This tortuous man, who sought to harm me or at least to prevent me from pleasing, thought to forestall me by sending his own courier to Trajan.
Gizon bihurgunetsu honi otu ere otu zitzaion, horratik, niri kalte egin edo behinik behin gogoko gerta nendin eragotzi nahirik, zer-eta, bere korreo partikularra Trajanorengana nire aurretik bidaltzea.