When he had done this, the ships were drawn down into the sea, and Xerxes changing from his chariot to a ship of Sidon sat down under a golden canopy and sailed along by the prows of the ships, asking of all just as he had done with the land-army, and having the answers written down.
Ikuskaketa bukatu zuenean, untziak itsasoratu egin ziren eta errege, zihoan gurditik, Sidongo untzi batera iragan zen, urrezko palio baten pean eseri zen eta beste untzi guztien branka aldetik iragan zen, bakoitzari banan-banan galderak eginez, lehorreko armadari bezala, eta erantzunak jaso zitzaten arduratuz.