and, desert apart, we seek to strengthen ourselves against the Peloponnesians. We make no fine profession of having a right to rule because we overthrew the barbarian single-handed, or because we risked what we did risk for the freedom of the subjects in question any more than for that of all, and for our own:
Halere, ez dugu joko esaldi biribiletara, adibidez normala deritzogula inperio izateari mediarra geuk bakarrik apaldu genuelako edota arriskuei aurpegi eman diegulako horien-joniarren-askatasunagatik, beste guztienagatik eta geureagatik ere baino gehiago.