16. They came with haste, and found both Miriam and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
17. When they saw it, they publicised widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
18. All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
19. But Miriam kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
20. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
21. When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Yeshua, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22. When the days of their purification according to the Torah of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord
23. (as it is written in the Torah of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
24. and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Torah of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
25. Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
26. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.