西面给他们祝福,And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
又对孩子的母亲马利亚说,这孩子被立,是要叫以色列中许多人跌倒,许多人兴起。又要作毁谤的话柄。叫许多人心里的意念显露出来。你自己的心也要被刀刺透。(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
又有女先知名叫亚拿,是亚设支派法内力的女儿,年纪已经老迈,从作童女出嫁的时候,同丈夫住了七年,就寡居了。And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
现在已经八十四岁,(或作就寡居了八十四年)并不离开圣殿,禁食祈求,昼夜事奉神。And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
正当那时,他进来称谢神,将孩子的事,对一切盼望耶路撒冷得救赎的人讲说。And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
约瑟和马利亚,照主的律法,办完了一切的事,就回加利利,到自己的城拿撒勒去了。And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.