Q:

He said, “I cannot help you at present because I am myself in difficulty." 

• 1
  He said that I cannot help you at present because I myself in difficulty .
• 2
  He said that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.
• 3
  He told that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.
• 4
  He asked that he could not help you at present because he was himself in difficulty.