西面祝福他們,並對孩子的母親馬利亞說:「看啊,這孩子注定要使以色列中許多人跌倒,許多人興起,並要成為眾人爭論的標記,為要使許多人心中的意念顯露出來——而你自己的心也要被劍刺透。」(路2:34-35 新漢語)
Simeon went on to bless them, and said to Mary his mother,
This child marks both the failure and
the recovery of many in Israel,
A figure misunderstood and contradicted—
the pain of a sword-thrust through you—
But the rejection will force honesty,
as God reveals who they really are. (MSG)
禱告:親愛的主,願我們常在祢的旨意裡、被祢光照、心存正直;縱有引誘,不偏離;縱有攻擊,不跌倒!



