Ngakhale kuti anali asanakwanitse zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi, kugwira ntchito kosalekeza, kuphunzira, ndi kuukiridwa kwa adani ake, zinali zitafotokoza mphamvu zake, ndipo zinamukalamba msanga. 
Though not yet sixty years of age, unceasing toil, study, and the assaults of his enemies had told upon his strength and made him prematurely old.