1.1 Alexandrīae at Alexandria Vespasiānō with Vespasian imperante ruling mulier a woman quaedam certain vidua widow nōmine by name Thaēsis Thaesis ad to mē me vēnit came et and fīliam daughter suam her own sēcum with herself dūxit brought
1.2 Nārrāvit she related fīliam the daughter cui to whom nōmen name Apollōnia Apollonia erat was Ammōniō to Ammonius Sarapiōnis of Sarapion fīliō son dēspōnsam esse to have been betrothed
1.3 Sarapiōnem Sarapion virum a man dīvitem rich et and festīnantem hasty nūptiās the nuptials posterō on the next diē day facere to make velle to wish quia because diēs the day fēstus festal esset was
1.4 Deinde then rogāvit she asked utrum whether nūptiae nuptials illae those fēlīcēs happy futūrae essent would be an or īnfēlīcēs unhappy
1.5 Ego I ut as soleō I am accustomed prīmum first quaesīvī asked utrum whether puella the girl interdiū by day an or noctū by night nāta esset had been born
1.6 Nisi unless enim for hoc this sciō I know dē about genitūrā the nativity nihil nothing iūdicāre to judge possum I am able nam for sōl the sun sī if suprā above terram the earth est it is aliōs other vītae of life dominōs lords dat gives sī if sub beneath terrā the earth aliōs others
1.7 Thaēsis Thaesis respondit answered fīliam the daughter eō at that ipsō very tempore time nātam esse to have been born quō at which lucernae lamps in in viīs the streets accenderentur were being lit
1.8 Sē herself nescīre not to know utrum whether sōl the sun iam already occidisset had set an or adhūc still paulum a little suprā above terram the earth manēret was remaining
1.9 Hōra the hour igitur therefore anceps doubtful erat was ancipitī to a doubtful autem however hōrae hour nihil nothing crēdō I entrust
2.1 Mulierī to the woman ergō so dīxī I said mē me genitūram the nativity fīliae of the daughter iūdicāre to judge nōn not posse to be able
2.2 Sī if enim for genitūra the nativity nocturna nocturnal esset were Lūnam the Moon prīmās the first partēs parts agere to play sī if diurna diurnal Sōlem the Sun atque and ita so tōtam whole puellae of the girl vītam life aliīs by other dominīs lords regī to be ruled
2.3 Thaēsis Thaesis lacrimāns weeping dīxit said Sarapiōnem Sarapion nōn not exspectātūrum esse to be going to wait dum while ego I dubitārem was hesitating
2.4 Tum then ego I Genitūram the nativity inquam I say fīliae of daughter tuae your iūdicāre to judge nōn not possum I am able hōram the hour autem however nūptiārum of the nuptials ēligere to choose possum I am able
2.5 Hōram the hour enim for nāscendī of being born nēmō no one ēligit chooses hōram the hour vērō but nūptiārum of the nuptials vōs you ipsī yourselves ēligitis choose et and quod what ēligitur is chosen id that numerārī to be counted potest can
2.6 Tabulās tables itaque and so meās my prōtulī I brought out et and cursum the course Lūnae of the Moon in for posterum the following diem day computāvī I reckoned
3.1 Invēnī I found Lūnam the Moon posterō on the next diē day in in vīcēsimā sextā twenty-sixth parte degree Lībrae of Libra futūram esse to be going to be
3.2 Ab from eō that locō place usque all the way ad to fīnem the end signī of the sign nūllī to no stellae star sē herself iūnctūram esse to be going to join neque neither aspectū by aspect neque nor corpore by body
3.3 Hanc this Lūnam Moon nōs we vacuam empty vocāmus call quia because nihil nothing sēcum with herself fert she carries et and nihil nothing cuiquam to anyone trādit she hands over
3.4 Praeceptum the precept autem moreover artis of art nostrae our est is rem a matter sub under Lūnā Moon vacuā empty inceptam begun nūllum no exitum outcome habēre to have
3.5 Deinde then reliquōs the remaining diēs days numerāvī I counted ut so that meliōrem a better hōram hour invenīrem I might find
3.6 Invēnī I found Lūnam the Moon tribus three post after diēbus days in in quārtā fourth parte degree Sagittāriī of Sagittarius futūram esse to be going to be et and ad to Venerem Venus quae who in in quārtā decimā fourteenth parte degree Leōnis of Leo erat was ex from trigōnō trine accēdere to approach
3.7 Hōrā at hour autem moreover eius of that diēī day tertiā third Scorpiōnem Scorpio orīrī to rise itaque therefore septimum the seventh locum place quī which nūptiās the nuptials regit rules Taurum Taurus esse to be cuius whose domina mistress est is Venus Venus
3.8 Venerem Venus in in decimō tenth locō place stāre to stand quī which cardō an angle est is Sāturnum Saturn vērō but et and Martem Mars ā from cardinibus the angles abesse to be absent
3.9 Hanc this hōram hour ēlēgī I chose et and eam it in on tabellā a tablet scrīptam written Thaēsī to Thaesis dedī I gave
