and this fact was shown by Necos king of the Egyptians first of all those about whom we have knowledge. He when he had ceased digging the channel which goes through from the Nile to the Arabian gulf, sent Phenicians with ships, bidding them sail and come back through the Pillars of Heracles to the Northern Sea and so to Egypt.
Neko, Egyptoko erregea izan zen guk dakigunetan lehena hori frogatzen; honek Nilotik Arabiar golkora iristen zen kanala hondeatzeari utzi eta pheniziar batzuk igorri zituen itsasuntzietan, itzuleran Heraklesen Zutabeetatik barrena ipar-itsasoraino nabigatu eta modu horretan Egyptora itzultzeko aginduz.