Letters to Atticus Passage 4

nam de puero Clodio tuas partis esse arbitror ut eius animum tenerum, quem ad modum scribis, iis opinionibus imbuas ut ne quas inimicitias residere in familiis nostris arbitretur. contendi cum P. Clodio cum ego publicam causam, ille suam defenderet. nostras concertationes res publica diiudicavit. si viveret, mihi cum illo nulla contentio iam maneret.

As for the young Clodius, I think it is your part to imbue his tender mind, as you write, with beliefs that will prevent him from supposing that any enmity remains between our families. I contended with Publius Clodius when I was defending a public cause and he his private interest. The republic adjudicated our contests. If he were alive, no dispute between him and me would now remain.

Quant au jeune Clodius, je pense qu’il t’appartient d’imprégner son esprit tendre, comme tu l’écris, d’opinions qui l’empêchent de croire que quelque inimitié subsiste entre nos familles. J’ai combattu P. Clodius lorsque je défendais la cause publique et lui sa cause personnelle. La république a tranché nos différends. S’il vivait encore, il ne subsisterait maintenant aucune lutte entre lui et moi.