2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 12:2:1 ⧉וְעַתָּ֞הveataand now 1 Samuel 12:2:2 ⧉הִנֵּ֥הhinebehold 1 Samuel 12:2:3 ⧉הַמֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekhthe king 1 Samuel 12:2:4 ⧉מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְmithehalekhis walking 1 Samuel 12:2:5 ⧉לִפְנֵיכֶ֗םlifnekhembefore you 1 Samuel 12:2:6 ⧉וַאֲנִי֙vaaniand I 1 Samuel 12:2:7 ⧉זָקַ֣נְתִּיzakantiI have grown old 1 Samuel 12:2:8 ⧉וָשַׂ֔בְתִּיvasavtiand I have become gray 1 Samuel 12:2:9 ⧉וּבָנַ֖יuvanaiand my sons 1 Samuel 12:2:10 ⧉הִנָּ֣םhinambehold, they are 1 Samuel 12:2:11 ⧉אִתְּכֶ֑םittekhemwith you 1 Samuel 12:2:12 ⧉וַאֲנִי֙vaaniand I 1 Samuel 12:2:13 ⧉הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּיhithehalakhtiI have walked 1 Samuel 12:2:14 ⧉לִפְנֵיכֶ֔םlifnekhembefore you 1 Samuel 12:2:15 ⧉מִנְּעֻרַ֖יmineuraifrom my youth 1 Samuel 12:2:16 ⧉עַד־הַיּ֥וֹםadhayomuntil the day 1 Samuel 12:2:17 ⧉הַזֶּֽה׃hazethis |
2. Formal Translation And now, behold, the king goes before you, and I have grown old and gray, and my sons stand among you, and I have walked before you from my youth until this day. |
2. Dynamic Translation Now look, your king leads you, and I have become an old man with gray hair, and my sons are among you. I have served you since my youth to this day. |