for if this which I have related had in truth been said by the pilot to Xerxes, not one person's opinion in ten thousand will differ from mine that the king would have done some such thing as this, that is to say, he would have caused those who were upon the deck to go down below into the hold, seeing that they were Persians of the highest rank among the Persians; and of the rowers, who were Phenicians, he would have thrown out into the sea a number equal to the number of those.
zeren pilotuak benetan ere goian aipatu dudana Xerxesi erantzun balio, bil litezkeen hamar mila aburuetarik batek berak ere ez luke utziko aipatu gabe erregek honako hau egin zukeela: untzigaineko persiar haiei arraungelara jaisteko agindu (persiarrak baitziren, eta etxe onenetako persiarrak gainera), eta persiarrok adina ziren arraunlari pheniziarrak itsasora jaurti.