and when he asked the Athenians for seventy ships and an army with supplies of money, not declaring to them against what land he was intending to make an expedition, but saying that he would enrich them greatly if they would go with him, for he would lead them to a land of such a kind that they would easily get from it gold in abundance,-thus saying he asked for the ships;
Orduan hirurogeita hamar untzi eskatu zizkien athenastarrei, hala nola tropak eta dirua, baina zein herrialderen aurka joateko asmoa zuen esan gabe; hauxe besterik ez zien esan, jarraitzen baldin bazioten, oso aberats egingo zituela; zeren hain herrialde oparora eroango zituela, non zakukada urreak ekarriko baitzituzten bertatik erraz-erraz;