46 Então, disse Maria:

A minha alma engrandece ao Senhor,

47 e o meu espírito se alegrou em Deus, meu Salvador,

48 porque contemplou na humildade da sua serva.

Pois, desde agora, todas as gerações me considerarão bem-aventurada,

49 porque o Poderoso me fez grandes coisas.

Santo é o seu nome.

50 A sua misericórdia vai de geração em geração

sobre os que o temem.

51 Agiu com o seu braço valorosamente;

dispersou os que, no coração, alimentavam pensamentos soberbos.

52 Derribou do seu trono os poderosos

e exaltou os humildes.

53 Encheu de bens os famintos

e despediu vazios os ricos.

54 Amparou a Israel, seu servo,

a fim de lembrar-se da sua misericórdia

55 a favor de Abraão e de sua descendência, para sempre,

como prometera aos nossos pais.

46 And Mary said,

My soul doth magnify the Lord,

47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

48 For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid:

For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;

And holy is his name.

50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations

On them that fear him.

51 He hath showed strength with his arm;

He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

52 He hath put down princes from their thrones,

And hath exalted them of low degree.

53 The hungry he hath filled with good things;

And the rich he hath sent empty away.

54 He hath given help to Israel his servant,

That he might remember mercy

55 (As he spake unto our fathers)

Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

46 And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord

47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,

49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me — holy is his name.

50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.

51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.

53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.

54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful

55 to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors."