and these Persians were called "Immortals," because, if any one of them made the number incomplete, being overcome either by death or disease, another man was chosen to his place, and they were never either more or fewer than ten thousand.
haietariko bat hil edo gaixotu eta kopurua murriztuz gero, ordezkoa hautatzen zitzaion eta, horretara, hamar milako kopuruak ez zuen ez gora ez behera egiten.