Concerning these Themistocles secretly sent word to the Athenians to detain them as far as possible without putting them under open constraint, and not to let them go until they had themselves returned. For his colleagues had now joined him, Abronichus, son of Lysicles, and Aristides, son of Lysimachus, with the news that the wall was sufficiently advanced; and he feared that when the Lacedaemonians heard the facts, they might refuse to let them go.
Orduan bidali egin zituzten, eta aldi berean Temistoklesek ere mandatua bidali zien atenastarrei horiei buruz, lazedemondarrek jakin gabe, enbaxadoreok disimulurik handienaz han atxikitzeko eta eurak Espartatik heldu aurretik abiatzen ez uzteko kontsignarekin-iritsiak ziren ordurako haren enbaxada-kideak, Lisiklesen seme Habroniko eta Lisimakoren seme Aristides, harresia behar adinakoa zelako albistearekin-, lazedemondarrek, berri argiak edukitzean, joaten utziko ez zieten beldur baitziren.