if the Persian had been making his expedition against us alone, because he desired to take vengeance for the former servitude, he ought to have abstained from all the rest and to have come at once to invade our land, and he would thus have made it clear to all that he was marching to fight against the Scythians and not against the rest.
zeren, lehen izan zuten gurekiko morrontza mendekatu nahiz, persiarra gure aurka bakarrik gerraratu balitz, beste guztiengandik aldendu eta gure sorterriaren gainera baizik ez zuen jausi behar, eta argi geratuko zitzaien guztiei szythiarren aurka zetorrela eta ez besteen aurka.