43:1
Constat non minus desiderii mei esse quam debiti, ut officia quae mcrito inclytæ magnitudini orbis devotus impendit, a me qui gratiæ ejus jam dudum videor obligatus, specialius excolantur: maxime cum opportunam nunc occasionem favor divinus obtulerit, in qua imperio celsitudinis suae plena meruerim devotione servire. Quapropter cultoris vestri viri illustris Laurentii filium, quem ad mundum suum dirigi jussio reverenda praecepit, magnificentiae vestræ prxato largissimae sospilatis honore commendo. Augete studio defensionis quod voluistis animo pietatis. In regione expetit patrem, in vobis reperiat paternitatem. Tuimini etiam cum prole susceptum.
確定的是,這既是我心願之事,也不亞於我職責之事:就是全世界虔敬地按理向你顯赫的偉大所奉獻的種種效勞,也當由我——這早已看似受你恩眷所束縛之人——更加特別地加以踐履:尤其如今神聖的恩眷已賜下一個合宜的良機,使我得配以全然的虔誠來服事閣下的旨意。所以我把你敬慕者、顯貴之人勞倫提烏斯的兒子——那可敬的命令曾吩咐要遣送到他自己之地的——以最豐厚福祉的卓越尊榮,舉薦給你的尊駕。願你以護衛的熱心增添你以虔誠之心所願之事。他在故土尋求一位父親;願他在你身上尋得父愛。願你連同其後嗣一併加以看顧、加以護守。
It is established to be no less a matter of my desire than of my duty, that the offices which the whole world devoutly renders to your renowned greatness by right should, by me — who already for a long time seem bound to your grace — be cultivated more particularly: especially since divine favor has now offered an opportune occasion, in which I might deserve to serve the command of his Highness with full devotion. Wherefore I commend to your Magnificence the son of your worshiper, the illustrious man Laurentius — whom the venerable command ordered to be sent to his own world — with the pre-eminent honor of most bounteous well-being. Increase by the zeal of protection what you willed by the piety of your heart. In the region he seeks a father; in you let him find fatherhood. Guard him, taken up together with his offspring.
43:2
Qui vobis licet satis sit debitor per honorem, pios tamen incipiet debere per sobolem: quod per vos potietur proprii affectus solatio, compensaturus erga vos affectionis experimento. De caetero autem, quantum ad fidcles vestros pertinet, exspectalam semper cupimus jussionem, optamus obedientiæ facultatem. Vos propitia divinitate praestate, ut Romanam sub gloriosissimo principe nostro prosperitatem, in cujus ap:ce digna honoris arce fulgetis, tam serenitate sermonis angusti, quam dignitatis vestræ resciipto mereamur agnoscere.
他雖已因尊榮而充分成為你的虧欠者,卻仍將因其後嗣而開始虔敬地虧欠於你:因為藉著你,他必享受自身情感的慰藉,並將以其情感的憑證回報於你。但至於其餘,就你那忠信之人而言,我們始終渴望你久待的命令,我們切慕順從的機會。願你藉恩眷的神性賜下:使我們得配認識在我們至榮耀君王之下的羅馬繁榮——在其巔峰,你如在尊榮的當得堡壘中閃耀——既藉一段簡短言辭的明朗,也藉你尊位的批覆。
Although he is sufficiently your debtor through honor, he will nonetheless begin to owe you piously through his offspring: because through you he will enjoy the solace of his own affection, being about to repay you by the proof of his affection. But for the rest, so far as pertains to your faithful ones, we ever desire your long-awaited command, we long for the opportunity of obedience. Do you, by favorable divinity, grant that we may deserve to recognize the Roman prosperity under our most glorious prince — in whose summit you shine as in a worthy citadel of honor — both by the serenity of a brief discourse and by the rescript of your dignity.