and as they went by the way, Masistes the son of Dareios, who had been present at the disaster which had befallen them, was saying many evil things of the commander Artaÿntes, and among other things he said that in respect of the generalship which he had shown he was worse than a woman, and that he deserved every kind of evil for having brought evil on the house of the king.
Eta bidean zihoazela, Masistes Dariorenak, gertatu berri zen hondamendiaren lekuko, Artayntes jenerala biziki iraintzeari ekin zion, emakumeak baino txarragoa zela aurpegiratuz, beste gauza batzuen artean, agintea erabili zuen moduan erabiltzeagatik, eta era guztietako zigorrak merezi zituela erregeren interesei halako kaltea eragitearren.