As it is, I have been called by the consent of gods and men to be an emperor. Your distinguished qualities and your patriotism have persuaded me to offer to you peacefully and quietly the throne for which our ancestors fought on the field of battle, and which I too won by war. In so doing I am following the precedent set by the sainted Augustus, who raised to the rank next himself first his nephew Marcellus, then his son-in-law Agrippa, then his daughter's sons, and finally his stepson Tiberius Nero.
Orain ni, jainkoen eta gizakien adostasunez aginte gorenera deitua naizen hau, zure izate gurenak eta aberri maitasunak bultzatu naute gure arbasoak hargatik armaz lehiatzen ziren printzegoa, gerran eskuratua, zuri, bakean dirauzun horri eskaintzera, Augusto jainkozkoaren etsenplura, zeinak ondoan, sapairik hurbilenaren azpian, arrebaren seme Martzelo jarri baitzuen, gero Agripa suhia, ondoren bere birlobak eta, azkenik, Tiberio Neron semeordea.