Luke 2:25-36

²⁵And lo! a man was in Jerusalem, whos name was Symeon; and this man was iust and vertuous, and aboode the coumfort of Israel; and the Hooli Goost was in hym.

²⁶And he hadde takun an answere of the Hooli Goost, that he schulde not se deeth, but he sawy first the Crist of the Lord.

²⁷And he cam in spirit into the temple. And whanne his fadir and modir ledden the child Jhesu to do aftir the custom of the lawe for hym,

²⁸he took hym in to hise armes, and he blesside God,

²⁹and seide, Lord, now thou leuyst thi seruaunt aftir thi word in pees;

³⁰for myn iyen han seyn thin helthe,

³¹which thou hast maad redi bifor the face of alle puplis;

³²liyt to the schewyng of hethene men, and glorie of thi puple Israel.

³³And his fadir and his modir weren wondrynge on these thingis, that weren seid of hym.

³⁴And Symeon blesside hem, and seide to Marie, his modir, Lo! this is set in to the fallyng doun and in to the risyng ayen of many men in Israel, and in to a tokene, to whom it schal be ayenseid.

³⁵And a swerd schal passe thorou thin owne soule, that the thouytis ben schewid of many hertis.

³⁶And Anna was a prophetesse, the douytir of Fanuel, of the lynage of Aser. And sche hadde goon forth in many daies, and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene yeer fro hir maydynhode.