These Phenicians dwelt in ancient time, as they themselves report, upon the Erythraian Sea, and thence they passed over and dwell in the country along the sea coast of Syria; and this part of Syria and all as far as Egypt is called Palestine.
Aipaturiko pheniziarrok hain zuzen, beraiek diotenez, antzina Erythre itsasertzean bizi ziren eta handik Syriara pasa ziren, bertako kostaldean geldituz (Syriako alde horri eta Egyptoraino hedatzen den zonalde horri Palestina deritzo).