To this we answer that if any of you imagine that that war is far off, he is grievously mistaken, and is blind to the fact that Lacedaemon regards you with jealousy and desires war, and that Corinth is powerful there-- the same, remember, that is your enemy, and is even now trying to subdue us as a preliminary to attacking you.
"Eta gure zerbitzua baliagarri gerta daitekeen gerrari buruz, baten batek uste badu gerra hori ez dela gertatuko, oker dago, ez baita konturatzen lazedemondarrek gerra nahi dutela, zuen beldur direlako;