν τε τῇ θοίνῃ ἐπυνθάνετο δῆθεν ὅπη ποτὲ Γελίμερί τε καὶ Βανδίλοις τὰ πράγματα ἔχοι.

Dewing And when they had come up to the place where he was, Theudis received them with friendliness and entertained them heartily, and during the feast he pretended to enquire how matters stood with Gelimer and the Vandals.

Greek τούτων δὲ τῶν πρέσβεων σχολαίτερον ἐς αὐτὸν ἰόντων ἔτυχεν ἀκηκοὼς ἅπαντα ὅσα Βανδίλοις ξυνέπεσεν.

Dewing Now since these envoys had travelled to him rather slowly, it happened that he had heard from others everything which had befallen the Vandals.

Greek ὁλκὰς γὰρ μία ἐπ’ ἐμπορίᾳ πλέουσα ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ τὸ στράτευμα εἰς Καρχηδόνα εἰσήλασεν, ἐνθένδε ἀναγομένη καὶ πνεύματος ἐπιφόρου ἐπιτυχοῦσα,

Dewing For one merchant ship sailing for trade had put out from Carthage on the very same day as the army marched into the city, and finding a favouring wind, had come to Spain.

Greek ἐς Ἱσπανίαν ἦλθεν. ὅθεν δὴ ὁ Θεῦδις μαθὼν ὅσα ἐν Λιβύῃ ξυνηνέχθη γενέσθαι ἀπεῖπε τοῖς ἐμπόροις μηδενὶ φράζειν, ὡς μὴ ταῦτα ἔκπυστα ἐς τὸ πᾶν γένηται.

Dewing From those on this ship Theudis learned all that had happened in Libya, but he forbade the merchants to reveal it to anyone, in order that this might not become generally known.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀπεκρίναντο οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν Γοτθαῖον ἅπαντα σφίσιν ὡς ἄριστα ἔχειν, ἠρώτα ὅτου ποτὲ ἕνεκα ἥκοιεν.

Dewing And when Gothaeus and his followers replied that everything was as well as possible for them, he asked them for what purpose, then, they had come.

Greek τῶν δὲ τὴν ὁμαιχμίαν προτεινομένων ἐκέλευεν αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεῦδις εἰς τὴν παραλίαν ἰέναι· “Ἐνθένδε γάρ,” ἔφη,

Dewing And when they proposed the alliance, Theudis bade them go to the sea‑coast; "For from there," he said, "you will learn of the affairs at home with certainty."

Greek “τὰ οἴκοι πράγματα ἀσφαλῶς εἴσεσθε.” οἱ δὲ πρέσβεις οὐχ ὑγιᾶ τὸν λόγον εἶναι, ἅτε οἰνωμένου τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ὑποτοπήσαντες, ἐν σιωπῇ ἔσχον.

Dewing And the envoys, supposing that the man was in his cups and his words were not sane, remained silent.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτῷ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ ξυγγενόμενοι τὴν συμμαχίαν ἐν λόγῳ ἐποιοῦντο, καὶ ῥήματι αὖθις τῷ αὐτῷ ὁ Θεῦδις ἐχρῆτο, οὕτω δὴ ξυνέντες νεώτερα σφίσιν ἐν Λιβύῃ ξυμπεσεῖν πράγματα, οὐδὲν μέντοι ἀμφὶ Καρχηδόνι ἐν νῷ ἔχοντες, ἐς αὐτὴν ἔπλεον.

Dewing But when on the following day they met him and made mention of the alliance, and Theudis used the same words a second time, then at length they understood that some change of fortune had befallen them in Libya, but never once thinking of Carthage they sailed for the city.

Greek ἀγχοῦ τε αὐτῆς καταπλεύσαντες καὶ Ῥωμαίοις στρατιώταις περιτυχόντες ἐνεχείρισαν σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ὅ τι βούλοιντο χρῆσθαι.

Dewing And upon coming to land close by it and happening upon Roman soldiers, they put themselves in their hands to do with them as they wished.

Greek ὅθεν ἐς τὸν στρατηγὸν ἀπαχθέντες καὶ τὸν πάντα λόγον ἀγγείλαντες ἔπαθον οὐδὲν πρὸς ἐκείνου κακόν.

Dewing And from there they were led away to the general, and reporting the whole story, they suffered no harm at his hand. These things, then, happened thus.

Greek ταῦτα μὲν οὖν οὕτω γενέσθαι τετύχηκε. Κύριλλος δέ, Σαρδοῦς τε ἀγχοῦ γενόμενος καὶ τὰ τῷ Γώδᾳ ξυμπεσόντα ἀκούσας, ἐς Καρχηδόνα ἔπλει, ἔνθα τό τε Ῥωμαίων στράτευμα καὶ Βελισάριον εὑρὼν νενικηκότας ἡσύχαζε· καὶ Σολόμων παρὰ βασιλέα, ὅπως ἀγγείλῃ τὰ πεπραγμένα, ἐστέλλετο.

Dewing And Cyril,⁠ upon coming near to Sardinia and learning what had happened to Godas, sailed to Carthage, and there, finding the Roman army and Belisarius victorious, he remained at rest; and Solomon⁠ was sent to the emperor in order to announce what had been accomplished.