And yet if they behaved well against the Mede then, but ill towards us now, they deserve double punishment for having ceased to be good and for having become bad.
"Guk lehen bezalaxe jarraitzen dugu orain ere, eta, zentzudunak bagara, ez dugu onartu behar haiek aliatuak irain ditzaten, ezta gu laguntza ematen atzera gaitezen ere, zeren kaltea ez baitute atzerapenez hartzen.