For I am quite ready to admit, Simmias and Cebes, that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded in the first place that I am going to other gods who are wise and good (of which I am as certain as I can be of any such matters), and secondly (though I am not so sure of this last) to men departed, better than those whom I leave behind;
baina jainko jaun erabat onengana heltzeko itxaropena badudala, ondo jakin ezazue, antzeko beste ezer sendo berrestekotan, hori berretsiko nukeela.