3.10 Addidī I added nūptiās the nuptials posterō on the next diē day factās made nūllum no exitum outcome habitūrās esse to be going to have
4.1 Eōdem on the same diē day sub toward vesperum evening Sarapiōn Sarapion ipse himself ad to mē me vēnit came vehementer violently īrātus angry
4.2 Clāmāvit he shouted sē himself nūptiās the nuptials propter because of numerōs the numbers senis of an old man Sīdōniī Sidonian nōn not dīlātūrum esse to be going to put off
4.3 Diem the day fēstum festal ā by deīs the gods datum esse to have been given convīvium the banquet iam already parātum prepared coquōs cooks condūctōs hired cognātōs kinsmen Canōpō from Canopus arcessītōs summoned
4.4 Respondī I answered mē me dē about deīs the gods nihil nothing scīre to know id that sōlum only mihi to me nōtum esse to be known quod which numerāvissem I had counted Lūnam the Moon posterō on the next diē day vacuam empty fore to be going to be
4.5 Tum then Sarapiōn Sarapion rīdēns laughing quaesīvit asked quī how fierī to happen posset it could ut that hōram the hour nātālem of birth puellae of the girl ignōrārem I did not know Lūnae of the Moon autem but cursum the course in for posterum the following diem day scīrem I knew
4.6 Respondī I answered hōram the hour puellae of the girl ā by mātre the mother male badly memoriae to memory mandātam esse to have been entrusted cursum the course Lūnae of the Moon ā by mē me ipsō myself computātum reckoned
4.7 Ille he nihil nothing contrā in reply dīxit said sed but abiit went away
5.1 Eādem on the same nocte night Thaēsis Thaesis rūrsus again vēnit came et and nārrāvit related Sarapiōnem Sarapion dēnūntiāvisse to have declared aut either posterō on the next diē day nūptiās the nuptials futūrās esse to be going to be aut or numquam never
5.2 Quaesīvit she asked ā from mē me quid what sibi by herself faciendum esset was to be done
5.3 Respondī I answered mē me nōn not iubēre to command sed but numerāre to count ipsam herself ēligere to choose dēbēre to be obliged
5.4 Illa she diū for a long time tacuit was silent deinde then dīxit said sē herself trēs three diēs days exspectātūram esse to be going to wait
5.5 Sarapiōn Sarapion ubi when hoc this audīvit he heard spōnsālia the betrothal dirēmit broke off
5.6 Tribus three post after diēbus days hōrā at hour tertiā third quam which ego I ēlēgeram had chosen Lūna the Moon ad to Venerem Venus accessit approached sīcut just as computāveram I had reckoned
5.7 Scorpiō Scorpio oriēbātur was rising Venus Venus in on cardine the angle stābat was standing Sāturnus Saturn et and Mārs Mars procul far off aberant were away
5.8 Sed but nūlla no spōnsa bride nūllus no spōnsus bridegroom aderat was present nūllae no nūptiae nuptials factae sunt were made
5.9 Paucīs a few post after mēnsibus months audīvī I heard Ammōnium Ammonius aliam another uxōrem wife dūxisse to have married
6.1 Saepe often posteā afterwards dē about hāc this rē matter cōgitāvī I have thought
6.2 Dīxeram I had said nūptiās the nuptials sub under Lūnā Moon vacuā empty inceptās begun nūllum no exitum outcome habitūrās esse to be going to have nūllum none habuērunt they had nam for nē not inceptae begun quidem even sunt were
6.3 Utrum whether igitur then Lūna the Moon vērum the truth dīxit spoke an or ego I verba the words Lūnae of the Moon vēra true fēcī made
6.4 Nisi unless enim for Thaēsis Thaesis mihi to me crēdidisset had believed fortasse perhaps Apollōnia Apollonia nunc now Ammōniī of Ammonius uxor wife esset would be et and fortasse perhaps fēlīx happy
6.5 Hoc this computāre to reckon nōn not possum I am able nūllī no enim for numerī numbers ostendunt show quid what ēventūrum fuerit would have happened sī if aliter otherwise āctum esset it had been done
6.6 Nam for sī if hōram the hour ēligere to choose possumus we are able fātum fate nōn not omnīnō altogether certum fixed est is sī if autem however fātum fate certum fixed nōn not est is quid what in in genitūrīs nativities legimus do we read
6.7 Hanc this quaestiōnem question fīlī O son nōn not solvī I have solved tibi to you trādō I hand over ut so that cum with tabulīs tables meīs my servēs you may keep it
6.8 Ūnum one thing tamen however certum certain habeō I hold Lūna the Moon eā at that hōrā hour ad to Venerem Venus accessit approached sīcut just as numerāveram I had counted numerī the numbers nōn not errāvērunt erred
6.9 Apollōnia Apollonia ut as audiō I hear adhūc still innūpta unmarried est is et and cum with mātre mother lānam wool facit makes
6.10 Nunc now sī if genitūram the nativity eius her scīrem I knew fortasse perhaps intellegerem I would understand sed but māter the mother etiam even nunc now nescit does not know utrum whether lucernae lamps iam already accēnsae sint were lit an or nōndum not yet