"Seeing that Zeus grants to the Persians leadership, and of all men to thee, O Cyrus, by destroying Astyages, come, since the land we possess is small and also rugged, let us change from it and inhabit another which is better:
"Astyages eraitsi ondoren Zeusek hegemonia persiarrei eman dienez, eta gizaki guztion artetik zeuri damaizunez, oi Zyro-esan zioten haiek-, alda gaitezen orain daukagun lurralde murritz eta malkarretik, beraz, beste hobe bat geureganatuz.