1Day by day the girl grew stronger. When she was six months old, her mother set her alone on the ground, to see if she could stand, and she, after walking seven steps, returned to her mother's lap. She picked her up, saying: 'Save the Lord! You shall not walk again on this ground, until I take you to the temple of the Lord.' And she made an oratory for her in her house and did not allow anything common or impure to pass through her hands.
2When the girl completed one year, Joachim gave a great banquet, to which he invited the priests, the scribes, the council and all the people of Israel. And he presented the girl to the priests, who blessed her saying: 'O God of our fathers, bless this girl and give her a glorious and eternal name throughout all generations.' To which all the people responded: 'So be it. Amen.'
3Her mother took her to the oratory of her house and gave her the breast. She then composed a hymn to the Lord God, saying: 'I will sing a canticle to the Lord, my God, because he visited me, removed from me the reproach of my enemies and gave me a holy fruit.'
4And having left the girl to rest in the chamber where the oratory was, she went out and began to serve the guests.