"Now, as we have said, fear makes us hold our empire in Hellas, and fear makes us now come, with the help of our friends, to order safely matters in Sicily, and not to enslave any but rather to prevent any from being enslaved.
Arrazoi beragatik gatoz hona, lurralde hauetan segurtasuna bermatzera gure aliatuen laguntzarekin, eta ez lurraldeok menpean hartzeko, baizik eta menpean har zaitzaten eragozteko.