Υἱὸς ὀγδοήκοντα ἐτῶν ἐγώ εἰμι σήμερον· εἰ μὴν γνώσομαι ἀναμέσον ἀγαθοῦ καὶ κακοῦ; εἰ γεύσεται ὁ δοῦλός σου ἔτι ὃ φάγομαι ἢ πίομαι; ἢ ἀκούσομαι ἔτι φωνὴν ᾀδόντων καὶ ᾀδουσῶν; καὶ ἱνατί ἔσται ἔτι ὁ δοῦλός σου εἰς φορτίον ἐπὶ τὸν κύριόν μου τὸν βασιλέα;

1. Υἱὸς
   Son
2. ὀγδοήκοντα
   eighty
3. ἐτῶν
   years
4. ἐγώ
   i
5. εἰμι
   am
   i am
6. σήμερον
   today
7.  
   ·
    
8. εἰ
   if
9. μὴν
   indeed
10. γνώσομαι
    i will know
11. ἀναμέσον
    between
12. ἀγαθοῦ
    good
13. καὶ
    and
14. κακοῦ
    evil
15.  
    ;
     
16. εἰ
    if
17. γεύσεται
    he will taste
    will taste
18. ὁ
    the
19. δοῦλός
    slave
20. σου
    your
21. ἔτι
    still
22. ὃ
    the
23. φάγομαι
    i will eat
24. ἢ
    the
    or
25. πίομαι
    i will drink
    i should drink, i may drink
26.  
    ;
     
27. ἢ
    the
    or
28. ἀκούσομαι
    i will hear
29. ἔτι
    still
30. φωνὴν
    voice
31. ᾀδόντων
    singing
32. καὶ
    and
33. ᾀδουσῶν
    of singing
34.  
    ;
     
35. καὶ
    and
36. ἱνατί
    why
37. ἔσται
    will be
38. ἔτι
    still
39. ὁ
    the
40. δοῦλός
    slave
41. σου
    your
42. εἰς
    into
    to
43. φορτίον
    burden
44. ἐπὶ
    upon
45. τὸν
    the
46. κύριόν
    lord
47. μου
    my
48. τὸν
    the
49. βασιλέα
    king
50.  
    ;
     

I am eighty years old today; can I still distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant still taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voices of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?