001:059 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child,
and were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.
001:060 His mother, however, said, "No, he is to be called John."
001:061 "There is not one of your family," they said, "who has that name."
001:062 They asked his father by signs what he wished him to be called.
001:063 So he asked for a writing-tablet, and wrote, "His name is John."
And they all wondered.
001:064 Instantly his mouth and his tongue were set free, and he began
to speak and bless God.
001:065 And all who lived round about them were filled with awe,
and throughout the hill country of Judaea reports of all
these things were spread abroad.
001:066 All who heard the story treasured it in their memories.
"What then will this child be?" they said. For the lord's
hand was indeed with him.
001:067 And Zechariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit,
and spoke in a rapture of praise.
001:068 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel," he said, "Because He has
not forgotten His people but has effected redemption for them,
001:069 And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house
of David His servant--
001:070 As He has spoken from all time by the lips of His holy Prophets--
001:071 To deliver us from our foes and from the power of all who hate us.
001:072 He dealt pitifully with our forefathers, And remembered
His holy covenant,
001:073 The oath which He swore to Abraham our forefather,
001:074 To grant us to be rescued from the power of our foes And
so render worship to Him free from fear,
001:075 In piety and uprightness before Him all our days.
001:076 And you moreover, O child, shall be called Prophet of