Cicero urges Catilina…..

john abshire

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Brevi tempore te omnesque tuos, hostes patriae, vincemus, et omnes vos poenas graves semper dabitis.
Within a short time we will overcome you and all enemies of the homeland, and you all will always pay serious penalties.
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I am sure this is incorrect. There is a tuos that I can’t fit in, at least.
 
Maybe the tuos fits in like this:
Within a short time we will overcome you and all [who are] yours – that is, tuos describes the allies of whoever te is.

Also I think it makes more sense to translate semper as "forever" here – the translation using "always" sounds a bit awkward.

So based on all this, the final translation could be:
Within a short time we will overcome you and all of yours, the enemies of the homeland, and you will forever pay serious penalties.
 
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