AP Latin Pliny Letter 10.90 Translation

C. Plīnius Traiānō Imperātōrī salūtem dicit

C. Pliny sends greetings to Emperor Trajan.

Sinōpēnsēs, Domine, aquā dēficiuntur;

The people of Sinope, Lord, are lacking in water;

quae vidētur et bona et cōpiōsa

which seems both good and abundant

ab sextō decimō mīliāriō posse perdūcī.

to be able to be brought from the sixteenth milestone.

Est tamen statim ab capite paulō amplius passūs mīlle locus suspectus et mollis,

There is, however, immediately from the source, a place somewhat more than a thousand paces (away), unstable and soft,

quem ego interim explōrārī modicō impendiō iussī,

which I, for the time being, have ordered to be examined at a small expense,

an recipere et sustinēre opus possit.

to see whether it can receive and support the work.

Pecūnia cūrantibus nōbīs contracta nōn dēerit,

Money, collected under our supervision, will not be lacking,

sī tū, Domine, hoc genus operis

if you, Lord, (approve) this kind of work

et salūbritātī et amoenitātī valdē sitientis colōniae indulseris.

and grant it for the health and pleasantness of the very thirsty colony.