for if I, shooting at thy son there standing before the entrance of the chamber, hit him in the very middle of the heart, the Persians will be proved to be speaking falsely, but if I miss, then thou mayest say that the Persians are speaking the truth and that I am not in my right mind."
baldin ataurrean zutik dagoen zure seme horri gezia jaurtiz bihotzaren erdian eman baniezaio, argi geratuko da persiarrek ez dutela deus egiarik esan;