they, the Syracusans, live close to you, not in a camp, but in a city greater than the force we have with us, plot always against you, never let slip an opportunity once offered, as they have shown in the case of the Leontines and others, and now have the face, just as if you were fools, to invite you to aid them against the power that hinders this, and that has thus far maintained Sicily independent.
Horiek, ordea, zuen aldamenean bizi direnok, eta ez kanpamendu batean baizik guk hemen ditugun tropa guztiak baino biztanle gehiago duen hiri handian, etengabe zelatatzen zaituztete, eta, aukera izanez gero, ez dizuete utziko ihes egiten;