Could someone translate into Latin the phrase, "No choice for the chosen"

Question

The phrase is meant to mean that the ones chosen for a certain task don't have a choice about complying. Thank you!

Answer 1

I'm not sure either of these quite gets it. I believe David has confused the words delectare and deligere. Delectare does not mean 'choose', and the form he supplies is neither subjunctive nor infinitive. My concern with Hunter's answer is that I'm not sure that the noun 'optio' can be used as he uses it.

I suggest the following two ways-

lecti ligantur or delecti deligantur. Both mean 'the chosen are bound', although it seems to me that deligantur usually refers to literal binding; so maybe the first is better. That's how I would maintain the phonetic repetition of 'chosen' and 'choice'.

If you want to be clearer, you need to say something like 'lectis nolle non licet' (It is not permitted to the chosen to be unwilling') or 'lecti coguntur' (The chosen are compelled).

Also, lectos necessitas premit (Necessity presses those chosen) would indicate that nature itself insists on compliance. It depends on the context.

Answer 2

I would prefer Lectīs dēlectant nōn licet.

as Latin like the repetition of related words and sounds.

licet takes the Dative and can be used with the infinitive or Subjunctive

Answer 3

I'll throw out one possibility:

"lecti optionem non habent," which translates roughly to, "the chosen don't have a choice."

lecti nominative plural masculine of the second declension noun lectus, lecti.

optionem the feminine accusative singular of the third declension noun optio, optionis.

habent third person plural present active indicative of the second conjugation verb habeo, habere, habui, habitus.