and being introduced before it he began to lament his fortunes, saying that he had in fact suffered at his own hands, and that he had suffered this because he had counselled the king to withdraw his army, since in truth there seemed to be no means of taking the town:
"Eta orain-jarraitu zuen esaten-hona hemen ni non etorri natzaizuen babylondarroi, zeuen mesede handienerako eta Darioren eta bere gudarostearen [eta persiarren] kalte handienerako;