They offered an excellent archer, condemned to die, to save his life, if he would show some notable proof of his art, but he refused to try, fearing lest the too great contention of his will should make him shoot wide, and that instead of saving his life, he should also lose the reputation he had got of being a good marksman.
Heriotzara kondenatu arkulari bati eskaintzen zitzaion biziaren salbatzea, bere antzearen froga nabarmen bat egin nahi bazuen: entseiatzea ukatu zuen, bere nahikundearen bortxatze handiegiak eskua desbideraraz ziezaion beldurrez, eta bizia salbatu ordez, arkuan aurtikitzen erdietsi zuen omena oraindik ere gal zezan.