The Phenicians and the Syrians who dwell in Palestine confess themselves that they have learnt it from the Egyptians, and the Syrians about the river Thermodon and the river Parthenios, and the Macronians, who are their neighbours, say that they have learnt it lately from the Colchians.
Bestalde, pheniziarrak eta Palestinan bizi diren syriarrak berak ere bat datoz egyptoarrengandik ikasi zutela esatean, baina Thermodonte eta Parthenio ibai inguruetan bizi diren asyriarrek eta auzo zaizkien makronek kolkhoengandik berriki ikasia dutela esaten dute.