32
And Berzelli was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he dwelt in Manaim; for he was a very great man.
33
And the king said to Berzelli, Thou shalt go over with me, and I will nourish thine old age with me in Jerusalem.
34
And Berzelli said to the king, How many the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35
I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and wherefore shall thy servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?
36
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense?
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.