So the Persians having taken him brought him into the presence of Cyrus: and he piled up a great pyre and caused Croesus to go up upon it bound in fetters, and along with him twice seven sons of Lydians, whether it was that he meant to dedicate this offering as first-fruits of his victory to some god, or whether he desired to fulfil a vow, or else had heard that Croesus was a god-fearing man and so caused him to go up on the pyre because he wished to know if any one of the divine powers would save him, so that he should not be burnt alive.
Eta honek, su-meta handi bat egin eta, Kreso, girgiluz loturik, haren gainera igoarazi zuen eta berarekin lydiar zazpi bikote gazte ere bai, jainkoren bati hasikin hauek eskaintzeko asmoz, edo promesaren bat bete nahiz, edota, agian Kreso jainkotiar zela jakin zuelako igoarazi zuen su-metara, jainkoren batek bizirik erretzetik libratzen ote zuen jakin nahiz.