for it was evident to them that it was impossible on the one hand for them to be always stationed as guards to protect the Ionians, and on the other hand, if they were not stationed to protect them, they had no hope that the Ionians would escape with impunity from the Persians.
eta babes hori eman ezean, ez zuten, arean ere, haiek persiarren mehatxupetik salbu irten zitezkeen esperantzarik.