8 For old age is made venerable, neither by lasting long, nor by counting the number of years; yet understanding is the gray hair of wisdom for men,
9 and an immaculate life is a generation of sages.
10 Pleasing to God, having been made beloved, and living among sinners, he was transformed.
11 He was quickly taken away, for malice could not alter his understanding, nor could deceit beguile his soul.
12 For fascination with entertainment obscures good things, and the unfaithfulness of desire subverts the mind without malice.
13 Completed in a short time, he fulfilled many times.
14 Truly his soul was pleasing to God. Because of this, he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities, but the people see this and do not understand, nor do they place such things in their hearts: