when its standard was placed at the city gates, as is the custom, the populace, unused to painted or sculptured images (deprived as they have been for centuries by a superstition highly unfavorable to the progress of the arts), mistook that symbol for a swine, the meat of which is forbidden them, and read into that insignificant affair an affront to the customs of Israel.
hiriko atarian jarri zuten delako basurdearen entseina hori, beti ohi den legez; populuxkak, irudi margotu edo zizelkatuak ikustera ohitu gabea izaki, izan ere arteen aurrerabiderako bat ere lagungarria ez den aspaldiko mendetako sineskeria batek eragotzi egiten baitie juduei horrelakoak egiterik, zera uste izan zuen, irudi hura zerri batena zela, alegia, baita gertakari xume hartan Israelen usadioen kontrako irain handi bat ikusi ere, nonbait.