For soon I must go down that road from which I will never return.

因为再过几年，我必走那往而不返之路。”

因为再过几年，我必走那往而不返之路。”

因为再过几年，我必走那往而不返之路。”

因为我的年日不多，我快要踏上不归路。

因为我的年数将尽，我快要走上那条一去不返的路。”

因為再過幾年，我必走那往而不返之路。

因為再過幾年，我必走那往而不返之路。」

因為再過幾年，我必走那往而不返之路。」

因為我的年日不多，我快要踏上不歸路。

因為我的年數將盡，我快要走上那條一去不返的路。”

因為再過幾年我就必走那往而不返的路徑了。

蓋閱數載、我必行不返之途矣、

復閱數載、我必長逝不返矣。

因有數之年速過、我必往去而不返之途、

“ Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.

“ Only a few years will pass by. Then I’ll take the path of no return.

For when a few years have come I shall go the way from which I shall not return.

For only a few years will pass before I go the way of no return.

For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.

For when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return.

For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

For only a few years will pass before I go the way of no return.

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way[ whence] I shall not return.

For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.

“ But when people die, their strength is gone. They breathe their last, and then where are they?

Can the dead live again? If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle, and I would eagerly await the release of death.

Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes, those who die will not come back.They are gone forever from their home— never to be seen again.

Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.