When this had been done in such a manner, the Persians who had been posted for this very purpose entered by the bed of the river Euphrates into Babylon, the stream having sunk so far that it reached about to the middle of a man's thigh.
Eta horrelako hori gertatu zenean, prezeski horretarako eratuak zeuden persiarrak, gizonari izter erdialderaino jaitsi bide zitzaion Euphrates ibaiaren ubidean barrena sartu ziren Babylonen.