137. I commend this custom of theirs, and also the one which is next to be mentioned, namely that neither the king himself shall put any to death for one cause alone, nor any of the other Persians for one cause alone shall do hurt that is irremediable to any of his own servants;
137. Onartzen dut, alafede, ohitura hori eta baita honako hau ere, hots, arrazoi bat bakarragatik erregeak berak ere inor ez hiltzea, eta beste persiarren artean ere inork arrazoi bakarragatik bere zerbitzarietako inori sendaezinezko gaitzik ez jasanaraztea.