Brasidas himself added that he came as a friend to Thessaly and its inhabitants, his arms not being directed against them but against the Athenians, with whom he was at war, and that although he knew of no quarrel between the Thessalians and Lacedaemonians to prevent the two nations having access to each other's territory, he neither would nor could proceed against their wishes;
Brasidasek, berriz, tesaliarren eta euren lagun moduan zihoala ziotsen, bere indarrak euren kontra barik etsai zituen atenastarren kontra zeramatzala eta, gainera, ez zekiela inolako etsaitasunik zegoenik tesaliarren eta lazedemondarren artean, berari euren lurraldetik pasatzen ez uzteko;