6a Translation

εγω γαρ, ω Αθηναίοι, επειδή εδοξε μοι γημαι και γυναίκα ηγαγομην εις την οικιαν

For I O Athenians, when I decided to marry and I brought a wife into the house

τόν μέν άλλον χρόνον ούτω διεκείμην ώστε μήτε λυπεϊν

for some time I was so inclined so as not to cause grief (to her)

μήτε λίαν έπ' εκείνη είναι ό τι άν έθέλη ποιεϊν

nor should it be too much in her power to do whatever she wanted

έφύλαττόν τε ώς οϊόν τε ήν, και προσεϊχον τόν νούν ώσπερ εϊκός ήν

and I was guarding her as much as possible, and applied my sense just as was reasonable