12. They then, I say, were hastening towards the Isthmus; and the Argives so soon as they heard that Pausanias with his army had gone forth from Sparta, sent as a herald to Attica the best whom they could find of the long-distance runners, because they had before of their own motion engaged for Mardonios that they would stop the Spartans from going forth:
12. Mandatari eta perieko, Isthmorantz abiatu ziren ahalik arinen. Argostarrek ordea, Pausanias eta bere gizonak Spartatik irten zirela jakin bezain laster, aurkitu ahal izan zuten posta-gizonik onena bidali zuten heraldo Atikara, aldez aurretik Mardoniori hitz emanda baitzeuden beraiek eragotziko zietela spartarrei berauen lurraldetik irtetea.