40 and asked, “Why are you crying? Why are you so upset?”
41 “Please, sir,” she answered, “leave me alone and let me go on crying and mourning; I am bitter and depressed.”
42 “Tell me what's wrong,” I said.
43 She answered, “Sir, I was married for thirty years, but I was never able to have a child.
44 During those thirty years I prayed every day and every hour, day and night, to God Most High for a child.
45 After thirty years God answered my prayer; he saw my suffering, took away my distress, and gave me a son. What great joy this brought to my husband and me and to all our neighbours! We sang the praises of the Almighty.
46 I brought our son up with the greatest care,