There is only one thing more wanting to our opponents, I mean the defection of our Italian markets. If they were to see you neglect to relieve us from our present condition, and were to go over to the enemy, famine would compel us to evacuate, and Syracuse would finish the war without a blow.
Etsaiari errefortzu gehiago badatorkio eta, ondorioz, gure egoeraz jabetuta, gaur egun hornitzen gaituzten lurralde italiarrak etsaiarekin lerrokatzen badira, eta zuek, bitartean, errefortzurik ez badiguzue bidaltzen, gerra haien alde jarriko da borrokatu beharrik gabe, zeren isolatuta geldituta kapitulatu beharko baitugu.