though I can hardly imagine that Quadratus was hoping to make a Christian of me, he assuredly strove to convince me of the excellence of his doctrine, and to prove, above all, that it offered no harm to the State.
kosta egiten zait Quadratusek ni kristau bihurtu ahal izatea espero izan zezakeenik bururatzea bera ere; baina saiatu, behintzat, gogotik saiatu zitzaidan, alajaina, bere doktrinaren bikaintasuna eta, batez ere, Estaduarentzako beronen kaltegabetasuna frogatzen.