and, judging according to my past actions, both public and private, according to my intentions, and according to the profit that so many of our citizens, both young and old, daily extract from my conversation, and the fruit that you all reap from me, you cannot more duly acquit yourselves towards my merit than in ordering that, my poverty considered, I should be maintained at the Prytanaeum, at the public expense, a thing that I have often known you, with less reason, grant to others.
Eta, nire iraganeko ekintza publiko eta pribatuen arabera epaituz, nire xedeen arabera, eta egunero nire solasetik gure hiritarretarik hainbatek, bai gazteek nola zaharrek, ateratzen duten mozkinaren arabera, eta guztiei egiten dizuedan fruituaren arabera, duintasunez ez zarete kitaturik gelditzen ahal nire merituari buruz erabakitzen ez baduzue hazia izan nadin, nire pobrezia kontutan harturik, diru publikoaren bizkar, askotan ikusi baitzaituztet besteei ematen diezuela arrazoi gutiagorekin...