1. Rēgulī [= rēgis fīliī] rēgī mortuō iūsta [= fūnus] magnificē fēcērunt.
2. Posteā convēnērunt ut dē administrandō rēgnō disceptārent [= dissererent].
3. Ibi Iugurtha 'Oportet' inquit 'quīnquenniī [= quīnque annōrum] dēcrēta omnia rescindī [= irrita fierī].'
4. Ad hoc Hiempsal 'Idem' inquit 'mihi vidētur, 'nam tū ipse tribus proximīs annīs adoptātiōne/adoptiōne [< adoptāre] in rēgnum vēnistī!'
5. Ex eō tempore Iugurtha mōliēbātur [= labōrābat] ut Hiempsalem opprimeret.
6. Cum rēgulī ad pecūniam inter sē distribuendam [= dīvidendam] convēnissent, mīlitēs Iugurthae, parātīs clāvibus adulterīnīs [= falsīs], in Hiempsalis hospitium irrūpērunt.
7. Interfectīs iīs quī occursant [= occurrunt], loca abdita [= occulta] scrūtantur [= explōrant], atque Hiempsalem in tuguriō [= casā] ancillae repertum occīdunt.
8. Fāma tantī sceleris lātē dīvulgātur [dis- < vulgus].
9. Adherbal, quī timēbat nē Iugurtha sē oppugnāret, frētus [= fīdēns] cōpiīs suīs parābat armīs contendere [= certāre].
10. Adherbal victus in Prōvinciam profūgit atque inde Rōmam contendit [= properāvit].
11. Iugurtha lēgātōs Rōmam mittit, quīs[= quibus] praecipit ut veteribus amīcīs mūnera largiantur et novōs amīcōs acquīrant.
12. Hāc largītiōne [= largīrī] Iugurtha tantam commūtātiōnem [= mūtātiōnem] in senātū patrāvit [= perfēcit], ut ex māximā invidiā in grātiam nōbilitātis venīret.
13. Adherbal senātōrēs ōrāvit ut sibi subvenīrent [= auxiliō venīrent] neu paterentur rēgnum Numidiae tābēscere [<> convalēscere]
14. Lēgātī Iugurthae paucīs respondent: 'Hiempsalem ob saevitiam et flāgitia [= facta indigna] sua interfectum, Iugurtham petere nē verba inimīcī factīs suīs anteferrent [= praeferrent].'
15. Hīs audītīs, senātūs magna pars, largītiōne dēprāvāta [= corrupta], Iugurtham laudibus extollēbat [= valdē laudābat].
16. Decem lēgātī in Āfricam missī sunt, quōrum prīnceps L. Opīmius ā Iugurthā accūrātissimē [= māximā cum cūrā] receptus est.
17. Iugurtha dandō et pollicendō multa perfēcit, ut plērīque lēgātī commoda rēgis [= quod rēgī prōderat] sequerentur.