But it was when they stood firmest that they should have made overtures to you, and not at a time when we have been wronged and they are in peril; nor yet at a time when you will be admitting to a share in your protection those who never admitted you to a share in their power, and will be incurring an equal amount of blame from us with those in whose offences you had no hand.
Seguruago zeudenean hasi behar zuten hurbiltzen eta ez gu iraintzearren arriskuan daudenean, ezta horien orduko boterean partaide izan ez zinenok orain zeuen laguntza eskainiko diezuenean eta, euren delituetan parte hartu barik, guri dagokigunez erru bera jasoko duzuenean ere: