And now, behold, the king walks before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord - Kurios [he to whom a person belongs] Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah] has showed me.
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], forsake me not; until I have showed youri strength unto [this] generation, [and] youri power to every one [that] is to come.
For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
For what reason kick you2f at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honour youi sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the most important of all the offerings of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] my people?
Now ‘Eli [ascension] was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; and how they lay with the women that assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came, and stood, and called as at other times, Sh’mu’el [His name is El], Sh’mu’el [His name is El]. Then Sh’mu’el [His name is El] answered, Speak; for youi servant hears.
And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had given rest unto Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] from all their enemies round about, that Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] waxed old [and] stricken in age.
And Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] called for all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], [and] for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old [and] stricken in age: