(a) "Surely now the heaven shall be below the earth, and the earth raised up on high above the heaven, and men shall have their dwelling in the sea, and fishes shall have that habitation which men had before, seeing that ye, Lacedemonians, are doing away with free governments and are preparing to bring back despotism again into our cities, than which there is no more unjust or more murderous thing among men.
hain zuzen ere zuok, lazedemondarrok, ageri baitzarete prest isokraziak eraitsi eta hirietara tiraniak berrekartzeko, tiraniak, gizakien artean dagoen gauzarik bidegabeko eta odolzaleena.