He says, look, don't take my word for it,

他说的是别管我怎么说
you send an embassy to Athens and take a look;

你们往雅典派一位特使去亲眼瞧瞧
that's when he told his friends

同时他告诉他的朋友
keep those guys there until I get home.

把那些使者扣押下来直到我回来
So one day,

于是有一天
a messenger from Athens comes to Themistocles and tells him,

一个信使从雅典过来找地米斯托克利对他说
okay the walls can now be defended,

好了城墙现在修好了
whereupon Themistocles says to the Spartans,

地米斯托克利就去对斯巴达人说
you know those walls you were complaining about,

还记得你们之前抱怨过的那些城墙吧
you were right; we do have them

你们是对的我们确实有城墙
and they're now big enough that

而且现在已经固若金汤
we can defend ourselves against them,

我们可以靠它来保卫自己